Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
Riverside Opening Weekend Mar 3-4
Riverside Opening Weekend Mar 3-4
With the support of
leading Melbourne Secondary schools, we have created a Jazz festival
featuring 8 of the best bands from Melbourne Secondary Schools to
perform at Yarra’s Edge in Docklands over the 2 days. I understand this
may be a first for Melbourne school musicians as I have no evidence
there has been a public performance like this in Melbourne.
The second thing we
created was to put on a Free River Shuttle. I realised when putting on
the Yarra’s Edge gig that getting people to it, without access via the
water, was going to be hard. The nearest parking for Lorimer St,
Docklands is South Wharf. This is not only expensive, it is a bit of a
walk across Wurundjeri Way/Montague St to get there. There are trams
down Flinders St to Docklands, but there is still a walk from World
Trade Centre or ANZ building in Docklands.
So
I approached all the major stakeholders participating in the MFWF
Mar3-4 weekend and I managed to get enough sponsorship to pay Melbourne
River Cruises to put on 3 high capacity ferries to run a 40 minute
interval shuttle servicing 7 pick up and drop off points along the way.
This service will only be operational Mar 3-4.
This will be a free service to the public.
Please know that you must have your River Promenading Passport that is free in today’s Age – to be assured of boarding.
At this time, this is all the information there is on the internet:
I
am promoting this message hard through social media and via press
releases. If anyone has influence and can help with my messaging that
would be fantastic. Please contact me for press releases and further
info.
I am inviting you and your friends to come to this event and enjoy a unique experience of arriving by water. Only 2 weeks to go!
Check out the Yarra's Edge Facebook Event
A
special mention to the generous sponsors of the Free River Shuttle.
This was made possible by the generous support of: Melbourne Food and
Wine Festival; Crown Riverside; World Trade Centre; South Wharf
Promenade; Mirvac; ING Real Estate; and NewQuay Precinct.
Bill Reid
0416 153 116
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