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Exploring the Como Heritage Trail
The Como Heritage and Environment Trail is a four-kilometre circuit walk around Como

Alec Smart
Jun 12, 2024


Maritime Tragedy, The Dunbar Disaster
The memorial to the Dunbar tragedy in Camperdown Cemetery, Newtown, honours the victims of one of Australia's worst maritime disaster.

Alec Smart
Apr 4, 2024


Flat Rock Gully Walk
By ALEC SMART More on Crows Nest Flat Rock Gully is a forested region on Sydney’s Lower North Shore that follows Flat Rock Creek from the...

Alec Smart
Mar 6, 2024


Freda Du Faur – Cloud Piercer
Emmeline ‘Freda’ Du Faur was a pioneering mountain climber and avid bushwalker, who spent the last years of her life in Dee Why and Collaroy

Alec Smart
Jan 25, 2024


Mark Schuster, the Busking Fire Ranger
Mark Schuster, the busking fire ranger talks about his music, bush fires and more.

Alec Smart
Dec 27, 2023


Hope and Glory - The Hopetoun Hotel
The Hopetoun Hotel in Surry Hills has a storied history.

Alec Smart
Dec 11, 2023


The Surry Hills Colourful House & U2
About the Colourful House in Surry Hills, Sydney, painted by Thierry Noir who painted murals on the Berlin Wall.

Alec Smart
Dec 5, 2023


Stinking Bishops
The Aroma of Fine Dining More on Newtown By Alec Smart The Stinking Bishops is an unusually-named diner and cheese shop in Newtown . ...

Alec Smart
Oct 16, 2023


The Story of Edward Wollstonecraft, Crows Nest
More on Crows Nest Visitors to St Thomas’ Rest Park in West St, Crows Nest, will be familiar with the 4.5 metre high pyramid in a...

Alec Smart
Oct 5, 2023


Long Reef Headland Coastal Walk, With Historic Sites
The circular trek from Dee Why SLSC via Long Reef Headland and Fishermans Beach, is approx 7km with amazing views and history.

Alec Smart
Aug 28, 2023


Federation houses of Turramurra + Warrawee
By Alec Smart Sydney’s Upper North Shore is renowned for its many grand Heritage-Listed homes in the distinctive ‘Federation’ style,...

Alec Smart
Aug 7, 2023


History of Sydney Grammar School, St Ives
The St Ives preparatory campus of Sydney Grammar School began teaching students in 1954, when St Ives was transitioning from a fruit-growing

Alec Smart
Jul 27, 2023


St Ives History and How Rosedale Became St Ives
More on St Ives The area now known as St Ives was originally - towards the end of the 19th century - called Rosedale, named after a...

Alec Smart
Nov 22, 2022


Artist Glenno Smith Linos Up With Reg Mombassa
Artist Reg Mombassa has teamed up with Glenno Smith in a joint creative project that is being exhibited at Rogue Pop-Up Gallery in Redfern,

Alec Smart
Oct 27, 2022


Murray Cook, Red Wiggle, Is Still Grooving
Murray Cook, the Red Wiggle, has re-emerged with an active music career.

Alec Smart
Jul 31, 2022


Jo Haylen MP: Progressive Politics
More on Marrickville Jo Haylen, Summer Hill MP and the Shadow Minister for Transport, is a rising talent in Australian politics. A...

neighbourhoodmedia
Feb 10, 2022


Foveaux St Mural Celebrates Football Champ Adam Goodes
Foveaux Street art mural celebrats footballer, Adam Goodes.

Alec Smart
Feb 3, 2022


Glebe Island Bridge Coming Back?
Discover the history and potential future of the iconic Glebe Island Bridge. Will it be revived for pedestrians and cyclists?

Alec Smart
Jan 12, 2022


Creative Vandals
If someone told you that a group of Vandals were given free rein to redecorate parts of Sydney city, you might expect an orgy of...

neighbourhoodmedia
Jan 7, 2022


Georgie the Charismatic Cockatoo
By ALEC SMART The Friend in Hand Hotel at 58 Cowper St Glebe has an unusual house guest who is a favourite among the regulars. Georgie...

neighbourhoodmedia
Jan 5, 2022
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