View from Station Pier
So much of interest in this photo from 1959. This is an invitation to readers to list all the disappeared places in the picture and respond with your memories of this time.
Princes Pier is the main stage for the Piers Festival hosted by Mutlicultural Arts Victoria this Saturday. A highlight of the programme will be the migration forums but you must book - they are very popular.
It seems like a good time to talk about Princes Pier and how another pier came to be built in Port…
Sometimes you just can't find the right word. Take icon, for example. Many Port Melbourne people have had enough of the word 'icon'. 'Iconic' as new developments are often described, is almost guaranteed to get people's backs up.
Port Melbourne foreshore from Princes Pier
Three Port landmarks of Port are captured in this image: the beacon, the newly restored Stothert & Pitt…
The western finger pier at Station Pier is being prepared for the installation of a refurbished Stothert & Pitt crane. The crane was stored in a paddock during the construction of Beacon Cove. A condition of the development agreement was that the crane would be reinstated.
Of course, that is not the original location of the cranes which is illustrated in…
Thoughts have turned obsessively to ice cream over this protracted spell of hot weather. Where were the best spots in Port Melbourne to buy an ice cream at various times?
Member Helen Barry recalls buying ice creams from a small shop in Crichton Ave. Woodruffs had a milkbar on Bridge St. People have mentioned that good ice creams and milk shakes…