The St Ives Orchid Fair is the best in Australia, with displays from local groups and vendors travelling from as far as WA and QLD to sell their plants.
It is open this weekend at the St Ives Showgrounds. For more information visit
2024 Show Page
August 2024 Council Meeting
At the August 2024 council meeting we resolved to:
๐โโ๏ธ Adopt a Prevention of Violence Against Women Action Plan, a first for Ku-ring-gai.
๐ก Put on public exhibition for at least 28 days an updated Planning Agreement Policy. Planning Agreements are a legal agreement between a developer and a planning authority where planning controls are varied in order to achieve a public benefit. Some examples may be to dedicate land for public recreation, environmental protection, road widening, or an extra road while allowing the developer to build an extra storey. Itโs usually a win-win for both public benefit and future housing.
๐ Modify and then support two Planning Proposals for a retirement village (110 homes) and residential development (181 homes) in Turramurra, to be sent to the Department of Planning for โGateway Determinationโ. The Department of Planning will review the planning proposal and conditions before it goes to Public Exhibition and Assessment.
๐ Write to the Minister for Transport and the NSW Premier to accelerate the delivery of rapid bus services along Mona Vale Road.
๐ถ Explore setting up a small dog park at the site of the former Gordon Bowling Club site.
๐๏ธ Provide terms to council’s lawyers for the court-ordered mediation with the State Government re: housing, noting that this would not have been necessary had the Planning Minister responded to any of my earlier requests for good-faith collaboration in the last ten months.
There were other items as well, which you can read about in the draft minutes. (I will update with a link when this becomes available.)
End of Council Term
Thank you Ku-ring-gai for choosing us to serve you from 2022 to 2024. We just had our last official Ordinary Meeting of Council last night, and the Council will enter caretaker period from Friday 16 August through to the election on Saturday 14 September. Our General Manager David Marshall will be in charge during this period.
I have personally enjoyed working with each of the councillors and I wish them (as well as the other candidates) all the best in the coming weeks. I would also like to thank the staff for their contributions (within the guidelines set by the governing body) to what is predominantly a well-run organisation that seeks to serve you as ratepayers.
Farewell Linda Scott
Yesterday Councillors from across NSW said farewell to Councillor Linda Scott who has served both as the President of Local Government NSW and the Australian Local Government Association .
What has impressed me all these years about Linda is that as the head of Local Government, she looks after the interest of all councils regardless of their geography or political makeup. She has led advocacy and sometimes even fought with the State and Federal Governments on issues such as financial sustainability, skilling our workforce, and industry representation – and in some instances she has helped to trigger reforms that put the Local Government sector in a better position to serve our communities.
We will dearly miss Linda and wish her all the best with future endeavours. She of all people has earned a well deserved break to spend time with family.
Public Education Week
Happy Friday Everyone!
Itโs Public Education Week so Iโd like to thank all the awesome teachers, staff, parents and carers, community leaders and P&C associations who play an important role in educating us as well as our kids.
Gordon Library Refurbished
I popped into the Gordon Library to pick up a book that my daughter has been keen to read. (She is currently into super heroes and super villains.)
It was also great to see that the Children’s Corner, which was previously unavailable during the school holidays, is now refurbished and available for use.
Youth Advisory Committee
At Ku-ring-gai we want to create opportunities for the youth to participate in policy and projects that matter to them, so we have started a Youth Advisory Committee.
Applications are open til 13 September.
If you know anyone who may be interested in participating, please check out the website.
https://www.krg.nsw.gov.au/Council/Council-meetings/Committees-and-Panels/Youth-Advisory-Committee
Community Notification Process
One thing that we are in the process of improving at Council is the way that we consult with or notify the community regarding proposed changes.
An example of this is Traffic DAs where our staff will traditionally send a notification to nearby households (eg 10 or 20), and then make a recommendation based on any feedback received. However these notifications may not necessarily go out to the wider group of residents who are affected by the traffic proposal, and a ward councillor may end up asking for the notification to go out to a wider group.
To assist with this process, Iโve asked the staff to make some of the larger impact matters available for online consultation so that we can reach a wider group of people.
We experimented with this approach when a roundabout was proposed to improve safety conditions at Trafalgar x Clanville. The traditional notification only generated a few responses, so when we switched to online we received quite a lot more. [I have not yet seen what these responses say.]
The process can still be improved. On hindsight I should have actively shared the consultation link on social media, and will aim to do so next time.
https://krg.engagementhub.com.au/clanville-trafalgar-roseville-proposed-roundabout
Boundary x Archbold
So we all know how bad the right turn from Archbold onto Boundary is during peak time. It’s a situation that annoys residents because it’s not acceptable to have to wait 20 minutes to get past just one traffic light.
As Boundary Street is operated by the State Government (TfNSW), we’ve been bugging them on a very regular basis about improving the traffic light timings and/or road widening with their land holdings (as they own 1 Archbold Road as well as 85 and 87 Boundary Street).
And their responses over the last few years have been quite lacking in detail.
