CITY OF PORT PHILLIP

'The City of Port Phillip' is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the northern shore of Port Phillip Bay, south of the Melbourne Central Business District. It has an area of 20.62 km². As at 2006, the estimated resident population is 85,674 [1].
One of the oldest areas of European settlement in Melbourne, Port Phillip is known for its many dynamic urban villages, a foreshore which stretches for over 11km, cultural diversity, magnificent heritage buildings, artistic expressions and beautiful parks and gardens.
Port Phillip is well served by a number of varied and substantial retail, entertainment and leisure precincts. These include Bay Street (Port Melbourne), Clarendon Street (South Melbourne), Fitzroy and Acland Streets (St Kilda) and Carlisle Street (Balaclava).
A number of significant employment areas lay within Port Phillip, including the St Kilda Road office district and industrial, warehousing and manufacturing districts in South Melbourne and Port Melbourne.
The city has experienced a significant amount of residential development in the 1990s, particularly in areas close to the foreshore.
Port Phillip is well served by public transport with a substantial tram network, the St Kilda and Port Melbourne light rail lines and two stations on the Sandringham rail line, in addition to bus services.
Comprising seven wards, it is predominantly an amalgamation of three former cities - St Kilda, parts of South Melbourne, most of Port Melbourne, plus a small portion of Windsor. [2].
The city was created in the present borders in June 1994 under the municipal restructure by the then Jeff Kennett Liberal government. It is essentially the amalgamated of three former cities - St Kilda, parts of South Melbourne, most of Port Melbourne, plus a small portion of Windsor [3].
At the time the city was administered by the then Commissioner Des Clarke and two other commissioners. The first council elections were held in March 1996.
The City of Port Phillip is bounded by White Reserve and Todd Road to the west, the West Gate Freeway, Kings Way and Dorcas Street to the north, St Kilda Road, High Street, Punt Road, Queens Way, Dandenong Road, Orrong Road, Inkerman Street, Hotham Street, Glen Huntly Road, St Kilda Street and Head Street generally to the east and the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay to the south.
Adjacent council are City of Melbourne, City of Bayside, City of Glen Eira and City of Stonnington.

Contents

Places of Interest

Light Rail Stops

Tram Routes

Heavy Rail Station

Accommodation

Schools

Notable Institutions

Notable Events

Suburbs and Localities

Wards and Councillors

Port Phillip Mayors

Sister cities

See also

External links

Places of Interest

★ Luna Park, St Kilda (early 20th century amusement park, roller coaster)

★ O'Donnell Gardens, St Kilda next to Luna Park and Acland St (picnic area, fountain, Sunday market, the "Secret Life of Us" TV series cafe and behind that is St Kilda's current urban aboriginal drinking and meeting place)

★ Upper Esplanade, St Kilda (Sunday market)

★ Hotel Esplanade, St Kilda (The "Espy" live music venue)

★ Palais Theatre, St Kilda (cinema and live events)

★ Palace, St Kilda (live music venue)

★ St Kilda Botanical Gardens, St Kilda (19th century layout, hot house plants, small lake)

★ 9 kms of foreshore from Elwood to Port Melbourne (including St Kilda Pier and Kiosk, St Kilda, Kerferd Rd Pier, Middle Park and Station and Princes Piers, Port Melbourne)

★ St Kilda Sea Baths (indoor sea baths, indoor heated pool, gym, health shops, cafes, parking)

★ St Kilda Marina, Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, St Kilda and Port Melbourne Sailing Club

★ St Kilda Beach (cafes, kiosks, penguin colony, bike and walk paths, bike hire at weekends)

★ Elwood Beach (cafes, kiosks, bike and walk paths)

★ Catani Gardens, St Kilda (19th century layout, picnic area, paths lined with palm trees, dozens of cute possums at dusk, pony rides at weekends)

★ Pier Rd, St Kilda (great for foreshore parking, seeing the sun set, near St Kilda Pier and next to Catani Gardens)

★ Astor Theatre, St Kilda (cinema and live events)

★ National Theatre, St Kilda (contemporary dance and live events)

★ Albert Park Reserve (a state park, Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC), lake, black swans and water fowl, sailing and rowing clubs, sailing boat hire, picnic areas, jogging, sporting fields and indoor sport halls, Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, St Kilda Park Primary School), Albert Park

