See this beautiful footpath? Trip-hazard-free, beige – we love Beige in Newcastle** – tastefully patterned, disappearing into the distance – you expect to see Audrey Hepburn hop out of a yellow cab any minute.
Posts Tagged ‘Newcastle’
Spend, spend, spend 27.5.2013
May 25, 2013Have a little whine: These people have no shame. And no new ideas. 24.3.2013
March 24, 2013
Thanks to the friends who pointed out Greg Ray’s article about Civic Park’s need for paving. Or need according to some. (more…)
Photos from StopT4 from CTAG
March 17, 2013Coal Terminal Action Group’s photos from the StopT4 march. Fantastic.
Six seconds of #StopT4 16.3.2013
March 16, 2013I hate excuses, like everyone else, but this video is short because
- I was carrying a sign
- and worrying about traffic
- and being run over
- and losing the friends I arrived with
- etc etc
- but you get the picture.
The Coal Terminal Action Group did a great job organising the day. (Apologies: I had said that Climate Action organised this; a coalition of groups was involved.)
Stop T4 rally
March 15, 2013
See you on Saturday. (more…)
Postcard
February 28, 2013Sending out one of my regular shout-outs to Laman Street arborists: Phil Hewett, Dean Simonsen and Adrian Swain.
Fullerton Cove coal seam gas petition 12.9.2012
September 12, 2012
The Trees you see
September 2, 2012
Apologies to Terry 5.7.2012
July 5, 2012
Voila.
The sign from the last blog entry.
And in more current Newcastle news there was yet another story in the newspaper yesterday about The Rail Line That Is Ruining Newcastle. The ?devitalisation of the CBD isn’t because of huge shopping centres ringing Newcastle; it’s because of a public transport corridor. [edit: Being sarcastic. I should have said 'Yeah right.']
My favourite Paragraphs from the article are these:
“Despite the [global financial crisis] and an emasculated property market, development continues to occur in the Honeysuckle precinct while the Hunter Street strip continues to languish,” David Rose from Suters Architects said.
“This represents a serious illness for the City of Newcastle. While most accept the city needs to be revitalised there is no clear agreement between the three tiers of government, business and the community how this can be achieved.
“The NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan is currently under way and a regional forum was held in Newcastle in early April. [At which the vast majority agreed the rail should be retained.]
“There have now been more than 40 studies into the potential for transport in and around Newcastle done in the past few years and still no action has been taken.” [What action? It's not broken so we don't need to fix it; we're Keeping It. How is that not 'action? I guess it doesn't require the services of architects...]
The report by Mr Rose and Michael McPherson, also from Suters, acknowledged the proposed law courts at the civic precinct and the University of Newcastle city campus would help revive the CBD. [
How are the students going to get to the CBD? I know - train.]
And a holiday snap:
A Job to Apply For 1.7.2012
June 30, 2012
I know a few people who have some experience in trying to maintain trees – they’d be perfect for a job advertised at Newcastle City Council yesterday. (more…)
