Posts Tagged ‘Memorial Grove’
March 23, 2011
We had a fortnight or so of an empty corner before a caravan returned to the Cage at the southeastern corner of Civic Park. (more…)
Tags:beige, bike lanes, bus stop, caravans of courage, council, email, European forests, footpaths, IYF, Laman St, Loft venue, Lone Pine, Memorial Grove, NCC, Newcastle City Council, NRAG, whining
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March 2, 2011
This row of figs is on Industrial Drive in Mayfield and I hear a rumour that 6 of them are doomed so that a road can be built into a new development. (more…)
Tags:BHP, fig trees, Industrial Drive, Laman Street Civic Draft Design Framework, Lone Pine, Mayfield, Memorial Grove, Newcastle, QRAP, twitter
Posted in street trees, trees | 1 Comment »
January 24, 2011

Presumably we have Energy Australia to thank for the latest bit of barbarism in the CBD. Sorry – that makes it sound like barbarism is common; it isn’t. (more…)
Tags:CBD, charette, Civic Park, consultations, council survey, energy australia, King St, laman street, Memorial Grove, Newcastle, Newcastle Voice, public art, slideshow, The Herald
Posted in Civic Park, Newcastle | 1 Comment »
January 19, 2011
Isn’t it fantastic that the youth venue the Loft has decorated council work vans? Isn’t it not fantastic that we can see them in prominent places like opposite the Art Gallery? (more…)
Tags:arborist, art gallery, bitumen, chainsaws, council, Darby Street, grass clippings, laman street, Loft venue, Lone Pine, Memorial Grove, outsourcing, parks, public voice, RTA, sculpture garden, utility vans
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December 24, 2010
Driving my usual way home from work recently, I took a turn to the left to see some beautiful figs outside a couple of industrial buildings and what did I find? The most stunning aerial roots. (more…)
Tags:aerial roots, arborists, brush turkeys, cicadas, cyclone fencing, grey-headed flying foxes, Indian mynah birds, Lake Macquarie City Council, laman street, Memorial Grove, native cuckoo shrike, starlings
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