Newsletters

This page provides a summary of past VATR Newsletters, and links (buttons) to view them if you wish.​

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Nov-Dec 2020 (external link)

• Car park cleaning
• Meet your new committee
• External Rectification and Painting
• Operation of front entry doors to Albert Street and Victoria Parade
• Pool and gym update
• Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
• In Walking Distance…
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

Sep-Oct 2020 (external link)

• Upcoming AGM 28th October 2020
• Front entry doors to Albert Street and Victoria Parade
• Recreation area redevelopment
• External painting and colours
• Main entry refurbishment
• Food deliveries and access to the complex
• In Walking Distance…
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

Jul-Aug 2020 (external link)

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) update
• Food deliveries and access to the complex
• Major Projects
• Front entry doors to Albert Street and Victoria Parade
• External painting
• Recreation area redevelopment
• Main entry refurbishment
• Support local businesses with your food takeaway
• In Walking Distance…
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

VATR Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update June 2020 (external link)

• Important dates
• General update
• Opening of the Gym and Pools.
• Cleaning update
• Please sign up for SMS Alerts
• Additional signage and information
• Things you can do to reduce the spread
• For more information
• VATR Contacts and Website

May-Jun 2020 Newsletter (external link)

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) update
• Bin update
• Maintenance update
• Say hello to my little friend
• Updates to gym area
• Garden update
• Exit doors and surrounding areas
• Proactive maintenance of plant equipment
• Lower basement car park
• Support local businesses with your food takeaway
• In Walking Distance…
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

Mar-Apr 2020 Newsletter (external link)

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) update
• Bin update
• Survey Update
• VATR Garden Management
• Security
• Smoke in apartments
• Check your hot water units
• You ask… you get… Garden tiles cleaned
• Support local businesses with your food takeaway
• In Walking Distance…
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

VATR Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update March 2020 (external link)

• Important dates
• General update
• Closure of the Pools, Gym and Function room
• Additional Cleaning
• VATR Welfare Committee
• Please sign up for SMS Alerts
• Additional signage and information
• Things you can do to reduce the spread
• For more information
• VATR Contacts and Website

Nov-Dec 2019 Newsletter (external link)

• Important dates
• Introducing your committee
• We need your input
• Update on front entrance upgrade
• Victoria Tower Lift Update
• In Walking Distance…
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

Sep-Oct 2019 Newsletter (external link)

• Important dates
• Front entrance upgrade
• Chromecast in function room
• A warning on gas stoves
• Photos from VATR
• In Walking Distance…
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

EMG Trivia Night Aug 2019 (external link)

Jul-Aug 2019 Newsletter (external link)

• Important dates
• Private tour of Brew Tower Museum
• Yassas! from your Editor
• Free WiFi in gym and board room
• Susan’s truffle trivia treats
• VATR in Autumn
• In Walking Distance…
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

May 2019 Newsletter (external link)

• Important dates
• Upgrade to main entrances gets the go ahead
• VATR has a FaceBook Group
• Update on development at 204-208 Albert St
• Powlett Street in Autumn
• Wellington Road Closure
• In Walking Distance…
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

2019 Footy Tipping (external link)

Albert St Closure Mar 2019 (external link)

March 2019 (external link)

• Important dates
• VATR population up by one!
• VATR March BBQ
• VATR Football Tipping
• SMS notification service
• Update on development at 204-208 Albert St
• Photos from VATR
• Use of common property
• Hard Rubbish Collection
• In Walking Distance…

February 2019 (external link)

• Important dates
• Make pesto while the basil blooms
• Photos from VATR
• Development at 204-208 Albert St
• In Walking Distance…
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

November 2018 (external link)

• Important dates
• VATR on Gardening Australia 
• VATR Christmas BBQ
• Newsletter going bi-monthly
• Car & motorbike space available for lease
• Sewer block blocks sewer
• Photos from VATR
• Christmas time at VATR
• Hard rubbish collection
• In Walking Distance…
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

October 2018 (external link)

• Important dates
• Spring BBQ
• Hidden Beauty
• New Owners Corporation Committee
• More Hoddle Street Rd works
• In Walking Distance…
• Building maintenance
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

September 2018 (external link)

• Important dates
• Lights, Camera, Garden…ing Australia
• VATR Footy Tipping Winners
• Upcoming Hoddle Street closure
• Where’s the Pot o’ Gold
• $50 to get cheaper electricity
• Building maintenance
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

August 2018 (external link)

• Important dates
• Gardening Australia filming VATR
• Car spaces available for lease
• Good items free to a good home?
• Open Day benefits showing
• Flagstaff gardens history walk
• Local pub winter review
• In walking distance
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

July 2018 (external link)

• Important Dates
• Gardening Australia Filming VATR
• Social Fundraiser
• Hoddle Street Closure
• Truffle Melbourne 2018
• In Walking distance
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

June 2018 (external link)

• Important Dates
• Building matters
• NEW GYM!  (DON”T MISS THIS)
• Social Fundraiser (Yum!)
• Bicycle Parking
• Garden News (Rumour!)
• Pet Owner Responsibilities
• VATR Football tipping
• In Walking distance
• Extra Services Ideas?
• Win a bottle of Mumm (Too Late!)
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

Apr/May 2018 (external link)

• Important Dates
• Newsletter Month Change
• Terrible Tradie
• VATR and NBN – the facts
• From the Building Manager
• In Walking distance
• VATR Bicycle Users Group
• Win a bottle of Mumm
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

Mar 2018 (external link)

• Important Dates
• VATR March BBQ
• New VATR design awnings up
• Apartment front door safety check
• VATR Bicycle Users Group
• Ken’s Corner
• VATR Football tipping
• In Walking distance
• Win a bottle of Mumm
• Las Vegas in Collingwood Final Update
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website

