Environment
Glebe needs a nursery for local native plants
Posted on 17th July 2021
On 1 May, Janet Wahlquist, President, wrote to the Lord Mayor on behalf of the Blue Wrens Subcommittee which has identified a need for a native plant nursery in the LGA. See the Lord Mayor’s response.
Biodiversity lecture, 2021
Posted on 8th July 2021
The Glebe Society’s annual biodiversity lecture this year focussed on the fascinating creatures in Sydney harbour and along the coastline
Glebe Society goes in to bat for the Bay
Posted on 5th June 2021
A report from the Community Consultative Committee for the construction of new Sydney Fish Market. Issues with dust, noise, heavy metal pollution, traffic and the impact on rowers were raised.
Opposition to proposed Glebe Island concrete batching plant
Posted on 4th June 2021
The Glebe Society has objected to a proposal for a Concrete Batching Plant and Handling Facility at White Bay. Among other things, it could have a negative impact on the desirability of restoring the Glebe Island Bridge as a pedestrian and cycleway.
Draft Greening Sydney Strategy
Posted on 22nd May 2021
City of Sydney is currently consulting on their draft Greening Sydney Strategy. It would aim to increase overall green cover to manage urban heat, create more opportunities to connect with nature and create greater biodiversity.
News from Blue Wren Subcommittee
Posted on 7th March 2021
the Glebe Society has made a comprehensive submission to the City of Sydney on our Crown Lands.
Progress on Johnstons Creek naturalisation
Posted on 27th February 2021
Construction started in January 2020 and is expected to finish mid-2021, weather permitting (according to Sydney Water’s website).
‘On the verge’ – it’s not easy being green
Posted on 2nd January 2021
“Some days I wish I had full PPE, as my days seem so long and the onslaught unrelenting. I live on the street, I have no money, few resources. I accept I am low in the pecking order.” Who am I?
The next big thing in recycling is here
Posted on 1st January 2021
City of Sydney is partnering with RecycleSmart to make it easier for us to recycle items that can’t go in the yellow lid recycling bin.
Society’s 8th Annual Spring Bird Survey
Posted on 1st January 2021
This year’s annual bird survey took place on Sunday 1 November. A total of 16 people signed on at 6.45 am in Paddy Gray Reserve in Hereford St and were allocated to ten survey sites across Glebe and Forest Lodge including streets, parks and along waterways.
News from the Blue Wren Subcommittee
Posted on 29th December 2020
Updates about recent activities of the Society’s busy Blue Wren subcommittee and volunteers.
Public Spaces Ideas Competition
Posted on 21st October 2020
Glebe Society member, Asa Wahlquist has entered the Idea for a public walk around the foreshores of Blackwattle and Rozelle Bays into the Public Space Ideas competition.
Painted River Project – Updated
Posted on 11th October 2020
The year six students at Forest Lodge have a tradition of leaving a gift for the students who follow them. The plan this year is for a mural featuring Johnstons Creek
News from the Blue Wren Subcommittee – October 2020
Posted on 16th October 2020
Get involved with the Spring Bird Survey on Sunday 1 November 2020; and hear what’s been happening in local habitat creation.
Palmerston Avenue Park Upgrade
Posted on 16th October 2020
The City of Sydney began its works to improve the park land in Palmerston Ave in late July. It should be finished by the end of the year. The plan is multifaceted. It will provide a greener space, remove noxious weeds, improve drainage and allow people to move around more easily.
Environment Subcommittee Annual Report 2019-2020
Posted on 16th October 2020
The proposed new Sydney Fish Market building has been the main focus of the Environment Subcommittee for the past year. Activities have included attending stakeholder meetings about the proposed plan and lobbying politicians.
Blue Wren Subcommittee Annual Report 2019-2020
Posted on 17th October 2020
The Subcommittee has 13 members and met in person on four occasions during the year. The volunteers of our bushcare/landcare groups in Glebe continued to work to value, retain and enhance biodiversity in Glebe and Forest Lodge, and its bays and foreshores, for current and future generations. Not surprisingly COVID-19 impacted on our activities in the second half of the year. We did not hold our regular meetings, our autumn party (to which all our bushcare volunteers are invited) and the award of the Craney Biodiversity Grants to our local preschools and schools were cancelled, and the annual biodiversity lecture was postponed. Further, no planting days were organised by our buschcare volunteers from mid-March until July, when they recommenced in Orphan School Creek Park under the COVID-safe rules set-up by the City.
Inquiry into the Problem of Feral and Domestic Cats in Australia
Posted on 31st August 2020
Studies have shown that each roaming pet cat is responsible for killing 186 reptiles, birds and mammals per year. Read the Society’s submission to the Federal Government’s Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy inquiry into the problem of feral and domestic cats in Australia.
Blackwattle Bay and its creeks
Posted on 9th July 2020
Since Blackwattle Bay is currently threatened with overdevelopment this may be the right moment to look back at a little of its history and that of the creeks that drained into it. A little exploration inland from Sydney Cove when Philip and the ‘First Fleet’ arrived would have brought them to a freshwater creek running […]
Progress on the Johnstons Creek Naturalisation Project
Posted on 8th June 2020
Another fox sighting in Glebe
Posted on 8th June 2020
There are occasional reports of foxes being sighted in Sydney, including Glebe. I recently sighted a fox literally in our back yard in Allen St, Glebe. It was 7am two weeks ago (May 2020) when I opened the back door and noticed an animal running from the backyard down our narrow lane. It was light […]
E-waste collections now kerbside
Posted on 4th June 2020
Did you know that you can order a pick-up from your footpath in Glebe – for your e-waste which is much easier than going to Alexandria. Booking is also pretty simple via the City of Sydney website. The website says that this is what can be picked up in the new e-waste collection: Electronics: TVs, […]
Update on new plans for Ernest Pedersen Reserve
Posted on 26th May 2020
The City exhibited its revised plans for Ernest Pedersen Reserve in Ferry Road, which incorporated elements from the original design as the front garden of the adjacent house, Rothwell Lodge. The community feedback to the City was enthusiastic as the overall design was much improved on last year’s proposals. There was, however, concern about the […]
Ernest Pedersen Reserve in Ferry Rd
Posted on 16th December 2019
The working group (Ferry Road Bushcare Group – Jenna Reed Burns and Iain Gibson; Glebe Society – Andrew Wood; City of Sydney – Chris Thomas [Manager Design] and Helen Rogers [Design Manager]) met in Town Hall House on Thursday 21 November to consider the City’s revised plans for the Reserve. The new plans have fully […]
Proposal to Make Harold Park Off-leash for Dogs
Posted on 1st April 2019
The City of Sydney invites feedback on a proposal to make the grass lawn of Harold Park ‘off-leash’.
Update on the Glebe Fox(es)
Posted on 3rd December 2018
In response to the Society’s letter to City of Sydney about the problem of foxes in Glebe, we received a response dated 18 October, from David Riordan, Director of City Services and an expression of concern on behalf of Councillor Kerryn Phelps.
Mysterious Old Graffiti in Lew Hoad Reserve
Posted on 26th November 2018
Can you tell us anything about this old graffiti in Lew Hoad Reserve?
Do You Have a Den of Foxes Living under Your House?
Posted on 30th September 2018
Foxes have not only been sighted in Glebe, they are suspected of killing two loved, and well-known, pet hens.
