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Edition 48November 2009

N e w s l e t t e r o f t h e A r t a r m o n P r o g r e s s A s s o c i a t i o n

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Artarmon’s Industrial Revolution By the APA Committee

Christmas Celebration & Annual General Meeting - Artarmon Bowling Club, 8pm, Thursday 26 November. More on page 3.

A number of significant projects currently in the pipeline will transform the Artarmon Industrial Area. In this story we bring you up to date on these major developments.

Gore Hill Business Park

Gore Hill Business Park, on the former site of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the largest of the projects on the drawing board. The 4.5 hectare site, being developed by Lindsay Bennelong Developments (LBD), is being marketed as the first five star, mixed use, high technol-ogy business park in Australia.

Certainly, the proposed ‘green credentials’ of the development are strong – including co-generation, and a number of green travel initi-atives such as a car pooling scheme, additional bike racks and showers and a free shuttle bus between the site & St Leonards train station.

The development will also contain dedicated community facilities, originally proposed in two buildings - a Community Centre and a Sporting and Recreation Centre. Current available information from LBD indicates that the sports facility will contain three basket-ball courts, an indoor soccer field and a table tennis room, along with change rooms and amenities. The proposed community centre is a facility with air conditioning, carpeted floors and a kitchenette. It will have 27 car parking spaces and its use will be decided by Willoughby Council. The Developer proposes to give these facilities to Willoughby City Council (WCC) as part of the project’s con-tribution to the community.

Responding to Council DA conditions for heritage installation and heritage interpretive markers, public artwork which celebrates the historical importance of the site, and its

strong links to the history of broadcasting in Australia, are also planned. LBD’s website reports that it has commissioned “a combi-nation of sculptural artworks and interpretive signage, reflecting the site’s rich history of production and broadcasting. A major art-work showcasing the ABC test pattern and news desk installations will be a feature of the site, along with streets named after ABC personalities. The ABC’s iconic, colourful test pattern is synonymous with the early history of television. Artist Wendy Mills is collaborat-ing with the project architects to integrate this image into an artwork as a feature wall in Building D adjacent to the open plaza.” (On The Air – Gore Hill Community Newsletter, July 2009)

Construction was originally planned to commence in the last quarter of this year, but there would appear to be little build-ing activity on the site at present. We can speculate that the market conditions over the past year or so may have resulted in a slow take-up of leases on the site, and if so the current proposed opening date of 2013 could well be pushed out further.

LBD predicts that once it is up and running, the development will create more than 4000 jobs. Almost a quarter of the site will be landscaped with publicly accessible parks and a large roof garden. Retail facilities will include cafes and restaurants, newsagent, dry cleaner, mini market, doctor, post office and banking facilities. The current zoning does not allow for a supermarket on site.

Home HQ North Shore

The former Council works depot on the cor-ner of Reserve Road and Frederick Street is one development that certainly is progressing. The Charter Hall (CHC) development involves the adaptive reuse of the heritage warehouse building into an integrated bulky goods retail

complex of approximately 22,200m², and over 500 car spaces. This building is also proposed to have strong ‘green’ credentials, targeting a 4 star Green Star rating from the Green Building Council of Australia.

Construction would appear to be proceeding well, and CHC’s 2009 Annual Report (October 2009) reports that tenants will include The Good Guys, JB Hi Fi, Barbeques Galore, Freedom, Bay Leather Republic and Snooze. CHC advises the Centre has over 75% terms agreed, and is likely to open after Christmas.

Boral Cement PlantBoral is rebuilding its concrete batching plant on Reserve Road for approximately $12 mil-lion. The plant supplies the Sydney, North Sydney and Chatswood business districts and is expected to be completed around June 2010. Boral’s 2009 Annual Report states that the company is “benefiting from the Federal Government’s Investment Allowance” in reconstruction of the plant.

WCC has approved the roadworks associated with the development. All traffic movements with be on Reserve Road on a left in / left out basis, with a median strip to stop trucks turn-ing across Reserve Road.

Lane Cove TunnelThe Lane Cove Tunnel development caused much angst in the local community during its design and construction period, and subsequent opening in 2007. Now, we have recent reports that the Tunnel has been put up for sale by its owners, Connector Motorways. The ABC reported on September 29 that “A spokesman for Connector Motorways says all the equity holders, including Leighton Holdings have writ-ten off their stakes.” Whereas the project cost significantly over $1bn to build, some media reports suggest the asking price is $600 million.

Traffic volumes have been well below estimates, postponing some of the APA’s concerns about traffic impacts on local streets. However, parking on Artarmon residential streets clearly increased after the tunnel opening – anecdo-tally, it seems some people are choosing to pay the LCT toll and train fare to the city, rather than the Harbour Bridge toll and city parking fees.

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The Artarmon Gazette is published quarterly by the Artarmon Progress Association. It is distributed by volunteers, free of charge to Artarmon residents and businesses.

The Artarmon Gazette seeks to inform residents and business people about current local events and issues and provide them with a forum in which to discuss matters of interest and concern.

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Michelle Sloane, APA President, refers in her column on p 3 to a SMH article of 22 October 2009 which raised the potential of the sale of airspace above railway stations in Sydney.

While I’m not against the development of infrastructure, it’s appropriate development that is so important to keeping our community a desirable place to live. It was the spectre of redevelopment over Artarmon train station, mooted by State Rail in late1998, that made me get more involved in local issues, so it’s somewhat ironic that as I write my last editorial, it again raises its head.

The Gazette of April/May 1999 reported that “highrise development … would seriously under-mine the established character and style of both the business and residential area”. Not to men-tion impacting on property values, as any development over the station would have to be many storeys high to be commercially viable, and would cast shadows over the surrounding area, as well as generate large amounts of additional traffic.

Maintaining the character of our suburb is imperative to its liveability and the strong sense of community that we have in Artarmon. We came to Artarmon because of the rail line, but it’s the community that has kept us here. Where else can you find the public transport access, so close to the city, coupled with green open spaces, local shops and facilities, and such direct, easy access to a hospital, a University, a major shopping hub etc.

