Willsmere News

The pool is a great feature of Willsmere and a very important community asset. Last summer was difficult as there were a number of issues due to the age of the pool. Our Facility Manager, Jay, OC Manager, Krissy, and the CoM have been working with some pool engineers to develop options to minimise

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Free guided tours of Willsmere! Saturday 13/7 at 3:30pm and Sunday 21/7 at 11am. Meet out the front. Join volunteer guides as they rehearse for Open House Melbourne on July 27 & 28. Family and friends of residents are welcome – no registration required. The museum and bluestone cells will be open.

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Willsmere has again been invited to participate in Open House Melbourne on Sat+Sun, July 27+28. This is a fantastic opportunity for us to raise the profile of Willsmere, build community spirit, and fulfill our heritage obligations. Volunteers are needed to host the tours. This involves a minimum

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Thank you to everyone who helped and to all the children for their efforts in finding all the hidden eggs.The weather was perfect and everyone had a great time.Once again, proving how incredible Willsmere is for families! IMG 0059   IMG 0062    

One of the projects for the past few Committees of Management has been investigating solar power options for Willsmere. This is a large project and will take some time. Any solar installation, whether residential, commercial or somewhere in between like Willsmere, needs to be installed such that

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As a follow on from an announcement made at the recent AGM here are some further details on the investigation of Air Conditioners and their allowed installation in the heritage section. 1 - We have always been told that air conditioners are mostly not allowed in the heritage apartments.  The

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April's hard rubbish collection by the council has been postponed 1 week from April the 19th to April the 26th due to Good Friday public holiday. Normal hard rubbish operations will resume on April the 26th with the next two collections following on the 17th of May and the 14th of June, 2019. New

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Please note that the Willsmere Bus Service will effectively terminate this afternoon (April 5th). The contract actually terminates on April 18th 2019, which is during the school holidays, and will not resume in Term 2.  We know this will be difficult for many residents and we apologise for the

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The Willsmere Annual General Meeting is on Monday, April 1st at 6:30pm in the Willsmere library. The AGM is for owners only, and for any renting residents holding an authorised proxy from the owner of your apartment. Proxy forms are available here. If Owners are unable to attend the AGM, please use

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Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the recent Owners Forum.  The minutes are now available for download here. There was a large turn out with mostly very constructive feedback and criticism. Thank you to all CoM members who were able to attend as well as Krissy and Jay.  Thank you also

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Listen to author and psychologist, Jill Giese, talk about life at Willsmere in the days when it was still a lunatic asylum - ABC Conversations, Undercover in the asylum, 15 Mar 2019. Her book, “The Maddest Place on Earth”, for which Jill was awarded the 2018 Victorian Premier's History Award, is

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IMG 1839 2How To Intercom Infographic The new intercoms are installed and functioning better than expected! Residents are now able to recieve calls from their visitors at Willsmere's gates directly to their phone. Full instructions and how-to guide are available for download from the below link. Please save the following numbers to

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A big welcome to Tim & Mark from Van Leeuwen as our new gardeners and a big welcome back to Tim our Lawn Mower. Gardener Tim will be working here at Willsmere Monday to Thursday and Mark will work with Tim each Thursday. Lawnmower Tim will mow up to 26 times per annum. More frequently in the

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As most already know, a VCAT hearing was held last year about the Willsmere bus service, which found that a Special Resolution should have been passed to start a new bus service and since this had not occurred the service must be terminated as soon as allowable under the contract. The contract end

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Location

Willsmere is located at 1 Wiltshire Drive Kew VIC 3101. Visitor access is via Yarra Boulevard.