OWNERS and RENTERS – ALL Welcome
Yes it is all happening – CYP are coming to tell us all about the Chiller plants (that is them above in case you didn’t realise)
…and if you needed any extra incentive the Committee have decided to put on some drinks and nibbles afterwards.
Come along and find out about the chillers and then meet your neighbours.
Date – Tuesday November 19
Time – Starts at 530pm
Location – Meeting rooms at Flo at 412 St Kilda Rd
Please click on the link below to RSVP
I know that a lot of you are interested / concerned about the massive chiller plants in front of our building. We have arranged for CYP to bring their expert along to tell us all about them.
Lock in Tuesday November 19 starting at 530pm
All Botanica residents are welcome, you don’t have to be an owner.
More details to come but we will also put on some drinks and nibbles after the talk.
After a number of emails and a late evening call – they now agree that they need to do something!!
They will have a traffic controller for our driveway BUT the driveway will not be usable for part of the morning
I know it is not great but better than every other year!!
We are pleased to invite residents of The Botanica to an exclusive, free, tour of the Metro Tunnel’s new Anzac Station.
This free event is scheduled for Saturday 12 October.
Tour ticket availability
To ensure the safety of attendees, tour slots are strictly limited, with the event ticketed and registrations required. Tour tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
So that as many residents as possible have the opportunity to see the station, tickets will be capped at two per household.
How to register
Registration is online only, and will open from 12pm, Tuesday 1 October.
Residents can register for a tour by visiting https://metrotunnel.vic.gov.au/anzac-open-day and using the code RQPUN to access The Botanica’s unique event registration webpage.
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions or issues registering:
By email
At metrotunnel@railprojects.vic.gov.au
By phone
Call us on 1800 105 105, and leave your name, number and preferred time for us to call you back.
Please also find the terms and conditions of the station tour attached.
We would like to thank you for your patience, cooperation and support while we constructed Anzac Station, and we look forward to seeing you at the tour.
Kind regards,
Metro Tunnel Project
Metro Tunnel Project Office
We had someone try and buzz in to Level 1 at 9pm last night. He tried again several times around 5-6am. This is his photo
He has managed to get into the lobby and Mouad (Reeve fill-in) handled him very well and got him out of the building. He clearly thinks that his friend lives here but Mouad checked the name – no-one of that name is here.
Mouad also called the South Melb Police and they weren’t interested unless the guy was trying to break in – then call 000.
Be careful and don’t let people in
As many of you know, CYP have been struggling to ascertain the optimum mowing schedule for the grassed areas of St Kilda Rd. I did try and help by simply mowing the grass myself at a time that fitted my own personal schedule. They sent me a cease-and-desist order.
I also suggested that they use some form of generative AI that could use live images from my cameras. They didn’t even reply to that suggestion.
After an exhaustive international study, I have discovered that there is a widely accepted measure of grass length. It is quite technical, so I’ll try and simplify. Essentially it is a ratio of the height of the mower and the height of the grass.
This shows a grass length of around 50% of the mower and is not acceptable.
In this case the grass height exceeds the mower height by a considerable margin and may be an indication of
Fortunately a LinkedIn connection of mine, Jack Williams, read of my problems and mowed a large section of the grassed area today for us. While he managed the area immediately in front of The Botanica well, the more distant areas are a bit patchy. Thanks for your efforts Jack.
A free event is scheduled for Saturday 12 October.
RPV will be sending out invitations to residents of The Botanica over the coming week.
So that as many residents as possible have the opportunity to see the station, tickets will be capped at two per household.
Please be aware that this guy has been around our building most of the afternoon and acting very odd. He also tried to get into Melbourne Grammar across the road.
The police have been and spoken to him. They asked that residents are careful not to let him into our building.
DO NOT LET HIM IN
Call 000 if an emergency
Trams
Some of you may have noticed that Yarra Trams did some work on Monday night near the Anzac Station platform and it has meant that things have become very noisy.
Here’s a video of them working https://www.youtube.com/live/QywP9Vp_mXA?si=MXdoc_L1a9NoF3hz&t=18744
Fortunately, I still had the phone number of Charlie the Tram Whisperer. He came out today and agreed that it is not right. They will rectify in the next 72 hours.
Chillers
CYP are doing some testing on Monday night September 30 on the chillers. They will have sound recording devices on my balcony.
I have asked that they come and give a presentation to all Botanica residents about the Chillers. It should talk about actual and expected noise levels, health issues and the devices in general. That is planned for early November.
The Botanica 
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