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ALEX PERRY visits his favourite boutique GANACHE in Port Melbourne.
ALEX PERRY visits his favorite boutique GANACHE in Port Melbourne !!
Australia’s glamorous fashion designer ALEX PERRY made another exclusive appearance at GANACHE fashion boutique on 24th March to showcase his current autumn winter collection.
GANACHE is the largest stockist of ALEX PERRY in Melbourne. The collection hand-picked by its owner Anthea, focuses on Alex’s signature one-shoulder dresses in silk, taffeta and jersey along with form-fitting jackets and gowns. The range is very affordable with party and day dresses $499-$899 and red carpet evening gowns $799-$1,499 in sizes 6–14.
As the champagne flowed & the hand made ganache was devoured Alex together with Anthea mixed freely with guests and were happy to give away fashion tips for the spring carnival and talk about their love of fashion.
Visit Anthea or otherwise known as MISS GANACHE at GANACHE fashion boutique, 81 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, tel 9681 7007
Port Melbourne Football Club to have the best facilities in VFL by 2011
New clubrooms will be built on the Williamstown Road side of the ground as part of a $4,700,000 upgrade of North Port Reserve. The new clubrooms will include two home dressing rooms, gymnasium with warm up/down area, new kiosk and can bar, a function and social room that can seat 300 people. Administration area and coaches offices will be included in the development. The two home dressing rooms will enable the Reserve team to move off the oval when their game is completed rather than sitting around on the oval.
The Norman Goss Stand will also be upgraded and refurbished with the second dressing room being reinstated giving visiting teams similar game day facilities to Port Melbourne. A lift will be installed to enable mobility impaired people to view games from the grandstand. The existing visitor dressing room will be converted to umpires rooms with provision being made for female umpires.
There will be new game day entries from Williamstown Road and Ingles Street and new public toilets replacing the existing will be built. Work is expected to start in the second half of 2010.
This redevelopment is a joint project of Port Melbourne Football Club, City of Port Phillip, Victorian Government and AFL Victoria.
For more information and to view the plans of this fantastic redevelopment visit www.pmfc.com.au
Port Melbourne Always Smiling
Its official, Port Melbourne has won the friendliest neighbourhood awards. The Smiles per hour project has been making our community friendlier since its inception in 2005. City of Port Phillip residents told council they wanted to make their local communities friendlier. A smile to a passerby exemplifies that good will. Smiles increase the perception that “our neighbourhood” is a friendly area and residents are more likely to enjoy and be proud of living there.
How does it work? A team of volunteer smile spies calculate the smiles per hour rating four times a year, in four streets in all seven neighbourhoods. The number of people who smile, nod or say g’day is recorded. Port Melbourne averages 16 smiles for hour. The smile per hour project exemplifies the work of the Community Pulse by engaging the community.
Traders Reach Limit
VicRoads have refused to budge on demands to cut the speed limit along Port Melbourne's busy Bay Street shopping strip. Traders want an urgent speed reduction but the road authority has refused. Business Association president Sandy Britter said the 60km/h limit was "ridiculous" and needed to be dropped to 40km/h as soon as possible - a move backed by Port Phillip Council and a local politician. Ms Britter said traders were collecting signatures for a petition.
Written by Paul Riordan Port Phillip Leader. For more information or have your say visit www.portphillipleader.com.au