The ‘Gazette’ is also its own community - a group of volunteer, like-minded people who enjoy bringing you stories and information about ‘Artarmon 2064’. I’ve been involved with the Gazette for 10 years now, and Editor for seven of those. There have been three people who I have worked with during that time who I particularly want to thank for their incredible (and ongoing) contribu-tions – Tony Kemm, who has organised the delivery to our volunteer deliverers, and while handing this on next year, will still ‘walk’ the industrial area; Mollie Shelley, who continues to find relevant and entertaining gardening issues and stories for us; and Wendy Bishop, a ‘surrogate Artarmonite’ who, through her involvement with Permaculture North, is well known to many of you, and who continues to create amazing cartoons for Mollie’s articles.

Without the contributions of people like Tony, Mollie and Wendy, we wouldn’t be able to con-tinue bringing you such an informative local publication – it’s been a pleasure to be able to con-tribute to this great local community.

Anne Weinert [email protected]

I really enjoyed reading August’s edition of the Artarmon Gazette. Admittedly I don’t think I have read one from front to back before, although I have lived in Artarmon for nearly 2 years. I found the articles on the history of Artarmon and its residents interesting and I liked to hear about what is planned for our area.

What has baffled me though is the fact that there is no ramp or lift leading up to Artarmon’s train station. I am a new mum and have found it frustrating that I am not able to get to the platform with my pram without waiting at the bottom of the stairs hoping that someone has the time to help me get to the top. Due to this I don’t bother with the train, resorting to taking the car which isn’t helping to reduce carbon emissions which we as a community are trying to do.

The Gazette mentioned rail access a couple of times - including making the ‘Rail Humour’ article as it really is a joke. As a community are we doing anything further to make this a real issue or are we just complaining amongst ourselves?

What can we do to instigate this further with the local council, rail networks, or even start a local petition? I believe it is a major downfall in our community.

serena Thomson, Artarmon

Well done ‘Team Artarmon’ (Gazette, August 2009). A very respectable 9th place with 93 blood donations makes a difference. You pipped us by 2. We have a staff of 30 odd people and man-aged to get 91 donations for the year, but still made it into the Top 10. The community is better off for us having a challenge again this year.

Bruce de Graaf, CAGE security, Whiting st, Artarmon

News from the Artarmon St Leonards Chamber of CommerceRecently a group of local business people rallied together to resurrect the local Chamber of Commerce (ASTLCOC). Plans are for a forum where local business people have the opportunity to network and meet fel-low entrepreneurs, get more access to Willoughby Council, understand local issues, and from this, understand the potential long and short term impacts on their businesses.

The Chamber will meet on a regular basis alternating between The Freeway Hotel in Artarmon and The Northern Suburbs Rugby & Football Club (Cabana Bar) in St Leonards. One of the objectives of ASTLCOC is to work with the 2100 registered businesses in the local community. So, if you believe your business needs to be part of the action, then get involved with your Chamber of Commerce.

The next ASTLCOC Networking Christmas meeting will be at the Freeway Hotel on the 8th December 2009 at 5.30pm. All welcome, so send us an email to register your interest - [email protected].

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A few days ago as I was about to write this column I was contacted by one of my neighbours who drew my attention to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald (22 Oct 2009) entitled “10b up for grabs in transport sell-off”. The article refers to a recent submission to the NSW State Government’s 2031 Transport Blueprint by the Transport and Tourism Forum.

This tourism and transport lobby group suggests that more than $10 billion worth of mass transit projects could be funded by the State Government “becoming developers or landlords.” The submission refers specifically to “Transit Oriented Development”, defined as “the more efficient use of land and airspace around transport corridors. It can include retail, commercial and residential development adjacent to or above major transport terminals / nodes. This style of development can underpin ‘value capture’ for transport agencies as landlords – providing an income stream to help fund transport improvements, while consolidating urban activities around transport hubs.” Examples cited include St Leonards and Parramatta.

Those of you who have lived in Artarmon for some years will be familiar with our com-munity’s concerns regarding the possible sale of the air-space above the Artarmon Railway Station. This is an issue that unites most resi-dents and local businesses, specifically those on Hampden Rd and Wilkes Ave.

In my view, development that would come as a consequence of such a sale would see our

com munity change in ways that would not be for the better. The “Artarmon Village” would be lost and we would become another St Leonards. The pot ential costs to our community are significant: substantial increase in local traffic; increased drain on local services and amenities; major parking problems; loss of our historic train station; severe environmental impacts – the list goes on!!

The Progress Association is your local advocacy group. If you share our concern about these issues please let us know. You can contact us at [email protected] and register your views about this issue and any other. If you are not an APA member please consider joining as the more members we have the more powerful our voice!!

Our Annual General Meeting is a great opportunity to express your views about this issue and any other!

This year the AGM will be held on Thursday 26 November as part of our November Public Information Meeting. Willoughby City Council General Manager, Nick Tobin, will be addressing the meeting regarding progress of the Artarmon Library development and plans.

As we approach the end of the year there are many people to thank for supporting the work of the Progress Association:• OurverygenerousLocal Business Heroes

and regular Artarmon Gazette advertisers - local businesses who in many cases support us year after year!!

• Nick Tobin, Willoughby City Council General Manager, and many of his team who are

always willing to help and encourage.

• OurWard Councillors who always support our many activities

• ButmostofallIwould particularly like to thank all the wonderful, hard-working and very gener-ous members of the APA Committee and their families!!! You are all fabulous and Artarmon is very lucky to have you!

Many of you will be unaware that the Gazette’s long-serving editor, Anne Weinert is stepping down from this role at our AGM. Anne has been editing the Gazette since 2002 when she started to jointly edit with John Peacock. Anne took over as sole editor in 2004. Anne’s hard work, dedication and commitment to this publication and our community has resulted in the production of a local publication that has few equals. Anne, on behalf of the APA Executive and all your readers I thank you most sincerely for all that you have contributed to our community over many years. You will be missed!

