Issues
Have your say about the Bridge Road cycleway
Posted on 28th June 2025
Are 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 2025
Do 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 2025
On 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.
Construction work on permanent Bridge Road cycleway
Posted on 13th June 2025
Construction of the permanent Bridge Road Cycleway has begun. Transport and Traffic Subcommittee Convenor Janet Oakley considers some of the impacts.
Kobi Shetty media release about safety of Bridge Road cycleway
Posted on 13th June 2025
Local 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.
Consent authority confusion: 2-32 Junction Street development
Posted on 13th June 2025
Corio 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.
Visit to Glebe parks by Society and Council staff to discuss parks management
Posted on 8th June 2025
The 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.
City of Sydney’s draft environmental strategy 2025–2030
Posted on 13th June 2025
City 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.
Around the bushcare groups: June 2025
Posted on 8th June 2025
Planting at Orphan Street Creek and other news from the bushcare groups in Glebe and Forest Lodge.
Blue Wren Subcommittee Annual Report 2018-2019
Posted on 5th September 2019
by Andrew Wood, Convenor, Blue Wren Subcommittee, from Bulletin 7/2019 (September) The objectives of the Blue Wren Subcommittee include increasing the diversity, abundance and distribution of indigenous fauna and flora in our suburb and also to involve the local community in habitat creation and enhancement activities. We work with the five bushcare/landcare groups in Glebe […]
Heritage Subcommittee Annual Report 2018-2019
Posted on 7th July 2019
Brian Fuller, Convenor Heritage Subcommittee, from Bulletin 7/2019 September Membership Members of the Heritage Subcommittee are: Lydia Bushell, Fiona Campbell, Margaret Cody, Lyn Collingwood, Peter Crawshaw, Brian Fuller, Rodney Hammett, Robert Hannan, Allan Hogan, Joseph King, Ted McKeown and Jude Paul. During the year Ted relinquished the role of convenor and the Subcommittee is indebted to […]
From the President: May 2025
Posted on 8th May 2025
Good news on Bidura but concerns about the impact of proposed special entertainment precincts. Glebe Point Road could be one.
State significant development application for 2-32 Junction Street, Forest Lodge
Posted on 9th May 2025
Residents in Forest Lodge are concerned about the scale of a proposed development in Junction Street. The developers are seeking for it to be assessed as a ‘state significant development’.
9th Annual Biodiversity Lecture: Assoc. Professor Tanya Latty
Posted on 9th May 2025
Associate Professor Tanya Latty from the University of Sydney is giving this year’s Annual Biodiversity Lecture. Her topic: ‘Where have all the insects gone? Why insect declines matter and how cities can make a difference’.
The Register of Significant Trees: Update
Posted on 9th May 2025
Residents have suggested several additions to the Counciil’s Register of Significant Trees.
Transport and Traffic Subcommittee Annual Report 2018-2019
Posted on 4th September 2019
Janet Wahlquist, Convenor, Transport & Traffic Convenor, from Bulletin 7/2019 September Separated Cycle Ways We have made submissions to the City that there need to be separated cycle ways running north and south, and east and west, through Glebe and Forest Lodge. Essentially the City has said it cannot act because Roads and Maritime Services […]
Three Superb Fairy Wrens sighted
Posted on 9th May 2025
Three Superb Fairy Wrens were seen at the Rozelle Parklands and Wetlands on 16 February 2025. A few more habitat ‘stepping stones’ through the Glebe Parklands could bring them closer.
The Register of Significant Trees
Posted on 7th April 2025
Did you know that the City Council maintains a register of significant trees? Now is your chance to nominate your favourite tree. Also a plea for more trees in Forest Lodge to be nominated. There’s currently only one on the register!
News from the Blue Wren Subcommittee, April 2025
Posted on 7th April 2025
The Blue Wrens have provided feedback to Council on reviews of the Urban Ecology Strategic Action Plan, biodiversity corridor maps for the Sydney DCP and policies on pesticides and weed management. The Society also submitted the Acquittal Report for the Glebe’s Hill research project and is announcing the 9th Annual Biodiversity Lecture in May.
