A few weeks back some may have had a giggle over a Channel 9 report where the Premier, in opening a new bridge at Penrith and being confronted by that vocal resilient core of protesters trying to save the historic and iconic Thomspons Square at Windsor, told them that today was about Penrith ‘so just keep quiet’.
Some may have even emitted their own little ‘no’ in chorused answer, unheard and unseen in their own living rooms.
Following on the back of revelations by Warriewood residents that yet another section of Warriewood’s green creek areas had been razed by a developer comes the finally released knowledge that a development for 22 dwellings in a buffer zone (Narrabeen creek), and the amending of the Pittwater Local environment Plan (LEP) so that can proceed, has been progressed by the NSW Dept. of Planning.
Spoken against by the community and Pittwater council years ago, and knocked but by the even the most recent version of a council foisted in the community by the current state government, but approved by that same state government’s also foisted on the community ‘planning panel’, the inappropriate development has been ticked off by that same state government’s planning department as the final 'LEP - Gateway part' of the process.
An old photo of Macpherson St but still relevant with regard to flooding.
The ‘news’ comes the same week that department is asking the populace to ‘have its say on community consultations’ and crowing about how building approvals and constructions have gone up and this will produce ‘housing affordability’. [1., 2.]
The median sale price of 2 bedroom houses in Warriewood in the last 12 months is $2,200,000, townhouses are averaging 1.3-1.4 mill. The median sale price has grown 24.9% in the last 12 months. [3]
The average salary in Sydney, New South Wales is $67,026 according to one source and $83,517 via the ABS.
Monika and Pepper
Always a fun, relaxed day, this years Palmy Rally was no exception. Glassy little waves early on peeled left and right across the bank up the north end of the beach, giving competitors nice little walls to work with.
When the southerly kicked in the better waves were hard to find but some great rides and manoeuvres were witnessed anyway. The usual suspects were in very good form and made the most of every bumpy section.
The Rally is growing with each year and attracting new surfers to this classic style of surfing, as well as those who are Australian legends in the sport. Great to watch, visitors saw Lachlan Meakes' excellent rail work and the smooth riding of longboard champion Jack Norton, and that's before you get near multi competition winner Tully White or Blaze Roberts, who only took to the longboard just over a year ago, great fun her sister Hunter is getting amongst too.
Some Lachlan Meakes 'rail work'.
Gus O'Malley
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