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Parking has peaked in CBD By Shane Scanlan

Car parking has peaked in central Melbourne and is now in decline.

Th e amount of on-street and off -street car share spaces and tree planting programs parking is shrinking, with implications impacting on on-street parking spaces,” a for residents, retailers and the City of council spokesperson said. Melbourne, which has traditionally relied on Off -street parking is shrinking too, as a parking as a primary source of revenue. consequence of State Government policy Th e council’s fi nance chair Cr Stephen settings which has resulted in CBD land Mayne says the council has accepted becoming too valuable to be used for merely the “peak parking” phenomenon and is parking cars. comfortable looking for alternative revenue Both the state’s relaxed attitude to height sources. control and its harsh congestion tax on “Up until now, we’ve had a defensive parking are contributing to the decline of approach to parking revenue,” Cr Mayne off -street parking. said. “But we need to accept that on-street A recent example of this can be seen in parking is often the least productive use of LaTrobe St opposite Melbourne Central road space.” where the 689-space multi-storey public car Cr Mayne said a higher economic yields were park is being replaced by an 85-storey, 1208 possible for the city as a whole by utilising unit apartment tower with just 362 private road space for moving traffi c – whether it be car spaces. cars, tram or cycle traffi c. Council fi gures show that nearly 1800 off - He says that, while businesses are rightly street public car spaces were lost between concerned to ensuring spaces for customers, 2008 and 2012. Current fi gures are expected Aussie spirit alive and well the council should have removed more on- later this year. street parking during its recent installation of Private spaces are being squeezed too. In the dedicated cycle paths in LaTrobe St. Celebrating the spirit of Australia Day were young CBD past, inner-city developers were penalised City of Melbourne fi gures show that 400 on- if they did not provide enough parking residents Megan Chen, Daisy Liang and Sally Chen. What does street car spaces have been removed within with residential developments. Today, the it mean to be an Australian? "Our sense of community and the CBD since 2007. opposite is true. Th ey are discouraged from providing too much parking. multiculturalism," said the young students. “Th is loss of spaces is due to the cumulative eff ect of tram, bicycle and road safety works, Continued page 2.

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New Melbourne council CEO Th e City of Melbourne has Ben Rimmer is returning to the completed its consultation city which gave him a start in on three new potential life – as a young busker playing smoke-free zones in the CBD. violin for extra cash. Th e council sought views on possibly banning smoking in Howey Place, Th e former busking-licence-holder starts Equitable Place and Block Place. work in the city’s top job on February 9. Th e council says it spoke with Mr Rimmer replaces Kathy Alexander who stakeholders and patrons of the lanes, resigned last year after seven years in the conducted surveys and also collected role. online feedback. Despite not having worked in local It says a date has not been set for when government before, councillors perceived recommendations will be made to Mr Rimmer as the stand-out candidate and councillors to make a decision. are excited to have secured his services. Some 25 comments were left on At just 42, Mr Rimmer is seen as a “young the council’s “participate” website, gun” and a rising star in the public policy including: realm. “I see no reason why the common air Selecting the chief executive offi cer (CEO) should be polluted for the sake of people is the only hands-on role that councillors with an unsociable habit.” are allowed in the running of the council. Councillors can issue policy directives, but it “We have to recognise that this is a is up to the CEO to appoint staff and run the legal activity and product being used council’s day-to-day operations. primarily by people who have a chemical addiction.” Lord Mayor Robert Doyle described Mr Rimmer as one of the nation’s “fi nest “Impossible to enforce and not thinkers in public policy”. New City of Melbourne CEO Ben Rimmer ... is seen as a "young gun" in government administration. representative of the free society in which we live.” “I am confi dent that Ben will be a CEO of vision, intellect and hard work. He is an his career in the Victorian and federal Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and once “Yes it is the smokers right to choose inspirational leader and we are delighted to public service, most recently in Canberra played at Carnegie Hall in New York with the to smoke but what about the passive welcome him home to Melbourne,” Cr Doyle as associate secretary, service delivery Australian Youth Orchestra. smokers right to breath fresh air?” said. transformation, Department of Human He was Victoria’s 1997 Rhodes Scholar, “Please remove your heads from the Services. It is understood that Mr Rimmer wanted completing an MBA at Oxford University. sand and have a look at the research into to return to Melbourne, where he spent his Mr Rimmer has been overseeing an passive smoking.” Last year he was the recipient of the formative years in the northern suburbs of ambitious cost-cutting exercise involving Sir James Wolfensohn Public Service “Smoking should be banned throughout the municipality. the amalgamation and digitisation of federal Scholarship, studying at the John F Kennedy the CBD.” welfare delivery services. Mr Rimmer has worked for Boston School of Government at Harvard University Consulting Group but has spent most of As a young man, Mr Rimmer played in the in the USA.

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Melbourne imagined as Manhattan Mr Simmonds created the work late last the street level and show a side of Melbourne there is always more than one decisive Th is stunning image of year as one of a series commissioned by not always seen,” he said. moment and I took many images to get a Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacifi c for crowd that represented Melbourne’s cultural the intersection of Bourke use in 84 deluxe suites in its new property in “For the GPO image, I wanted to get as much mix and energy. Th e fi nal touch was to add and Elizabeth streets by William St. of the lovely old post offi ce building, the mall, some colour.” trams and people in as possible,” he said. master photographer David “Th e reason they selected me was they did Other themes in the series include “live Simmonds interprets the CBD not want the clichéd usual tourist views of “As I often do, I went for a three-section music” from Bennett’s Lane, “food and funk” Melbourne,” Mr Simmonds said. vertical panorama using a 17 mm lens to from Hardware Lane and “sport, gardens and in the vision of New York. Mr Simmonds visited the Wyndham on get the GPO all in. At close distance, this culture” – comprising more than 1000 small William site before construction had even naturally created some distortion which, images, taken from the top of Federation started to assess what was required. instead of working to correct I liked, and Square. pushed further to give this image a new edge “As it was a high-rise in the middle of – converting to high contrast monochrome Th e fi nal series of six images are available as the city, I did not want to use skylines or completed the shift,” he said. signed, limited, 1200 x 837 prints from the architectural themes, as my work has often artist. See www.lightlinespace.com done in the past, but rather get down into “I used the Hockney-infl uenced idea that (go to collections). ISSUE 06 CBD NEWS 5 Central city is the new Wi-Fi hub By Shine Dighe

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Some order may come to the apparent planning chaos within the CBD if City of Melbourne planning chair Cr Ken Ong has his way.

