Issues
From the Blue Wrens, March 2024
Posted on 28th February 2024
An update from the busy Blue Wren’s group and Bushcare volunteers.
Heritage and the housing crisis: higher density must respect amenity
Posted on 28th November 2023
What’s the common ground between YIMBYs and NIMBYs? This article is reproduced with the permission of the Marrickville Heritage Society.
King Parrots discover Orphan School Creek
Posted on 28th November 2023
Rare visitors to Glebe and Forest Lodge. King Parrots discover Orphan School Creek
Submission regarding outdoor dining at hotels
Posted on 28th November 2023
The Society has made a submission about regulations for outdoor dining at Glebe’s hotels.
Update on Innovation and Ideas Grant: The Hill project
Posted on 28th November 2023
By Andrew Wood, convenor, Blue Wren subcommittee, Bulletin 10/2023, December At last, some good news – on Wednesday 15 November the final contract (Approval Temporary Access over Council Land) to permit the start of work on the Innovation and Ideas Grant was signed by the City of Sydney and the Society. It will enable the […]
From The President: November 2023
Posted on 29th October 2023
In his message to members, the Society’s President calls for volunteers to fill important roles on the Management Committee
Glebe Forest Lodge Bird Survey Report 2023
Posted on 30th October 2023
The bird watchers of the Blue Wren Subcommittee were out early for the Glebe Forest Lodge annual bird survey. The brush turkeys went missing.
Council debates Bridge Road cycleway
Posted on 1st November 2023
Deletions, amendments and additions – all in a night’s work for a City of Sydney Council meeting. But a motion to request greater concern for safety in the construction of the Bridge Road cycleway took a very different form after one Councillor took his pen to it.
The Craney Grant – helping bees thrive!
Posted on 1st November 2023
At the Crescent Early Learning Centre kids are learning about the birds and the bees, with the support of a Craney Grant.
The Villas of Glebe: A Glebe Society Walk
Posted on 29th October 2023
Another successful Glebe Society Walk in October took participants on a tour of the grand villas of Glebe, some still extant, others a matter of history.
Crane crash at the new Sydney Fish Market
Posted on 30th October 2023
Oops! How the mighty are fallen. Miraculously, no one was killed when a huge crane jib crashed to the ground at the Fish Market building site. Now the problem is how to remove and replace it.
A message from the new President, Duncan Leys
Posted on 5th October 2023
Duncan Leys, the Society’s newly-elected President, offered his thanks at the AGM for the advice and support of members of the Management Committee. He said that the Presidency was an honour which he felt he had not yet earned, but committed to ‘earning his stripes’ by reaching out to people and organisations who shared common goals with the Society.
Transport and Traffic Subcommittee Annual Report 2022-2023
Posted on 5th October 2023
Continuing complaints by residents about the Bridge Road cycleway, and concern about the extra traffic generated by the new Sydney Fish Market, are issues covered in this report.
News from the Blue Wren Subcommittee, October 2023
Posted on 5th October 2023
Glebe Public School reports a great outcome from the Craney Small Grants Program. They’ve been able to purchase new bush tucker plants and gardening equipment, resulting in a transformed outdoor space that will benefit students’ education and connection with nature.
Council refuses DA for 181 St Johns Road
Posted on 5th October 2023
The development application for 181 St Johns Road has been refused. You can read the Society’s submission and the Council’s determination here.
