Newsletter 58 -NEUTRAL BAY – IS IT TO BECOME A PAVED “PARADISE”?

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On May 15, 2023
  • neutral bay plaza, north sydney, roads
Military Road was dotted with “villages” that formed at the junctions of the tramlines from the wharfs at Neutral Bay, Cremorne Point, Mosman and Athol. With the opening of the Harbour Bridge, road vehicles displaced ferries as the preferred means of travel to and from the city and around our suburb Suddenly there was a […]
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Newsletter 57 – Cars and People

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On April 24, 2023
  • north sydney, roads
All Roads lead to North Sydney – and that’s a big problem The potential for the Northern Beaches to develop has been present in the minds of planners for a century or more. The failure, the concerns identified by the planners have simply not been addressed. Moving people to and from the Northern Beaches has […]
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Newsletter 55 – Parks For Money

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On March 14, 2023
  • Cycle Ramp Milsons Point
Our Community has proposed a ramp between the bridge and Alfred Street that does not destroy Bradfield Park – Transport for NSW just won’t have a bar of it North Sydney Council has repeatedly opposed Transport for NSW’s (TfNSW) proposal to build a linear ramp through Bradfield Park and supported the community’s alternative fold back […]
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Newsletter 54 – Luna Park

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On February 10, 2023
  • Luna Park
Peter Kingston, a great protector of Luna Park, feared for its future – his feared vision   Back in 1990 the Greiner Government ended the Abe Saffron chapter in the Luna Park story, (one that is remembered for the Ghost Train tragedy) with the passage of the Luna Park Site Act (the Act). The Act’s […]
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Newsletter 53 – Land Rights And Open Green Spaces

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On February 2, 2023
  • land rights, waverton bowling club
Aboriginal Land Rights In NSW 53,861 Aboriginal Land Rights claims have been made since 1983. 38,257 await assessment and determination (by the Minister for Crown Lands). Between 1983 and 2021 determinations covering around 163,900 hectares had been made and transferred, with, at start 2022, claims covering 1.12 million hectares remaining to be determined. There is a register […]
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Newsletter 52 – Waverton Bowling Club – Next Step

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On December 28, 2022
  • waverton bowling club
What is to become of the Waverton Bowling Green? Waverton Park: Comprised, when established back in 1943, the land between Woolcott Street and the north shore of Berrys Bay; between 1967 and 2019 the section fronting Woolcott Street was leased for use as a bowling club; in 2020 North Sydney Council pressed the State Government […]
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Newsletter 51 – Broken Promises and Fading Dreams

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On December 12, 2022
  • waverton bowling club
Dealing with the State Government – experiences that remind me of Peter Finch (the newsreader) in the (1976) film, Network Just like Peter Finch “I’m as mad as hell ..” .. but for me the cause is being ignored by the State Government; watching it plunder our open green space – even worse, watching our […]
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Newsletter 50 – Waverton Bowling Club

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On December 7, 2022
  • waverton bowling club
What is to become of the land once occupied by the Waverton Bowling Club – the Waverton Bowling Green? In short: The state Minister administering the Waverton Bowling Green ruled against a claim made by the Aboriginal Land Council (ALC). The ALC appealed the Minister’s decision to the Land and Environment Court. The Court sided […]
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Newsletter 49 – Crows Nest

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On October 27, 2022
  • crows nest
We need to plan for North Sydney’s future. Crows Nest North Sydney’s larger villages all formed around transport hubs – Cremorne, Neutral Bay, Cammeray, North Sydney and Crows Nest. What happens to a village when the hub moves – what happens, for example, if it moves from the intersection of the Pacific Highway, Willoughby Road […]
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