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Kangaroo Point Neighbourhood Watch Gives Homeless Friends a Hand

They received a complaint about some individuals sleeping rough at a park. But instead of turning them away, Kangaroo Point Neighbourhood Watch (KPNHW) decided to work with Micah Projects to support the homeless.

For their 12 June meeting, KPNHW invited Micah Projects’ Natalie Garth and Dr Saad Farooqui to gain a better understanding of homelessness in Brisbane. The neighbourhood watch decided to conduct a fundraiser to help rough sleepers access housing.

KPNHW is holding its Christmas in July Fundraiser in support of the work of Micah Projects. The fundraising event will be held at a beautiful river setting at Medley Café and Restaurant in Kangaroo Point on Monday, 17 July 2017.

Event Details:

Date:	Monday, 17 July 2017
Time:	7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Venue:	Medley Café and Restaurant 62 Wharf Street, Kangaroo Point
Cost:	$50 per person Please pay Direct Deposit to BSB: 084-004 Account Number: 596374475 Account Name: KPNHW Bank: NAB, New Farm Reference: KP17July + your surname Contact kpnhw.sec@gmail.com if unable to pay by direct deposit.

“Every child and adult has the right to a home, an income, healthcare, education, safety, dignity and connection with their community of choice.”
~ Micah Projects

What to Expect

There will be welcome drink on arrival and a selection of hot and cold canapés. Additional drinks will be available for purchase. Live music will be supplied by Out of Abingdon.

The Attendees can donate Welcome Packs at the Wishing Well. These welcome packs will be given to rough sleepers to help them start in their new housing.

Prizes will be raffled off during the event. KPNHW has received donations from local businesses to raffle the following gift vouchers.

Dinner at Deery’s Restaurant, valued at $100
2 x 2 Double Passes to Brisbane Jazz Club, worth $120
One-hour standard massage at Siam Blend Health Spa, valued at $89
Food and drink at Medley Café, worth $50

Visit the Micah Projects website to find other ways to help.

Kangaroo Point Premium Location Expects to Host More Food Trucks

Kangaroo Point locals should see more of the best food trucks in Brisbane as one of its premium locations ranked among the most favoured sites in Brisbane City Council’s recent food truck trial.

The city council launched the Brisbane Food Trucks website in July last year, allowing residents to find out where their favourite food trucks are scheduled to serve. The website includes a function for food truck businesses to book premium food truck locations.

*(Photo credit: Mr Burger Brisbane / Facebook)*

Based on bookings on the website, River Terrace at Kangaroo Point Cliffs is a favourite spot among food-on-wheels owners. River Tce took 4th place with 9 bookings.

City Botanic Gardens topped the list with 57 bookings, followed by Albert St shared zone, city with 25 bookings and Orleigh Park in West End with 11 bookings.

The other favourite locations of food truck vendors include Hidden World Playground, Jane Street, Davies Park in West End, EE McCormick Place in City West and New Farm Park.

The River Terrace located atop Kangaroo Point Cliffs provides gorgeous views of the river and the city. Locals and visitors can get a commanding view of boats and yachts cruising through the river, high-rise buildings from atop the cliff and the beautiful city sunset, enough reason for food truck vendors and food lovers to be attracted to this place.

The food truck program will continue with basically the same format. There are 41 vendors participating in the program. They include The Bone Lorry, Rolling Stone Pizza, King of the Wings, The Bun Mobile, Kraut N’ About and Rolls Pho Mi.

The Brisbane Food Truck program was created to satisfy the craving of locals for top quality meals on wheels. At the same time, the program adds life to different public spaces around Brisbane. Food trucks are allowed to do business at premium locations as long as they do not impact permanent food businesses there. Another condition is that they do not block access to facilities.

(Photo credit: Brisbane Food Trucks / Facebook)

Kangaroo Point Jumpstarts Green Building Trend

Demonstrating the growing trend towards green architecture and sustainability in building design, Kangaroo Point’s Walan Apartments will be the first development in Brisbane’s fiercely competitive apartment-style high-rise market to utilise a large-scale “green wall”. Featuring a vertical forest that was designed to become an architectural landmark in Kangaroo Point, which is widely considered as Brisbane’s Little Manhattan, Walan’s address on #2 Scott Street is certainly going to give the precinct’s cityscape a picturesque and memorable addition to its riverfront skyline.

Inspired by the Kangaroo Point Cliffs, the building’s design incorporates six-metre high semi-mature trees which are braced and entwined, 14-storeys high, and growing up the spine of the main street elevation. “We’ve taken the green wall to new heights … This has never been achieved in apartment living in Australia before,” Cam Ginardi of developer GBW Group, proudly says.

Liam Proberts, architect and director of Bureau Proberts, is the creative genius behind the “vertical landscaping”, which draws inspiration from nature and the site’s relationship with its environment. “The main idea for this project was to create a home with a connection to the landscape … like having a mini-backyard running up the building,” Mr. Proberts explains.

“I’ve not worked on anything quite like this, but there is definitely a growing theme in Queensland of melding the indoor with the outdoor, and so this seemed like a logical thing to do … I’m sure it will be a model for future developments.” Mr. Proberts adds.

Such is the designer’s concern for preserving the site’s relationship to its natural environment that a heritage house which has originally been on-site, has been retained and carefully restored, to house a gym, lap pool, and kitchen in its new incarnation.

Other Green Buildings

Artist’s Impression of Jardino. From Brisbane Development.

Kangaroo Point is certainly getting its share of green buildings. In recent news, another project by Bureau Proberts, a 19-storey “breathing building” will soon rise on Hamilton Street. Aptly named Jardino, the building will have flowering plants on stainless steel screening wrapped around the structure, with a rainwater tank on the rooftop feeding a centralised watering system for the plants.

443 Queen Street, Brisbane. Photo from Brisbane Development.

Meanwhile, in Brisbane, a controversial 47-level tower will soon rise on 443 Queen Street, just a stone’s throw away from the iconic Customs House. Expected for completion in early 2018, this $375 million tower will have multiple gardens composed of stacked ledges at the building’s base. The top ledges will have trees, with shrubbery strategically positioned up the building’s side.

In Sydney, One Central Park has scored a world’s first, with its 116-metre vertical green walls. Designed by noted French botanist Patrick Blanc, it contains 35,000 plants. The building has thus far won at least 28 awards for its architecture, interior design and green credentials, including the International Green Infrastructure Award from the World Green Infrastructure Congress, and the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s award for Best Tall Building Worldwide.

Professor Sue Holliday, an authority on Urban Policy and Strategy from the University of NSW, made an excellent observation in her statement about Sydney’s One Central Park. “They made a lot of positive moves in that direction, which is where inner-city regeneration needs to go,” Prof. Holliday said, referring to incorporating sustainability in design.

Given Kangaroo Point’s vertical forest at Walan and the “breathing building” of Jardino, plus Brisbane’s Queen Street green development, Queensland’s architectural cityscape certainly seems to be branching out and growing in the right direction.