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Pomegranates Port Melbourne

Locality: Port Melbourne, Victoria

Phone: +61 418 135 641

Address: 236 Williamstown Rd Port Melbourne 3207 Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://pomegranatesportmelbourne.wordpress.com

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25.01.2022 A Really Short History of the Goudie Family in Port Melbourne by Yvonne Goudie The Goudie family have been in Port Melbourne for 5 generations. Alexander Goud...ie (a ships carpenter on the SD Crocodile) emigrated from Scotland settled in Melbourne in 1880s and married Jane Anderson and lived in the slums of South Melbourne. Tugboat Goudie (built 1940) is named after a relative. One of their sons - William Agnew (Tort) Goudie (1896-1969) was my grandfather. Living in several houses in South Melbourne, they ended up at 172 Buckhurst St, before he and his wife, Irene (Rene) Goudie, moved into 236 Williamstown Road into one of the new Garden City Estate houses. Tort and Rene bought the house because they loved the big garden and how close it was to the beach. Irene, a gardener (and sometimes weeder of Sandridge beach) planted a pomegranate tree in their front garden and 80 years later it still stands strong. Tort, a keen fisherman at Port Melbourne beach, was a boot-maker, working from his lean-to shed at the back of the house in Garden City. My dad, William Richard Goudie (1929-2007), went to school at Nott St Primary School, and then South Melbourne Technical School. He was a boy scout in Port Melbourne, a member of the Boys Band and later a member of a Brass Band that played in the Port Melbourne Band Rotunda. As a 10 year-old paper boy for the local newsagents in Bay St, Bill worked the lucrative piers with his mate Ray Palmer during the Second World War, selling papers to visiting American sailors. He earned more than his father, and would be invited on to the ships for American breakfasts. My mum Pat Goudie (1933-1985) and dad were married in 1956, and sailed from Princes Pier to Queensland for their honeymoon. Moving from his family home in Williamstown Rd, dad built a single-story brick house at 435 Graham St, near the corner of Walter St (around 1957). There used to be a petrol station on the corner of Graham St and Walter Streets opposite Port Melbourne Primary School, owned by Mr Malloy. Next to the petrol station there was an empty block, and then our house. To the right of our place was a car repair workshop, then the milk bar run by Mr and Mrs Anthony, advertised by a Peters ice-cream cone above the door. Opposite us was the dairy, with the horse-pulled milk delivery van. Our place at 435 Graham St had a shop front, and for a while my mum and dad ran green-grocers. After my sister Carol (born 1961) and I (born 1963) were born, the shop was leased to a hairdressing business. Dad had a successful career as an Estate Agent in the 1960s-1970s in the Port Melbourne/South Melbourne suburbs, with his main office at 268 Park St South Melbourne (corner Perrins St). His motto was Bill Goudie Sells All the Houses; with bold bill-boards advertising this fact all over the Port/South area. Brightly-coloured calendars went into every letter box, every year. I have so many fond memories of growing up in Port Melbourne in the 1960s and 1970s. Driving along the beach today I am reminded of landmarks long gone and much missed: the Mission to Seaman building, waiting at the railway crossing in Swallow St (the old manual opening sort a guy would run out and open the old white wooden swing gate, and then run back and close after the train passed which was replaced by a boom gate crossing sometime in the 1970s). Crossing the Centenary Bridge, passing the HMAS Lonsdale navy base (often observing their drills), and best of all, smelling the biscuits being baked at the Swallow and Ariel factory (we liked to think it was Teddy Bear biscuits). Ive lived in Port Melbourne for most of my life, and cant imagine living anywhere else. Photos 1. Bill Goudie at Nott St Primary School (1938, Grade 2) top row, third from right. 2. Bill Goudie at Nott St Primary School (1941, Grade 4) bottom row, fourth from left 3. Bill Goudie at Nott St Primary School (1942, Grade 5) top row, second from left 4. Bill Goudie at South Melbourne Technical School (1944) seated, second row, fourth from right. 5. Bill Goudie as a young boy in his scout uniform with a Port friend, at the front of his house at 236 Williamstown Road, Garden City, approx. 1939. 6. Bill Goudie as a 10 year-old at the front of his house at 236 Williamstown Road Garden City, approx. 1939. 7. Bill Goudie as a 10 year-old trombone player in the Port Melbourne Boys Band in 1939 (Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society collection) 8. Bill Goudie, with his mum and dad, outside their new house 236 Williamstown Road Garden City. Williamstown Road was a gravel road; heading west lead only to the old punt that would cross the Yarra. 9. Bill Goudie, with some mates at 236 Williamstown Road, Garden City 10. Send-off at the pier for my mother, Pat Goudie and my father, Bill Goudie - for their honeymoon. Streamers held by their friends Geoff and Gwen Hollis and Pat and Roger Craig. 11. 435 Graham St Port Melbourne the shop/house built by Bill Goudie in late 1960s (photo from collection of Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society) 12. Bill Goudie in a brass band who would regularly play at the Port Melbourne Rotunda (corner Beach & Stokes Streets), and at the front of his house in Williamstown Road with some other band members 13. My grandfather William Tort Goudie, a keen fisherman, in Wildlife magazine, July 1945, after catching a large Boar Fish off Port Melbourne beach. 14. Bill Goudies real estate business in Park St South Melbourne, his trademark sign Bill Goudie Sells All the Houses next to the Robor tea factory in Clarendon St, and a calendar from 1970s. 15. Late 1960s Yvonne Goudie and Carol Goudie on Princes Pier. 16. Rene Goudie in her front garden 236 Williamstown Road Garden City. 17. 1998 the next generation Joe Goudie (my son) in a pram on the old BP fuel refinery site (now Beacon Cove)