On behalf of the Progress Association I wish you all a joyous, safe and healthy festive season. I hope to see as many of you as possible at the Public Information Meeting and Annual General Meeting on Thursday 26 November at the Artarmon Bowling Club, Burra Road at 8pm. Please come along and share some Christmas cheer and pizza!!!

Merry Christmas to all and Happy 2010!

A Note from the President by Michelle sloane

The Committee of the Artarmon Progress Association invites you to our

Christmas Celebration & Annual General Meeting

Thursday 26 November 2009 at 8pmArtarmon Bowling Club, Burra Road, Artarmon

with special guestWilloughby City Council General

Manager, Nick TobinNick will discuss the Artarmon Library Development & Plans

followed by the Annual General Meeting•MinutesfrompreviousAGM•CommitteeReports•MemberQuestions•ElectionofCommittee

For further information please contact Michelle Sloane, APA President on 0412 267 828.

For catering purposes please RSVP [email protected]

Please come along & share some Christmas cheer with your neighbours!

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and provide it with a teacher. The Kenyan Government has already approved the project and it is hoped a kindergarten class will be up and running in 2010.

In addition to the support the school gives to local causes, Mrs Green thinks it will be “a fantastic way for our students to not only support other needy children but also to see themselves as global citizens”. There will be opportunities for interaction and correspondence between the students and teachers of the Australian and Kenyan schools and even the possibility of a teacher exchange in the future.

The fundraising effort in Artarmon began in September with the students donating a gold coin and watching a movie on the lives of children in Africa, and in October some families participated in the global fundraising event “Eat So They Can” by hosting a dinner, collectively being part of the one huge dinner party.

More information and updates on the progress of the school can be found on the GVN Foundation Australia website http://www.gvnfaustralia.org/projects/school.php.

Public School News by Jane Cozens

Artarmon Public school benefits from government building funds

The Building the Education Revolution (BER) program was initiated this year to provide infrastructure funding from the Federal Government for each of Australia’s 9,540 schools. The aim of the program is to meet the needs of students and teachers in the 21st century.

Artarmon Public School (APS) has been allocated $3 million under the Primary Schools for the 21st Century program. These funds will be used to construct a permanent building consisting of a new library with three classrooms above. The current library will be refurbished into a school administration space and new main office. The current office will be converted into another classroom and resource rooms.

The project is being co-ordinated by Bovis Lend Lease, beginning by the end of the year with an anticipated completion time of 12 months. The Principal, Mrs Green said “this will be a very exciting time for APS but will also give us some challenges to face as a large part of the McMillan Rd playground will become a building site during 2010.”

In addition, the $1.3 billion National School Pride element of the BER has provided funding of $200,000 for the school to undertake more immediate maintenance and minor capital works. A refurbishment of the school hall and both the primary and infants toilet blocks has been completed. Three interactive whiteboards have also been purchased.

Artarmon students to help build a school in Kenya

APS, together with Willoughby and Northbridge Public Schools, are combining fundraising efforts to help a local Northbridge mother and her charity build a school in a village outside Nairobi in Kenya. The project is a long-term plan, with a target of raising $13,000 a year for the next seven years. The aim is to build one classroom each year

The much loved and always successful APS tradition The Night of the Notables was held last term. Students from 6H and 6T researched a famous historical or contemporary figure and presented themselves and their stories to delighted students, teachers and parents.

On another “notable”, 6T teacher and Assistant Principal, Robyn Tolnay, will be retiring this year and the school community would like to wish her all the best and thank her for many years of enthusiasm and dedication to educating our future citizens.

Centenary of the schoolAre you a past student, teacher or parent of Artarmon Public school?

ARTARMON PUBLIC SCHOOL CELEBRATES ITS CENTENARY in 2010.

The Artarmon Progress Association is researching the history of the school in partnership with the school community and would love you to share any photos or memories you may have of your time there.

There will be lots happening during 2010, we need to get started now.

Please email [email protected] or call 9413 1058

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The history of the former church in Tindale Road, ArtarmonBy Helen Wheeler, APA Heritage Committee

The former church and its adjoining hall on the corner of Tindale and Artarmon Roads have been used in the past for community events and this will continue in the future with the recent purchase of the site by Willoughby City Council.

Prior to the establishment of the church the Presbyterian residents of Artarmon walked to Chatswood South Church on the corner of Mowbray Rd and Pacific Hwy.

Plans to build a Presbyterian Church in Artarmon began in early 1922 and the site was acquired in 1925. The foundation stone was laid on October 10, 1925 and the church was dedicated and opened in March 1926. Over the years the building grew to accom-modate the church’s growing needs. The Reverend Dr John Flynn, who founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service and appears on the Australian $20.00 note, preached in the church in the 1920s.

In 1927, 3 Muttama Road was purchased as the residence for the minister. In 1932 the Sunday School hall was built and, in 1956, additional building took place to join the hall and church together and to add a kitchen and fellowship rooms.

The original decorative leadlight in the northern window came from Scots Church in York Street in the city. This church was demolished in preparation for the construction of the south-ern approaches to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The leadlight window had been constructed in 1826 so was already 100 years old when it was moved to Artarmon. Between 2001 and 2009 it was removed and is believed to have been given to a church on the Northern Beaches.

The sandstone font was donated to the church by Reverend E.A. Fergusson when St Stephen’s Church in Phillip Street, Sydney was demol-ished. Rather than wooden pews, the church had old theatre seats, reputedly obtained after the refurbishment of the old Lyceum Theatre in

Sydney. Senior residents of Artarmon can remember the seats springing up whenever they stood to sing hymns.

During WWII an Artarmon resident was the first RAAF serviceman to die in action and a plaque was placed in the church in his memory.

In 1945 it became appar-ent that the original organ was deteriorating so a special fund was set up by local residents for a new one and it took until 1962 to raise sufficient funds. The replacement was called the ‘War Memorial Pipe Organ’ in remembrance of parishioners who died in the 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 world wars. The organ remained in the church for nearly 40 years and was moved in 2001 to the Longueville Uniting Church who held a thanksgiving service to celebrate its donation and installation.

