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YOUR CITY OF MELBOURNE MAGAZINE FEBRUARY - MARCH 2014 MAGIC, MOMENTS AND MAYHEM MOOMBA CELEBRATING 60FESTIVALS A CONNECTED CITY KEEPING MELBOURNE MOVING THE FIRST EVER FESTIVAL OF LIVE ART CURIOUS ART IN EVERY SPACE MELBOURNE.VIC.GOV.AU LORD MAYOR’S MESSAGE As Melburnians return to work and Festival and our first Festival of Live Art. school after the summer break, Moomba is sure to be huge this year as behind the scenes the City of we celebrate 60 wonderful festivals with thousands of floats and activities for Melbourne is working to ensure that everyone. people are safe on our roads, bike lanes and footpaths. We need to do all we can to make sure the safety of these crowds is taken into Melbourne is, not surprisingly, Victoria’s consideration. busiest municipality for pedestrian, cycling and public transport activity. It is important In addition to the road safety program, that all competing modes of transport Melbourne City Council has adopted a acknowledge and respect each other. range of initiatives to improve the safety of all road users including the closing This month we will launch a road safety of Swanston Street to traffic, the Road program which is aimed at increasing Safety Plan 2013-2017 and the Bicycle Plan awareness of all road users (cyclists, 2012-2016. We’ve also extended the Queen pedestrians, motorcyclists and drivers) to Street Mega Taxi Rank to Thursday nights cultivate a safer and more enjoyable road until April, to help summer revellers get environment in the City of Melbourne. home safely. The program has six focus points: I hope you enjoy all the best that the city distractions, vulnerable users, new has to offer during Melbourne’s event environments, city visitor awareness, season and please remember to keep your protective gear and care and responsibility. safety and the safety of other road users in mind while you’re getting about. More people visit the city now than ever before and Council recognises that it needs to educate and accommodate competing road users about how to be safe and keep others safe. Melbourne experiences an influx of visitors this time of year to attend our world-class Robert Doyle, Lord Mayor events including the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, the Grand Prix, the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival, the @LordMayorMelb Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Melbourne International Jazz CONTENTS features regulars 08 CELEBRATING 60 02 LORD MAYOR’S MESSAGE MOOMBA FESTIVALS 03 MELBOURNE LOVE Magic, moments and mayhem - It’s all about romance and roses for Valentine’s Day with Kerry. Moomba bursts into life for its 60th celebration Meet Michelle, guide of Melbourne By Bike and enthusiastic city lover. 07 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARTPLAY 04 YOUR SAY Letters, tweets and a little love from our friends ArtPlay celebrating 10 years of children’s creativity in the city 05 CITY NEWS Queen Victoria update, summer sense tips, 10 A CONNECTED CITY East West Link and Community Forums. 12 EVENTS CALENDAR Sharing space and travelling safely in Melbourne 17 YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD 18 THE FIRST EVER – Discovering Melbourne Now with creative duo Tin & Ed FESTIVAL OF LIVE ART 19 YOUR COUNCIL 20 YOUR OFFER Come along for a curious exciting adventure across our beautiful city Cover: A former Birdman contestant suits up for Moomba’s iconic Birdman Rally. Read more about Moomba on page 8. 2 READ ONLINE AT MELBOURNE.VIC.GOV.AU YOUR CITY OF MELBOURNE MAGAZINE MELBOURNE LOVE CITY BY BICYCLE Being on her bike every day around the city gives Michelle Brown (owner and guide of tour provider Melbourne By Bike) a unique perspective on the city. How did you start Melbourne By Bike? I always loved Melbourne, exercise, travelling and meeting people, so in 2010 I decided to combine them all by starting Melbourne By Bike. My tours are customised to the group. I like each person to come away with an appreciation of why Melbourne is one of the most liveable cities in the world. What do you think of cycling through the city? It’s a wonderful city to cycle around. LOVE & ROSES Every time I go out it’s a different experience and Melbourne is alive with such a diverse mix of people. On bike, FOR VALENTINES my groups get to see hidden places and have experiences they wouldn’t get on any other style of tour. With love in the air, we caught up with Kerry, Manager of How has Melbourne By Bike Flowers Round the Hours, on her romantic tips for the season. improved your connections to the city? ‘It’s a perennial favourite, everyone ‘Hugh Jackman would buy flowers regularly wants roses,’ said Kerry, Manager of and once asked if one of my staff would I have excellent support from City of Melbourne, Tourism Victoria and Flowers Round