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HISTORY Glebe Island Bridge - Going Somewhere?

COVER FEATURE Nutty Genius and Glebe Local, Reg Mombassa

CRIME The Tragic Tale Behind an Arm Found in a Glebe Garage

HAUNTED FEATURE Ghastly Ghostly Sites around Glebe Neighbourhood

COMMUNITY Glebe Community Photographer Tom Psomotragos

KEEP SYDNEY OPEN Events Round-Up over Xmas and New Year

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HELLO and welcome to your latest 2037 community magazine. We’re pleased to bring you edition #2 and trust you enjoy the articles, assorted life tips and link-ups with local businesses and organisations.

Our cover feature this edition focuses on local talent Reg Mombassa, a brilliant painter and songwriter. Reg was a founder member of chart-toppers Mental As Anything and now performs with his brother in Dog Trumpet. Reg reveals what’s in his creative canon as he continues to make memorable music and wonderfully bizarre art.

We love Glebe, but we know it has a bit of a dark past, and, perhaps ill-advisedly, we’ve wandered down a few dimly-lit alleyways to visit grisly crimes of yesteryear.

In Elliot Lindsay’s true crime feature, he’s investigated the Glebe Bones Mystery, with the tragic unsolved 1923 murder of Gertrude Heaydon, whose body parts were found in a Glebe garage.

Not content with one murder mystery, we meandered around a few reportedly haunted houses and creepy parks in Ghastly Ghostly Sites - Glebe area has several that feature regularly in Australia’s most haunted! - so chilling they set our teeth chattering!

After those spooks it was a welcome relief to relax with a beverage and enjoy some crêpes in Garçon in the historic Tram Sheds, which Lisa G savoured in our restaurant review.

Elsewhere, we meet a chatty bird in the Friend in Hand Hotel, Georgie the Cockatoo, which, the bar managers assure us, has definitely not learned any anti-social words unsuitable for young ears!

We also profile Glebe community photographer Tom Psomotragos, who has spent many years documenting local characters in addition to recording weddings and other life-defining events. This has resulted in a fascinating portfolio of images.

And in our History section, we cast an eye over the sadly-neglected Glebe Island Bridge. The historic structure may be offered a lifeline and brought back to life, like its swinging sister, Pyrmont Bridge, and utilised as a tramway to Rozelle.

All this and more, including an events round-up, pets, Xmas gift ideas, Business Directory, sudoku and a quiz... We trust you’ll enjoy reading this 2037 as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it together.

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HISTORY Images: by Alec Smart

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Historic Glebe Island Bridge, abandoned and neglected for almost three decades, might be brought back into service (like its twin sister Pyrmont Bridge), as part of the Bays West Precinct project.

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GLEBE Island Bridge, the electric swing bridge spanning Johnstons Bay between Pyrmont and Rozelle, was built to replace the dysfunctional Blackbutts Bridge and opened on 28 June 1903.

It was constructed as part of the Five Bridges Route, to facilitate traffic flow between the city and its western and northern suburbs.

The other four bridges were Gladesville (1881), Iron Cove (1882), Fig Tree (1885) and Pyrmont, the latter constructed at the same time but opened a year earlier in 1902.

Glebe Island Bridge and its more fortunate twin sister, Pyrmont Bridge (still in service), were considered engineering marvels upon their opening and compared with the acclaimed Tower Bridge in London (a hydraulic suspension bridge opened in 1894).

Among the world’s first electrically-operated opening bridges, both featured a pivoting midsection that rotated 90 degrees in under a minute to facilitate maritime traffic below.

Vehicles were halted by traffic lights and a pair of timber swing-gates on either end of the approach ramps, which interlocked electronically. The bridges’ pivoting centre sections couldn’t open until the gates were closed.

They were both designed by esteemed civil engineer Percy Allan. Allan adapted an American truss design, introducing substantial improvements that were not only more costeffective, they allowed for easier maintenance and repairs without the need for closure.

Named in his honour as Allan Truss bridges, 105 were

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constructed in NSW from 1894 - 1929 (less than 20 exist today, very few still functional).

Both bridges adjoined the Pyrmont peninsula, one a route to the city spanning Darling Harbour (known to Aboriginals as Tumbalong – ‘the place to find seafood’), the other crossing Johnstons Bay to Glebe Island.

Pyrmont peninsula was known to the Indigenous Aboriginal clans as ‘Pirrama’.

Pirrama was renowned for its steady supply of drinking water, a mineral spring that reportedly never ran dry, even in periods of drought.

Because of the guaranteed source of drinking water, along with abundant timber and the foundation of 15 quarries to extract the high quality, erosion-resistant sandstone in the region, Europeans were quick to colonise the Pirrama peninsula after their arrival in 1788, displacing the Indigenous occupants.

Glebe Island Bridge, having evolved from a route to take animals to their slaughter, was closed to traffic and pedestrians upon the 3 December 1995 opening of the massive cable-stayed Anzac Bridge, which runs parallel alongside. The central section was then pivoted 90 degrees on its access to permit the continuous passage of boats either side.

