Thoughts have turned obsessively to ice cream over this protracted spell of hot weather. Where were the best spots in Port Melbourne to buy an ice cream at various times?
Member Helen Barry recalls buying ice creams from a small shop in Crichton Ave. Woodruffs had a milkbar on Bridge St. People have mentioned that good ice creams and milk shakes…
Encounter Bay, the first container ship to visit no 1 Swanson Dock in 1969 image Glen Stuart
This first blog post takes a Port theme, following the government's recent approval of the Port Capacity Project. A recent Port of Melbourne publication says that
"In the 2011-12 financial year 2.58 million containers - 20-foot equivalent units (TEU) were handled by the Port of…