Yearly Archives: 2019
Community Festival – eight fabulous days!
Posted on 2nd August 2019The Festival took place at the Harold Park Community Hall, in the Tramsheds Forest Lodge from 23 – 30 June.
Over 2,500 people attended the Exhibition and 1,100 people attended events.
Resounding energy and pride were openly expressed by locals about living in such a wonderful and cohesive community.
Glebe Point Road – 1991 to 2018
Posted on 14th May 2019In 1991, the Department of Planning and Environment took photos of many of the properties in the Glebe Point Road. In 2018 and early 2019,, members of the Glebe Society took new photos of the same properties. Compare how these properties have changed in the intervening 27 years
Glebe Society Community Festival Update (May 2019)
Posted on 4th May 2019The website for the Glebe Society Community Festival is now up and running and can be accessed at https://glebesociety.org.au/50th_anniversary_festival/
Information on the website will be added to and updated every week
Vale Bill Nelson
Posted on 4th May 2019Dr Bill Nelson passed away at the end of March. Older members of the Society will remember his involvement, together with his wife Sally, in the early days of the Society when there was much activity about gardens in Glebe.
News from the Blue Wren Subcommittee (May 2019)
Posted on 3rd May 2019Importantly, the Glebe Palmerston and Surrounds Landcare Group has reported that the City has set up some personal accident insurance to cover all volunteers, up to the age of 75, working in Glebe’s parks.
Looking for a Convenor, Transport and Traffic Subcommittee
Posted on 3rd May 2019The role of Convenor, Transport and Traffic for the Glebe Society will interest you.
Anzac Day 2019 at the Diggers’ Memorial
Posted on 3rd May 2019Glebe Public school took part in the 2019 Anzac Day service held at Glebe War Memorial. Many attending commented on the presence of the school leaders, Georgina and Justodio, as they handed out sprigs of rosemary to people gathered and then laid flowers at the Memorial.
NBN Rollout
Posted on 3rd May 2019A window of opportunity exists to get the NBN rolled-out right in Glebe & Forest Lodge – can you help?
A Tram is a Tram is a Tram …?
Posted on 1st April 2019After a life of no more than 18 years, the last of the Variotrams, No. 2107 has gone into retirement at the Sydney Tramway Museum at Loftus.
Recycling Success Story: Cast-iron Frypans
Posted on 1st April 2019The Kitchen Pack Project was desperately short of frypans over the summer, so I asked Wayne Carveth (project supporter and cast-iron cookware devotee) to refurbish a set of cast-iron frypans.
Proposal to Make Harold Park Off-leash for Dogs
Posted on 1st April 2019The City of Sydney invites feedback on a proposal to make the grass lawn of Harold Park ‘off-leash’.
A Total Disregard for Our Heritage Streetscapes?
Posted on 1st April 2019Unsightly plastic NBN conduit and cabling.
News from the Blue Wren Subcommittee (March 2019)
Posted on 14th March 2019The City will soon be installing hives for native stingless bees in Orphan School Creek and Palmerston Ave parks.