The bridge remains in a permanently open position, allowing free movement to an estimated 200 vessels a day, including dinghies, yachts, small ferries and fishing boats between Rozelle and Blackwattle bays and western Sydney Harbour.

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BACK FROM THE DEAD? After years of neglect and calls for its demolition, the prospect that Glebe Island Bridge may be renovated and reactivated as a pedestrian and cycle crossing was reprised again on 22 March 2021 when The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and the Environment (DPIE) released their new strategy for the Bays West Precinct construction.

DPIE’s strategy proposal “Big Move 2” recommends “a crossing from Bays West to Pyrmont to create more convenient and direct active transport connections.”

This will be achieved “either by [the] reinstated existing bridge or [a] newly constructed bridge … to ensure that walking, cycling and public transport are the primary travel modes.”

Action 14 specifies: “TfNSW [Transport for NSW] to undertake necessary maintenance and repair of the Glebe Island Bridge to ensure it remains safe and intact and its heritage features are preserved.”

The Bays West Precinct redevelopment involves 77 hectares of land adjoining Sydney Harbour, encompassing Glebe Island, the heritage-listed White Bay Power Station and Rozelle Rail Yards to the north-west, along with 76 hectares of adjacent harbour waterways including White and Rozelle bays.

Optimists speculate reactivating Glebe Island Bridge will also lead to an expansion of Sydney’s light rail routes linking Balmain to the Inner West network, with trams crossing the bridge itself.

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NUTTY GENIUS

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By Alec Smart

Artist and musician Chris O’Doherty - better known by his nom de guerre Reg Mombassa – has had a fascinating and fantastical career.

MOST people are familiar with Reg Mombassa as the prolific and successful artist behind many absurdist urban landscapes that have graced posters, album covers, images for Mambo clothing and assorted campaigns.

Mombassa was a founder member of Sydney rock band Mental As Anything, formed in 1976 by a group of friends at East Sydney Technical College (now the National Art School in Darlinghurst – the former gaol).

The O’Doherty brothers Chris (Reg) and Peter wrote or cowrote some of the Mentals’ more popular songs, including Spirit Got Lost, Berserk Warriors, Brain Brain, Egypt, Apocalypso, Close Again and Nigel.

In April 2000, after the O’Doherty brothers left Mental As Anything to focus on their respective artistic careers, they continued writing and performing music together under the name Dog Trumpet. Described as “arguably the loudest soft-rock band in southern NSW” on the band’s promotional T-shirts, the slogan typifies the gentle humour that runs rife through the brothers’ creative repertoire.

Responding to a question on his website on his favourite three artists, Mombassa replied “Bosch, Vincent Van Gogh and Robert Crumb” – which sums up the surreal, humorous, irreverent and sometimes nightmarish scenarios he conjures up from his imagination.

With typical droll humour, Mombassa revealed to us that rotting equines feature among the artistic pieces he is currently working on.

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“Unless we solve the climate problem and reign in the cruelty, greed and tribal violence that most of us are capable of, we are doomed to a well-deserved extinction.”

“I have just done a dozen or so pen and ink drawings of armed koalas, Australian robots, muscle horses and maggot-infested business horses.”

Familiar themes in his bold and colourful artwork include trees with eyes, skull-like cars, guitars with legs, kiwi birds, kangaroos and space ships. Sydney Opera House is also a recurring motif.

“The Opera House is an interesting subject,” he confirmed, “because it changes shape and colour according to where you view it from and what time of the day or night it is. It is also a useful graphic shorthand for indicating an Australian location.

Dog Trumpet and the Mentals have both performed at the Opera House.”

Both Dog Trumpet and Mental As Anything have featured Mombassa’s paintings for album covers, but other artists who sought his surreal imagery to illustrate their music include Public Image, Crowded House, Paul Kelly and Mondo Rock.

Does he have a personal favourite? “I’m not good at favourites but I quite like the PIL cover and a single cover for Let’s Go to Paradise for the Mentals, which led to me working for Mambo.”

Mombassa’s artwork has also been used to illustrate important social and environmental issues, such as Greenpeace, The Wilderness Society and A Just Australia. A cartoon of a skull smoking a cigar was utilised by Save Millers Point for their unsuccessful campaign to prevent Millers Point social housing from being sold to private owners (many of which are now rented out as Air BnB properties).

Is there a cause that’s particularly close to his heart?

“Environmentalism and human rights are both important subjects,” Mombassa revealed.

“Unless we solve the climate problem and reign in the cruelty, greed and tribal violence that most of us are capable of, we are doomed to a well-deserved extinction.”

After 30 years the music of Dog Trumpet went global in July 2021 in a deal with Demon Records that saw their recorded output digitally available worldwide. In Oct 2021, the band’s seven albums were available together on vinyl for the first time.