★ Corroboree Tree, St Kilda (off Queens Rd, in the southern/east of Albert Park Reserve, an old Australian gum tree that it is claimed aboriginals used to hold traditional ceremonies at prior to and just after British settlement in 1834, water hole, seats, signage)

★ St Vincent Gardens, Albert Park (19th century heritage listed park, bowls, tennis, playground)

★ Gas Works Park, Albert Park (Theatre, arts, heritage building on an old gasometer site)

★ Edwards Park, Port Melbourne (small 20th century park built over a former lagoon, Trugo club)

★ Station Pier, Port Melbourne/Beacon Cove (Tasmania ferry terminal/pier dining/cruise ships and ocean liners mainly in summer/tall ships some years/regular visits by naval vessels)

★ Sandridge Beach (bike and walk paths/popular Muslim picnic and bathing area, HQ Royal Life Saving Society of Victoria), Port Melbourne

★ Beaconsfield Pde (beach cafes/kiosks/windsurfing/bike and walk paths), West St Kilda/Middle Park/Albert Park

★ Beach Rd (cafe-bars/kiosks/bike and walk paths), Port Melbourne

★ Armstrong St (trendy/cafes/affluent/IGA) Shopping Village, Middle Park.

★ Victoria Ave and Bridport St (cosmopolitan/cafes/affluent/IGA) Shopping Village, Albert Park

★ Bay St (business/cafes/entertainment/Coles) Shopping Village, Port Melbourne/Beacon Cove

★ Ormond Rd/Glenhuntly Rd (trendy/cafes/vegetarian/vegan/RSL/Supermarket) Shopping Village, Elwood

★ Clarendon St (business/cafes/entertainment/Coles) Shopping Village, South Melbourne.

★ Acland St (tourist/bohemian/visitor cafes/RSL/Coles/Woolworths) Shopping Village, St Kilda

★ Fitzroy St (tourist/visitor cafes/George Cinema/IGA) Shopping Village, St Kilda

★ Carlisle St (cafes/Eastern European/Jewish shops, Balaclava railway station), St Kilda

★ Cleve Gardens, St Kilda (off Fitzroy St, former 1990's urban aboriginal illegal camp site with painted public toilet. The "big didgeridoo" aboriginal monument and a native garden refurbishment replaced the public toilet and camp site)

★ Jewish Museum, St Kilda (Jewish history and culture, closed on Friday and Saturday)

★ See Yup Temple, South Melbourne (off Clarendon St, historic Chinese Joss House)

★ Just 10 - 20 minutes by various trams (tram No's 96, 16, 112, 3, 1 and 109) to CBD, Docklands Stadium, Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Docklands development, Southbank, Federation Square, National Gallery of Victoria, The Melbourne Concert Hall, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Park (national and international tennis, live bands and events) and many other visitor attractions in or near central Melbourne.

Light Rail Stops

★ St Kilda Line (No 96 Light Rail Tram) - CBD to Whiteman St Interchange, City Rd, South Melbourne, Albert Park, Wright St, Middle Park, Fraser St, St Kilda Station then onto Acland St, St Kilda terminus.

★ Port Melbourne Line (No 109 Light Rail Tram) - CBD to Whiteman St Interchange, Montague, North Port, Graham and Beacon Cove (Port Melbourne) terminus.

Tram Routes

The City of Port Phillip has an extensive traditional roadway tram network which include:

★ No 1 tram (CBD, St Kilda Rd, South Melbourne via Sturt St, Park St and Albert Park via Montague St and Victoria Ave to Beaconsfield Pde terminus)

★ No 112 tram (CBD, South Melbourne via Clarendon St and Albert Rd, Middle Park via Canterbury Rd, Mills St and Danks St and West St Kilda via Park St to Fitzroy St terminus)

★ No 16 tram (CBD, St Kilda Rd, St Kilda via Fitzroy St and Upper Esplanade, East St Kilda via Carlisle St to Caulfield Park terminus - connects with 78 tram at Chapel St)

★ No 78 tram (from Brighton Rd, St Kilda via Chapel St to Prahran, South Yarra and North Richmond terminus)

★ No 3 tram (CBD, St Kilda Rd, St Kilda via Brighton Rd, East St Kilda via Carlisle St to Caulfield Park terminus)

★ No 67 tram (CBD, St Kilda Rd, St Kilda via Brighton Rd and Elwood via Brighton Rd to the Carnegie terminus)

Heavy Rail Station

★ Sandringham Line (Balaclava Rail Station, Balaclava, off Carlisle St, this is the only heavy rail station within the City of Port Phillip and is on the Sandringham to South Yarra to Flinders St Station (CBD) line. From Balaclava Station, Ripponlea Station is next on the line to the south and Windsor Station is next on the line to the north)

Accommodation

★ The City of Port Phillip has all types of accommodation ranging from backpackers to high star rated hotels.

