There was a high level of participation at Port Melbourne Primary in Ride2School day.Students were amazingly inventive in dressing their bikes with nature, footy, wizardry, and space themes.My favourite was the Sandridge Life Saver - all in the red and blue.Ride2School day is an initiative of Bicycle Victoria to encourage active travel to school.
The Saturday Age features an interview with Port Melbourne resident Janet Gatehouse about her involvement with the Mission to Seafarers in Flinders Street.Do make an opportunity to visit this most interesting building which plays a very active role in the welfare of seafarers.Janet says in the article: 'the big change is that the seafarers don't get enough time on land. Ten yers ago, they would come in and have a drink, dress up and have karaoke, but they only get a few hours now. Some of them don't get off the ship at all. ... And in those precious hours they want to just chill out. When they come in, the first thing they want to do is get ... read more
Councillors will be outside Coles in Bay St this Saturday morning 13th March from 9.30 to 12. We are interested to hear where you think we should be directing our effort in Year 2 of our 4 year council plan. Of course, we are also there to listen to any other matter you would like to raise.The themes of our council plan are:engaging and governing the citystrengthening our diverse and inclusive communityacting on climate changeenhancing liveabilityMost issues that are on people's minds generally fit under one of those themes.
Whatever is in our gutter makes its way to our beaches in these heavy rainfall events.I saw this bougainvillea flower near the Dow St drain outfall. Here it is in all its magnificence on the corner of Dow St and Liardet St.
Sandridge Beach was significantly cleaner than at the same time in 2009.* There was very little large litter around. Most of it was small pieces: cigarette butts, bread ties, straws and fragments of plastic.The worst places were the fishing areas where bait bags, fishing line and other litter was abundant.The focus of this year's Clean Up is our bays and waterways. Ian Kiernan, the inspirational founder of Clean Up Australia Day, asks people to pick up [Just 1] piece of litter each day.* See last year's post 1st March 2009
Went to have a look to see how Port Melbourne had fared in the storm. There was some localised flooding. I saw this boy in Howe Parade, and it reminded me of the fabulous photograph in the Historical Society collection of children playing in water in Crichton Avenue. So off to Crichton Avenue to see whether by some lucky chance that scene might have been repeated. But no. However, you can see that the cars are to their knees in ... read more 
The new school is taking shape as seen here from Danks Street. It is on track to open in 2010. Meanwhile, expressions of interest have been invited to provide aged care services at the St Vincent's Orphanage site on Cecil Street, South Melbourne. Submissions close on March 19, 2010.