Demon Records describe the brothers’ music as “an eclectic blend of rock, psychedelic folk and semi-abstract blues; whimsical, political, curious, intimate, scientific, erotic and witty.”

“We released a new album, Great South Road, last year,” Mombassa revealed, “and we are currently about halfway through recording a new album.”

So, with ‘eclectic’ music in the pipeline and surreal artworks in creation, you can continue to expect the unexpected from the nutty genius and his fevered imagination…

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THE GLEBE BONES MYSTERY

By Elliot Lindsay

A garage in Glebe became the focus for an English woman’s disappearance, but why?

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A SQUAD of detectives arrived at Westmoreland Lane, Glebe, on August 1st, 1923. The dark old laneway led to a dilapidated garage behind a terrace that still stands on the corner of Catherine and Westmoreland Streets today. They believed the garage harboured the answer to a grim mystery that had captivated the Australian public and puzzled law enforcement for the previous ten months.

The floor was made of heavy old flagstones from the century prior. The detectives observed that some showed signs of recently being re-positioned. Using crowbars, they lifted these stones and dug into the soil beneath. At a depth of a meter, the search was finally over. Lying in a mixture of lime and clay were white bones and clumps of blonde hair.

DISTURBING LETTERS An anonymous letter was received by Sydney Police in midOctober 1922. It informed them of a woman who died in Coogee and was secretly placed in a small trunk transported to a shed on a narrow laneway and buried within. This enigmatic letter puzzled police, who spent months determining who had been killed and where she was buried. Perhaps it was just a prank?

The following June, NSW Police received correspondence from Scotland Yard. A man in England was concerned his daughter, Gertrude Mabel Heaydon, may have been killed by her Australian husband, whom she met in England during the war. His family received a letter from Gertrude dated September 21st, 1922.

She confessed to being three months pregnant and was planning to have an abortion against the wishes of her husband’s family.

This was the last letter they received from her for several months until another letter arrived in March the following year.

However, it was not from Gertrude. Instead, it was from her husband, Alfred. He wrote to inform them that Gertrude had passed away from a heart condition in January. The letter disturbed them as it seemed emotionless. Furthermore, Gertrude was only twenty-seven and in good shape; hence, they were not convinced.

With this tip from England, NSW police opened an investigation into Gertrude’s whereabout as there were no formal records of her death. They interviewed her husband, Alfred Heaydon, as well as their neighbours. With every interview, they made more light shine on the mystery. Finally, it became apparent that Gertrude did not die of a heart condition. This was just an alibi for something much darker.

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AN APARTMENT IN COOGEE The last time Gertrude was seen alive, she was in a Coogee apartment. The date was determined to be September 1922, one month before police received the anonymous letter which mentioned a dead woman in Coogee. Detectives were now confident that this was the very same woman.

Initially, Heaydon made a statement to detectives that his wife had left him, unaware they had his letters. However, realising they knew more than they let on, he changed his statement and came clean. The last time he saw his wife, she went to an illegal abortion clinic in Coogee. She never returned because she died during the procedure. When asked why he did not report it to the police, he explained that the abortionist and her husband were dangerous criminals and threatened him with violence. They then organised for Gertrude’s body to be secretly taken away and disposed of, but he claimed not to know where.

Join our community @ As the investigation preceded, police managed to identify a wagon driver employed to pick up some trunks from the same address in Coogee and transport them to a shed in Surry Hills. However, he arrived late and saw another wagon carrying the load. Unfortunately for the police, he didn’t have an exact address.

SUSPECTS ARRESTED Four suspects were arrested. Alfred Heaydon, Ellen Kreigher, Frank Taylor – whose wife had operated on Gertrude - and an associate of Taylor called Edward Riley.

Unfortunately, however, the key suspect, Mary Taylor, who performed the procedure, had died in February. Detectives did not interview her, leaving a large hole in the investigation.

Nonetheless, police moved forward with their charges. They stated that Mary Taylor had murdered Gertrude Mabel Heaydon in Coogee. She, Frank and Edward employed a team of hardened criminals to dispose of the body. Heaydon aided by commissioning the procedure. Though without Mary, the four suspects could only be charged for the crime of concealing a serious offence.

Meanwhile, no effort was spared to locate the mysterious shed, but all leads led nowhere regardless of action. Without the body, the case was doomed.

THE GARAGE James Murphy was a career criminal and associate of Frank Taylor and Edward Riley. In October 1922, the three men were at a billiards saloon in Haymarket. Taylor told the men he required a place to hide stolen property. Riley said he had a garage and later took them all to a dark laneway in Glebe, where the garage was located.

It was perfect, and Taylor had his cargo delivered there that week. The following week the same men were caught house-breaking and sentenced to five years in Darlinghurst prison.

Being an associate of Taylor’s, detectives interviewed Murphy to determine what he knew. While in prison, Murphy learned about Mary Taylor killing a girl and disposing of the body. Perhaps

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aiming to seek a reduced sentence, he decided to tell police everything he knew about the dead girl and the garage he visited on Westmoreland Lane in Glebe.