Cr Ong wants the council to again attempt 53,000sqm of retail space. to lead a planning scheme amendment Cr Ong said much of the CBD was still Artist's impression of the proposed B1 Veloway. resulting in fi rm rules governing built form without height controls, which had resulted within the Hoddle Grid area. in the current development bonanza. Th e council attempted four years ago to “In Elizabeth, Spencer and Lonsdale streets introduce a CBD built form planning scheme there are no height controls. So we are High hopes for the amendment (C188) but the document was seeing buildings coming up to 60, 70 and 80 not accepted by the State Government. storeys,” he said. Cr Ong says lessons have been learned since “How big is too big? You can build up to 2011 and the council had not covered all the 'other' east-west link where the aeroplanes will just miss you. Is necessary aspects in its previous attempt. that a good outcome?” Cr Ong said. He says that a West Melbourne structure Mr O’Donnell, a director of Melbourne Elsewhere in this edition, we reveal that plan is currently on the council’s drawing Proponents of the Melbourne life-form Development, said the Veloway more than twice the development that has board and, once complete, the only would provide an important link occurred in the CBD during the past 13 years B1 Veloway are confi dent that remaining urban renewal area without such connecting Melbourne’s bicycle networks is either currently under construction or on a plan will be the CBD. the new State Government from Cremorne, Richmond in the east to its way (see page 7). Docklands in the west. He said Docklands, Southbank, Arden- will accept their novel idea But Cr Ong said it was not too late to Macaulay and City North all had “As a congested city, we have to make life introduce comprehensive planning controls to separate cyclists from CBD comprehensive planning guidelines in place. easier for motorists, taxis, delivery drivers within the Hoddle Grid. motorists and pedestrians. and of course for cyclists. Th e current “Th e CBD will be the only area left without “We need proper guidance on heights, thinking which seems to begin and end comprehensive planning guidelines and it’s setbacks, wind patterns, etc,” he said. “We If accepted and fi nally built, the Veloway with bike lanes and painting lines on roads time we tackled it,” Cr Ong said. need to plan how these developments cycle path would be “clipped” to the outside is demonstrably not good enough,” Mr He said he would be pushing for the task to interact with people at street level.” of the 1.7km railway viaduct, passing over O’Donnell said. be included in the council’s 2015 action plan. Banana Alley and six intersections, between Cr Ong said the starting point for such a “We believe this public infrastructure Flinders St and Southern Cross stations. In the 2011 document the council said: “Th e review would be to consult all the relevant proposal will fi rmly establish Melbourne present planning scheme provisions fail to stakeholders to determine what was Th e consortium behind the novel idea has as a transport innovator in delivering present a clear, easily accessible picture of required. taken to calling the Veloway “the other improved cycle safety through much needed the desired built form in most parts of the east-west link” and is hopeful of a better separation of cars from bikes and also from He said that without proper height controls, central city. Some provisions fundamental reception from the new Labor government pedestrians along the busy Northbank we would see developers buying and to the desired outcome have insuffi cient than the original east-west road link. and Southbank precincts as well as being demolishing towers built in the 1960s and statutory weight, or are buried in tracts an appealing amenity for ride to work 70s and pushing further into the sky. “At this stage, all we are seeking from of policy whose intent may overlap or commuters and visitors to Melbourne.” government is a commitment to fund a contradict.” “Unless there are heritage restrictions on fuller feasibility study which we believe will “Cycling to work has more than doubled a site, there is nothing stopping a further As reported elsewhere in this edition, prove the business case and show a net state in the last 10 years and a stated aim of all explosion of development,” he said. since 2011 nearly 800 fl oors have been benefi t for the state and for all Melburnians,” governments has been to provide vehicle- added to the CBD skyline comprising 5089 “I want to lock in built form planning said consortium spokesperson Grant free paths and facilities as an extremely apartments, 188,00sqm of offi ce space and controls for the central city.” O’Donnell. eff ective way for improving their safety.”

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Th e City of Melbourne’s recently-released One of the metrics measured by the DAM If you think inner Melbourne is Development Activity Monitor (DAM) shows is “fl oors above ground”. Since 2002, that 11,715 apartments have been built in some 2343 fl oors have been added to the booming, then hang on to your the central city since 2002 but that a further Melbourne skyline. Th ere are a further 4425 hat, the party is only starting. 26,553 are either under construction or are coming to a street near you. on the drawing board. Th e only area of activity of modest growth Th ere is more than twice as much It’s a similar story on the commercial front is retail, where an extra 48,856sqm is either construction either underway or planned too. Since 2002, some 466,857sqm of nett underway or planned. Th is fi gure is only within the CBD than has taken place over lettable fl oor space has been added to the slightly more than the 44,891 sqm of retail the past 13 years. CBD. However, a further 653,777sqm is on growth experienced in 2014. Overall, retail its way. has grown by 144,971sqm since 2002.

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You’ve seen ‘Iron Chef’ on SBS. Fast-paced action from the chefs in their elaborate outfi ts - grilling, sauteing, setting things on fi re with Chairman Kaga’s entertaining commentary in the background.

