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The Minister for Planning has recently: approved boundaries for five 'market-ready' activity centres; approved criteria to be used to set the boundaries for other activity centres; introduced a new Activity centre zone (ACZ) into the Victorian Planning Provisions (VPP); applied...
During a recent overseas trip Collie staff members were able to visit the new Highline Park in West Manhattan, New York. It was interesting to see the comparisons with the Paris La Promenade Plantee (also known as Coulee Verte) which...
The recent rainfall in Melbourne has exceeded the average for September. It is now more important than ever to drought proof our gardens and landscapes to lock in the recent soil moisture from the spring rains. This can be done...
Just like the Urban Growth Zone, the Activity Centre Zone is very similar in structure to the Priority Development Zone, which is similar to the Capital City, Docklands and Comprehensive Development Zones and even to the old Merri Urban Development...
The Federal Government Stimulus Package has certainly had a positive effect on Collie through the Building Education Revolution and Social Housing Initiatives notwithstanding, the other indirect effects. It seems that the stimulus package has generated work throughout the construction industry...
Collie staff attended the recent Australian Landscape Conference 2009 which comprised two days of presentations and discussion on designing liveable landscapes. Highlights included the presentations on green roof design, mains water neutral design solutions and the kitchen garden schools program....
Melbourne's oldest hotel is reputedly the Duke of Wellington Hotel (corner Flinders and Russell Streets) built in 1850 and licensed in 1853.
Collie was closely involved in the planning and development of the new ‘Moonee Ponds Central’ shopping centre which opened recently. The centre consists of approximately 10,000 square metres of retail floor space (including a K-Mart), approximately 2,300 square metres of...
nature strip n. (plural nature strips) (Australian) An area of grass beside a roadway, possibly with a few trees or shrubs, lying in between the footpath and the roadway proper. On a public road this is public land but by...
By the end of 2009 the population of Melbourne is expected to have passed 4 million people. When the first census was conducted in 1836 the population was just 177!