BONES When the first bone was discovered, police were confident they had the vital evidence to solidify their case. Yet that confidence faded after only eleven arm bones were revealed. It appeared they had been beaten to the scene. The rest of the body had been exhumed and relocated before they arrived.

With only an arm, it was impossible to determine the identity of the remains.

The new evidence was still enough to start a Coroner’s Inquest, which lasted several weeks and was covered extensively in the press. The coroner finally concluded that the bones were Gertrude’s. She had been murdered by Mary Taylor, and Alfred Heaydon had aided and abetted her commissioning the crime. Accordingly, the coroner recommended Heaydon face a trial.

But the law has its limits. After reviewing the coroner’s decision, the NSW AttorneyGeneral decided there was still not enough evidence to prove the bones were Gertrude’s remains. As a result, the charges against all the suspects were dropped. Thirtynine years later, Gertrude’s body has never recovered, and the case remains cold.

However, what if Gertrude’s remains had been found in the decades since? Would authorities even know to look for a case in the 1920s? There are two hundred and fifty unidentified skeletons stored in the Glebe morgue today. It is perhaps possible that one may be the missing remains of Gertrude Mabel Heaydon. Make sure to read the next issue of 2037 as we report on the Glebe morgue and the results of our investigation.

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FEATURE

By Alec Smart

We tiptoed around several ‘haunted’ locations in the Glebe + Annandale environs after dark, listening for phantom footsteps whilst watching for spooky spirits. Warning: some of these sites are not for the faint-hearted.

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THE ABBEY, 272 JOHNSTON ST, ANNANDALE THE Abbey is a heritage-listed 50-bedroom Federation Gothic style mansion built by architect and Freemason John Young in 1881 of quarried Pyrmont sandstone. It is the most stylish of eight properties built by Young along a ridge above Rozelle Bay (two of which were demolished to build apartments).

Young, the builder of St Mary’s Cathedral in the city, decorated The Abbey in Masonic symbols. Gargoyles on the tower are rumoured to have been spirited away from St Mary’s by Young.

It is reportedly haunted by a “lady in white” who roams the house and grounds, and doors and windows are said to open by themselves.

FEDERAL PARK CAR PARK, ANNANDALE In 1976, a girl’s body was alleged to have been found “dumped in the carpark”, which suggests it was Federal Park.

Glitch: The legend describes the young victim as “thought to have been the victim of Sydney’s first Satanic murder.” Paranormal websites all repeat the same information, often word-for-word, however, there are no police files nor newspaper reports of a girl’s body found near Jubilee Park in 1976, nor why it might have ‘Satanic’ elements.

LIGHT RAIL TRACKS BESIDE JUBILEE PARK, GLEBE In January 1966, a railway worker named Jock attempted to rescue an injured possum on what was then part of the Rozelle to Darling Harbour Metropolitan Goods Line (now the route of the Inner West Light Rail from Central to Dulwich Hill).

In the fog near what is now Jubilee Park tram stop he was tragically struck and killed by a goods train that roared out of the mist.

Glitch: The legend claims the killing happened the day before the line was permanently closed – yet the line was closed in

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January 1996, after goods trains declined, not 1966, when it was a busy freight line.

JUBILEE PARK GRANDSTAND, GLEBE In the early hours of 24 August 1999, Reginald Mavin, 65, was clubbed to death in his sleep by an unknown assailant as he lay on an old mattress in the grandstand overlooking Jubilee Oval.

The former ambulance driver was one of four unsolved killings of vagrants over nine months between 1998 – 1999, known as the Starlight Hotel Murders, because the victims slept outside, often under the stars.

All of the unsolved murders shared common characteristics: the victims were bashed with heavy blunt objects (never found), they were all attacked as they slept, and each suffered mental illness or alcoholism.

The other three were: Joanna Franklin, 30, behind shops in Wattle Place, Ultimo, on 6 Nov 1998; Adam Murray, 59, by Robert Burns statue near Speakers Corner in the Domain, on 28 Nov 1998; and Ronald Cross, 59, in an alcove near the underground entrance to the Domain car park off Sir John Young Crescent, on 20 June 1999.

RAILWAY EMBANKMENT, GLEBE (behind the Jubilee Park viaduct) Two 12-year-old boys were sexually assaulted and murdered here, six months apart, by the same killer in June 1976 and January 1977.

[On 9 July 1976, Garry Barkemeyer was sexually assaulted and clubbed to death with a rock.

Gary was lured with a younger friend to Jubilee Park from a park on Pyrmont Bridge Rd, with the promise of money if he helped stack boxes.

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After the younger boy was instructed to wait, Gary was led by his killer behind the Jubilee Park viaduct into a forested glade where he was raped and murdered. The killer told the other boy to go home after the heinous crime was committed.

The victim’s bicycle, upon which the two young lads travelled, was later fished from Iron Cove by Callan Park.

