Issues
Environment Subcommittee Annual Report 2016-17
Posted on 7th September 2017
Alienation of public land for Blackwattle Bay Marina (trading as All Occasion Cruises) and plastic bags and non-recyclable coffee cups in Glebe.
The Shared Cycle and Pedestrian Foreshore Path
Posted on 7th September 2017
We have some concerns about the safety of pedestrians and cyclists on the shared cycle and pedestrian path that runs along the foreshore of Blackwattle Bay from the end of Glebe Point Road to Bridge Road.
Why Orphan School Creek is Important
Posted on 7th September 2017
Fifty years ago the bays’ foreshores, and all the watercourses that drained into them, were lined with industrial uses, most of them in terminal decline, and many already defunct and derelict. The biggest drain was the concreted Johnstons Creek. At the Children’s Hospital, Camperdown, it was joined by a tributary, Orphan School Creek.
Draft Planning Changes for 2-32 Junction Street, Forest Lodge
Posted on 7th September 2017
Proposed changes for this key development site are being exhibited for comment on the Sydney Your Say website until 4 September.
Letter to the Minister for Planning and Environment on the Bank St Site
Posted on 27th August 2017
The Glebe Society is pleased to provide its objections to the request for modification of the current development approvals at the Bank St site to allow a change of use to a harbor cruise business and for associated on land changes.
Public Meeting on Record Reign Hall
Posted on 7th September 2017
About thirty residents turned out to hear about the proposal for a 68-place Childcare Centre to be located in this remarkable Late Victorian Church Hall, a Heritage Item and landmark that has served the Glebe community in many capacities over it long life.
UrbanGrowth Consultation on Bays
Posted on 29th July 2017
UrbanGrowth NSW will be seeking feedback on draft principles that will inform the creation of a masterplan for the Bays Market District, including a rejuvenated Sydney Fish Market.
President’s 2017 AGM Report
Posted on 25th August 2017
By Allan Hogan, August 20, 2017. It’s been a busy year for the Society, with many notable achievements, but we’re not sitting on our laurels, there are ongoing issues that require continuing attention.
Transport and Traffic Subcommittee Annual Report 2016-2017
Posted on 28th July 2017
This has been a busy year for the Transport and Traffic Group. We have been involved with several matters including working to limit the adverse impact of the WestConnex project on Glebe and Forest Lodge, seeking improvements to the cycle amenities in our suburb and making our concerns known to the State Government about its proposal to privatise our bus services.
Heritage Subcommittee Annual Report 2016-2017
Posted on 28th July 2017
In Sydney, we are currently mired in an era of rush-to-build. It is a given that arguments for better public transport and more social and affordable housing in Sydney are not disputed. And yes, the issues are complex. But the problem is the abject willingness of government to abandon their own heritage principles and conservation areas and displace long-standing communities in order to ‘cut through’.
Blue Wrens Subcommittee Annual Report 2016-2017
Posted on 28th July 2017
Five landcare/bushcare groups worked in Glebe throughout the year to support the establishment and maintenance of biodiversity in our suburb’s parks.
Planning Subcommittee Annual Planning Report 2016-2017
Posted on 28th July 2017
Some of the most significant changes of 2017 have had no direct impact on Glebe, though they will certainly have flow-on effects. WestConnex will not go near Glebe, though its impact on some nearby suburbs is already obvious.
Our Greenest Greengrocer – Glebe’s Galluzzos
Posted on 28th July 2017
The well-known Glebe institution, Galluzzo Fruiterers, is arguably the greenest greengrocer in Sydney.
Invitation to the Glebe Society’s 48th AGM
Posted on 28th July 2017
All members of the Society, and especially new members, are cordially invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Society at Glebe Town Hall, St Johns Rd Glebe on Sunday 20 August at 11am.
Letter to the Premier on the privatisation of bus services
Posted on 25th July 2017
Attached is our letter to the NSW Premier questioning the Government’s recent decision to appoint a private operator to run the Glebe and Forest Lodge bus services.