But now here is your opportunity to enjoy a gourmet meal prepared by three iron chefs. Th e supposed story behind Iron Chef is that the fl amboyant Takeshi Kaga (known as chairman Kaga) specially A Princes Bridge cyclist is forced into the motor-vehicle lane to overtake a horse-drawn vehicle. constructed a cooking arena called the Kitchen Stadium in his castle. Th ere, visiting chefs from around the world would compete against his Gourmet Academy, led by his three (later Riding roughshod over the law four) Iron Chefs. Chairman Kaga himself is a showpiece, dressed in outlandish Th e clippity clop of hooves on CBD streets is soothing to most but is increasingly annoying to the examples of men’s formal attire. City of Melbourne. Over two nights this February, Iron Chef is coming to Melbourne for a special dinner event. Th e council and the horse-drawn vehicle Carriage operators need a council street- or otherwise-powered who seem to make operators are locked in a bitter battle over trading permit because they accept money almost a sport of not complying with the French Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai, Italian permit conditions compliance. from customers approaching them on the conditions which have quite reasonably Iron Chef Masahiko Kobe and Chinese street. However, Cr Leppert said the council been applied,” Mr Robinson said. Some operators, the council says, are now Iron Chef Kentaro Chen will prepare a could only act against them while they were operating without street trading permits Mr Robinson told councillors that some six-course dinner, with each chef cooking stationary. two dishes. – presenting an even greater regulatory operators did not have permits but there was challenge. Speaking on unrelated matter at the council’s little remedy available to the council. Th ere is a capacity of up to 300 people for Future Melbourne Committee meeting Th e situation has become so strained that “Th ere are two operators out there now each night, and Masterchef contestant on October 14, the council’s engineering Cr Rohan Leppert is suggesting that the city who are not trading with a permit. Th ey Alice Zaslavsky will be the evening’s MC. services manager Geoff Robinson virtually might be better off without them. operate on the premise of accepting booked Wine and sake will be matched by local admitted the council was powerless. fares, but when you stand there next to the sommelier Masahiko Iga. “I’ve seen enough poor behaviour from “We have a myriad of people out there taking operator with an alleged booked fare, money some operators and witnessed enough Diners will be treated to a performance photos of horse-drawn vehicles (doing the changes hands. It’s just not the way it’s enforcement problems to make me think of shodo by Japanese calligrapher Junko wrong thing), taking pictures of people meant to be,” he said. that we should wind them up and not renew Azukawa and live music by koto player crossing the roads at the wrong time, all of their permits,” Cr Leppert said. “It requires a constant level of reinforcement, Brandon Lee. which is completely unenforceable,” he said. gradual escalation. It reached a point a little Cr Leppert said operators regularly broke Th e Iron Chef Melbourne Dinner will “You have to actually have an authorised while ago where we were really cross and traffi c laws including driving up tram tracks be on February 14 and 15 at RACV City offi cer right there at the time. Th e law will we went out and issued a notice to comply and in dedicated bicycle lanes. He said he Club, 501 Bourke St. Tickets are $380 per not allow us to go and do it remotely. And and breach and then this cat and mouse was also concerned about the welfare of the person. that’s the inherent diffi culty with it. We’ve game ensued to the point where we were animals on very hot days. got limited numbers.” able to issue a fi ne. We did it twice to the one “What I fear is that there is going to be a operator who cried foul.” “Th ere are people with street-trading permits terrible accident before something is done for things that move around the city, whether “What it did, was bring them back to the about this problem,” Cr Leppert said. it be human-powered or horse-powered table for a quick meeting, but that’s all."

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burned off . Th e eff ect looks like an early As the mercury rises this autumn, except the leaves just die and don’t month, it is no comfort for CBD necessarily drop. “Without enough water, their leaves shrivel residents, workers and visitors and die and this is only going to get worse to learn that the temperature with rising temperatures,” Cr Wood said. here can be four to seven He said that, with a conservatively-predicted average rise in temperatures of two degrees degrees hotter than in the outer by the end of century, Melbourne’s climate suburbs. would resemble current-day Mildura’s. So, keeping water up to the city’s “urban Known as the “urban heat island eff ect”, the forest” is a vital cog in a complex wheel of masses of concrete, steel and bitumen in the survival. central city draws and retains heat like no other place in the state. Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) is an engineering solution that results in the Other inner city locations get as hot as the harvesting, storage and re-use of storm CBD on any given day. But our thermal water. mass dictates that the heat is retained for longer, meaning higher overnight minimum Cr Wood explained that only 1 per cent of the temperatures and increasingly-oppressive 500 billion litres of rain that falls on the City A thermal image of the corner of Little Collins and Russell streets illustrates the benefi ts of shade trees in our city. nights during heat waves. of Melbourne each year was retained. According to City of Melbourne environment Th e council is becoming more technically chair Arron Wood, the solution is multi- competent in engineering options which kindergartens and childcare centres,” Cr He also said the council intended to double nurture more trees throughout our long faceted, but can be summarised as Wood said. the current city tree canopy by 2040 by summer. planting 3000 new trees every year. “greening”. “So, we’ve had heat waves of three, four or And there are plenty of hardcore reasons to Deciduous trees, which drop their leaves to fi ve days,” he said. “But what happens when And he said Melburnians needed to get used embrace a “greening” agenda apart from allow vital winter sun but provide a canopy these events extend to two weeks or more?” to the reality that the city’s iconic heritage simple aesthetics which, back in 1977, in the summer, is the fi rst line of defence. trees were approaching the end of their Victorian’s celebrated with the slogan “We’re heading for Mildura-type weather, Greening walls, rooftops and facades comes natural lives. “Garden State” on motor vehicle number where they get 10 or 12 days in a row of over next. plates. 40 degree temperatures.” “Some of our classic parks and gardens will Th e heat island eff ect disadvantages the CBD be unrecognisable without the elms and Cr Wood pointed out that heat stress kills Cr Wood said the council had a series of over-and-above the eff ect of global warming oaks,” he said. more Victorians each year than the road intersecting policies to combat the eff ects and we are particularly vulnerable should toll. He said that, in the week leading up to of urban heat islands. Th ese include social our plane trees die from disease or in the the Black Saturday bushfi res in 2009 (which strategies, open space strategies, urban forest next prolonged drought. claimed 170 lives), some 370 Melburnians strategies and climate adaption strategies. Contemporary council policy dictates that died from heat stress. He said hard surfaces, such as footpaths no more than 5 per cent of a single species He also said January 2014’s fi ve-day heat and roads, needed to be permeable so be planted in a specifi c area. Th is is to wave cost CBD retailers $50 million in lost precious rainwater could be retained in the protect against species-specifi c diseases revenue because shoppers simply stayed underlying soil. which can wipe out every tree in a location. away. But in the CBD, we have a mono-culture of “And that’s not to take into account plane trees … and more plane trees. construction industry losses where workers Cr Wood said plane trees were susceptible stay home when the temperature hits to extreme heat and their leaves literally 35 degrees and disruption to schools,

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Th e Save Th e Palace Th eatre battle over the Bourke St building is going to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).