On 30 Jan 1977, Wayne Nixon, who was enticed by his killer from Leichardt Pool earlier in the day, was stabbed multiple times in the chest, stomach and legs after being sexually assaulted.]

Mark Gregory, 17, was arrested a year later and charged with both murders and in March 1978 convicted and given two life sentences.

Glitch: The murders are often described as happening on the ‘Street with no name’, the driveway between Jubilee Park and the viaduct, although they took place in the forest on the other side, now encircled by fencing.

268 GLEBE POINT ROAD, GLEBE On 18 May 1968, Simon Brook, aged 3, was abducted and brutally murdered, his body found the following morning in grass behind a construction site of new units at 268 Glebe Point Road.

Although it’s listed as an unsolved murder, Simon’s parents, who lived in Alexander Lane near Jubilee Park (where Simon was last seen watching kids playing), were convinced his killer was Derek Percy. Percy, the primary suspect, who died of cancer, aged 64, in a Melbourne hospital on 24 July 2013, was linked to the disappearance of nine children. Percy was

also one of three suspects accused of the infamous 1965 Wanda Beach murders near Cronulla. In 1969 he was jailed for life for the murder of a child on a Melbourne beach.

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By Alec Smart

Glebe photographer Tom Psomotragos has a diverse and interesting portfolio of images, ranging from commercial – weddings and events – to photodocumentary, to a series of informal portraits of Glebe residents taken with his creative partner Eulalie Moore.

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BORN in Karpasi, on the island of Lemnos, Greece, in 1953, Tom arrived in Australia in 1955 and grew up in the close Limnian community in Melbourne.

A qualified TAFE and secondary school teacher, Tom developed his photography from high school experimentation and also moved into cinematography. After establishing a commercial photography studio in Glebe he created the first digital photographic books in Australia.

In 1988 he began a long-term photographic study of an Eastern Arrernte Indigenous family group around Alice Springs.

Then, in 2009, he initiated Glebe 150, a series of portraits of Glebe characters and personalities (in conjunction with Glebe Chamber of Commerce), which involved a month-long exhibition in various outdoor and indoor locations around the suburb.

“We are a team, Eulalie Moore and myself,” Tom said. “We are doing profile pieces on people’s personal lives where they are comfortable. There are some great stories behind the photos..”

Tom’s portraits, the majority in black & white, are informal but engaging, capturing people at work or rest, some looking at the camera, others caught in a moment.

“One of my major projects is Welcome to Glebe,” Tom revealed, “a 13-year community art-based project organised and co-ordinated by Eulalie, who is also documenting the project. It is an intimate portrayal of a disparate and unique community that originally attracted me to living here... A community and home that I have not grown tired of and which regularly astounds me.

“Eulalie and I both have a long history with Glebe,” Tom continued, “and having photographed and documented over 600 individual portraits, we are capturing its history. We hope, through working with the community, to help preserve as much as possible of the foundation that has created such a place.

“We have noticed that pace of change is accelerating and unless a better understanding of the social and political changes that are being forced onto Glebe are carefully worked through and balanced with the existing social fabric, we will lose a disparate, living, thriving community to monocultural gentrification.

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“In many ways this is both of our mission statement. To put up a mirror to you and say: ‘We have lost Millers Point, Pyrmont and now we may very well lose Glebe’.

“As distinct from my Eastern Arrernte series, which was a purely photojournalistic approach, Welcome to Glebe is a portrait-based project to capture my intimate community, those people that make up the social fabric of such a vibrant and rarely-glimpsed world, from street people to businesses, social housing to the exclusive end of Glebe and to the homeless groups in Wentworth Park.”

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arches of Wentworth Park,” Tom explained. “They formed a small, tight community, which I befriended and grew to know and photographed...

“The openness and warmth they extended to me continued over a period of seven years as other groups formed and were also included in the process, even after being re-housed. This series is that story but it is still the heart of the Glebe project…”

Tom also specialises in wedding photography and photodocumentary. Many of his wedding photos are not staged but beautiful and tender moments captured off-guard, with a natural feel, like reportage.

Was it a conscious choice to apply his observational/ journalistic style to recording weddings, or a happy accident?

“It’s capturing the emotional and unselfconsciously lived moments that I love in this work - unsentimental, and real... As in most commercial or commissioned work, I have taken into account my subjects, to capture and render them as tenderly and positively as possible, even at times glamorously…

“I use my drama college studies to help marry this commercial work and my artistic approach… My passion is for photography as an expressive medium for what I would describe as embracing and extolling the human spirit. It’s a tall order and I expect to fail, but it’s at the core of my art practice.”

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WENTWORTH PARK ARCHES COMMUNITY Tom’s Homeless series of images documents the street sleepers of Sydney, primarily the dwellers beneath the viaduct arches in Glebe’s Wentworth Park. How did that come about?

“When, in 2008-9, Eulalie and I started the Glebe project, a group of six homeless men moved in together under the

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KEEP SYDNEY OPEN

By Alec Smart

Neighbourhood Media’s guide to live theatre and concerts in central Sydney throughout January 2022.