The Society’s Blue Wren Subcommittee
Posted on 9th March 2025
In July 2006, a group of local residents came together to form the Blue Wren Subcommittee, initially to survey the Blue Wren population of Glebe and Forest Lodge and make recommendations about how to protect them. The group’s activities have since expanded to include a whole range of projects aimed at conserving and enhancing biodiversity in our area.
Fish Markets CCC meetings continue to ‘raise more questions than they answer’
Posted on 3rd March 2025
Will there or won’t there be a ferry at the new Sydney Fish Markets on Pyrmont Bridge Road? It’s far from clear, says our representative on the Community Consultative Committee, Asa Wahlquist.
Waiting for a bus?
Posted on 3rd March 2025
The 370 bus has not been restored to its original route despite promises and even announcements that it would be. Janet Oakley looks at what’s going on with the buses that service Glebe.
News from the Blue Wren Subcommittee, March 2025
Posted on 3rd March 2025
The City of Sydney is now being asked to act on the recommendations of the study into biodiversity on Glebe’s Hill, next to Jubilee Park station. Also news from local Landcare and Bushcare groups.
Glebe Point Road Main Street Study, Stage Two
Posted on 26th February 2025
Conducted by Bechervaise and Associates in 1991. The two volume report, Glebe Point Road Main Street Study, Stage Two was published in November 1991. Objectives for the study related to conserving and enhancing the identified character and heritage items of Glebe Point Road, providing a clear Statement of Cultural Significance of Glebe Point Road; providing […]
Report: Glebe–Forest Lodge Spring Bird Survey 2024
Posted on 2nd December 2024
At least six native bird species including grey butcherbird, pied currawong and Australian magpie are breeding in the leafy parks and streets of Glebe–Forest Lodge. Tree martins are using air vents in a Ross Street building. One of the best results of the survey was the three willie wagtails down near the mangroves on Rozelle Bay.
Innovation and Ideas Grant: presentation by the University of Sydney
Posted on 2nd December 2024
On 29 November, biodiversity researchers at the University of Sydney presented the results of their study into Glebe’s Hill, the neglected piece of land between the Tramsheds and Jubilee Park station. They identified 31 plant species, 12 bird species, plus skinks and invertebrates, as well as foxes, domestic cats and brushtail possums. They made recommendations to transform this degraded site into a thriving greenspace. The research was funded by a City of Sydney grant to the Glebe Society.
Remembering Ian Stephenson (1955-2024)
Posted on 3rd December 2024
President Duncan Leys writes about Ian Stephenson, whose funeral was on 21 November. The Glebe Society and so many other people mourn his loss as a generous, funny and passionate man and a leading heritage thinker with huge standing in the cultural heritage space.
Oh, how Glebe has changed!
Posted on 2nd December 2024
A newly-digitised collection of photographs shows the Glebe waterfront in 1976. How it has changed!
Glebe Society and Council request Heritage Council to protect Bidura
Posted on 3rd December 2024
This is one of the last articles Ian Stephenson wrote on behalf of the Glebe Society, typical of his informed and passionate support for preserving Glebe’s significant architectural heritage. We could all see the dereliction; Ian proactively pursued action to address this. Let’s hope Ian’s efforts, which are clear from this article, successfully end Bidura’s trajectory towards demolition (by neglect).
Advice to cat management inquiry: Give Councils enforcement powers
Posted on 2nd December 2024
The NSW Parliament’s Animal Welfare Committee is inquiring into the management of cats in NSW to reduce their impact on threatened native animals. On Glebe’s Hill near the Tramsheds, wildlife cameras have caught domestic cats out hunting. The Society argues that Councils should be able to enforce mandatory microchipping and desexing of cats and 24-hour cat containment.