Th e building’s owner, Jinshan Investments, has already applied to VCAT to demolish the building. Th e City of Melbourne indicated it would take on the campaign and resist this. At the Future Melbourne Committee on December 9, councillors voted 5-3 in favour of refusing to issue a permit to demolish the Palace Th eatre and the subsequent construction of a hotel. On December 23, the Save Th e Palace Committee, Melbourne Heritage Action and National Trust all lodged applications to be parties to the VCAT hearing. Rebecca Leslie from the Save Th e Palace Committee shared with CBD News: “Mediation is listed for February 20 and the hearing scheduled to run for fi ve days Off Little Collins St – Tuesday, 10pm commending March 30.” Creative Safety campaign pathway Young people between 13 to 25 years engaged with professional artists as co- for CBD residents creators during Signal 37. intruder can often work for hours without building managers to fully explore building Th e summer art program was jam-packed being challenged.” security,” he said. with workshops, mentoring opportunities, CBD News is joining conversations, exhibitions and Residents 3000 in a “Some of us don’t even lock our doors,” he Mr Dall’Amico said he was disappointed to performances. said. miss out on a City of Melbourne community campaign during 2015 to grant for the project but was confi dent other Mr Dall’Amico said his group expected Th e program off ered budding artists the make city living more secure. funding sources were available. chance to work alongside professional to work with Victoria Police to roll out artists, develop skills across a wide range of a comprehensive security audit system Each month, CBD News will be publishing a art forms and gain accreditation, opening To be known as City Safety 2015, the specifi c to high-rise apartment living. sample tip taken from the building security pathways into the creative industries. embryonic campaign will be wide audit. ranging and, as much focusing on safety Covering nearly 100 security point, Residents and security aspects of inner-city living, 3000 wants to make contact with building Mr Dall’Amico is asking CBD residents to it will also be a celebration of the benefi ts owners’ corporations to explore the level of encourage their OC to become part of the of our special lifestyle. interest in the program. campaign. Residents 3000 president John Mr Dall’Amico said the fi rst stage of the “If your owners’ corporation doesn’t know Dall’Amico said some residents living in campaign was to make contact with owners’ about what we are doing, please bring it to apartment towers had a false sense of corporations to develop a comprehensive list their attention,” he said. of contacts. security. Mr Dall’Amico can be contacted via email “We love the security aspects of “Once we gauge the level of interest, we can at [email protected]. apartment living,” Mr Dall’Amico said. plan our delivery stage of the campaign,” Mr More information can be found at www. “But if an intruder gains access, some of Dall’Amico said. residents3000.com.au these very strengths can work against us.” “It is likely we will be seeking funding for “Because we often don’t know all our expert consults to work one-on-one with Getting down to business at Signal. neighbours in our buildings, a confi dent owners’ corporation offi ce bearers and

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funding might be from the Commonwealth After more than eight years or the state?” of talking about it, the City Cr Ong said it was unacceptable for such an important document to be a compromise. of Melbourne has a housing “We should defer it and get it right,” he said. Assault at karaoke bar strategy but no one, it appears, Cr Ong later said he would ask to have his is very happy with it. photo removed from the “welcome” page of the draft document. Melbourne North Crime Investigation Unit detectives are Councillors debated the strategy in Earlier Housing Industry Association investigating a serious assault that left two people injured at a December and settled on a compromise. assistant director Mike Hermon told karaoke bar in the CBD last month. Th e majority view was that any strategy was councillors the measures proposed within better than no strategy at all. the strategy to increase housing aff ordability It is believed the male and female victims group of men and thrown to the fl oor by her were “largely fl awed” and would not solve To the proponents of government were drinking with a group of people at hair as she was trying to defend herself. the issue. intervention in the market, the compromise the licensed premises on Elizabeth St Detectives have released images and CCTV strategy does not go far enough. Opponents “Aff ordable housing mixes cannot be around 1am on January 11. of the incident in the hope someone may believe the strategy is fl awed in other ways. manufactured by governments and planning policies,” he said. Th e 25-year-old male victim was recognise the men and women in the Cr Stephen Mayne proposed a compromise – attacked by the males in the group and footage. to remove the most contentious matter, that Mr Hermon also said mandated standards was punched and kicked until he was Anyone with any information is urged to of recommending the mandated inclusion of would make housing more expensive. unconscious on the fl oor. contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or 15 per cent of “aff ordable housing” in private Th is view was not shared by planning Th e man’s 23-year-old girlfriend came submit a confi dential crime report at developments. academic Prof Roz Hansen, who urged to his aid and was also assaulted by the www.crimestoppersvic.com.au councillors to “bite the bullet” and Th e council has committed itself, however, to recommend inclusionary zoning (for a 15 per cent aff ordable housing component aff ordable housing) for future developments. within future developments on its own land. “Supply alone will not solve the problem,” Despite being successful at council’s she said. Future Melbourne Committee meeting of December 9, the strategy still has its critics. Cr Mayne said it was clear that a strategy which included inclusionary zoning would Planning chair Cr Ken Ong and Lord Mayor not be supported by the council. Robert Doyle both opposed the adoption Removing the contentious item was a of the strategy, preferring instead a deferral “sensible middle ground”, he said. until agreement was reached between the Commonwealth and the states on housing Seconding Cr Mayne’s motion, Cr Richard funding. Foster said that, while technically a compromise, the amended strategy was still “We are getting ahead of ourselves here. ambitious. Th is will overpromise and under deliver,” Cr Doyle said. He pointed to overseas examples where local government involvement in social housing “Th e end point is a very worthy one, but was “booming”. you have to understand where we sit in the Greens councillors Rohan Leppert and Cathy scheme of things,” he said. Oke both said they were disappointed that “How can you have targets for aff ordable inclusionary zoning had been removed from housing being expressed in percentage the strategy but it was important that the terms until you know what the underpinning council had a strategy. Dr. James Khong MB.BS.FACNEM Cert. Family Planning & Sexual Health

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Real Estate The calm before the storm A new Labor government and new planning minister recovering from a heart attack have temporarily put the brakes on Melbourne’s apartment construction boom.

It has been estimated there are as many as 80 agent Malcolm Dingle of Dingle Partners “Rentals are holding fi rm although you CBD, that have seen the average apartment planning permits sitting on Richard Wynne’s said sales of existing apartments in the CBD might get a small discount from a landlord price at $525,000 (two bedroom apartment desk but he isn’t likely to come back to work over the Christmas break was at least as keen to get a quick lease in place,” he said. source: December 29, 2014 realestate. until February. strong at the same period in 2013-2014 with com.au), was sustained by higher quality Colliers residential managing director Tim strong demand in the $500,000-$800,000 buildings. Th e popular former Melbourne Lord Mayor Storey said the new apartment market saw range, with a focus on two bedrooms. is expected to be a little less gung-ho about 5000-6000 apartments sold in the CBD/ He said rising land and construction prices planning than former minister (and now “Existing apartments tend to be larger than Docklands in 2014 to a range of investors were being off set by improved architecture Opposition Leader) Matthew Guy and show the newer apartments and price diff erence and a growing number of owner-occupiers, and amenities. a little more sympathy to the CBD fabric, is more than off set by the stamp duty savings compared to an annual requirement of “Comparing a 2014 apartment with an given his strong background in housing and claimed by the new stock,” Mr Dingle said. “3000-4000”. established apartment from 2000 is like social issues. Th e Dingle rental business has 3000 Mr Storey sees the supply blip in the market comparing an old Holden with a new Mr Guy’s lasting legacy, apart from apartments with a vacancy rate of just 2 per as frustrating demand fuelled by strong Holden,” he said. transforming the city with a laissez-faire cent. population growth, particularly migration He also believes apartments stopped approach to design and supply, was to from Asia, that actively seeks out apartments “Th e main tenancy market in the CBD is the decreasing in size in 2014 and that the ensure that there are some minimum as their preferred lifestyle choice. under 30s with a strong representation of market is sustained by local buyers scoffi ng standards for apartments such as no single women setting up home in a secure “My motto is build it and they come,” he at the “off -shore” investor myth. borrowed light for bedrooms in all new environment,” he said. said citing the Aurora tower in LaTrobe St developments. as a great example of how a well-designed, If you are thinking about a 2015 move into Right now, the market is spinning its wheels well-located apartment tower can sell 941 Grant Müller the city, make it quick. with few new launches before mid-2015 and apartments in six weeks at an average price Grant has been only existing stock to sustain the continued Mr Dingle said the student rush would of $700,000. reporting on the demand for apartments. begin in February/March and would place property market for Mr Storey is confi dent the market will sustain even more pressure on existing rental more years than he Leading apartment sales and management its growth and says escalating prices in the opportunities. would care to admit. What’s on at the Wonderland Spiegeltent EUROGLIDERS MARTY SATURDAY PUTZ 7 MARCH 3XW]LQ $URXQG APRIL SCHOOL SATURDAY SATURDAY HOLIDAYS 14 FEBRUARY 21 MARCH 8:30PM 8:30PM

