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_HOW THE ‘G FILLS TO 100K
100,000 people at the MCG last Saturday and this is how it filled.
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_THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT THE MCG…
This weekend the MCG will host the 2013 AFL Grand Final. To mark the occasion, here are some interesting facts and figures that you might not know about the 'G (all courtesy of www.mcg.org.au). The MCG arena measures 173.6 metres...
_POSTCARD 3 FROM BERLIN: TEMPELHOF AIRPORT
Tempelhof Airport (closed in 2008 but in appearance today, still largely as it was when last operating) in Berlin has a number of claims for international attention. It was the site in 1909 where Orville Wright (of Wright Brothers fame)...
_NEW RESIDENTIAL ZONES IN MORELAND
The City of Moreland released a draft residential zoning map for public comment on 2 September. The map identifies areas where Moreland will seek to apply the three new residential zones (the General Residential Zone, Residential Growth Zone and the...
_REFORMED RURAL ZONES
Planning Minister Matthew Guy recently released the final version of the reformed rural zones. The rural zones are the final set of zones to be released under the State Government's zone reform program. This last set of reformed zones includes...
_POSTCARD 2 FROM BERLIN: THE TIERGARTEN
The Tiergarten is an extremely large park in central Berlin and is mostly 'natural' in appearance but with areas that are manicured. Advice received is that it started as a forested hunting area for the aristocracy but its more recent...
_RESIDENTIAL ZONE REFORMS UPDATE
Last week there were two significant updates in relation to the residential zone reforms in Victoria. On Thursday 22 August 2013, the Minister for Planning through Amendment VC104 introduced transitional provisions to the residential zones to ensure that existing planning...
_POSTCARD FROM BERLIN
Berlin is a city 'under construction' . . . all over the old capital of East Germany and this has been in full swing almost continuously since the wall came down and tourism growth started again in earnest; obviously given a...
_RECENT PLANNING CHANGES
If you haven’t already seen the City of Glen Eira is the first municipality to roll out the new residential zones. Following announcements made by the Minister for Planning this week. The new zones in Glen Eira are expected to...
_PLAYGROUNDS
Have you ever sat in a playground and watched those at play? Have you ever noticed that many of our playgrounds are pieces of plastic commanding the young user to play as designed? Have you ever noticed that the equipment...