ARA DARLING QUARTER THEATRE 3/1-25 Harbour St, Darling Harbour darlingquarter.com/play/theatre Who: Monkey Baa presents The Listies: Make Some Noise When: Sat 8 Jan – Sat 22 Jan What: A comedy show for young people and their adults, featuring tunes about tantrums at Target, love songs to sandwiches and how much The Listies like bananas.

Price: $29 - $34 Weblink: whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov. au/events/monkey-baa-presents-thelisties-make-some-noise AWARE SUPER THEATRE / DARLING HARBOUR THEATRE ICC, 14 Darling Dr, Darling Harbour awaresupertheatre.com.au Who: The Teskey Brothers When: Tue 15 Jan What: The Teskey Brothers and Orchestra Victoria will perform together in a once-in-a-lifetime performance.

Price: $90.55 Weblink: darlingharbour.com/whats-on/ events/the-teskey-brothers Who: Yotam Ottolenghi When: Sun 16 Jan What: Israeli-born British chef, restaurateur and food writer to reveal his next-level approach to cooking and launch his new book Ottolenghi Flavour.

Price: $90.65 – $141.60 Weblink: premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/ show.

CAPITOL THEATRE 13 Campbell St, Haymarket capitoltheatre.com.au Who: Come From Away (Australia) When: Fri 17 Dec – Sun 30 Jan What: Come From Away tells the remarkable true story of thousands of stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland, Canada that welcomed them all.

Price: $95 - $140 Weblink: capitoltheatre.com.au/comefrom-away CITY RECITAL HALL 2 Angel Pl, City cityrecitalhall.com

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Who: Singular Voices: Martha Marlow When: Fri 14 Jan, 7:30pm What: Deeply moving orchestral pop by a truly singular voice.

Price: $39-$49 Weblink: cityrecitalhall.com/whats-on/ events/singular-voices-martha-marlow Who: -Barra When: Sun 16 Jan, 7pm What: A sonic and visual journey through Yuwaalaraay country in north-western New South Wales.

Price: $39-$79 Weblink: cityrecitalhall.com/whats-on/ events/barra Who: Switched On: The Chills When: Fri 28 Jan, 8pm What: NZ legends bring their everresplendent indie-pop magic to Sydney Price: $49-$59 Weblink: cityrecitalhall.com/whats-on/ events/switched-on-the-chills Who: Sound and Vision: Bait with live score by Gwenno When: Fri 4 Feb, 7:30pm What: BAFTA winning Bait receives a live score by accomplished Welsh/Cornish artist Gwenno.

Price: $39-$49 Weblink: cityrecitalhall.com/whats-on/ events/sound-and-vision-bait-with-livescore-by-gwenno DARLINGHURST THEATRE / ETERNITY PLAYHOUSE 39 Burton St, Darlinghurst darlinghursttheatre.com Who: A Chorus Line When: Thur 6 Jan - Sun 16 Jan What: Dive into a world of sweat, sacrifice and sensational choreography with Broadway’s iconic dance musical.

Price: $39 - $99 Weblink: darlinghursttheatre.com/ achorusline Who: Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner When: Thur 13 Jan - Sun 20 Feb What: Dive into a world of sweat, sacrifice and sensational choreography with Broadway’s iconic dance musical.

Price: $42 Weblink: https://www. darlinghursttheatre.com/sevenmethods

GENESIAN THEATRE COMPANY 420 Kent St, City genesiantheatre.com.au Who: Murdered to Death When: Sat 22 Jan – Sat 5 Mar What: Bungling Inspector Pratt battles against the odds and his own incompetence to solve the murder of the house’s owner.

Price: $30 - $35 Weblink: genesian.sales.ticketsearch. com/sales/salesevent/18152 NEW THEATRE 542 King St, Newtown newtheatre.org.au Who: The Park When: Mon 17 Jan – Sat 22 Jan What: A group of characters traverse a park, accosted by the fantastical and the earthly. What terrors are real, and what are imagined?

Price: $20 - $25 Weblink: aunewtheatre.sales. ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/16833 Who: The Chocolate Roster When: Mon 24 Jan – Sat 29 Jan What: A support group for mothers who’ve lost children to suicide meets weekly to chat and share a rotating selection of chocolate. But numbers are dwindling and Toni resorts to subterfuge to boost membership.

Price: $20 - $25 Weblink: aunewtheatre.sales. ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/16835 SBW STABLES THEATRE 10 Nimrod St, Darlinghurst griffintheatre.com.au Who: Window, Cricket Bat Where: Australian Design Centre, 113 William St, Darlinghurst When: Wed 11 Jan – Fri 21 Jan What: A short chamber performance for a solo performer and a curious audience to accompany the exhibition Happy Objects at the Australian Design Centre.