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FASHION ON Fashion THE STREETS Caring for Lucy Hannemann Events your clothes By Laura Timberlake

Maintaining a wardrobe can be hard work. LOCATION: Little Collins St. WHAT MAKES A GOOD OUTFIT: If your outfi t fi ts your body then it’s always WHAT ARE YOU WEARING: My outfi t is good. It’s also good to dress for your shape feminine, classic and timeless. What do you do when a favourite jumper not just what’s in fashion. gets too pilled, or the ironing pile has WHAT BRINGS YOU TO THE CITY: TRENDING NOW: 1950s-style three- reached the ceiling? Th ere are simple ways to Shopping with my sister for her engagement quarter length skirts and sleeveless shirts. clear the clutter and care for your clothing. party dress. Th e fi rst step is to evaluate your wardrobe. WHERE ARE YOU FROM: East Do you really need 15 old t-shirts that have Brunswick. been relegated to the “painting clothes” FAVOURITE CLOTHING ITEM: Shoes. draw? Th at’s not to say that recycling isn’t a good thing. For example, an old linen shirt makes an excellent window and mirror buff er. But maximising the space in your closet allows the clothes you do wear to breathe properly. Rule of thumb: if it hasn’t been worn for six months to a year, donate or sell it! Rafi Shiek Many people fi nd that rotating their clothes by season creates a streamlined wardrobe Entrepreneur (this means storing your summer clothes in another spot during the winter months and vice versa). It also makes it easier to quickly pick an outfi t. Th ere are some common mistakes made when storing clothes. For example, don’t hang knits. It causes them to lose their LOCATION: Bourke St Mall. FAVOURITE CLOTHING ITEM: Th at’s shape. Also, those wire hangers from the dry a hard question. I think from top to bottom cleaners are a no-no. Invest in good quality WHAT ARE YOU WEARING: Bulgari I want to look good, but a nice haircut and hangers that will help your garments stay in sunglasses, Paul Smith loafers, local designer pair of shoes helps. pristine shape. Flinders Lane shirt, David Jones pants, Diesel cardigan and a Longines watch. WHAT MAKES A GOOD OUTFIT: Caring for the clothing itself is another Colours. matter. Th ere are two items I can’t live WHAT BRINGS YOU TO THE CITY: My without: a clothes steamer and a fabric business, AussiePops. TRENDING NOW: Just to follow the shaver (or fabric pill remover). I tend to fashions. WHERE ARE YOU FROM: India. wear my favourite knits over and over and, in time, they start to get pilled – this refers to those little balls that appear on knitwear items after they’ve been through the washing machine. An electric fabric pill remover shaves those right off for you! Lint rollers are also handy little devices to own. (Th ey are especially helpful in removing cat/dog hair before Seb Mont leaving the house.) Th e second necessity is a clothes steamer. Musician Th is is a marvellous invention for everyone who hates ironing and has the space for one. A steamer can cut dry cleaning costs and help keep your clothes wrinkle-free. Other simple items to consider include a basic sewing kit and baby wipes. We can’t always rely on mum to sew on buttons and LOCATION: Bourke St Mall. FAVOURITE CLOTHING ITEM: My baby wipes are a great way to do simple spot black wide-brimmed hat. cleans. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING: My outfi t is very indie and most of it is either from the WHAT MAKES A GOOD OUTFIT: op shop or garage sales. I’m wearing a tiger Colour co-ordination and blending. It’s also t-shirt from the St Kilda Salvos, vintage Ralph important to dress to your shape. I’m skinny Lauren boat shoes and my sunnies are Ray- so I embrace it because it’s important to Ban. embrace who you are. Laura Timberlake WHAT BRINGS YOU TO THE CITY: TRENDING NOW: I don’t dress to trend Laura is a fashion and Busking. but I’m aware of it. I think the long and layered lifestyle writer who look is pretty on trend right now. enjoys hunting down WHERE ARE YOU FROM: St Kilda. the latest trends in Melbourne to share them with the world. ISSUE 06 CBD NEWS 17

Councillor Profi le Ken and the art of political independence By Shane Scanlan

Cr Ken Ong is very much his own man.