In 1947, Mr J.C. Brodie donated the church bell that is still in situ today and, as he was an engineer, he also designed the bell tower. The bell was found at South Head and had come from a ship wreck. On 6th March 1948 it was first rung at the nuptials of Mr Brodie’s daughter, Janette, and David Warner, an eminent Artarmon resident after whom the Artarmon Community Centre is named.

In 1976 the Artarmon Presbyterian Church became part of the Uniting Church. Over the years its congregation had slowly decreased and the last service was held on Sunday, 26th November 2000. Janette Warner has kindly donated the Order of Service sheet for the final service to the Heritage Committee so that it can be conserved for the residents of Artarmon. After church services ceased the congregants transferred to the Chatswood

South Uniting Church on the Pacific Hwy.

The site was purchased by the Gavemer Foundation, who extensively renovated both the church and the hall, in 2001. The crematorial ashes from the church’s front garden were trans-ferred to the Chatswood South Church Cemetery but the location of the memorial plaques removed from inside the church is unknown.

In 2009 the site was purchased by Willoughby City Council for use as a library and community centre. The Council has proposed that the name of the existing library in Elizabeth Street, the ‘David Warner Community Centre’, be trans-ferred to the new site. The name is even more appropriate in this location as David Warner and his family were active in the Artarmon Presbyterian Church. Vernon Warner, his father, was the first Sunday School Superintendent and David was a church elder, youth worker and convened the annual fete.

The church and hall will be renovated for use as Artarmon’s new library and other com-munity uses. It will be a real asset to our area while still retaining a piece of our heritage.

Thanks to Janette Warner for providing photos, documents and information for this article.

Artarmon Presbyterian Church in March 1948 on the morning of Janette and David Warner’s wedding.

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Three years ago Dr Peter D Barnard moved to Artarmon to make it easier to get to and from St Leonards where he continues with his honor-ary work for the Australian Dental Association. In moving to Artarmon, it turned out he has strong historical connections with the suburb.

Why did you come to Artarmon?

I had been doing honorary work with the University of Sydney at Westmead hospital and my house was at St Mary’s. When I cut down my working time at Westmead I increased the time with the Dental Association at St Leonards. It was taking me an hour and a half each way on the train so it made sense to move where I could be closer to the office.

Did you have Artarmon in mind?

No, I just wanted somewhere between Chatswood and North Sydney. One September Saturday morning I came to look at units at Woll-stonecraft, St Leonards and Artarmon. When I walked into the Broughton Road unit there was a fellow sitting working on his computer who did not lift his head and I thought ‘that looks like me’. Then I walked outside and liked what I saw. I made an offer and that was it.

Did you know at the time you had strong family connections to Artarmon?

When I walked in here I easily felt it was home. I recognised the Broughton Road name and thought it was probably named after the family but they had lived in other parts of Sydney. I didn’t know at that stage that this area was an estate that Thomas Broughton, my great, great grand-father, bought from Gore. The estate was divided up when they were doing the railway sta-tion at Artarmon in the late 1890s. That’s when the streets were named Broughton, Tindale, Staf-ford and Muttama. Muttama was the name of one of the two sheep stations Broughton had in the Murrumbidgee area. Tindale was for his wife Jane, Stafford was for Mary Stafford, his mother.

Thomas Stafford Broughton was colonial born in 1810, the son of Thomas Broughton and Mary Stafford. In 1820 he was admitted to the male orphan home with the consent of his mother. When he grew up, Thomas, a tailor, opened a drapery shop in George Street around 1840. He became a magistrate of the colony in 1844 and at 36 he was elected mayor of Sydney. By the time he was 43 he was listed as a gentleman. He died in 1901.

It is quite interesting that Thomas Broughton named the street after Mary as she was a con-vict and for many years the next generations of the family chose to ignore this fact! Neither did they publish that Thomas’s wife Jane was daughter of John Tindal, a convict who later did very well for himself in the Penrith area.

When did you start taking an interest in the family history?

It was a combination of the street names and when I moved. I had to throw out things and I was mindful that my elder brother tossed out everything when he went to live with his daughter in Perth.

Previously my collection focus had really been on the 4000 dentistry related books which were accepted by the University of Sydney when I retired in 1997. Unfortunately the collection was dispersed when the University no longer had room to accommodate it. I’ve managed to rescue a few boxes which are at the Dental Association but it’s hard to make people realise the historical importance of the documents which had been collected over my academic and teaching career.

You’ve had a long and distinguished career ever since winning the Andrew Watson prize for the highest marks in chemistry when you completed high school in 1949!

I’d forgotten about that! More recently in 2002 I was the first dentist to be appointed an

Honorary Fellow at the University of Sydney. I was also honoured to receive the OAM for service to the community in 2007.

The OAM was related to your work in epidemiological studies and education?

I’ve had a fortunate life. My work has meant that I have been able to go to many countries and meet many wonderful, people. I’ve also been privileged to be able to supervise some 260 post graduate students over the years. They came from everywhere – India, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Middle East, China, Hong Kong, the Pacific Islands, Australia, Sri Lanka…

What did you teach?

My area was prevention, such as fluoridation and public health dentistry through govern-ment or community health services. When I started the course in 1961 it was only one of four of its type in the world so I got to know many people.

It sounds like you have given back as much as has been given to you?I’ve met so many wonderful people. I cannot get over how, despite dentistry being quiet and sedate, the people I’ve met in the course of dentistry career have done such amazing things.

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Second Hand Saturday Willoughby City Council (WCC) has recently introduced ‘Second Hand Saturday’, a giant garage sale which provides an opportunity to promote community spirit whilst reducing the amount of waste going to landfill.

Garage sales are held within individual house-holds on the Saturday before your area's General Clean-Up Collection, with the aim of reducing the amount of waste going to landfill.

Registering to be involved in ‘Second Hand Saturday’ is as simple as filling in an online form online form, or phoning Council’s Waste Education Officer on 9777 7730. WCC will then advertise your address on the Second Hand Saturday page of the Council’s website, and in the North Shore Times. Council will also send you a poster to display at the front of your property on the day, and information and advice for running a successful garage sale. This service is provided FREE of charge.

