Archive for December, 2006

What’s Ahead For 2007 And Beyond?

It’s two days to go until the New Year is upon us. Here in Sydney, many people are enjoying their annual holiday break and most businesses and government departments are running on 3 out of 4 cylinders. That’s just one of the reasons it gets called the Silly Season out here.
More Traffic. Less Power. Less [...]

The Beauty of Callan Park

The grounds of the old psycho hospital at Callan Park, Drummoyne, are one of Sydney’s low-key treasures… unnoticed by the tens of thousands who drive past them every day.
For decades I have driven across the Iron Cove Bridge and noticed the old tower of the psychiatric hospital sticking upwards through the trees at the far [...]

White Bay Cement Works Postponed

Balmain residents have won a battle against the proposed cement works for White Bay, but the war is far from won.
NSW Planning Minister, Frank Sartor  announced that the developers, IC&L Cement, had withdrawn their development application.
This doesn’t mean that plans for a round-the-clock cement terminal won’t be given the go-ahead once the March state election [...]