He’s a supremely self-confi dent and Interestingly, he says he was off ered the forthright maverick with a big, bass voice Liberal candidacy for the safe lower house and an even bigger presence. seat of Mt Waverly in the lead up to the 2010 election but chose to fi nish what he started Unaligned with any other councillors, the at a Melbourne councillor. self-made-man does things his own way and would prefer not to care what his colleagues But it’s hard to see how he would tolerate think of him. toeing the party line as a parliamentary back-bencher. He says blind adherence to But reality dictates that he needs majority ideology is the cause of many of the world’s support for his views – which is clearly problems. a frustration for the Malaysian-born entrepreneur. “Here (at council) I am clear in my conscience that when I vote it is because Now half-way through his second four-year I believe it is the right way to go – and not term as a City of Melbourne councillor, Cr along party lines,” he said. Ong says this time around has been tougher. In Cr Ong’s case, hard work resulted in Now independently well-off , Cr Ong chooses “I have a clear view of what I want to achieve being selected for Malaysia’s premier public to serve the community via his council and “We have developed along certain lines,” he and I also have a clear conscience that I am school, the Victoria Institution in Kuala charitable involvements. said. “Th ere seems to be factions forming.” not selling my soul. Maybe I’m not meant to Lumpur. “I don’t know whether this is because of how be a party-political person.” He attributes his abundant self-confi dence He didn’t become school captain, despite to achievements as well as a capacity and the election turned out with fi ve for Team Cr Ong says he’ll remain a councillor for as being destined for the position. Instead, interest in ongoing learning. Doyle, eff ectively four from the left, myself – long as he had goals to achieve. He would he took the decision at the end of year 11, a Liberal but sitting in the middle – and then consider attempting to become deputy lord “About three or four years after my dad to travel to Australia for his fi nal year of there’s Stephen Mayne who loves to play his mayor in the future. passed away I joined the army cadets schooling. politics.” (becoming drum major and warrant offi cer) He says his involvement in council is “I said to my mum: ‘give me an air ticket and and that helped a lot in terms of self- “So you end up with: the governing faction, an extension of his vast community and enough money for a couple of months’ rent discipline and focus,” he said. the opposition faction and the balance charitable involvements. He is particularly and I will fi nd my own way,” he said. of power. On one side you have a strong active within the Chinese community. “Th en I got involved in the Red Cross, the personality in the Lord Mayor and, on the Cr Ong found private board near Caulfi eld Scouts, played a lot of sports and built up “I can always put my time into the other side, people whose sole objective is High School (now Glen Eira College) and confi dence and leadership skills.” philanthropic sector as well,” he said. “Being to fi ght the Lord Mayor. I can’t understand worked in restaurants and factories to fund a councillor is not the be-all and end-all. If And his also apparent high level of energy that.” his completion of high school as well as a I fi nd there are one or two key areas that I and commitment? “For me, this has been diffi cult because double engineering degree in computer and want to do, I might come back and focus on “It’s more determination than energy,” this is not what I signed up for – spending electrical systems at Monash University. those.” he laughed. “Determination overcomes half the time playing politics – and politics He spend a brief period back in Malaysia “I don’t want to be here as a councillor just fatigue.” associated with certain egos,” he said. upon graduating in 1983 before returning, because it’s great to be a councillor with a marrying and starting a 19-year career in Cr Ong would prefer all councillors to vote nice title and all that stuff ,” he said. various roles with Ericsson. on the merits of each argument and says Cr Ong says he started developing self- party political affi liations should be left at He moved from technical to business confi dence and leadership skills as a youth. the town hall door. development roles within the company Th e ninth-born of a family of 13 children, he following completion of a part-time MBA in In next month's “I came into council with the mindset that faced particular challenges after his father 1993. Councillor Profi le this was just an extension of my community died when he was only 10-years-old. we look at: work. It’s not a political thing. If you want it In 2002 he left the electronics giant and Cr Jackie Watts be political, you should go to either the state “Th ere is an ethic in my family that we have concentrated on his own business interests – or federal level,” he said. to work hard,” he said. in childcare centres.

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Architecture

Th e premise for this new column is to review recent architecture projects within the 3000-postcode precinct.

Th e stunning atrium at 171 Collins St ... a fi ne example of corporate interior architecture (Photo Bates Smart). Where has all the good architecture gone?

Th ere is one problem – there have been few glass and stone. It is an elegant reminder of Architecture in the city says a great deal of Antony Di Mase good pieces of architecture built here in the our modernist tradition in city offi ce foyers. our aspirations as a people. It helps defi ne is a practising architect past fi ve years. Th is is a shame as the Central Innovation is also occurring on narrow sites who we are and who we seek to be. at Di Mase Architects. He Activity Centre has been the heartbeat of and the new Phoenix apartments in Flinders is currently completing Perhaps the election of the new State Melbourne architecture. St and at the architects’ headquarters on a masters of lighting Government provides an opportunity to design at QUT with a Exhibition St. focus on daylight design For generations Melbourne has re-defi ned redress this situation. As the new Planning in the built environment. itself from gold rush extravagances to So what is happening? What role does Minister, Richard Wynne should hand 9482 5144, antony@ mid-century elegances to a thoroughly property values play? Have project responsibility solely to the Melbourne City dimasearchitects.com.au modern city that balances between old managers “value-managed” design Council to administer urban planning and new. Not so long ago, Melbourne saw innovation out of architecture? matters in a socially-inclusive way. projects like Federation Square, Monaco Is the planning system too constraining? We need to whole-heartedly invest in House, Melbourne’s council offi ces, the Does the planning minister have too much architects, landscape architects, lighting Urban Workshop, the Federal Law Courts power? Does the Victorian Government designers and interior designers over project and Melbourne Terrace as well as other Architect playing a meaningful role? managers and developers to design our exemplary projects redefi ned architecture in city buildings for people and a sustainable Melbourne. Good architecture is a collective future. responsibility and architecture has a role to Th ese projects give something back to our play in defi ning the city and place we want. Let’s discuss homelessness, aff ordability city. Th ey are generous. Th ese buildings Whatever the reasons for the dearth of good and sustainability in relation to our city. We blur the public and private domain, so that architecture in Melbourne’s Central Activity need to envisage a city with ideas of scale, the experience of the city is continuous and District – it is a failure. form and mass and a rich exploration of unfolding. architecture. It is a failure of the planning system to I did not realise it at the time, however the integrate good design into its performance Call me naïve, but just as quickly as people 1990s and early 2000s were a time of vitality measures and there is a failure by developers are drawn to our wonderful city, they can and excellence in their architecture. Public to invest in innovation. be turned away when it becomes expensive, and private projects were more innovative, cold, windy and just plain bland. Let’s not and yet were built on the tradition of Every new project has the opportunity to let this happen. Melbourne’s civic and cultural values. do one of two things – either give or take something away. Th e Post Offi ce steps, for Nowadays, real estate signage shouts instance, gives a place for people to sit and “iconic” – yet there is sameness to it all – enjoy the sunshine, whereas a shiny, glass concrete, glass and tall buildings that give high-rise tower takes away valuable sunlight little to the public domain. away from the street or park below. In recent Th e new atrium at 171 Collins St is an times we are seeing too many buildings exception. Th is fi ne example of corporate contribute little to the city – relying on what interior architecture plays with daylight, took generations to make. ISSUE 06 CBD NEWS 19

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Will Coles maintains that he can tell whether the would-be thief of his sculpture is left or right handed!