Any items left over at the end of the day can then be placed on the kerb for collection the following week. Material must not be placed on the kerb for more than one week prior to the collection day.

When is my second Hand saturday date?All collection dates and Second Hand Saturday dates are available on WCC’s website. Simply type in your address or street name and look for the date next to ‘Second Hand Saturday’.

Things to remember:• YoumusthaveaGeneralClean-upcol-

lection due the week immediately follow-ing your Second Hand Saturday to hold a garage sale.

• Eachaddresswillhavetwoopportunitiesper year to hold a Second Hand Saturday sale, as there are two General Clean-up col-lections per year for every address.

• Ifyouliveinamultiunitdwelling,getper-mission from your body corporate first.

How to registerTo register, simply fill in the online form or phone 9777 7730 by Monday of the week prior to your proposed garage sale.

For more information go to www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Second-Hand-Saturday.html or phone Council’s Waste Education Officer on 9777 7730.

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The Pepper tree in Wilkes Plaza was replaced in early August - there was an issue with the overhead high voltage wires that delayed replanting of a new tree after the old tree was removed.

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Artarmon @ CouncilCouncil has received some complaints from residents about increased parking activity in Parkes and Cleland Rds. The situation has reportedly got worse in the last month or so, possibly as a result of the closure of the Ella Street bridge with some drivers who used to park in Naremburn and walk to the Artarmon Industrial Area now electing to park in Parkes Rd and Cleland Rd instead.

Council will consider the installation of addi-tional restrictions near the Parkes/Cleland intersection and will monitor parking activ-ity in the streets with a view to the possible introduction of period parking or No Parking restrictions on one side of the road.

Through the online Bang The Table forum, Council is seeking the views of residents on issues including:

1. Proposed changes to the traffic and parking regulations relating to the Bicentennial Reserve. The popularity of the reserve for sporting activities has resulted in congestion and park-ing difficulties. Council is proposing to change the parking and traffic arrangements for the area including the closure of some streets.

2. Over the next 12 months, WCC will be opening new libraries with community spac-es in several new locations. Willoughby City Library is seeking feedback to ask what sort of activities you would like to see? Dance? Exercise? Languages? Are you prepared to teach a course?

Quiz No 15: The California Bungalow

1. During what period was the California Bungalow the most popu-lar form of housing built in Artarmon and throughout Australia?

2. What is the principal exterior feature of Artarmon’s California Bungalows (apart from them being single storey)?

3. What is the extra ‘room’ California Bungalows have, compared with earlier styles of housing?

4. What happened to hallways in California Bungalows?

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We have had recent good rains; the grass is green, trees and shrubs have fresh new shoots and leaves but don’t forget that this was preceded by weeks of virtually no rain, one of those exceptionally dry periods we’ve been experiencing in recent years. It was accompanied by a warning from weather forecasters that another El Nino is developing in the Pacific. While we might hope that they are mistaken, now is not the time to argue. With luck, many gardeners found time to pre-pare their gardens for summer while the soil was still damp. Experts are advising us to use woody mulches like bark and sugar cane one year and grassy ones like lucerne the next. The first encourages the development of good soil fungi, the second soil bacteria.

Vegie gardens are thriving. Picking your own is not only good for one’s health, but in some obscure way I don’t quite understand, it nour-ishes the soul. Lettuce, rocket, carrots, silver beet, baby spinach, broccoli and herbs are eas-ily grown in our climate, even in my fairly shady conditions. Grow pumpkins and potatoes too, if you have the space. I have had a tomato vine “Truss Sweet”, planted in February, which gave a few strawberry-shaped fruit all winter and is now sending out strong new flowering shoots.

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them out to allow the carrot roots room to develop. The down side to vegie gardens is that they do need water. This is no problem if you have your own tank water, but can be more difficult when you have to comply with town water restrictions.

I have been slowly converting parts of my garden to be more ‘dry tolerant’. Deep-rooted trees and shrubs are able to forage deeply for moisture in our clay based soils and so are not a worry. Potted Baby Bear Camellias have been replaced with dwarf Escallonia ‘Pink Pixie’ with small, shiny, drought-resistant leaves. Clumping grass-like variegated Dianella has proved hardy in a dry, exposed position. Bromeliads, dwarf Dracaenas, Cordylines and Stromanthe have performed well without watering, as does the dwarf fine-leaved Acacia cognate ‘Limelight’ in a position where it was deeply mulched with fallen eucalypts leaves.

Sunnier gardens than mine enjoy plants with succulent leaves, though some Kalanchoes enjoy a little shelter. Plants with narrow, hard leaves like Rosemary and eucalypts cope well with heat and wind. Grey leaved plants come mainly from dry Mediterranean or des-sert climates and generally perform well in

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Councillors’ feedback...feedback...feedback

Recently I spent two weeks up north. We drove from Darwin to Broome and back in two weeks. What an eyeful the Kimberley is – and so very different from suburban Artarmon!

The trip was organised by my daughter who has been working in Darwin since the beginning of the year and who has, in that time, become nicely oriented to the country and culture. The scale of the landscape and its amazing varia-tions of texture, colour and form really do have to be seen to be believed. En route, we visited a number of community-run galleries display-ing Aboriginal art works. Most of the galleries were located within communities and these were similarly varied. Some were clearly thriving, some were chaotic and some pretty depressing. I bought two paintings, a basket and a carved boab nut which I am going to donate to our Aboriginal Heritage Office (AHO).

You may be aware that the AHO, located in Northbridge, is unique in Australia. Whilst there is a fair bit of rhetoric about Councils achieving economies of scale in resource shar-ing projects, there is less evidence of it on the ground. This initiative has grown from a germ of an idea and the cost was originally

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impacts of the Global Financial Crisis on our City

Events play out in all sorts of ways, most for the best but others not so fortuitously. Just as St Leonards was left

with a construction site for many years as the 1987 recession delayed the completion of the Forum, so we are seeing a delay in the com-pletion and opening of the retail component of the Chatswood Interchange and a possibly longer one in the construction of its residen-tial component. Similarly, development of the hotel site adjacent to Civic Place has been delayed. It was hoped that its construction would occur concurrently.

