Edited to add: this is cancelled due to forecast heavy rain.

Bike to a picnic concert, Sunday 17th May, 12pm. A short social ride to listen to the Melbourne Rainbow Band play a FREE outdoor set.

<10km ride, mostly along quiet streets or bike paths.

Start location: Port Phillip Ecocentre, 12pm.
Concert: Rockley Gardens, Toorak, 1pm.

The Melbourne Rainbow Band is Australia's premiere #LGBTQIA+ community concert band. This is part of a free outdoor concert series supported by #Stonnington Council.

All welcome; RSVP optional (to stay informed of last minute changes of plan).

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScc2GzVCe7F8S4y0M9mZ3fz5zQwRD0BTtsp1CupzW3MrK8fpQ/viewform?usp=header

Late to the start? Catch us up using the map from CriticalMaps .

https://www.criticalmaps.net/map#13/-37.8711/144.9903

#melbourne #cycling #music #MelbourneRainbowBand

Court finds 'vile' posts by Council Watch head not political commentary
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-01/council-watch-head-hit-with-intervention-order-against-mayor/105457652

It's official: Dean Hurlston is an appalling creep. He's found by the courts to have been stalking and harassing the Mayor of Stonnington, Melina Sehr, for six years. Over that time, he also targeted three other current and former female Stonnington councillors.

Dean Hurlston was trying to hide behind the excuse of "political discourse or public-interest journalism" to make offensive statements, such as comments about the vaginas of his victims.

He's been slapped with a two year Personal Safety Intervention Order. If he breaks the court order by posting more harassing material online, he'll face time in jail. Based on his past performance, I worry he'll try it, and I firmly believe he belongs in jail.

#AusPol #VicPol #CouncilWatch #DeanHurlston #Stonnington

Critical mass is tomorrow, Friday! Start 5pm from Fed Square, halfway pick-up at Fawkner Park, then Chapel St (aka the worst street for cycling in Melbourne) to Alma Park.

Is this the first time that Critical Mass has come south of the river?

https://www.facebook.com/events/s/critical-mass-melbourne-souths/1576285649517523/

@ajsadauskas @streetsaliveyarra @yarrabike @MerribekBUG @vaguelyspecific

#CriticalMass #Melbourne #naarm #cycling #bikes #PortPhillip #Stonnington