What the Docklands means to me!

Driving into work several weeks ago, as I do every morning admiring Beach Road thinking how lucky I am to travel down this path every day, the news on the radio came through with Melbourne being voted again the most livable city in the world. I immediately felt a sense of pride. Traveling through Port […]

Balloons in the morning

I like to check where the balloons are in the mornings. Depending on which way the wind is blowing, they either drift from left to right or right to left. I guess this is a shared experience with other Melburnians.  But sometimes in Docklands it feels like they are going to drop in for breakfast! […]

Waking up in Docklands

Every day looks different when you wake up in Docklands.  I don’t have a TV for a couple of reasons, but one of them is because there is always so much to see out my window. I love lying in bed in the morning watching the cars and trucks streaming along the freeways and into […]

Docklands’ weather

There’s a lot said about Docklands’ weather.  Windy?  Yes.  But what do you expect at the waterfront. The up-side of being exposed is having a very big sky to look at.  In Docklands you can see what the weather is doing.  You can see the clouds and, best of all, you can see the sunset […]

Hanging out

I love this picture because it captures what it is like to live and work in Docklands. In Docklands, the water is everything.  Everyone wants a water view and as soon as the sun comes out, everyone heads down to the wharves. I was walking along Harbour Esplanade one day recently and came across this […]

Rakaia Way

Living above the thriving Rakaia Way, we often catch the wafting smells of Cambodian food coming upwards from Bopha Devi. Bopha Devi is a superb eatery and one of Docklands’ hidden secrets, being in a small laneway just off the waterfront at NewQuay.

Kelly country

I live in the Nolan building at NewQuay.  Docklands is pretty windy at times, being on the waterfront. And when the wind blows, the Kelly Gang can be heard going about their bushranging business downstairs. The Kelly Gang (not sure of its name) is a sculpture on the side of our building.  It moves in […]