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Ode to Batman’s Hill
Happy new year all. With life still not returned to normal there is not much happening around and about.
Read MoreNewQuay promenade: a new food destination? Yes please!
If Melbourne has sister cities – Boston, Osaka and Thessaloniki are three – can suburbs have sister cities too?
Read MoreThere is much happening
Firstly, the Mirvac 43-storey Voyager complex is being completed and residents have started moving in, with 82 per cent of the building already sold.
Read MoreEarthquake shocks Victoria Harbour!
Just when Melburnians wondered what could possibly be next; after more than 250 days in lockdown, transport suspended to avert protests, the construction industry closing down, police confronting people for exercising in groups, and “COVID fatigue” being diagnosed as a genuine health issue, we are then hit with an earthquake of close to magnitude six.
Read MoreGreen shoots in Batman’s Hill
For some time now, it’s been impossible to avoid COVID-19 related news. I have deliberately avoided writing about anything COVID except in passing because I suspect everyone is as over it as I am. Sadly, I’m about to cave!
Read MoreThe silent swoopers of NewQuay
Dr John Officer was a venerated family physician. Tall, kindly, grey-haired, avuncular, and authoritative, he was a neighbourhood GP wholly dedicated to the wellbeing of his patients.
Read MoreVictoria Harbour’s hidden gems
Victoria Harbour's hidden gems
Read MoreThe urban forest
What is an important and probably one of the cheapest ways to increase urban amenity? Answer: Improving the urban forest – in particular street trees.
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