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Forum 3000 – The Trivia Challenge

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Residents 3000 are pleased to invite you to our fourth Forum 3000 of the year, which will be held at the Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Place (off Russell Street) on Thursday, 7 May 2026, from 6:00pm.

This will be a night of challenging trivia questions to test your knowledge of Melbourne, a few clues, and some very surprising answers!  Our chief quiz master is Artur Hajda who will provide the clue and the competitive score sheets each each team.  I am told that the winning team will be rewarded!

The details of the event are:

Thursday, 7 May 2026
6:00pm for 6:30pm start
Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Place (off Russell Street), Melbourne 3000

Registration opens from 6:00pm; and guest presentations start at 6:30pm sharp.
Drinks are available from The Kelvin Club bar; with finger food served afterwards.

The event is free for our current membership subscribers. New membership subscriptions for the 2027 financial year are welcome at $35 per person.  Current members will be sent a reminder in July to renew to 30 June 2027.

Non-members or non-renewing members are asked to contribute $5 towards venue and refreshments costs.

If you wish to check the status of your annual membership subscription, please send an email to treasurer@residents3000.org.au or please feel free to enquire when registering at the event.


Please send an email to events@residents3000.org.au if you would like any further information about this event, or if you wish to submit any questions on notice to our guest presenters before this event.

We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at our events!

Forum 3000 – April 2nd Event – Safety + FOGO

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Residents 3000 are pleased to invite you to our third Forum 3000 of the year, which will be held at the Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Place (off Russell Street) on Thursday, 2 April 2026, at 6:00pm.

Safety in the City

Residents 3000 welcomes Dean Robinson from the City of Melbourne to tell us what progress is being made. How is the safety officers scheme working? How effective is the enhanced CCTV camera system in catching criminals? Are we winning the graffiti war? What is the situation with rowdy motor bikes and noisy motor vehicles?

These matters are so important to the amenity of living in the city. Come along and ask questions. Regular Residents 3000 members know Dean and look forward to his interesting presentations.

FOGO is a GO-GO

The Circular Economy team from City of Melbourne will tell us about the introduction of a FOGO (Food and Garden Organic) service for high rise buildings. The team will provide information for residents and Owners Corporation committee members on how the service works, what you need to know and when to expect the service in your building.  What are the benefits of the FOGO service?  How does it compare with (say) a worm farm or other organic waste method?  How are high rise installation difficulties now being overcome?  These are a few of the questions that residents can ask of the presenters.

Looking forward to seeing our members and guests for another interesting night keeping us up-to-date with things affecting our city lives.

The details of this event are:

Thursday, 2 April 2026
6:00pm for 6:30pm start
Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Place (off Russell Street), Melbourne 3000

Registration opens from 6:00pm; and guest presentations start at 6:30pm sharp.
Drinks are available from The Kelvin Club bar; with finger food served afterwards.

This event is free for our current membership subscribers. Non-members or non-renewing members will be asked to contribute $5 towards venue costs.

Forum 3000 – March Event – Greenline Update

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Residents 3000 are pleased to invite you to our second Forum 3000 of the year, which will be held at the Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Place (off Russell Street) on Thursday, 5 March 2026, at 6:00pm.

In December 2025, first stage of Melbourne’s Greenline project, the Birrarung Marr Precinct Site 1 was completed.  The river’s edge has been transformed with new boardwalks that take you out over the river, seating and a practical application of plantings using native vegetation suitable for riverside application.

We are fortunate to welcome speakers from the City of Melbourne who will explain to us what to expect in the next stage of this in this worthwhile project.  We are particularly interested to see new works commencing and to know their timing.  

In the meantime, Residents are asking what plans are in place for maintaining the first site to ensure it flourishes, especially when new plantings will need extra care as they become established.

Metro Tunnel Open – feedback and what’s next

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Residents 3000 had out first meeting re the proposed Metro Tunnel Project on 2 May 2018.  Here we are 8 years later and the project is nearing full completion.  Every year of the long project Residents 3000 has been updated on progress with interesting presentations from the project builders.

We are fortunate to welcome speakers from Melbourne’s Big Build and the Cross Yarra Partnership where we can hear about the finalisation of the project, further works and some insight into daily operations, maintenance and safety measures. 

This is our first Forum 3000 event for the year to be held at the Kelvin Club on Thursday, 5 February 2026 at 6pm with 6:30pm start.

 

December 2025 End of the Year – Christmas Celebration

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Christmas

This is our last event for 2025.  It is time to celebrate, socialise and have some fun!  

ALERT!  Contrary to usual practice, we are meeting this time on WEDNESDAY – 3rd December NOT Thursday.  

The reason is that on Thursday 4th, (the next day) residents are invited to the Neighbourhood Policing Forum.  An event not to be missed!  Vic Police want to listen to central city residents.  See the poster below for details.  If you scan the QR Code, it will take you to the ticketing site. 

Residents 3000’s forum will be in the bar area of the Kelvin Club this year.  There will be prizes and short presentations from the donors.  You will also meet one of our new sponsors. 

This is a great opportunity to participate in a general audience discussion about events for next year.  Let your imagination blossom and throw out ideas that will make our association shine in 2026.  Your committee is listening. 

The details of this event are:

Wednesday, 3 December 2025
6:00pm for 6:30pm start
Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Place (off Russell Street), Melbourne 3000

Registration opens from 6:00pm; and the presentation starts at 6:30pm sharp.

Drinks are available from The Kelvin Club bar; with finger food served afterwards.

This event is free for members and guests. New and renewing membership subscriptions for the 2026 financial year can be purchased at the event.  ($35 per person).

If you wish to check the status of your annual membership subscription, please feel free to enquire at the event.

 

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