24.01.2022 We think our beach is the best vantage point for watching Melbourne's fireworks on New Year's Eve!

21.01.2022 https://pomegranatesportmelbourne.wordpress.com

21.01.2022 Always moved by the 'Last Post' at the Anzac Day ceremony at Port Melbourne. #anzacday #anzacday2017 #lastpost #portmelbourne

20.01.2022 Proud to announce that Pomegranate Port Melbourne has just been awarded AirBNB Superhost status again. Superhost status is reserved for those hosts who meet certain thresholds, including their customer response and the 5 star ratings from our guests. Thank you to each of our AirBNB guests who have helped us get to this point!

18.01.2022 Our new pomegranate rug from Iran!

17.01.2022 Here are some thank you notes from happy guests.

17.01.2022 Summer means the lakes in Westgate Park turn pink!

14.01.2022 Artist at work! Max paints new sign for Pomegranates Port Melbourne

13.01.2022 We love it when guests love all the features in our apartment!

13.01.2022 On my walks to Port Melbourne beach I think of family who have come before me. Photos: 1) Send-off at the pier for my mother, Pat Goudie and my father, Bill Goudie - for their honeymoon. Streamers held by their friends Geoff and Gwen Hollis and Pat and Roger Craig.... 2) My father as a 10 year-old trombone player in the Port Melbourne Boys Band in 1939 (Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society collection), and again later as a man when they would regularly play at the Port Melbourne Rotunda (corner Beach & Stokes Streets). The Port Melbourne Band Rotunda built in 1918 was presented to the council by the Port Melbourne Women`s Welcome Home Committee in honour of the Australians who fought in World War One. 3) My grandfather William Tort Goudie, a keen fisherman, in Wildlife magazine, July 1945, after catching a large Boar Fish off Port Melbourne beach.

12.01.2022 At the end of 2017 we’ve looked back at the reviews written by guests we are proud there are so many happy guests that say so many nice things about their stay. Here’s an unedited selection straight from AirBnB. Some Reviews (2014-2017) Steve: I have really enjoyed my stay at Yvonne's place. It was perfect for my needs and the Sauna and jet bath were very welcome to help kill the jet lag. Everything you needed and more, so was a pleasure and super easy. Thanks Yvonne...Continue reading

10.01.2022 Location of Pomegranates Port Melbourne

10.01.2022 Proud to launch Pomegranates Port Melbourne Facebook page!

09.01.2022 A bountiful crop of pomegranates this year! The pomegranate below the co-joined set, ripened and opened while on the tree - with the sweetest arils I've ever tasted!

08.01.2022 Our new signs at the entrance gate of the property and to the private courtyard of Pomegranates Port Melbourne means no guests can get lost finding their way in to our apartment when they self-check-in!

08.01.2022 Also moved by national anthem

07.01.2022 At the end of 2017 weve looked back at the reviews written by guests we are proud there are so many happy guests that say so many nice things about their stay. Heres an unedited selection straight from AirBnB. Some Reviews (2014-2017) Steve: I have really enjoyed my stay at Yvonne's place. It was perfect for my needs and the Sauna and jet bath were very welcome to help kill the jet lag. Everything you needed and more, so was a pleasure and super easy. Thanks Yvonne...Continue reading

07.01.2022 Your hosts: Yvonne and Max

04.01.2022 Pomegranates Port Melbourne is just around the corner from the Vegemite factory in Vegemite Way - so close you can smell the Vegemite being made!