the Hours, a small run after his wife Debra-Lee Furness and Destination Melbourne. I also know a lot outdoors florist shop based on the present her with the flowers pretending to be a fan.’ of the traders around town and many of corner of Swanston and little Collins them are really catering to the growing Street. tourist market. ‘There has been a florist at this spot ‘.. a man bought a How have changes to lanes and bike since the 1920s so everyone knows us. I got into the business after finishing my bouquet of roses and paths made your job easier? floristry course and worked here first, then asked me to chop the The wide bike lanes around town are becoming manager. I have now been here heads off saying it was great and with each new group I give a for 15 years.’ 10 minute talk about the safety of riding tradition!’ in our city and respecting pedestrians. I Kerry is already gearing up for another also enjoy taking groups on the capital busy Valentine’s Day. city bike trails but would like to see ‘We do a lot of preparation work, it’s long Kerry’s top city spots for romance this more signage to help people find their hours but I love the city vibe and I’ve had Valentine’s Day are the Royal Botanical way around. some memorable moments. I once had a Gardens, Birrarung Marr and the variety woman order 99 long-stemmed red roses of rooftop terrace bars around the city, with What would help make cycling in for her boyfriend and another time a man a bouquet of flowers for your loved one of the city even better? bought a bouquet of roses and asked me to course. Educating drivers about sharing the chop the heads off saying it was tradition!’ roads with cyclists especially paying attention when opening doors onto the Working in such a well-known location FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT Kerry meets a diverse range of people, www.bit.ly/MELBvalentine street and more bicycle parking in the even celebrities. city. MELBOURNE FEBRUARY - MARCH 3 YOUR SAY LETTER OF THE MONTH PARKS FOR EVERYONE Me and my family were delighted today to finally see a sign at Princes Park highlighting the importance of keeping dogs on-leash in that particular area and information about surrounding off-leash areas. This sign will make dog owners and non-dog owners aware of both their responsibilities and greatly reduce the anxiety surrounding trying to take your children to the park without having to be hyper vigilant and having to justify your right to enjoying the park in peace. One suggestion would be to place the consideration of other park users somewhere on the sign. This would make it even clearer to everyone. Thanks, well done and much appreciated, Bill A. We feature letters from our readers, so please share with us at [email protected] Very nice city of melbourne people This is OMG!!! So lovely flinders performing some safety theatre stationI really miss How do I apply for a in royal park, reminding cyclists @cityofmelbourne of 10kmhr limit. how many fatals pic.twitter.com/TP9npLQCiV residential parking here? @MIYADE1123 permit? @7HOMASK Parking permits can be issued to people who live in residential areas City of Melbourne 15 year within the municipality. The most Oh shopping in #Melbourne, how Heritage Strategy launched … convenient way to apply for a parking I miss you so. Royal Arcade @ vía @architecturelab permit is online. Melbournalia @Melbourne @ @RITAPANAHI Our online form makes it easy to apply cityofmelbourne @vogueaustralia for those who are eligible. @CHELSYMEISS Go to melbourne.vic.gov.au/parking and follow the prompts. LOVE IT. | Elegance comes to Or you can visit our Customer Service @cityofmelbourne bike desk at the Melbourne Town Hall - Melbourne to take on Rockefeller lane design https://www. Administration Building, 120 Swanston Resilient Cities Centennial bicyclenetwork.com.au/general/ Street Melbourne. We are open from Challenge (City of Melbourne) change-the-world/95306 … /via 7.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday http://adf.ly/asPWO @bicycle_network (public holidays excluded). @CHEZARINAC @MATTYBLACKWOOD CONNECT WITH US www.facebook.com/cityofmelbourne www.twitter.com/cityofmelbourne www.google.com/+cityofmelbourne FOLLOW US instagram.com/cityofmelbourne 4 READ ONLINE AT MELBOURNE.VIC.GOV.AU YOUR CITY OF MELBOURNE MAGAZINE CITY NEWS QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET CONSULTATION The announcement of the Queen Victoria Market precinct renewal created a buzz in the city late last year. Close to 1,000 people including market traders, visitors and the community joined the conversation through vox-pops at the market, in economy and future renewal. A report on MAKING A the city, and online via social media this first phase of community engagement and City of Melbourne’s Participate will come out soon, with further GREAT MARKET Melbourne website.