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The Wharf Hotel hits the mark
Having grown up around the water as a Sydney girl and having lived in Docklands since moving to Melbourne, I am always on the lookout for venues that truly optimise the potential of Melbourne’s beautiful waterways.
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Cuisine Undercover- Harbour Town Hotel- 3 stars
Distance to a resturant can be a great factor.
Read MoreThe DCA contributed to and participated in the twilight walk.
The DCA contributed to and participated in the twilight walk on October 7 to help the drive against juvenile diabetes.
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Facebook or Meowbook?
He may be shy to meet in person, but give him a laptop and he transforms into one social and popular cat …
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Docklanders walk for a cure
About 100 people walked to help cure diabetes in Docklands on October 7.
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All’s well that ends well
The best place to have a heart “turn” is right in front of your cardiologist – just ask Jack Joel who almost died at a function in Docklands on October 9.
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Sustainable building for small business
A “little brother” is soon to join Victoria Harbour’s world-class array of sustainable commercial buildings.
Read MoreWhat is it about the general public en masse? I mean, it’s just all of us ... in a big group.
Just lots of individuals that you’d like to think have mothers and families. Yet something strange happens. I have had reason to deal with a lot of strangers recently, people who I had no real expectation of, was optimistic about and yet ... well, now I have an opinion. It’s not really a good opinion. It borders on disbelief, disdain and shock. In fact, it was really off putting. It was a sea of arrogance, a mountain of complaining and an insurmountable storm of unrealistic demands.
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Cartoonist wins art prize
Cartoonist David Rowe has swapped sketching for brushstrokes to take out the major prize in The Mission to Seafarers’ 2010 ANL Maritime Art Prize.
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Green Zone - Driving the future
On October 5, I had the unique experience of driving one of the greenest cars in Australia past one of the nation’s greenest buildings.
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Nice place ... great view!
English Rotary friendship exchange couple Marjorie and John Lowey were blown away by Melbourne Docklands during a brief stay last month.
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Pedal pusher
Docklander Tara Adams is taking pedal pushing to new heights.
Read MoreMeet the Candidates - Q&A
On October 21, the Docklands News hosted a “meet the candidates” night and heard what each candidate in this month’s state election would do for Docklands, if elected.
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Stick ‘‘guru’’ visits Docklands
Ice hockey’s world number one stick-handler and skills coach, American Sean Skinner, was in Docklands for a week in October to teach 25 Aussie kids a few tricks of the trade.
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On yer bike Sean
Sean Sturrock (above) from Melbourne City Sports joined in the festivities on Wednesday, October 13 at the Ride to Work breakfast on the NAB forecourt.
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Gridlock is THE issue in Docklands
Traffic management is emerging as the major state election issue for Docklanders.
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Is this game over?
Lend Lease has fenced off the Serrata site in Bourke St in preparation for construction of the controversial residential tower.
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Aussie athletes carve up the ice
Docklands’ newest sporting facility, The Medibank Icehouse, hosted the first Australian Ice Racing Short Track Speed Skating Championships in 20 years on October 1 and 2.
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Nyirrpi kids skate the white magic
Fourteen kids from Nyirrpi School in the Northern Territory took to the ice on Monday, October 11 at The Medibank Icehouse as part a tour around Melbourne.
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Vic Harbour parking woes
Small business owner Helen Pentaris says the lack of a loading zone in Docklands’ Collins St is costing her and others precious business and she desperately wants it fixed.
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