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  • Suburban Rail Loop train arriving at Cheltenham

    Suburban Rail Loop Advocacy Action Plan adopted

    Council has adopted the Suburban Rail Loop Advocacy Action Plan following community engagement.

  • strings of Christmas lights draped down Black Rock clock tower at night

    Come on Baysiders, let’s launch Christmas

    Just a few more sleeps and it's Christmas in Bayside.

  • Florist store owner with Christmas tree, flowers at her festive window

    Time to sparkle and shine

    Bayside businesses are creating wonderfully festive windows - and shoppers get to judge the best.

  • pair of old work boots transformed into flower planters

    Rethinking waste

    With our hard waste collection closing for the holiday period, it’s another good time to re-think what’s waste and what’s not.

  • Six different dogs sitting in a park

    Last days to have your say on pets and public spaces

    The first phase of consultation on Bayside's next Domestic Animal Management Plan closes on 28 November 2021.

  • A young woman sitting on the floor with her head in her arms

    Bayside groups building respect

    Hampton, Highett and Beaumaris groups have joined join the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender based violence campaign.

  • Illustration of different types of residential properties

    Defining character in growth areas

    Have your say on the preferred character of future developments in Bayside’s General Residential Zones.

  • Lady at spacelet having coffee

    Do you love dining and shopping outdoors?

    Alfresco dining and goods outside on the footpath add colour and life to our shopping precincts and support our traders by encouraging our community to connect, shop and dine outside. We are consulting on two important policies at the moment and want your feedback.

  • people and dogs on the beach near Brighton marina at dusk

    Brighton Harbour dredging begins

    Dredging at Brighton Harbour is underway to remove a build up of sand at the dog beach.

  • Mural Artwork

    Share your ideas on reconciliation

    Help shape Council’s Reconciliation Action Plan on how Council can develop and strengthen relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and engage community in reconciliation.

  • Drone image of the Chain of Ponds

    Nature Reserve Hits Next Milestone

    Bayside residents can look forward to enjoying their own wetlands and grassy woodland oasis when Council completes its creation of a chain of ponds. The ponds will be accessible via a network of footpaths, boardwalks and rock crossing early in the new year in Elsternwick Reserve.

  • Suburban Rail Loop Cheltenham station location

    Have your say on the Suburban Rail Loop Environmental Effects Statement

    The Environment Effects Statement (EES) for the Suburban Rail Loop East (Cheltenham to Box Hill) section is now open for community and stakeholder feedback.