Leura Maar volcanic complex
The National Trust has been fighting to preserve the Leura Maar since the 1970s; it is one of the largest tuff and maar volcanoes in Victoria, and …
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Moratorium on Disposal of W Class Trams
UPDATE – The National Trust has successfully secured a moratorium on the disposal of W Class trams until appropriate guidelines have been developed…
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Queen Vic Market planning controls set to be relaxed
The loss of height controls at the southern end of the site will allow development with unrestricted height over the sheds at the Franklin Street b…
MORENo Terms of Reference for W Class Tram disposal
UPDATE – Under the Freedom of Information Act the National Trust has been informed that up to this date there have been no Terms of Reference for t…
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Trust acts to save Victoria’s first curtain-wall building
The Trust is currently lobbying Councillors for the City of Yarra in the lead-up to a Special Meeting of Council tonight to consider a Development …
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Horseshoe Bend Tunnel, Walhalla
The Friends of Horseshoe Bend near Walhalla, together with Baw Baw Shire Council, are objecting to a proposal to excavate and blast a new channel i…
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You Yangs sand mine
On the western slopes of the You Yangs, a new sand mine is proposed, threatening the rural idyll of Wooloomanata station on Hovells Creek and the s…
MORECity of Port Phillip votes YES for heritage at Fishermans Bend
Last night City of Port Phillip Councillors voted in favour of a recommendation by Council officers to initiate heritage protection for a number of…
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Solar panels: yay or nay?
Two recent but unrelated articles about solar panels on heritage buildings in inner Melbourne highlight the vexed and confusing approach of heritag…
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Tarran Valley rezoning
This subdivision on the southern approach to Maldon is once again under consideration, having been first mooted in 2006. (more…)
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