RMIT’S Urban Sq. will be reworked into the supreme block party in an afternoon of frivolity, foodstuff and fun to mark the return to university for the city’s learners.

The occasion will element are living performances, table tennis and bag toss online games, and roving performers in between 12pm and 4.30pm on Wednesday, March 8.

Urban Square is located in just the NOLA (North of La Trobe) precinct wherever State Library Station is being designed as element of Metro Tunnel Task building.

The party, hosted by NOLA, the Metro Tunnel Imaginative plan and RMIT, will also offer the chance to show off your creative flair with a NOLA-impressed interactive artwork.

Local organizations will offer plenty of delicious free of charge meals and drinks and there will be giveaways for persons to love.

Whether you are dancing by the decks, creating the most of free of charge foodstuff and drinks or only chilling out on the beanbags – there will be a lot on for you and your mates to delight in.

NOLA – bounded by Swanston, La Trobe, Elizabeth and Victoria streets – is a Metro Tunnel initiative to assist organizations and citizens impacted by development of the task – a spot to explore and discover special cafes, places to eat and retailers.

Given that its launch, NOLA has hosted activities this sort of as the Silent Disco Tour, served encourage a escalating listing of area enterprises via on the net and in-person channels, and brightened the precinct by means of the set up of colourful neon artworks around building internet site places.

When it opens in 2025, the Metro Tunnel will produce capability for a lot more than 50 percent-a-million extra passengers for every 7 days to vacation through peak times across Melbourne’s teach network.

Deep beneath the CBD, get the job done is continuing on the underground pedestrian relationship amongst Condition Library and Melbourne Central stations, with crews not long ago breaking by way of the wall among the two stations.

This connection will make it possible for commuters to interchange concerning Metropolis Loop and Metro Tunnel companies without the need of exiting through the myki gates.  

You can preserve up to date with what is taking place at NOLA by buying in the precinct and pursuing the Instagram (@nola_precinct) and Fb (NOLAPrecinct) internet pages. •