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_MS 24 HOUR MEGASWIM
Over the last weekend in February, a number of Collie staff members participated in the 24-Hour Mega Swim at the Fitzroy Pool. This was the eighth year Collie had participated in the Mega Swim. Funds raised support the Go For...
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_DID YOU KNOW?
Melbourne’s famous tramway system is the largest outside the European continent and the fourth largest in the world. It stretches 244 kilometres with 1,770 stops and 450 trams.
_NEW ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE AT AURORA… FOR FROGS
Aurora is a large residential development in Epping North, approximately 20 kilometres north of the Melbourne central business district. One of the interesting features of Aurora is that it provides for the construction of a series of purpose-built frog habitat...
_FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT – FALLING WATER
I was lucky enough on my recent trip to the USA to visit a number of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, including the Guggenheim in New York and Robie House and other prairie style houses in Chicago. In addition, I also...
_ESSENDON NORTH APARTMENT DEVELOPMENTS
In recent years there has been much discussion in the ‘planning’ world about increasing densities in our activity centres and reducing growth at the fringe, you know, all that Melbourne 2030 talk! Collie has recently worked on two developments that...
_BRUNSWICK STRUCTURE PLAN AND AMENDMENT C105 TO THE MORELAND PLANNING SCHEME
Amendment C105 to the Moreland Planning Scheme was gazetted on 23 September 2010. Amendment C105 applies, through the use of a Design and Development Overlay, interim height limits to the Brunswick Major Activity Centre around Sydney Road and Lygon Streets....
_HIGHLANDS
Collie has had and continues to have a key role in Stockland’s ‘Highlands’ - a 760 hectares new community development in Craigieburn on the northem edge of metropolitan Melbourne. Located just off the Hume Highway at Craigieburn, approximately 10 kilometres...
_POSTCARD FROM FIJI…BULA
Holiday destinations do not get much more paradisaical than Fiji however, it is perhaps the country’s warmth – both climatically and through the Fijian population – that factors most in ones enjoyment of the country. Having had the opportunity to...
_DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVED FOR FORMER KODAK SITE, COBURG
The Department of Planning and Community Development recently approved a development plan for the former Kodak Australasia site in Coburg. On 21 July 2010 the Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) endorsed a Development Plan for 173-199 Elizabeth...
_2009 VICTORIAN BUSHFIRES ROYAL COMMISSION
The Bushfires Royal Commission Final Report includes 67 recommendations under various headings. The recommendations canvass a wide range of issues and are indicative of the breadth of analysis completed by the Commissioners. It is interesting that 19 of the...