Environment

Docklands Community Garden hosts planting event

June 4th, 2025 - Docklands News

The Docklands volunteer gardening community gathered on Saturday, May 10 to prepare all of the beds and then plant the autumn/winter crop.

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Could a swimmable city start in Docklands?

June 3rd, 2025 - Sean Car

Imagine plunging into Victoria Harbour on a hot summer’s day – water clean, safe and inviting – with the city skyline rising in the distance and the ghosts of Docklands’ maritime past reflected in the stillness.

Kelvin and Palz: guardians of the Yarra Riverkeeper’s Puggle

April 30th, 2025 - Georgie Atkins

At Docklands’ Yarra’s Edge Marina, a small solar-powered boat named Puggle plays an important role in protecting one of the city’s most vital waterways - thanks to the work of volunteers Kelvin Gedye and Palz Vaughan.

Southern Cross Station working group yet to release new air-quality results

April 2nd, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

It has been 12 months since the Southern Cross Working Group was formed to examine and identify potential improvements to poor air quality at the station. However, while ongoing air-quality monitoring is taking place, no results have yet been made public.

Container deposit scheme arrives at The District Docklands

March 12th, 2025 - Sean Car

Docklands residents, school students, businesses, and visitors have been the opportunity to get a sneak peek inside the recycling machines used to cash in their containers through Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic).

Salvage operation under way for sunken Louisianna heritage boat in Docklands

January 28th, 2025 - Sean Car

Clean-up efforts began this month in Victoria Harbour after the MV Louisianna heritage timber boat sunk while berthed at North Wharf in November.

Harbour Esplanade: The Docklands heat trap we can no longer ignore

January 28th, 2025 - Jamal Hakim

It was a blistering January afternoon in Docklands when I found myself trudging across Harbour Esplanade, the unforgiving sun beating down on me like a relentless foe.

Corporate disclosure on climate change: where Aussie businesses stand

November 13th, 2024 - Docklands News

We can debate the causes and granular details of climate mechanics all we like, but the reality is that our world is changing, and we’re going to need a lot of conference lanyards in Australia to put the right heads together in one place to change with it.