So sort after is his work, that glue is not a He is also one of the all-too-few street deterrent to some street art connoisseurs! artists whose work is other than decorative. He is the most stolen (successful or Most of his sculptures have a political or otherwise) artist in the country! social comment behind them. Th is has forced Will to change the A frequent visitor to Melbourne, composition of the concrete used in the sometimes in conjunction with an casting of his sculptures but, sadly, his exhibition, Will generously bestows his work still suff ers a lot of damage. whimsical work on CBD streets and lanes and a trip down them will reveal many of The magic of the stage Originally from Suff olk, Will settled his pieces. in Sydney in 1996. Th e grandson of a professional sculptor, he studied at the You may chance upon a pigeon or At just 26-years of age, CBD resident Jayde Krichet exhibits the Glasgow and Wimbledon schools of art in a balaclava head, some fries and a the UK. hamburger or a very well endowed teddy confi dence and the wisdom of a seasoned stage director. bear! In 2007, motivated by an unsuccessful In the middle of rehearsals for her latest does not have to be necessarily in a theatre,” entry in the Sydney by the Sea Sculpture Suburbs for a bit more Will Coles spotting direction, Th e Importance of Being Earnest she said. Prize, Will placed his TV sets along the are Fitzroy, East Brunswick, Collingwood by Oscar Wilde, Jayde is at ease encouraging, foreshore anyway. It was some time before and Windsor. While her practice is grounded in nudging and guiding the actors to get the it was discovered that they weren’t actually performance, she also likes to include music Will, it should be noted, is an entrant in required results. in the competition! And thus began Will’s in her work. this year’s McClelland Sculpture Awards career as a street artist! Trained at the Victorian College of the Arts, at McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery, “Even if the play has no music, I like to get completing a Bachelor of Music Th eatre A favourite spot for this prolifi c artist was Langwarrin. a composer to work on a musical score, to in 2011, Jayde took up directing more at the base of the now-demolished, Sydney create a underscore that links the scene, just recently while she continues to act when an monorail. Unfortunately, these pieces were to add an extra layer to the world the actors opportunity comes up. to become a repository for chewing gum are in,” she said. Lorraine Ellis and cigarette butts! Directing is as much about spotting the If you are interested Th eatre has been successfully fi ghting off al right projects as anything else and, if Th e Bodacious placement is Will’s stock- in Melbourne street of its many apparent usurpers – television, Importance of Being Earnest is anything to in-trade. For example, his sculpture art there is more on movies, Internet, etc. go by, then Jayde has a sharp eye. Photographed was glued in place during a my Facebook page, StreetsmART Jayde commented: “Th eatre is analog – it’s busy lunch-time on Elizabeth St. “It is important for a young director to be live. If something goes wrong, you deal working with good writing. It means I can with it, and soldier on. People enjoy that hone my skills and if something is going unpredictability. Th ere is no pause or rewind wrong, at least you know it’s not the text,” here.” she said when asked why she chose Wilde’s “serious comedy for trivial people”. “You don’t get the same experience online like you do in the fl esh. Seeing someone “I enjoy the process of writing/directing as living and breathing – putting their heart on it allows me to explore ideas in a way that the line – it doesn’t get more interesting than is much deeper. It is about creation and that,” she added. exploration,” she said. She loves living in the CBD. Th e rehearsal process brings out the best in her, she claimed. “Th is is the toughest “It seems like everybody is in the city now. part, but it’s the most fun as it is where it all I never go to the shopping centres on happens – where words come alive.” the weekend. It’s mayhem in there with shoppers from everywhere,” she said. Jayde elaborated on her penchant for using Where are YOUR new customers? non-traditional spaces as a set. Her fi rst play as a director was set in a chapel, the next CBD Local was in a bookstore and the latest in Como 4ALKŸTOŸUSŸFORŸHYPER LOCALŸGEOGRAPHICALLYŸSPECIÚCŸTARGETING If you know someone who House. you think is a CBD Local let 8689 7980 or email [email protected] us know, news@cbdnews. “I like to fi nd places that serve a text and that com.au 20 CBD NEWS ISSUE 06

Planning Owners Corporation Law Waiting to learn new rules AGM season For a large number of owners’ corporations at this time of the year is time for the annual general meeting (AGM). Alastair Taylor Is a director of Urban Melbourne - Th e AGM is a compulsory meeting, and must www.urbanmelbourne. be held every 15 months at maximum. info All the usual motions must be put and resolved at the AGM – the existing committee must present their reports, a It’s a new year, we have a new budget must be set and new levies struck. state government, an updated A new committee must be elected, and the owners’ corporation must decide on its level project database and potentially of insurance and whether an audit should be a new planning approval done on their accounts. regime for the Capital City Zone However, contrary to what most think, the AGM is not the venue for airing grievances which encompasses the CBD, and raising complaints about the day-to-day Southbank, Docklands and management of the building or the structure Fishermans Bend. of the aff airs of the owners’ corporation. Of course, the chairperson has the power to invite owners to table “general business from the fl oor” but, unless there is a specifi c motion on the agenda to discuss and decide With the election of the Andrew’s on a specifi c issue, then it otherwise cannot Government at the end of November last be raised nor resolved. year it’s understandable that there has not been much seen, said or done in relation to Th e key point for owners who wish to raise new development in the CBD. a particular issue for discussion and debate is to seek to formally put that motion on the In news reported on Th e Mandarin, the agenda for the AGM. Th is involves either new government is doing what most new requesting the secretary, chairperson or the governments do and restructuring the committee to include the motion on the bureaucracy and it has been reported agenda, or by requisitioning the motion by that planning will be morphed into a new petitioning other owners to sign a form to Department of Environment, Land, Water support the motion being included on the and Planning. agenda. If you take the name of the new department If neither of these options are viable, the lot on face value, one might notice that one owner may have to raise the issue via the other key land-use portfolio has been complaints process under the model rules or omitted: Transport; it will now reside in a under the dispute resolution section of the new Department of Economic Development, Owners’ Corporation Act 2006. Jobs, Transport and Resources. Remember also that proxy votes for the Approvals 568 Collins St continues its march skywards. Photos Mark Baljak / Urban Melbourne AGM will only be valid if: (i) the correct Tucked at the back end of an ABC TV report and prescribed form is used; (ii) the form on January 15, the Acting Premier, James is submitted on time; (iii) that the owner or Australia 108 January we have been looking at volume Merlino, foreshadowed changes on the owners of the lot do not owe any levies or of projects, the amount of residential horizon for Capital City Zone planning In the same ABC TV report where the Acting fees at the date of the meeting; and (iv) only units they yield and what kind of building approvals. Premier made the comments about the if the form is signed by all owners shown on these projects are in specifi c regions. new Capital City Zone planning approvals the roll of owners and the certifi cate of title. Th ere was no supplementary question regime, news came to light that Australia 108 We defi ne a low-rise building as a and details remain sketchy as this stage, If the lot is owned by a company, trust will kick off its onshore sales campaign in structure with have fi ve levels or less; a however the Mr Merlino alluded to the City or self-managed super fund, then extra February. mid-rise has between six and 12 levels; of Melbourne and the Offi ce of Victorian documentation may need to be submitted and high-rises have 13 or more levels. Government Architect playing a greater role. Although the tower will not be located in the with the proxy form to prove the execution CBD, it’s hard to imagine its presence not We also break the CBD up into two of the proxy is valid and that appropriate Under the current regime, the City of having an eff ect on the central city. regions: East and West End with Elizabeth delegations have been made by the company Melbourne is consulted and invited to St the boundary and all projects located or trust. comment on applications which are lodged If you stand and look southwards anywhere between LaTrobe Street and Victoria when the Minister of Planning and his/ on Queen Street at present, the Eureka Postscript: Participation on the committee Parade (sometimes known as the “CBD her department are deemed to be the Tower on Southbank dominates the vista. by resident owners, is going to be of critical annex”) to be divided into the sub-region, responsible authority, however the ultimate When Australia 108 gets off the ground, the importance for the future of the CBD. depending on which side of Elizabeth St authority still rests with the planning odds of the tower dominating the William St they are located on. Th e number of owner-residents in the minister. vista are quite attractive. community is falling, as local and overseas No surprises that we are not tracking any Th ere are many in the industry – including At 319m tall, with well over 1000 apartments investors continue to acquire these low-rise buildings in the CBD, however us at Urban Melbourne – who would and a unique “starburst” architectural apartments. Only residents will have the we do have two mid-rise projects – one undoubtedly be keen to see the detail of feature located two thirds the way up the knowledge and context to keep oversight of in the East End and one in the West End. the foreshadowed changes. No doubt, there facade, Australia 108 will catch everyone’s the smooth running of the building on a day- Th ere are 33 high-rise projects in total for would also be many developers who still eye both near and far. to-day basis. the CBD ranging in size from 100 units up have a planning application before the Database to and over 1000 units, 12 of the projects Spring St planning department who will be are located in the East End and 21 located wondering if the changes to the approvals During the downtime over the Christmas Tom Bacon in the West End. process will aff ect applications lodged up and New Year break, we at Urban Melbourne is the principal lawyer of Strata Title Lawyers. until the date they are announced. Rest have embarked on a large-scale update of tom@stratatitlelawyers. assured this will be monitored closely. our project database and, since the start of com.au ISSUE 06 CBD NEWS 21

