A fresh coat of paint

All heritage letterboxes in the City of Port Phillip have been revitalised under the terms of a new agreement between Australia Post and CoPP to share responsibility for maintaining the closed boxes.
All letter boxes have been refurbished, cleaned and repainted: missing crowns have been replaced on top, graffiti, old labels and dirt cleaned off, the pillars given a fresh coat of red paint and decorative details highlighted in gold. They will be maintained in this condition under the terms of the agreement.
How many of the 9 boxes in Port Phillip would you say are in Port Melbourne?

South Melbourne Market's recycling record

I thought you might be interested to know that the South Melbourne Market, owned and operated by the City of Port Phillip, recycles

• green waste: 307 cubic metres
• polystyrene: 1,300 bails
• fish offal: 265 tonnes
• meat offal: 501 tonnescardboard: 400 tonnes
• waxed cardboard: 88 cubic metres
• waste cooking oil: 26 tonnes which is removed free of cost to create biodiesel

In addition, every Sunday volunteers from Port Melbourne Rotary gather donations of food from stallholders that would otherwise be thrown away for SecondBite - 16 tonnes last year.

Looking forward looking back

This week, after many years of being vacant, a retail tenancy opened on the corner of Bay and Rouse St.
You might like to have a look here at what this corner used to look like when it was the home of St Joseph's school.

Lights and upgrade at Sandridge

What do you think of the lights at Sandridge? And the rest of the works?
How well do you think they respond to the themes that came out of the consultation?
These are some of the things people have said to me:
'I would prefer that they were even'
'they call attention to themselves - I would prefer that they were more discreet'
'I think they create a sense of definition - they make the path'
Do add your comments.

Finishing touches at Garden City Reserve

Damaged pathways are being re-instated and grassy areas restored to bring this important upgrade of Garden City Reserve to completion.

87 to 101 Bay St

Recently the development approved for 87 to 101 Bay St, opposite Bianca/Thomas Dux, has been featured in the papers.

You can read the article here which also shows what it will look like. The heritage building shown in this photograph will be retained. The heritage shops on either side are not part of this development.

I believe that Aldi will no longer be part of the development. Instead, there will be individual retail tenancies.
To read previous posts on this development, go to 3/8/09 and 6/12/09 at http://portfocus.blogspot.com

Beds of roses

Not sure whether you are rose fans. I'm not mad for roses but I want to know that those roses we do have are well looked after.

New roses in Edwards Park have been planted, and the others pruned and the beds dressed. They were getting well watered in by gentle rain when I passed.

I like the way Edwards Park and Lagoon Reserve complement one another in their appearance and their use.