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Originally gifted to Melbourne by Swiss watchmakers in 1966, the grand floral clock on busy St Kilda Road opposite the NGV is redesigned twice a year in spring and autumn.
Drive listeners remember their relatives building the clock, meeting new friends there, and waking up next to it…
Mim in Healesville: My husband Fredy is from Switzerland and there were many watchmakers in his family. The floral clock was donated to Melbourne by Swiss watchmakers. We have 5 grandchildren and the oldest is now 23. All their lives, every time we walk past or drive past this clock they say thanks Papu, for the Swiss clock. It s now a tradition, as if he was personally responsible.
While Melbourne's international airport is a little quiet now, Drive listeners sold the farmland it was built on, saw films at the Astrojet, and got lost driving on the runway
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One little island to Melbourne s southeast is jam-packed with natural delights: the Penguin Parade, Seal Rocks, Summerland Beach, Cape Woolamai.
The Yallok Bulluk people of the Boonwurrung people called the island Millowl, and in summer months would enjoy the bounty of shellfish and wildlife.
Over the past century, thousands of holidaymakers rushed to Phillip Island, first by ferry, and now over the San Remo bridge, with many more building a permanent life on the island.
Drive listeners have so many memories to share in this crowd-sourced history…
David recalls a summer guest house - one Christmas a very rowdy group of friends hired it. We had a great party one night. A few people didn t quite make it back inside to bed. One of them told me he was woken next morning to a woman screaming. He opened his eyes to find a little penguin standing on his chest giving him a good telling off.