Rail Safety Week 23-29 July
The Mayor of the City of Port Phillip, Cr Janet Cribbes visited the Glen Eira Road level crossing at Ripponlea Station as part of Rail Safety Week. Cr Cribbes spoke with students from the Elwood Primary School about safe behaviour around the pedestrian crossing. Road users are also encouraged to take care along Glen Eira Road. Rail Safety Week runs from 23-29 July.
Some tips for pedestrians from the Victorian Government Don't Risk It campaign:
- Cross railway lines at marked crossings only
- Stop one step back from the edge of the crossing before looking and listening in all directions for approaching trains
- Think about when it is safe to cross. This is when the tracks are clear and there are no trains approaching
- If a train is coming, wait for it to pass, then stop, look, listen and think again before crossing. Another train may be coming
- Always obey all warning signs
- Never jump fences, gates or barriers at crossings
- Never force pedestrian barriers open or use the emergency escape to enter pedestrian crossings, except in case of an emergency
- Children should always be supervised around public transport. Hold the hand of children up to five years old when crossing rail lines
- If using a wheelchair or mobility aid, or pushing a pram or stroller, and the barriers start to close while you are on the crossing, always go to the emergency escape gate ahead of you and not back to where you entered the crossing.
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The City of Port Phillip website needs a facelift
Do you have a spare two minutes? Give us your feedback and help us create something to improve your experience.
The Communications and Stakeholder Relations Unit is currently reviewing portphillip.vic.gov.au and are interested in hearing what you have to say about it, including: how, why and when you access the site, what you'd like to be able to access, what's wrong with it and what changes you'd like to see.
It won't take long, take two minutes now and fill in the  internet use survey
We're also interested in hearing from people who'd like to be involved in the process, whether it's providing feedback, or possibly user testing, if you're keen we'd like to hear from you.
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Port Phillip Seniors' Writing Competition Opens
Five $100 book vouchers are up for grabs in the 4th City of Port Phillip Seniors' Writing Competition which opened this week.
As part of the City of Port Phillip Seniors' Festival (October 13-19), residents 55 years or older are invited to write a short piece - either fiction or non-fiction - reflecting on Port Phillip. It may include historical research, genealogical material, personal recollections or anecdote and should be no longer than 1000 words. Entries in languages other than English are welcomed.
This time round there are two categories - open competition and new writers (open to anyone who has not previously won the competition).
All entries will be considered for publication in a booklet entitled Port Phillip Through My Eyes. The booklet will be launched - and the winners announced - on Sunday October 19, 2 -4 pm, at St Kilda Library, 150 Carlisle Street.
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The Land of 1000 Faces exhibition
The Land of 1000 Faces, an exhibition of over 1000 self-portraits by young people who live, study, work or play in the City of Port Phillip, opens at The Gallery, St Kilda Town Hall on Tuesday July 1, running the full month to July 31.
The City of Port Phillip supplied all the canvasses which measure 12.5cm X 17.5cm. Some aspiring artists have added bead and hair (or other things representing hair). Over $1000 in book vouchers donated by different council departments and the mayor will be awarded to 21 artists at the launch which will be held on July 16.
Young people are helping to curate and promote the exhibition through freeza, a State Government program which provides funding for youth-orientated cultural events and supports young artists in performing to an audience of their peers, in their local community.The Gallery, St Kilda Town Hall, corner Brighton Road and Carlisle Street. To July 31. Monday-Friday, 9-5.
  
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Victorian Architecture Awards
Children's Activity Centre, Skinners Playground
The City of Port Phillip Children's Activity Centre at Skinners Playground recently won two awards at the Victorian Architecture Awards: the Award for Small Project Architecture and a Sustainable Architecture Award. Designed by Phooey Architects (in association with Adam Nitschke from CoPP) the project represents an innovative use of shipping containers to produce a low cost, low energy solution that works with its context to produce an excellent result. Every off-cut has been reused for balustrading and sun shades whilst the original containers have retained their integrity producing a clever and workable building.
The jury noted that:-
"The project is highly evocative - it is both building and play equipment, offering an engaging three dimensional environment that invigorates the play ground and empowers through use. It confronts the concrete walk-ups that adjoin the site, and creates a protective edge that defines a forecourt comprising garden, sandpit and a pond and reed bed that collects the building's rainwater. This small project demonstrates to a captive young audience that sustainable design and construction principles can produce practical, site responsive and engaging built environments; relating not only to children, but also to the young at heart."
Port Phillip Accommodation Project - St Kilda Town Hall
The City of Port Phillip's recent additions to the St Kilda Town Hall recently won an Architecture Award under the category Public Architecture - Alterations & Additions. The building, designed by Williams Boag Architects, successfully integrates the heritage significance of the St Kilda Town Hall by William Pitt with the works from the 1990s by Ashton Raggatt McDougall. The project manages to enhance the previous courtyard as a functional civic space together with the internal street and art wall.
The jury noted that:-
"A simple, low maintenance palette of materials has been utilised externally and respects earlier formal expression of the office component. Connections to the existing Town Hall have been reinforced, with a clear and definitive foyer entry being established. The open plan office is comfortable and user friendly with adaptation and flexibility a key benefit. As a major single gesture, the relocation of the graphic art glass wall to the exterior facade has not only freed up space within the grand Town Hall but has also given public exposure to this significant work"
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Councillor Candidate Information Session
A candidate information session will be conducted by Council in conjunction with the Municipal Association of Victoria on Wednesday 6 August from 7.00pm to 9.00pm in the St Kilda Town Hall Auditorium. Topics discussed on the night will include:
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Who is eligible to stand as a candidate?
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What is local government?
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What is expected of a councillor?
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How do I become a councillor?
For bookings to this information session, telephone 9209 6589.
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