Other Chatswood CBD projects have been affected also. Council’s planners have slated two sites for commercial office development. One, in Railway St, has been vacant for many years. It was to be developed as part of the railway enclosure masterplan of the late 90s. Its owners have repeatedly told Council that there is insufficient demand for office space to warrant development. Recently they have applied to the State Government for permis-sion to convert the site to residential. Council will strenuously defend its planning position, conscious that Chatswood’s future as a com-mercial centre of significance may be at stake. It will remind the State government that com-mercial development is essential if our city is to fulfil its role in job creation as part of the State government’s own plans for Sydney’s development over coming decades.

The second site is the Thomas St car park site, recently sold by Council. That site was to house a public car park to be gifted to Council, as well as agreed proportions of commercial and residential floor space. That project has always been large enough to be subject to the State Government’s call-in

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mechanism and Council was hoping that the project would progress with agreements among all parties. Financial and circumstantial pressures have now conspired to cause the developer to seek changes to the planning agreement, seeking an increase to the size of the residential component and diminution of the commercial. And, if the adjusted project goes ahead, it is likely that the car park and residential components will be built first, with the commercial awaiting an upturn in the market.

Council and Councillors will have some tricky decisions to make over coming months. We will be seeking outcomes that:

• assisturbanconsolidation,throughdevelop-ment around established transport nodes;

• recognisetheneedfordevelopmenttoassist economic recovery in Sydney and NSW;

• andsafeguardtheinterestsofourowncity.

As is being shown in Ku-ring-gai, just saying ‘No’ will prove not to be the right answer.

Population Policy

Whether residential development in our city is currently economic will become apparent in coming months. It would seem to me that Willoughby is such a desirable place to live that ‘build and they will buy’ is a likely scenario. Council seeks revenue from developers to augment Council infrastructure so that it can accommodate the new arrivals. Our ability to do that has been compromised by recent State Government decisions and legislative changes. Of similar concern is the pressure such devel-opment places on local State Government infrastructure (eg. hospitals and schools). We are seeing a major redevelopment of the Royal North Shore Hospital. Council also has had discussions with Department of Education and Training (DET) about the state of our public schools and their plans for expansion to meet growth in numbers which have for some years now exceeded DET forecasts. The school prob-

lems are being addressed, if belatedly and part-ly due to the Federal ‘Education Revolution’. Nonetheless, there are limits to which the local infrastructure base can be expanded. At the same time, we hear that the flow of immigration to Australia is at unprecedented rates. Perhaps it is time for Local Government to take a stand and demand that all levels of government get serious about agreeing on a Population Policy that will underpin a sustain-able future for this country.

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Lindsay Bennelong Developments is actively marketing the site. The development is at the point of design resolution and this has produced some positive

things. It may well be that the motor vehicles showrooms will be changed to another show-room function. The community facilities could be placed into a special purpose stand alone building which is an added bonus. It has also been suggested that a hydrotherapy pool is to be included into the community facilities. All of this is of course subject to the design proc-ess and ultimately an application to Council to seek approval for these changes. However, it is positive information for this development.

Charter Hall project (Former Council Depot)

It is expected that the bulky goods centre located in the former Council Depot site (Cnr Reserve Rd and Frederick St) will open after Christmas. Certainly, there have been notice-able changes to the site in recent weeks.

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The plans have been on exhibition and there have been very few objections. Council has still to approve the DA which will mean a post-Christmas opening.

Public Transport in the AiA

The State Transport Authority is advised that a new STA bus service will operate in the AIA. It will enter the AIA at Clarendon St (at the ABC site) and travel down Reserve Rd back to the Highway. This service complements the Artarmon Loop Service provided by Council.

The Artarmon Loop Service is currently carrying about 4,000 passengers a week. Tenders are out to continue the trial period. Expressions of

interest suggest that an improvement in oper-ating costs might be possible- this would be a positive outcome as the service is currently well short of operating at break-even. As the fund-ing for the service is taken out of the special e-restore levy, while the service operates at a loss, the cost of this takes money away from other e-restore projects. Officers are investigat-ing how Council can get more value for the money that is being invested in this service.

Waste Depot Artarmon industrial Area (AiA)

The Waste Depot in McLaughlin St has been approved by Council. Tenders for the new operation have been called.

Design Competition at st Leonards

Council has authorised a competition for a con-cept design for the use of the land that Council purchased to construct the Chandos St Bridge at St Leonards (adjacent to St Leonards Station abutting Chandos St) and land owned by Alto Ford which is adjacent to that site.

Local residents have suggested to me that the site should be a car parking station to take up commuter parking but the brief for the design competition is not that specific.

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Civic Place is ahead of schedule and project costs have been as expected.

impact of new planning laws at Chatswood

The size of developments in the Chatswood CBD will now mean that they automati-cally fall under the new 3A Planning Laws. Currently there are two such applications - the Thomas St car park and 7 Station St. What this means is that the applicant can submit a development application that does not accord with a Council’s planning objectives and the State Department will decide the outcome.

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shared between four Northside Councils. There are now seven of us as well as a coun-try cousin – Armidale-Dumaresq! The main role of the AHO is to advise us in protecting and promoting our Aboriginal heritage. This is done through documenting sites, educating and informing the Council staff whose work impacts on the sites. These sites are under threat every day from development, vandal-ism and natural erosion. The AHO provides us with a direct link through to the Metro Land Council, representing the traditional owners of the land we live on, the Guringai people. A further very important role is that of provid-ing education services especially to our young people through school programs. The Office has an informative website: http://www.aboriginalheritage.org

I have just returned from the Local Government Association’s Annual Conference in Tamworth. Regional centres throughout NSW compete to host the conference as it provides a great boost to the local economy when 600 delegates arrive in town! You may have seen that Bob Carr used the opportunity to launch his commendable campaign against trans fats, doughnuts, biscuits and fried foods.

