Thanks to Dom and the team at Giro D’Italia for hosting the great Xmas brunch. Sorry I couldn’t be there

Please support these them.

They say that true champions bounce back from disappointments. This time last year, I know that Danii was very disappointed to miss out on winning the very prestigious “best wreath” at The Botanica.

Danii set her sights on the 2020 award and delivered this masterpiece that impressed the judges. Congrats, well deserved.

I understand that Wally has agreed to add to the generous prize to ensure that you have a well deserved banquet at “Giro”.

Thanks all who entered and thanks Graeme for judging.

Will anyone be able to stop the Terry and Judy juggernaut – they have the won the ‘best Christmas wreath’ every single year since its inception in 2019.

Judging will occur late this week with a very attractive prize awaiting the winner.

Just to remind you…this was the feedback from our judging panel last year..

We had the joy of reviewing 14 Christmas wreaths across the Botanica. Floor six was the clear winner of Christmas spirit while floors four and one may be, at least for this year, labelled our Scrooge floors with no contenders for this prestigious inaugural award.

An iterative reductionist approach was taken in selecting a final winner from this high quality field of entrants. After a thoroughly unvalidated process of review by Caroline, Graeme and our four kids a final winner was selected.

Drum roll ………….

Apartment 202 for it reference to Australian eucalyptus and a bold, delightful and simplistic use of ribbon adornment – an elementary and classical use of the Christmas wreath with a reference to both less complicated times and the Australian environment. Congratulations.

Worth reading – especially if you live on Bowen Cres back corner of building

Date:  Sunday December 13, 2020

Time: 10.00am- 12 noon

Venue: Giro D’Italia Restaurant

           401 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne

Cost: $33 per person***

RSVP – Margaret Ph 0409 691 203

Details here

The City of Port Phillip is doing audits of recycling bins to try and get more people to ‘do the right thing’.

This web site has a lot of really good info about what can and cannot go in the recycling.

Click here

Things will be tricky tomorrow – we already have the work going on at 412 St Kilda Rd and with Bowen Cres closed…now CYP will be closing part of St Kilda Rd.

The CYP closures have been well communicated and details are below.

Bottom line – local access is maintained but allow extras time getting in and out

CYP are going to run a special zoom call for The Botanica can you please make sure you attend.

You have to register and submit questions beforehand by sending an email to CYP@metrotunnelcyp-dc.com.au

Call is at 730pm on Wednesday November 25.

Details are attached

Seems we all missed a notice that came v late yesterday. They are erecting a crane in Bowen Cres and somehow didn’t think that a 6am start would be noticed by anyone!!

Details here

You can nearly always see one camera at this address

I have now made it so that you can see a choice of two cameras here