30/07/2026
๐กHeritage is on the agenda in force at tonight's council meeting!
๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ - ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐ญ, ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฎ
Bendigo Bank relocated from the old Post Office to Whatley Cres in 2025. We've hoped that the next use of the old Post Office would retain and ideally enhance its rich history.
From the City of Bayswater ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐:
'๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ 1898, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ.'
'๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฏ 1911, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ 1936 ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ขรง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.'
'๐๐ฏ 2000, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ต. ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐บ๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐โ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฐ, ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ 10 ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ 2000.'
There are ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฒ business proposals for the old Post Office under review tonight, with officers endorsing a preferred proponent, a submission that states it will be a 'family friendly hospitality venue that includes heritage styling and post office themed branding'.
โ Why not check out the submissions, see what you think? Link to the Agenda is in the comments.
๐ท From submission by Calder Hospitality PTY LTD, CoB Agenda Ordinary Council Meeting, July 2026, p225