However we recently received a more detailed response which I’ve copy and pasted below. It does seem like someone from TfNSW has this time put some serious thought into the matter before providing a response, and for that I appreciate it. However I’m not entirely convinced by their argument because I know that Boundary Street performance is nowhere near as bad, neither is the northbound traffic from Penshurst.
I’ll need to gather more evidence on our end before furthering the conversation.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข.
๐๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐บ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด:
ยท ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต, ยท ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต, ยท ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ, ยท ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต.
๐๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐บ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง-๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต.
๐๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ค๐บ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ, ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข. ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต.
๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ
Congratulations Wellness in Motion
Congratulations Jo and the entire team at Wellness in Motion Lindfield for winning the Fitness Service of the Year award.
Jo proudly showed me her studio which caters to all with a range of personalised activities to help them stay healthy and/or recover from a prior issue, without having to face the competitive pressures that come from being in a gym environment. The convenient location next to the train station is also a big plus, with most customers choosing to walk or take public transport.
We also discussed some of the issues that concern local businesses, and I had the opportunity to talk to some of the patrons.
It’s great to see businesses like this thrive (especially after COVID) and we wish them all the best in the coming years.
More EV Chargers on the way
In the coming months Council, alongside a range of Electric Vehicle charging providers, will be installing chargers across the LGA (some will be on a pay-to-use basis).
Last week we ‘completed’ a set of chargers outside North Turramurra Golf Club with Exploren and there will be two more sets at Turramurra Library and the West Pymble pool later this month.
I went to test out the North Turramurra charger and my experience is as follows.
1. Bring your own charging cable and plug into what appears to be a 7kW charger.
2. You have to download the app to being charging, so I installed the app.
3. Scan a QR code. No probs.
4. ERROR MESSAGE!!! Charger not found on network. ๐
So it’s a bit of an embarrassing situation, similar to the Jolt charger in Roseville when it was first rolled out.
They’re teething issues and I’m sure they’ll be sorted out over time.
These chargers, along with potentially hydrogen next decade, will support our transition to Net Zero by 2040 in Ku-ring-gai. Alongside the charging network, we have also required the builders of new apartment blocks to provide electric charging conduits and meters to each residential parking spot. (The installation of an actual charger is the last leg that the home owner has to opt-in.)
Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai Mayoral Dinner for RFS
Last month, Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai jointly held a dinner for our volunteers from the Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Rural Fire Service, thanking them for their years of service in assisting our residents not just during bushfires but also other extreme weather events, and the education and preparations that lead up to it.
We also had annual awards for the brigades, and I had the opportunity to catch up with the volunteers for Ku-ring-gai and Killara Rural Fire Brigade . Killara in particular were excited to open their new headquarters soon.
Also in attendance were (in the bottom left image) Crs Simon Lennon, Christine Kay, Kim Wheatley, Martin Smith and Barbara Ward.
Alston Way Roseville
A few months ago we had multiple residents independently complain about the state of Alston Way, Roseville. It was repeatedly patched but always got worse again due to an underlying / structural issue.
I raised the matter with Council staff and they said that although we didn’t have enough funds to address the matter straight away, they would consider it “next financial year”.
Well, the new financial year started in July and they got onto it straight away! I wasn’t actually expecting the speed on this one, as we’ve got other more complex but inter-related draining issues nearby as well.
Sydney Water Purified Recycled Water
Earlier this week Nathan Tilbury – Deputy Mayor Hornsby Shire Council and I were invited to visit Sydney Waterโs Purified Recycled Water (PRW) Discovery Centre where we learnt about what it is that we are doing to ensure there is water for the ever growing population.
In recent years the focus has been on recycling water for non-drinking purposes, provision of water from our desalination plant, and water efficiency measures.
From 2031 Sydney Water hopes to purify (filter, UV treat, chlorinate) wastewater to drinking water and blend it with raw water from our natural waterways. Itโs not a new concept – they have been doing it for years in Los Angeles, Singapore, Perth and South East Queensland.
You can find out more on their website. https://www.sydneywater.com.au/education/drinking-water/purified-recycled-water.html
Barry Fear – Cerebral Palsy Alliance
At the July Citizenship Ceremony we had the privilege of having Barry Fear speak to the new citizens about what it means to be part of Australian Society. We really appreciated the time that he spent with us, though it was short and I asked if I could catch up with him afterwards.
This week a Council staff member and I visited Barry at the Cerebral Palsy Alliance: St Ives Lifestyles Centre. He showed us around the facilities and shared about his passion for advocacy.
He also has a YouTube channel that he wants all of you to follow. Please visit and the link below and click on subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@barryfear7192
July Citizenship Ceremony
Great to welcome 80 new citizens to Ku-ring-gai in July.
Special thanks to Barry Fear for being our special guest and giving a speech on what it means to be Australian (more on that in the next post) as well as the Ku-ring-gai Ranger Guides for helping out.
In attendance were also (in the photo from left to right) Matt Cross MP , Councillor Barbara Ward, Councillor Cedric Spencer and Councillor Simon Lennon.