As usual, the issues at Conference this year were many and varied. However there was a focus on how we can, as a sector, better organise to deal with the State government’s predations. Kristina Keneally, the current Planning Minister, delivered a polished but unresponsive address. The inexorable stripping of local government’s planning responsibilities is to continue; our attempts to restore com-munity participation in planning processes have been almost completely unsuccessful. Amongst other things, the Conference unanimously recommended cancellation of the CBD Metro in favour of constructing North and South West rail services including completion of the Chatswood – Parramatta line (although a number of Labor delegates left the room rather than be seen voting against Macquarie St!).

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Sustainability St - Where to, Now?by stuart sexton

The Artarmon Sustainability Street Group has now been in existence for some five years. What have we achieved in that time? What are we going to do next? What do we need to progress from here?

The Sustainability Street Approach (SSA) is based on two key objectives: (1) to get along better with all other species, locally and glo-bally, and (2) to get along better with each other, locally and globally. While we have held many workshops on sustainable house-hold practices, seen water tanks and house-hold solar power demonstrations, created the Sustainable Living Collection in Artarmon Library, and developed the Sustainable Garden outside the Library, perhaps it is time to reflect on how far we have progressed in achieving these two key objectives, and how we can continue to address them.

We are looking to our political leaders to establish some global guidelines for limiting emissions and controlling pollution, and the Copenhagen conference in December will be a watershed in climate management. Either we as global citizens will contribute to limit-ing climate change – or we will contribute to accelerating climate change! What message are we sending our politicians? I received questionnaires from my State and Federal members, and replied very emphatically that climate management is the major issue we face. Hopefully our parliamentarians will heed the messages we send.

But we cannot just sit back and wait for govern-ments to tell us how to combat climate change; we need to do more ourselves. A study by Erica Van Schellebeck for Willoughby Council noted dramatic improvements in several sustainability measures from 2005 to 2008 by households who joined the Sustainability Street program, based on the NABERS rating system (National Australian Built Environment Rating System):• Householdswithgoodtoverygood

energy efficiency more than doubled;

• Householdswithgoodtoverygoodwaterefficiency increased by more than 16%;

• Numberofhomespoweredby100%GreenPower tripled.

The statistics from this study indicated that each of the 40 Sustainability Street households saved some 187 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year. Although this is a small sample, it demonstrates what households can achieve for themselves – and the planet. Whether or not you believe that climate change is a threat to our lifestyle and even our survival, surely more efficient use of resources and minimising waste are commonsense goals for each of us. The SSA works, and the more people who actively partici-pate, the closer we get to a sustainable future.

The study also asked participants to set objec-tives for themselves in improving resource management and waste control, and measure their progress from year to year. This is a key component of the SSA – to continually moni-tor and improve our household standards for energy, water use, and waste control.

Our group’s major achievements over the last year or two are the establishment of the Sustainable Living Collection at the Artarmon Library, and the Sustainable Garden (soon to become a Community Garden) in front of the Library. The Tulloh Street Group has combined with us to get these going, but we need more volunteers, especially with the garden. Working bees on weekends three or four times a year and regular weekly watering need willing hands to help.

We need cooperation and encouragement from our neighbours and friends. We need more participants in our programs and projects. Above all, we need new ideas and new ways to improve our environment at the local level, where even one person can make a real con-tribution. Willoughby Council is most sup-portive of sustainability initiatives - for example, Council has power meters available for free

loan to check your household energy usage, provides compost bins at reasonable prices, and is jointly sponsoring the ClimateClever Shop (see http://www.climateclevershop.com.au/ ) with nearby Councils. It is well worth checking Council’s website regularly at http://www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/ for sustaina-bility workshops and events. Share the work, share the joy and then share the produce.

Artarmon Sustainability Street’s final message for this year is: PARTICIPATE! Join us at our monthly meetings (last Thursday of each month at Artarmon Library at 7:30pm), or get together with your neighbours to start your own Sustainability Street Group. Council mandates six households as the minimum for a Sustainability Street group and we are cur-rently right on the minimum number. Help us out, and help yourselves! We need you to help our group keep up to date with sustain-ability issues that concern you and your family.

Please contact me at [email protected], or by phone on 0432 809 005, if you have an interest in joining with us to make a sustainable difference to yourself, your household, your street, and the world... If not, ask yourself why not? Whatever occupies us in our busy daily schedule, the environment and sustainability concerns will not go away no matter how we try to ignore them. So come and see us, browse the Sustainable Living Collection, and help out with the Community Garden.

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Artarmon Post office HoldupsChatswood Detectives are investigating an armed hold-up which occurred at the Artarmon Post Office on Monday afternoon, 14th September, as well as another incident at the Post Office shortly after 2pm on the 10th September. The offender in both mat-ters is described as Caucasian, approximately 35 years old, medium build. He was wearing a baseball cap, grey hooded jumper and red shorts. Anyone who was in the area around the time of these offences who feels they have information which could assist police is asked to call Chatswood Detectives on 9414 8499, or CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000.

Police Community safety CommitteeAt the last meeting we were advised of a rash of car beak-ins in the Westfield and Chatswood Chase car parks, particularly on Thursday nights – late night shopping straight from work. So, don’t leave computers or anything in sight whenever you park your car – put them all in the boot.

We were also shown area frequency maps for break and enters. Comparing the maps for January this year to those from last month is most interesting. The frequency in January (mid summer) was very much greater than last month. The police said this was partly due to new tactics for combating these crimes but also partly due to seasonal factors. In winter there are fewer people out and about and the people responsible for these crimes tend to stand out more than they do in summer, when there are lots of people around. Also when people go out in summer they are more likely to accidentally leave windows open or doors unlocked. So, with summer coming, remember to secure your house when you go out – lock all windows and doors. Lock doors even when you are home, and don’t leave windows or doors open at the

front of the house if all the family are in the back of the house or in the garden.

