Eve's Droppings: Our Opera House

5 comments

Charles May 19th 2004

Love your work, Eve, love your work.

sue birch May 19th 2004

Dear Eve, yes, like you I'm sure many Islanders are looking forward to the grand opening of the new supermarket. From past experience it would seem that all the developers need to do is throw a "community celebration" and involve a few local businesses,artists and musicians and a couple of minor celebs from Sydney and all will be forgiven. Sue

Peter May 19th 2004

Dear Eve, As your correspondent Charles puts it .."love your work, Eve, love your work".... Thank you for enlightening readers on what appears as happening at Nelly Bay marina precinct. At first sight I thought it to be a transplanted test project for the divide under construction in Gaza or a prototype construction technique for Grozny. But a temple to commerce? In a marina precinct? Surely? But hey, relax. Doubtless a paint job [owner/builder chosen & designed?] will prove the solution to slab grey - something garishly colourful perhaps in keeping with tasteful new money decor concepts? A perfect accompaniament to flashy gin palaces moored amongst a forest of pontoons set to a backdrop of new tuscan [very island!] villas all up close and personal sharing sonorous Tom Jones platters as musical Prozac to drown the sound of continuous commercial activity like transport. All tastefully counterpointed by terminal industrial complex design peppered with the allure of mirage style imagery of blue sky accommodation. Now all that could be said to be a cynics description of what occurs within the confines of a marina development precinct.I would care not to believe I am such but what appears inescapable is the sneaking suspicion that all is both on course and in keeping with this particular marina spirit. As to reflecting upon those so ardently enamoured of such precincts remains a moot point. On the matter of parking I am fascinated to learn that some 40 spaces are 'owned' by Mr Gordon. Why one would bother given the oft touted proclaimed sales success of the residential allotments whose denizens would presumably form the core of that particular retail cliental. Or is it because prospective residents will have need to deploy motorised walking frames when ducking over to purchase milk, papers and croissants? These presumably need to be parked outside as they would cause havoc in tight aisles. On matters of allusion to Opera House opposition this is somewhat disingenuous for I am old enough to recall a lot of the opposition was from those, or their supporters, who waxed lyrical about that site as a developers nirvana. Public iconography was to them best confined to Victorian style urinal rotundas in public parks. The fact of a recent multi residential construction adjacent to the Opera icon, known I understand as the 'toaster', would seem to bell the cat when it comes to matters of some developers aesthetics. Peter

chasmac May 22nd 2004

Mr Gordon does not "own" any car parks at the ferry terminal....unless he also "owns" the Queensland Government. If you need to know who owns any part of Nelly Bay Harbour the ONLY place to check is the Titles Office. Nowhere else. No crap from real estate agents, no lies and advertorials from completely compromised tabloid 'journalists'. Just check the information yourself at the Titles Office. You'll be surprised to find who "owns" what at Nelly Bay Harbour.

Linda May 30th 2004

I suggest a mural of what Nelly Bay used to look like, before someone bombed Bright Point.