Author: Alex Makin
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Tabletop RPG Open Day
The Tabletop Open Day is a celebration of our local table top roleplay gaming community organised by the Australian Roleplay Community. The event featuring locally made board and roleplaying games bringing together both content creators and players into an event based at St Kilda Town Hall. Tabletop gaming is not only a growing hobby, but…
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Launch of the Coalition of Councils in support of the Portable Buildings World Heritage Listing
The City of Port Phillip and South Melbourne specifically is home to three portable iron houses, prefabricated buildings that accommodated Melbourne’s rapid growth during the Gold Rush era. This evening the City of Port Phillip joined the City of Yarra in launching a Coalition of Councils to support a World Heritage Listing for these houses.…
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Port Melbourne Colts: Anzac Services
Alongside the Port Melbourne Community Anzac Service, community groups hold their own commemoration events for Anzac Day. Across this weekend I was invited to two Anzac Services conducted by the Port Melbourne Colts, including their Seniors on Anzac Day and Junior on Sunday. I was invited by the Club to recite the Ode of Remembrance:…
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Hester Reserve: City Nature Challenge
The City Nature Challenge is a friendly global competition between cities to document urban flora, fauna and fungi with participants taking photos through the INaturalist app over this weekend. The Port Phillip EcoCentre hosted a session this afternoon at Hester Reserve in Port Melbourne to encourage participation in the City Nature Challenge. I joined the…
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The 2025 Port Melbourne Community Anzac Commemoration Service
The Anzac Commemoration Service for Port Melbourne is held at the World War I Memorial on Beach Street and was widely attended by the Port Melbourne community, with schools, sporting clubs and community groups laying wreaths as part of the proceedings. I joined the Mayor Cr Louise Crawford and Port Melbourne Ward Councillor Heather Cunsolo…
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Planning Committee: April 2025
On the fourth Wednesday of the month Council holds a Planning Committee Meeting. These meetings differ from Ordinary Meetings of Council since they specifically focus on planning applications brought before the City of Port Phillip. Tonight’s meeting included two applications in Montague Ward, including a development in Albert Park which was amended to incorporate a…
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Council Meeting: 16 April 2025
Tonight’s Council meeting encompassed the release of the Draft Plan for Port Phillip (the four-year Council Plan) and the proposed draft Budget for 2025-26. The Council Plan guides Council’s priorities over the next four years, with the annual budget aligned with the direction established through the Plan. Both documents have been released for public comment…
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84th Anniversary of the Siege of Tobruk
Tobruk House, located in Albert Park, is home of the Victorian Branch of The Rats of Tobruk Association, providing a lasting tribute to the approximately 14,000 Australians that defended Tobruk against the Axis Siege in World War II. This afternoon the Association held its commemorative service at the community garden in Moubray Street marking the…
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Dig In Community Gardens: April Working Bee
The Dig In Community Gardens located at part of JL Murphy Reserve holds monthly working bees encouraging its membership to maintain the gardens and tend to their individual garden plots. I joined today’s session to see the gardens in action with a strong turnout of members throughout this morning. One of my key priorities over…
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South Melbourne YourFest 2025
Y(Our) Fest is a festival co-designed between Artists for Kids Culture (AKC) and young people focusing on creativity, inclusion, and community and is held at Sol Green Reserve in South Melbourne. The festival connects young people and their families through free live music, arts and dance workshops, festival activities and food and is supported by…