Jan 2018 (external link)Feb 2018 (external link)

• Important Dates
• OGV to a Tee
• VATR March BBQ
• Russell rides for Cystic Fibrosis
• Bloomin’ Basil
• In Walking distance
• Win a bottle of Mumm
• Mailbox access upgrades planned
• Las Vegas in Collingwood Update
• Recreation room changes
• Help build our community
• VATR Contacts and Website​

• Important Dates
• Help Build VATR Community
• Letterbox theft
• Basement Flooding
• Open Gardens Victoria
• VATR March BBQ
• Hard Rubbish Collection
• In Walking Distance…
• Las Vegas in Collingwood Update
• Building Mgr Column
• Bin Movements
• Owners Corporation Committee
• VATR Social Activities
• Rules, Reminders, Requests
• Your VATR Q&A
• VATR Contacts and Website

Dec 2017 (external link)

• ​Urgent : Mailbox Security
• Rules, Reminders, Requests (Party Noise)
• Important Dates
• Help Build VATR Community
• VATR Contacts and Website

Nov 2017 (external link)

• Important Dates
• Help Build VATR Community
• Building Mgr Column
• Building Maintenance Activities
• Owners Corporation Committee
• VATR Social Activities
• Special Announcement (Charity Gifts)
• “Las Vegas in Collingwood” update
• VATR and the Outside World
• Rules, Reminders, Requests
• Your VATR Q&A
• Our Gardens
• VATR Contacts and Website

Oct 2017 (external link)

• Important Dates
• Help Build VATR Community
• Building Mgr Column
• Building Maintenance Activities
• Owners Corporation Committee
• VATR Social Activities
• “Las Vegas in Collingwood” update
• VATR and the Outside World
• Rules, Reminders, Requests
• Your VATR Q&A
• Our Gardens
• VATR Contacts and Website

Sept 2017 (external link)

• Important Dates
• Help Build VATR Community
• Building Mgr Column
• Building Maintenance Activities
• Owners Corporation Committee
• VATR Social Activities
• VATR and the Outside World
• Rules, Reminders, Requests
• Your VATR Q&A
• Our Gardens
• VATR Contacts and Website

August 2017 (external link)

• Help Build VATR Community
• Building Mgr Column
• Building Maintenance Activities
• Owners Corporation Committee
• VATR Social Activities
• VATR and the NBN
• Rules, Reminders, Requests
• Your VATR Q&A (Car spaces?)
• Our Gardens
• “Las Vegas” in Collingwood?
• Justice of the Peace (JP)
• VATR Contacts and Website

July 2017 (external link)

• Help Build VATR Community
• Building Mgr Column
• Justice of the Peace (JP)
• Strapline Competition
• VATR Social Activities
• Building Maintenance Activities
• Rules, Reminders, Requests
• Your VATR Q&A (Noise?)
• Our Gardens
• Owners Corporation Committee
• VATR Contacts and Website

June 2017 (external link)

• Competition!
• Help Build VATR Community
• Building Mgr Column
• VATR Social Activities
• Building Maintenance Activities
• Rules, Reminders, Requests
• Your VATR Q&A (Ron Morgan Room)
• Our Gardens
• Owners Corporation Committee
• VATR Contacts and Website

May 2017 (external link)

• Building Mgr Column
• Bike Audit
• VATR Social Activities
• Owners Corporation Committee
• Building Maintenance Activities
• Rules, Reminders, Requests
• Your VATR Q&A (Using Lifts)
• Help Build VATR Community
• Pre-loved Books needed
• Our Gardens
• VATR Contacts and Website
   

April 2017 (external link)

• Hot News (letterbox break-in)
• Building Mgr hours
• Bike Audit Deadline
• VATR Social Activities
• Owners Corporation Committee
• Building Maintenance Activities
• Rules, Reminders, Requests
• Your VATR Q&A (Water Meter/Tap)
• VATR Welcome Pack
• VATR Footy Tipping
• Pre-loved Books needed
• Our Gardens
• VATR Contacts and Website

March 2017 (external link)

• Building Mgr Hours
• VATR Contacts
• Bike Audit Deadline
• VATR Footy Tipping!
• Community BBQ
• Rules, Reminders, Requests
• Building Maintenance Activities
• Pre-loved Books needed
• Our Gardens

Late Feb 2017 (external link)

• VATR News Again? (Why)
• Hard Rubbish Collection Tuesday (28th Feb)
• Books Wanted for Fair
• Next VATR BBQ 7th March
• Our Gardens (by Joan)

Feb 2017 (external link)

• Owners’ Corporation Committee (2016-17)
• Bicycle Parking
• Next VATR BBQ 7th March
• Saving Community Power (Recreation Area lights)
• Possible New Groups / Activities
• ​Recycling Reminder and Tips

Dec 2016 (external link)

• Merry Christmas!
• Your Victoria Albert Town Residence (VATR) website (This one!)
• Recognise your new Building Manager (Lee Higgins)

Sept 2016

• Update on Proposed Redevelopment of Freemasons Hospital

May 2016

• VATR Security – Keeping you and other residents safe (Changes)
• VATR Special Resolutions – Voting ends 31 May 2016
• Update on Proposed Redevelopment of Freemasons Hospital
• VATR Recreational Facilities (and rules of use)

March 2016

• VATR Security – Keeping you and other residents safe (with tips)
• Proposed Redevelopment of Freemasons Hospital – Objections close 14 March 2016

February 2016

• Introducing VATR Owners‘ Corporation Committee (OCC) for 2015-16
• Welcome to new FFM Operations Manager, Michael Boulos
• VATR Common Area Lighting Upgrade
• VATR Recycling Reminder and Tips