Price: $45 Weblink: welcome.griffintheatre.com.au/ overview/3601?psn=3601

Join our community @ Who: Green Park Where: Green Park, Darlinghurst When: Wed 19 Jan – Sun 30 Jan What: Warren and Edden are meeting, as a prelude to their Grindr hook up.

One of them doesn’t look like his photo.

There’s an age gap between them and one is harbouring a dangerous secret.

Price: $72 + booking fee Weblink: sydneyfestival.org.au/events/ green-park STATE THEATRE 49 Market St, City statetheatre.com.au Who: The Wedding Singer When: Wed 5 Jan – Sun 23 Jan What: Based on the Hollywood film starring Adam Sandler, The Wedding Singer celebrates all the fun of the ‘80s.

Price: $79 - $129 Weblink: weddingsingermusical.com.au SYDNEY LYRIC THEATRE 5 Edward St, Pyrmont sydneylyric.com.au Who: Hamilton When: Fri 17 Dec 2021 – Sun 27 Feb 2022 What: Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, HAMILTON has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre.

Price: $70 - $250 Weblink: sydneylyric.com.au/hamilton SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE Bennelong Point, Opera Quays sydneyoperahouse.com Who: Great Opera Hits When: Sat 1 Jan – Sun 30 Oct What: Listen to famous arias from Bizet, Puccini, Rossini, Verdi and more

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performed by some of Opera Australia’s finest opera singers, accompanied by piano.

Price: $77.50 – $98.50 Weblink: sydneyoperahouse.com/ events/whats-on/opera-australia/2022/ great-opera-hits.html Who: Six the Musical When: Sun 19 Dec 2021 – Sat 2 Apr 2022 What: Re-introducing the six wives of Henry VIII - six rebellious heroines take to the mic to remix over 500 years of history and heartbreak in a celebration of girl power.

Price: $57.50 - $153.50 Weblink: sydneyoperahouse.com/ events/whats-on/musical-theatre/2021/ six-the-musical Who: La Bohème When: Tue 4 Jan – Fri 4 Feb What: On a freezing Christmas Eve, love sparks. Two hands meet in the dark and four friends’ lives change forever.

Price: $56.50 - $343.50 Weblink: sydneyoperahouse.com/ events/whats-on/opera-australia/2022/ la-boheme Who: Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf?

When: Thur 13 Jan – Sun 23 Jan What: An American classic for an Australia at the crossroads. What’s to be scared of?

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American life in 1934 Minnesota, this critically acclaimed production features the reimagined songs of Bob Dylan.

Price: $88 - $193 Weblink: theatreroyalsydney.com/ events/season-2022/girl-from-the-northcountry SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY 15 Hickson Rd, Dawes Point Who: Triple X Where: Wharf 1 Theatre When: Sat 8 Jan – Sat 26 Feb What: A hysterically funny, wildly provocative and tender love story about a successful Wall Street banker who’s having an affair with a trans drag performer.

Price: $44 - $74 Weblink: sydneytheatre.com.au/whatson/productions/2022/triple-x Who: Wudjang: Not the Past Where: Roslyn Packer Theatre When: Mon 17 Jan – Sat 12 Feb What: Workmen find bones while excavating a dam, which Bilin, a Yugambeh man, convinces his colleagues to let him keep as they’re the remains of his ancestor, Wudjang Price: $44 - $129 Weblink: sydneytheatre.au

THEATRE ROYAL 108 King St, City theatreroyalsydney.com Who: Girl from the North Country When: Wed 5 Jan – Sun 27 Feb What: An uplifting and joyful story of

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Christmas is a stressful time for many, whether you’re hosting the whole extended family or just a few select guests. Seafood is a staple of Australian Christmas tables, but often the huge variety available can become overwhelming. Then we find ourselves leaving Sydney Fish Market on Christmas Eve with the same old prawns and oyster combo that we always get.

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WITH this comprehensive guide to planning your Christmas lunch or dinner, we’re here to help you create the varied, innovative, and impressive seafood spread you’ve always dreamed about for your Christmas table.

All of these tips can be adapted to suit the size of your gathering, your budget, and your personal preferences. And remember, when in doubt, you can always check out the huge variety of seafood recipes on our website for inspiration!

HOW MUCH SEAFOOD TO BUY

The first step to planning the perfect Christmas spread is determining exactly how much food you will need. It’s always better to have too much than too little, but you don’t want to have huge amounts of wastage after your guests head home.

This handy guide gives you a cheat-sheet to determine exactly how much seafood you’ll need per person: Remember to bring an esky along with you on your Christmas trip to Sydney Fish Market, and ask the fishmonger to pack some ice with your purchase, to keep it fresh on the journey home. Then, store everything in the coldest part of your fridge.

Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to eat your seafood immediately. Most seafood species will keep for 3-5 days in the right conditions, so don’t stress too much about it going bad.

When in doubt, ask your fishmonger how best to store the species you’ve chosen, or check out the storage FAQ’s on our website.