Schools

★ Albert Park Primary School, [4]

★ Elwood Primary School, [5]

★ Galilee Regional Primary School (Roman Catholic), [6]

★ Middle Park Primary School, [7]

★ Port Melbourne Primary School (formerly Graham St Primary), [8]

★ St Kilda Park Primary School, [9]

★ St Kilda Primary School, [10]

★ Albert Park Secondary College, [11] The School Council voted on 11 October 2006 that the school close (see The Age 12 October - [12]), although there is much residual opposition which has resulted in a protest march to Thwaites office and the formation of a grass roots movement to save the school from closure called "save albert park college".

★ Elwood Secondary College, [13]

★ Mac.Robertson Girls' High School (selective government girls secondary college with an entry test)

★ St Michael's Grammar School

Notable Institutions

★ Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Victoria, South Melbourne

★ Hare Krishna Temple, Albert Park

★ Australian National Music Academy, South Melbourne (in former City of South Melbourne Town Hall)

★ City of Port Phillip Town Hall, St Kilda (Former City of St Kilda Town Hall) (council meeting usually on the 4th Monday of the month with 2 committee meetings earlier in the month) See PPCC website [14]

★ Former City of Port Melbourne Town Hall, Port Melbourne

★ Former City of South Melbourne Town Hall, South Melbourne

Notable Events

★ St Kilda Festival (300,000 people attend this annual music and side show event, Fitzroy St and Upper Esplanade closed, tram services to the event)

★ St Kilda Short Film Festival (100 local and overseas short films screened over 5 days)

★ Gay Pride March (Fitzroy St and Catani Gardens, St Kilda, dykes on bikes, boot scooting, marching groups, music and political activism.)

★ St Kilda Writers Festival (local and international writers compare their skills)

★ Melbourne Formula 1 Grand Prix (Albert Park Reserve) 4 day international motor racing event held in early March; usually on the Labour Day/Moomba holiday long weekend.

★ On Saturday 28 April, the City of Port Phillip will host Port Phillip Speaks - Community Summit at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) to develop a community-owned vision for the next ten years and produce the 2007-2017 Community Plan.

Suburbs and Localities

★ Albert Park

★ Balaclava

★ Beacon Cove

★ Elwood

★ Garden City, Victoria

★ Middle Park

★ Port Melbourne - part

★ Ripponlea - part

★ Southbank - part

★ South Melbourne - part

★ St Kilda

★ St Kilda East

★ St Kilda Road

★ St Kilda West

★ Windsor - part

Wards and Councillors

The following councillors were elected in November 2004 [15]:

★ ALMA Ward: Cr RAY, Darren. (ALP)

★ ALBERT PARK Ward: Cr KLEPNER, Judith. (ALP)

★ BLESSINGTON Ward: Cr GROSS, Dick. (ALP)

★ EMERALD HILL Ward: Cr LOGAN, Peter. (Independent) - (Deputy Mayor)

★ ORMOND Ward: Cr CRIBBES, Janet. (Independent)

★ SANDRIDGE Ward: Cr BOLITHO, Janet. (ALP) - (Mayor)

★ ST KILDA Ward: Cr SAIT, Karen. (Independent)

Port Phillip Mayors

★ List of Mayors of Port Phillip

Sister cities

★ Obu, Aichi, Japan. Port Phillip City Council helped Obu's City Council with an Information Technology (IT) project as part of a staff members visit in 2005)

★ Devonport, Tasmania Australia (destination for "Spirit of Tasmania" ferries from Station Pier, Port Melbourne) [16]

See also

★ List of localities (Victoria) for other Melbourne suburbs and municipalities.

External links

★ Port Phillip Online - official website

★ Sister Cities by the Sea - information on the relationship between Obu and Port Phillip (English and Japanese content).

★ Metlink local public transport map