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.
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.
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 










