The question of what will replace Barak Beacon, a public housing estate nestled among multi-storey apartment blocks in Port Melbourne, remains a mystery.
Three months before bulldozers move in to demolish her home, 68-year-old Margaret Kelly is digging in.Margaret Kelly , with friend and supporter Lyn Dixon, says she won’t leave her home.For the past 25 years, Kelly’s home has been Barak Beacon Estate, a sprawling housing estate within spitting distance of Port Melbourne’s New Beach, where Kelly lives with budgerigar Jack and pomeranian-cross Patchett. Now, she’s fighting for the estate’s very survival.
But the question of what exactly will replace Barak Beacon, an 89-dwelling estate nestled among modern multi-storey apartment blocks in a gentrified neighbourhood, remains a mystery.The majority of units in this estate are now empty, and demolition is due to start in June. But it could be months before plans for the site are released by Homes Victoria, the government agency overseeing the Big Housing Build.
“It’s a lovely piece of land; it’s quiet, and they’re lovely buildings, but if they’d upkept them, there would be no need to demolish.
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