PLANS to rejuvenate Banks Reserve with a new plaza, boardwalk and playground is open for another round of public comment. The proposed masterplan includes demolishing an ageing, largely unused pavilion and replacing it with an open plaza and building a boardwalk that winds through the vegetation and provides access to the river There is also…

TWO ‘little libraries’ handcrafted by Bayswater Men’s Shed have been installed at Bert Wright Park and McGilvray Oval. The cute libraries are free for anyone in the community who wants to take a book and swap it with one of their own. Bayswater mayor Dan Bull said the little library concept was a great way…

A PLAN to keep Maylands Waterland open has been sunk by a council technicality. Bayswater councillor Elli Petersen-Pik’s wanted to set aside $1.5 million of the city’s budget surplus to refurbish the ageing waterpark, but his proposal was torpedoed at a council meeting earlier this month. At the meeting council CEO Andrew Brien said the…

WOOLWORTHS are planning to open a store at the old Bunnings site in Inglewood. The DIY store, at the corner of Beaufort Street and Eighth Avenue, was razed to the ground by an intense fire in February, and many locals have been waiting for a replacement to be built. Despite repeated enquiries to Bunnings HQ…

CONSULTATION with Vincent locals over a proposed State Tennis Centre at Robertson Park has gone down like a John McEnroe rant. Residents say they only got two days’ notice about the December 11 information session held by TennisWest, and of the nine people that showed up, some were unimpressed with the lack of information and…

Dunedin Street residents became the first in Vincent to take advantage of a new council policy that lets them close off their street for a Christmas Party with a great local get-together on December 16. The freshly-minted policy aims to make it easier for residents to hold street parties and mingle with neighbours and build…

MORE than 50 Bayswater residents attended their council’s annual electors’ meeting this month. Residents tabled 14 motions, with 11 making it through to be considered by Bayswater council in the new year, including: • Near-unanimous support for resident Lazar Radanovich’s motion to save a 60-year-old Kurrajong tree by the Bayswater subway. “This tree is earmarked…

WITH several councils being investigated by the Corruption and Crime Commission in recent years, Bayswater council is looking at ways of encouraging whistleblowers to come forward. Deputy mayor Chris Cornish penned a motion asking the CEO to review their processes to ensure they have a “robust, transparent and fair whistleblowing process”. “It’s all about implementing…

IT’S a boring version of the warehouse at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark – a huge depot crammed with  Baysy council’s unused office furniture. At the December council meeting, resident Steven Ostaszewskyj said the furniture sitting in torpor is “property of the ratepayers” and “just completely forgotten about”, yet he says the…

YOUNG artists will be showcasing their expressions of suicide awareness and mental health at YMCA HQ’s art gallery in Leederville until January 10. Using audio, visual and written art, the exhibition is one of the community programs run by Project Y aiming to raise awareness through art. It comes under the umbrella of Base@Belmont. The…