Port Phillip Conservation Council Inc.

A0020093K  Victoria             ABN 46 291 176 191

 

 

2005 Records

 

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DECEMBER 2005

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MARINA PROPOSAL FOR WERRIBEE SOUTH: Oral submission presented to Panel Hearing on 1st December 2005.

 

OCTOBER 2005

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President's Report to the October 2005 Annual General Meeting of Port Phillip Conservation Council Inc.

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“Hit and Myth in the channel debate”penetrating and informative article in The Age, Business Page 10, pointing to the lack of information from proponents and Government

 

SEPTEMBER 2005

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SANDRINGHAM CLIFF: Minister for Environment accepts PPCC Inc. case on need for using sand renourishment to save Royal Avenue cliff, rather than just a rock revetment.

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Reply from Parks Victoria to PPCC Inc. letter of objection to proposed skateboard ramp proposed for the “Rotary Park” on the Rosebud Foreshore Reserve

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CONCERN OVER RESTORATION OF LEOPOLD COASTAL LAND & SEABED: Letter to Planning Minister about the need to require full restoration of damage done.

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OBJECTION TO CONCRETE SKATE PARK PROPOSED FOR ROSEBUD FORESHORE: PPCC Inc. Letter to Parks Victoria objects to planned foreshore skateboard works.

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WERRIBEE SOUTH MARINA-CUM-RESIDENTIAL PROPOSAL: PPCC Inc. EES submission opposes the grossly excessive scale of this proposed commercial development.

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KINGSTON COUNCIL’S PERNICIOUS FORESHORE VEGETATION POLICY: Letter seeks an end to Kingston’s new policy of keeping foreshore plants low for views.

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KINGSTON COUNCIL PLAN TO BISECT FORESHORE FOR BICYCLE ROAD: Letter asks Kingston Council to route its bicycle road at edge of Beach Rd road reserve.

 

AUGUST 2005

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BEAUMARIS CLIFF SHAVED: Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron has shaved off part of the Beaumaris Cliff to prevent rock falls to its car park, with “emergency” consent.

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COMBINED FRANKSTON RESIDENTS GROUP Press Statement seeks full disclosure by Frankston Council & democratic say on its Olivers Hill marina plan

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Port of Melbourne Corporation institutes new Web site on its Channel Deepening project

 

JULY 2005

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July 2005 issue of "Port Phillip", the Newsletter of Port Phillip Conservation Council Inc.

 

APRIL 2005

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President's Report to the April 2005 General Meeting

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LEOPOLD: Unauthorized cutting of channel and building of 2 rock groynes on Crown seabed, and apparent digging of harbour on wetland on freehold land. Case is with VCAT.

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April 2005 issue of "Port Phillip", the Newsletter of Port Phillip Conservation Council Inc.

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Queenscliffe Borough Council receives Queenscliff Harbour $20 milliion recommendation, but Geelong Environment Council Inc. is concerned at the nature of the redevelopment

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Frankston City Council has prepared, as part of the planned new Seaford Life Saving Club, a detailed plan to rebuild the Seaford Life Saving Club Precinct Master Plan

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Questions asked by Mornington Environment Association Inc. about a yacht coming adrift from its Mornington mooring. How well managed are the existing moorings?

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Release of Report by the Panel on Channel Deepening, and Decision by Planning Minister to require a Supplementary Environment Effects Statement

 

MARCH 2005

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Letter to the Premier of Victoria raising the need for public acquisition of the Green Wedge 'Ansett' Land on the Mt Eliza Coast

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Letter to the Minister for the Environment asking him to ensure the substantial impact of boating development in Mornington Harbour is  not further increased as  is proposed

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Public exhibition, on Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Web site, from 22nd March to 22nd May 2005:  'Heritage Report on Beach Structures & Boat Sheds'

 

FEBRUARY 2005

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Letter to Kingston City Council re proposed foreshore bicycle road: Siting directly alongside Beach Rd, as in Bayside, is needed, rather than fragmenting bushland as proposed.

 

 

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Current Port Phillip Winds and Temperatures         Current Synoptic Barometric Pressure Pattern

 

 

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Also click here for Tidal Predictions and records from the National Tidal Centre

 

 

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180 degree Panoramic View south from City of Melbourne from its Web Camera:                 
See the Northern Fringes of Port Phillip and the current air and sky above 

 

 

 

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