BIG BEN - Blazing trails, no matter where he goes! On the morning of May 4 2017, even before the site team had completed the final sweep of the path, our very own Ben Walta made the initial steps over the threshold of the long awaited new entry to the Cretan Brotherhood (CERES overflow) [...]

Recently the Bike Shed Site Group was approached by a group of architectural students from Melbourne University, who were looking for a location and funding support for a third year design studio project.  The Bike Shed agreed to fund the project, and support the students in their design endeavours.   The project brief was to [...]

"Gardens are not made by singing 'oh how beautiful!' and sitting in the shade." - Rudyard Kipling CERES has always been receptive to new artwork and the latest is a depiction of a Sacred Kingfisher and a Butterfly.  An outline has been carved in the hard basalt boulders at the back of the old [...]

Recent site works highlights As we mentioned in the blog in December, a new pump system for the old café toilets has been installed and the increased pressure has allowed CERES to install the latest design, most water efficient toilets in Australia. The new pump is connected to the 50,000L underground tank in front of [...]

November report by Site Manager Nick Curmi It has been a big month around site... Some of the many projects our team have completed include: Main entrance carpark upgrade including the asphalt surfacing, railway sleeper wheel stops and line marking including traffic control at the entry. The installation of the Nursery concrete loading bay in [...]

The sealing of the carpark was the completion of a project planned with the building of Van Raay 2 (staff offices, meeting rooms and Merri) and with an earlier water grant. The idea is that rainwater - called stormwater once it hits the ground - be collected, filtered by biofiltration, stored and used for irrigation [...]