Monthly Archives: June 2025
36th Annual Glebe Music Festival (2025)
Posted on 12th June 2025Details about the Glebe Music Festival concerts in November 2025, plus information about special concerts in July and October.
Public meeting: Bridge Road Cycleway
Posted on 28th June 2025Are you concerned about the safety of the Bridge Road cycleway? Come and hear the results of an independent safety audit.
Have you seen one of these on a fence?
Posted on 13th June 2025Do you want to submit a comment on, or objection to, a development application (DA)? Here’s a quick guide on where to find the DA and the local planning controls that apply to it.
Event report: Glebe Society’s 9th Annual Biodiversity Lecture
Posted on 13th June 2025On Wednesday 28 May, Glebe nature lovers made a beeline to Benledi to see and hear ecologist Tanya Latty’s presentation on how and why we should love and respect our diversity of local – but often unnoticed – insects and other invertebrates.
City of Sydney’s draft environmental strategy 2025–2030
Posted on 13th June 2025City of Sydney is updating its environmental strategy and has sought feedback on its draft Environmental Strategy 2025-2030. In its submission, the Society suggested the City set more ambitous targets for environmental measures in the existing strategy and introduce additional environmental measures in line with innovations elsewhere.
The story of Derwent Street from 1975 to 1980 continues …
Posted on 13th June 2025The final instalment of Brian McDonald’s fascinating account of living in Derwent Street in the late 1970s.
Consent authority confusion: 2-32 Junction Street development
Posted on 13th June 2025Corio Projects’ proposal to develop 2-32 Junction Street, Forest Lodge, as seniors housing has been submitted to Planning NSW as a ‘state significant development’. Affected locals with concerns about the proposal are wondering which body will assess the application when the time comes.
This month’s mystery photo: June 2025
Posted on 13th June 2025This month’s mystery photo is a bit different. Where are we?
Construction work on permanent Bridge Road cycleway
Posted on 13th June 2025Construction of the permanent Bridge Road Cycleway has begun. Transport and Traffic Subcommittee Convenor Janet Oakley considers some of the impacts.
Visit to Glebe parks by Society and Council staff to discuss parks management
Posted on 8th June 2025The Society and local residents recently had a very productive meeting with Joel Johnson (Manager, City Greening and Leisure) and Jacqui Brooks (Parks Assets and Service Manager) at which a range of park management matters were discussed.
Kobi Shetty media release about safety of Bridge Road cycleway
Posted on 13th June 2025Local advocacy group, Bridge Road Friends, commissioned a safety audit of the proposed permanent cycleway on Bridge Road. Kobi Shetty, MP, has made it available on her website.
In Focus: this month’s photo competition, June 2025
Posted on 8th June 2025By Mary Regan, Bulletin 4/2025, June Submissions this month included New Year’s Eve fireworks, a close look at street features in Forest Lodge, a silhouette in the sun, and one of Glebe’s wonderful murals. We couldn’t choose a winner for this month but thank our contributors and hope you enjoy their photographs. The prize for […]
Around the bushcare groups: June 2025
Posted on 8th June 2025Planting at Orphan Street Creek and other news from the bushcare groups in Glebe and Forest Lodge.
City of Sydney’s next ‘Inclusion (disability) action plan’
Posted on 8th June 2025the Council is inviting people with a disability, their family and carers, service providers and representative organisations to provide feedback on a draft inclusion action plan. By 11 June 2025
