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The Organic Balcony
Horticulturalist Sandra Pullman will be showing Docklanders how to grow vegetables in pots at a lunchtime session on Thursday, August 9.
Read MoreRoman empire continues
Due to popular demand, the acclaimed and award-winning Italian exhibition Ancient Rome has been extended through to Sunday, October 7 at Waterfront City.
Read MoreUtopian dream for Docklands
Docklands is getting some temporary “activation” of Harbour Esplanade this month when work begins on the Glass House.
Read MoreRotary to meet at lunchtime
Commencing on August 7, the Rotary Club of Docklands will be holding a lunchtime meeting at Watermark on the first Tuesday of each month.
Read MoreVintage day for machines
July 21 was a vintage day in Docklands, with steam and ancient-car enthusiasts flocking to South Wharf for a special day.
Read MoreHolidays light up trading
Even the winter chill can’t keep people away from Docklands. A busy school holiday period has brightened the winter days at Harbour Town.
Read MoreA hole lot of trouble brewing at the port
A dispute over potholes at the diner used by truckies visiting the Port of Melbourne may spark an industrial war.
Read MoreTourism appointment
Destination Docklands has appointed Anita Donnelly as its inaugural CEO.
Read MoreThanks a lot Marg, says PM
Docklands Rotary member Margaret Hamilton has received a personal letter from the Prime Minister of Fiji thanking her for her work in providing flood relief earlier this year.
Read MoreOur top chippy
Lend Lease apprentice Paul Tran has been named National Apprentice Carpenter of the Year 2012.
Read MoreMedibank sows seeds of change
Medibank sowed the seeds for its future progress in Docklands last month with a symbolic sod-turning ceremony.
Read MoreBack to our birthplace
The Docklands News Networking Lunch is three years old and, to celebrate, on September 14, we are taking it back to Berth in NewQuay where it all started in 2009.
Read MoreTurkish delight
Be prepared to be surprised at NewQuay on August 10 as the City of Melbourne employs some novel methods of promoting its library service.
Read MoreNew look Renegades
Docklands’ own cricket team, the Renegades, have signed 14 players for the second KFC T20 Big Bash League season, with a further four recruits to be named by November 30.
Read MoreMelbourne Ice continues to dominate
Melbourne Ice has taken out the inaugural Trans Tasman championship over the Newcastle North Stars on goal difference during the second weekend of July.
Read MoreFeeling so proud
I am feeling so proud of myself right now.
Read MoreThe Hub’s 5th birthday
Cr Jackie Watts helped local Docklands children cut the cake at the Hub’s fifth birthday party on July 28.
Read MoreDreary black needn’t be back
Visit any crowded intersection in the midst of winter and you are sure to see a swarm of black coats and cold faces.
Read MoreWe were wrong
You know how we told you the crispy-brown Norfolk Island Pines along Harbour Esplanade were alive?
Read MoreStrip council functions
As a constitutionalist I pursue a return to our constitutional values and the stripping of municipal councils of their de facto government functions to let them return to their real job which is to represent the ratepayers’ interests.
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