WestWyck News

Andy Ingham was a WestWyck resident, Brunswick activist and Councillor.

Sometimes our efforts indeed go rewarded! Andy Ingham lived at WestWyck until his death in 2001 at which time he was a Moreland Councillor. Andy was a passionate cyclist and occasional car hater who always supported the advancement of cycling. Here, nearly ten years after his death, one of his projects is coming to fruition thanks to the perseverance of Moreland City Council Transport Co-ordinator, Nicholas Elliot.

Here is Nicholas’ story:

"Mike, today we installed bike parking hoops (four) in one car parking space. You can see it if you take your bike down to Rays Café, 332 Victoria St Brunswick. When Andy was alive and Rays opened as the newest and grooviest coffee shop in Moreland, it attracted cyclists from the very start and we put bike parking on the footpath for them. Andy got all excited and suggested that we take over a car parking spot for bike parking. At the time I fobbed him off. I guess I lacked his daring but I never forgot his request and his enthusiasm for it. We’re now at a point where we want to trial car park to bike park conversions and when we were surveying sites, this was the first place I had in mind. It’s temporary for now, but all being well, we should be able to make it permanent.

He was a man ahead of time.

Anyway, if you do go down there, park your bike, have a coffee and toast his memory. I did! "