Douglas Parade Servo, Williamstown

Written By Campbell Mattinson

The iconic petrol station on Douglas Parade, Williamstown, known as Panteli's. This image was taken in 2021. All images are copyright Campbell Mattinson.

The Pantelis Service Station on the corner of Yarra Street and Douglas Parade, Williamstown was one of the last full service petrol stations in Melbourne. The Pantelis family started this business in the early 1980s and closed shop in March/April 2024. These images were taken between 2021 and 2023. The front canopy of the iconic Pantelis Douglas Parade service station was bulldozed in 2024. In early 2026 the old shop and workspace area was still standing. Reports of the site being redeveloped as a modern/standard servo conflict with other reports that it will be developed as apartments.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been a respected wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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