Health & Wellbeing Time to grow Prepping your body Kickstarting your 2015 Campaign Are you looking for a way to kickstart It’s always one of my favourite your 2015 fi tness campaign? Here are two great ideas: events in Melbourne as the Th e Victorian Road Runners will be Town Hall Veggie Patch is like Kelly Slater holding time trials at the “Tan” (TTTs) planted and the City Square on Saturday, February 7 from 7.30am. Th e club was established in 1982 and, becomes a tranquil garden for a modest membership fee, you can of culinary delights – yes, the be connected with other keen runners to Grow Show is happening motivate and focus your training. Th ere are 4km and 8km options (either again this year between one or two laps, with a slight detour to February 7 and March 1. make up the distance) and the session is open to members and non-members As part of this year’s Sustainable Living alike. Beware though, as the time trial Festival, rocket, basil, parsley and any goes clockwise and for those who other fruit or vegetable you can grow in know the “Tan” you’ll know that means an urban environment will decorate the running up the Anderson St Hill. More corner of Collins and Swanston streets. info at www.vrr.org.au Th e festival is focused on what we, as Viva Physiotherapy is holding its Melburnians can grow ourselves and annual New Years’ Resolution Pilates so you can come down for tips about Competition. By telling us in 50 words everything from the horticulture to how or less how Pilates will feature in your to cook it! Even though we are well into summer now, stylish once you’re up there. it’s not until February that our waters start to New Years’ resolution you can receive a Isaac and Laura suggest the fi rst step is Th e event is always diverse and fun with warm enough to coax someone like me into month’s unlimited studio membership, perfecting your push-up technique. Push- information on species and plants that do the open water. As a result, we are seeing a plus a one-on-one session with a ups are one of the exercises most commonly well in back yards, or on balconies and number of people asking for advice on how physiotherapist to write your tailored performed badly and unbalance on the terraces. And Melbourne being a foodie to prepare themselves for the surfi ng season. program. Runners-up prizes are also board. Th eir YouTube clip gives specifi c capital of course there’ll be famous chefs Laura Ham and Isaac Anderson from here at available. to teach you how to prepare something advice on how to sort out your form. Viva are keen surfers and have put together Enter at www.vivaphysiotherapy.com/ extra special with the fruits of your toil. some useful tips. In addition, striders, rollers squats and pilates-competition/ arabesques will keep you riding the wave all So if you’re looking for ways to become Th e universally-agreed approach is to the way to the shore. For videos and specifi c inspired about increasing your fruit and focus on three main areas of your body: advice, their blog can be found at Kathryn Anderson veggie intake, or just how to grow more strength, spinal fl exibility and balance. Th e Is the principal of Viva www.vivaphysiotherapy.com/prepping- yourself, come down to the City Square combination of these three will ensure you Physiotherapy, Flinders and get involved! body-surf-like-kelly-slater/ Lane. Ph: 9663 2043 www. not only get up like an expert, but also look vivaphysiotherapy.com

Pet's Corner Tourist guides: a walk in the park Roger Hersey 65 Toy Poodles: Bacci, 10 (grey) & Enzo, 8 (black)

Roger Hersey, 65, and his two toy poodles to run free. Enzo and Bacci love wandering the Flagstaff “We were thinking of asking if the corner Gardens in the the summer heat. of the gardens where the gum trees are, if Joining many fellow Melburnians, Roger it could be made into an off -leash area for and the two poodles are busy showing their dogs,” Roger said. friend Vincent, who is visiting from Adelaide, “So far, apathy has reigned and no one has what Melbourne is all about. taken up the task,” Roger laughed. “Enzo and Bacci get to come for a walk at “However people do use the leashes at the least twice a day, they love it! Th e heat isn’t moment because not all dogs are social. And bothering them too much, especially since if dogs run away then there is the risk of the they have just had a haircut,” Roger said. roads nearby.” Roger loves the dog-walking community that Roger loves the stimulation in Melbourne exists in the Flagstaff Gardens near his home. in the form of music, arts, theatre and many “It’s a great social scene here with the dog great discussion groups, and is looking walkers. Everyone gets along really well,” he forward to the many events held over said. summer in the CBD. On the topic of the gardens being an on- “I know it will be great. I need to have a leash area for dogs, Roger said that it was a better look at the program of what’s on but I shared desire to create some space for dogs will defi nitely attend some events,” he said. 22 CBD NEWS ISSUE 06 WHAT’S ON COMMUNITY CALENDAR FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN

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