The Police Fingerprint CarThe North Shore Local Area Command oper-ates a fingerprint car, the purpose of which is to provide transport for forensic police to examine scenes of break and enters to collect fingerprints and other evidence. This assists in community security by improving break and enter clear-up rates. The Crime Prevention Officer is also able to use this car to help spread his message by way of addressing com-munity meetings and visiting householders to advise on their home security. The CW5 Neighbourhood Watch Community is making a $500 donation to the fingerprint car as this vehicle is not funded by the State Government.

When you are on Holiday – Tips to Keep Your Home safe*There are things you can do every day to help make your home safer but when you are on holidays it is not as easy. A home that looks unattended is generally an easier target for a burglar.

The key to deterring burglars while you are away is to make your house look like some-one’s at home. Before heading off on holiday, here are some easy tips to prepare your home:

• Leavearadioon&tuneittoatalkbacksta-tion

• Useatimeronlampstomakeitlooklikesomeone is inside

• Canceldeliveries,suchasnewspapers,orhave a trusted person collect them for you

• Youshouldalsohaveatrustedneighbour,or relative clear your letterbox & take your bin out & in, even if empty

• Hangoldclothesontheline&leaveoldshoes outside the front door

• Ifyouaregoingawayforanextendedperiod of time, consider a house-sitter & arrange for your lawn to be mowed

• Don’tleaveinvitationsornotesaboutholidays in plain view such as stuck on the fridge, next to the phone or on a white-board

• Divertyourhomephonetoyourmobileorlower the volume on your phone

• Onyouransweringmachinesay‘Wecan’tcome to the phone right now’.

CW5 Neighbourhood Watch AGM & Christmas Cheer: Monday 14th December, 8.00pm, Artarmon Library

Come and join us at the Neighbourhood Watch AGM, discuss the future of Neighbourhood Watch in Artarmon and enjoy some Christmas Cheer. This is always a good social occasion and an opportunity to meet other members of our community.

Thank you to all those who have passed on information to NW in recent months, helping us to keep the Artarmon Community updated and informed. If you would like to join the NW committee and help support the activities of Neighbourhood Watch in our area, contact Clare by email [email protected].

*Source : Neighbourhood Watch – Victoria

Nick Logan Pharmacist Advice have added yet another award to those they have already won this year – this time, it’s the pres-tigious Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s Pharmacist of the Year award. We’ve even found mention of this one reported on sev-eral US pharmacy / drug therapy websites. Congratulations to Nick and the whole team.

Steve Koch, of Artarmon Family Butcher, had a starring role in a recent A Current Affair story. In response to reports about the quality of meat being sold in some supermarkets, a large group of independent butchers (including Steve) were signatory to a large ad placed in Sydney media. There’s certainly no doubt about the quality of product and service that Steve, Waty and Greg have brought to Artarmon - the shop is a great example of a local business being responsive to its customer base.

Quiz No 15 Answers Questions on page 10

1. Between the first and second world wars,

c1918-c1939.

2. It’s the low-pitched roof, usually of red

Marseilles tiles, ending in overhanging

eaves.

3. The front veranda became a cosy ‘outdoor

room’, often decorated with cane

furniture.

4. A short hallway and small, defined

entrance area replaced the 200-year-old

tradition of long central hallways.

real estate newsBy Wayne Marriott, Principal, Home Traders Real Estate

Nearly 18 years ago, I began my life in real estate when I purchased a rundown office called Richardson & Wrench Crows Nest. The first couple of years were tough. However, the business grew in size and reputation to be a leading office in the vicinity. In a desire to develop and deliver my own vision of a great real estate agency, I decided in 2001 to ‘go in-dependent’. Marriott Lane Real Estate was the result.

One of the good things about being part of the Richardson & Wrench franchise was that I met a man named Gil Davis who was already a real estate legend. He had an enormous amount of energy, huge commitment and love of what he was doing. As a result he gained massive respect from the property owners in and around Artarmon.

After moving to Sydney from Melbourne just over 20 years ago, Amanda and I discovered Artarmon too late. We had already bought a home a little further North. Looking back, we should have lived here right from the start. It’s got everything, not just the rail and the beautiful California Bungalows but the wonderful village-like feel that is very rare on the North Shore. I knew I wanted to have a real estate agency here. In fact, I’ve been studying the area and collecting Artarmon property sales information for more than 15 years. The only impediment to this goal was Gil Davis – a friend and a formidable competitor as well.

Well now it’s possible and it’s come to fruition. After modifying the livery to reflect the Marriott Lane ownership, we opened the Home Traders office in September – seven days per week. Grayham Rundle is the Managing Director and his focus will be on residential sales – both houses and units. It’s very exciting, yet daunting. How do we establish our credibility and obtain the trust of an entire suburb? I think the answer is one person at a time. Persuade one person to trust us and give us a go, and then deliver them a great result. Then do it again, and again. That’s how a reputation is built.

Property management is of major importance to me as well. We already manage more than 400 properties and are excited about the potential for serving property investors here as well, especially now that RUN have relocated their office away from Artarmon. Jodie Loveday is not only the best Property Manager I’ve employed, but also the best I’ve ever met!

I want to see Home Traders carry on with the level of service that you had come to expect with Gil. Fortuitously for us, he’s offered to mentor us. For a couple of hours each week he is teaching us just what made his agency so superior to typical agencies. It’s been a revelation for me – after 18 years running a successful office, I still could learn so much. Our goal is to match and exceed the Home Traders of the past – to be the suburb’s trusted agency.

Community involvement was a hallmark of Home Traders. It’s a tradition we will follow. It was the community that attracted me to the area in the first place. We’ve already contributed to Artarmon Public’s fund raising night this month and are sponsoring the Junior Tennis Competition at Andrew Bates Tennis. I can’t wait to be a supporter of the Fair next year and discover other areas where we can be of use.

I thank the Progress Association for welcoming my colleagues and me into the suburb and look forward to being useful contributors to the life of Artarmon.

“I want to see Home Traders

carry on with the level

of service that you had

come to expect with Gil”

Property Sales and Management Artarmon • Chatswood • Lane Cove • Naremburn • Willoughbywww.hometraders.com.au • 110 Hampden Road, Artarmon NSW 2064 • 9411 7299

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