Letter to the City of Sydney on cycle ways
Posted on 25th July 2017
Attached is our submission to the City of Sydney seeking an improvement to the cycling amenities in Glebe and Forest Lodge. The City is currently reviewing the outcome of its 10 year plan to build a network of integrated cycle ways in central Sydney.
What Are We Going To Do about Plastic Bags?
Posted on 29th June 2017
Lightweight supermarket bags are used, on average, for 12 minutes. But they take hundreds, perhaps 1,000, years to break down.
Far too many plastic bags end up as litter. In the water the bags become a danger to marine life. Glebe, as a waterfront suburb, has a special responsibility to ban plastic bags.
One-of-a-kind 1871 Photographs of Strathmore
Posted on 29th June 2017
The Glebe Society was very fortunate to have been shown two photos of Strathmore [1] (once the home of George Wigram Allen). They seem to be the only existing photographic records of Strathmore as a two-storey building.
Planning Report (June 2017)
Posted on 29th June 2017
16 Creek Street Forest Lodge, 1 Ferry Road, new park for Harold Park and childcare at Record Reign Hall.
Another Dud Decision on Transport
Posted on 29th June 2017
The NSW Government recently announced its decision to privatise the bus services in Glebe and Forest Lodge. The concern is that privatising bus routes will mean a decline in services.
Design Team Appointed for Fish Markets Redevelopment
Posted on 29th June 2017
The Premier’s announcement that a Danish architectural firm, 3XN (with Australian partners) has been selected from a short list of six contenders to design the new Sydney Fish Markets is important and potentially positive news.
Video of Glebe Point Road in 1913
Posted on 29th June 2017
We have recently uploaded to our YouTube channel an extract from a 1913 silent film with some great footage of Glebe Point Rd.
Retention of Dying Ficus in Jubilee Park
Posted on 29th June 2017
Last year a Ficus obliqua (Moreton Bay Fig) in Jubilee Park, close to the western entrance to the light rail tunnel in Victoria St, had almost died. The Society wrote to the City asking that the tree be retained and made safe by pruning The City accepted our request and the Ficus has now been expertly pruned and we look forward to seeing its use by Glebe’s native fauna.
Professor Chris Dickman and Does Your Moggie Have a Bib?
Posted on 29th June 2017
At Benledi on 24 May, Professor Chris Dickman, Professor in Ecology from the University of Sydney, spoke to 34 members and their friends about the ‘Impacts and local management of cats, dogs and foxes’. Cats have had a devastating effect on Australia’s smallest mouse-like marsupials.
Bidura Site Re-development (Updated)
Posted on 27th June 2017
A new Development Application for the Vision Land’s planned development of the Bidura site has been lodged with the City of Sydney. Read the Glebe Society’s submission on the proposal.
News from the Blue Wrens Subcommittee – June 2017
Posted on 4th June 2017
Insurance for Glebe’s Landcare and Bushcare Groups and
Interpretative walk in Orphan School Creek Park
Harold Park, Harold Park ?!?
Posted on 4th June 2017
No, the heading above is not a typographical error. City of Sydney is proposing to name the newly created park in the Harold Park development, ‘Harold Park’. Is it just us, or is this very confusing?
Tramsheds Wins the National Trust’s ‘Adaptive Re-use’ Heritage Award
Posted on 4th June 2017
Congratulations to Mirvac for receiving one of the National Trust’s Heritage Awards for the adaptive re-use of the Rozelle Tram Depot.
Cold Case of the Missing Palms Solved
Posted on 28th May 2017
A story in the Bulletin from 30 years ago (Bulletin 3 of 1987) concerns a case of five missing Washingtonia palms, which apparently went missing from the corner of Wigram Rd and Glebe Point Rd, the site of the former Children’s Hospital. Where are these trees today?
What about the Park at Harold Park?
Posted on 1st May 2017
Locals will have noticed that turfing and tree planting in the open space at Harold Park, from the Tramsheds to Wigram Rd, was completed some months ago, and people are asking: ‘When will the park be opened?’