WHAT SEAFOOD TO BUY

Once you’ve planned out how much food you’ll need for your guests, it’s time to decide what exactly you’re going to buy. We recommend thinking about species first, recipes second. This allows you to address two key areas:

BUDGET

If you’re willing to splash out for the special occasion, your options are endless. We recommend buying from a variety of different seafood categories to really make your seafood spread shine: get a crustacean (Rock Lobster, Bugs, or Crab are great choices); a whole fish for a fantastic centrepiece or some fillets for the main course; some bivalves (scallops, mussels, or the crowd favourite – oysters); some prawns of course; and some octopus

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or squid.

The variety will impress any guest, especially if you cook them in different ways.

If you’re working with a tighter budget, we recommend trying some species you haven’t heard of before. The prices of fish like Snapper, Atlantic Salmon, and Barramundi go up slightly around Christmas time in response to demand, while lesserknown species (that are just as delicious), are readily available and significantly cheaper.

So, instead of Snapper, try some Bream or Perch. Replace your Atlantic Salmon with Ocean or Rainbow Trout. Try some Ling or Mulloway instead of Barramundi.

Again, if in doubt, ask your fishmonger what is good quality and in-season – they’ll even tell you how to cook it!

HOT AND COLD ELEMENTS

The perfect seafood spread has to be well-balanced, not only in flavour, but in temperature. Too many hot dishes will overwhelm your guests, especially in the height of summer, but too many cold dishes lower the satisfaction factor.

We recommend spreading your dishes evenly across hot and cold… Picking two from each of the below lists is a great start:

HOT SEAFOOD DISHES Char-Grilled Salmon Kebabs and Vegetables with Lime Mayo Mulloway Cutlets Baked with Lemon and Rosemary Barbecued Bonito with Tomato, Fennel, and Capers Rock Lobster Thermidor Barbecued Lemongrass Rock Lobsters with Cucumber & Carrot Salad Crumbed King George Whiting with Baked Chips Barbecued Chermoula Prawns with Chickpea Salad Seared Tuna with Salsa Verde

COLD SEAFOOD DISHES Prawns with Mango and Chilli Dipping Sauce Bloody Mary Oyster Shooters Tuna Tartare Cold-smoked Ocean Trout Flatbread Rolls Swordfish Crudo Snapper Tartare with Ruby Grapefruit Cold-smoked Salmon with Dill Crème Fraiche Oysters with Shallot Vinaigrette Cocktail Abalone with Asian Dressing

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HOW TO CREATE A STAR CENTREPIECE Nothing takes a Christmas seafood spread to the next level quite like a star centrepiece. There are a few options in this category that are certain to impress your guests.

A whole fish is a budget-friendly option that is far easier to achieve than you think. Whole fish are significantly cheaper than fillets, and look incredible on the table. You can steam, deep-fry, bake, or BBQ a whole fish easily, and then all your guests have to do is serve themselves, pulling off a section of meat from the bone with their knife and fork.

Some of our favourite whole fish recipes are: Whole Threadfin Bream Baked with Oregano and Chilli Whole Poached Salmon with Cucumber Salad Deep-fried Whole Black Pomfret with Lime and Chilli Dressing Steamed Whole Ocean Perch with Ginger and Soy Whole Morwong Barbecued in Banana Leaves If a whole fish isn’t your thing, some other options for a centrepiece include a large Eastern Rock Lobster (you can either serve it Thermidor or from the BBQ), some assorted crustaceans baked in garlic (like in this recipe), a homemade sushi platter (as described here), or a large squid (stuffed like in this recipe looks particularly impressive).

SALADS AND SIDES The final thing to consider for a stellar Christmas spread is all the extras. Salads and sides are easy and quick to assemble, but are often an afterthought. These salad recipes are sure to be just as impressive as your mains, with their own unique flavours to offer:

Vietnamese Salad with Yellowfin Bream Rock Lobster and Herb Salad with Asian Dressing Rock Lobster Salad with Radish, Orange, and Mint Prawn Cocktail

Prawn Salad with Chilli, Cucumber, and Watercress Crab and Green Mango Salad Warm Asian Squid Salad Salad of Cuttlefish, Tomato, and Sweet Sour Onions

Having a selection of simple sides also makes for a decadent and exciting gathering, whether you serve them as appetisers before the main event, or scatter them about a large table for everyone to pick at as they go. Some of our favourite smaller seafood snacks are:

Deep-fried Chilli Salt School Prawns Squid and Fennel Bruschetta Oysters with Wasabi Dressing Cold-smoked Salmon with Dill Crème Fraiche Crab and Herb Sandwiches

Prawn Satay Patagonian Toothfish Skewers with Wasabi Mayonnaise Barbecued Coriander and Pepper Prawns Pan-fried Australian Sardines Spanish Tuna Meatballs

Remember, a seafood spread doesn’t have to be expensive to be impressive – plenty of Australian species come into their prime around Christmas and are exceedingly cheap. Depending on how many guests you’re hosting, all you really need is two hot dishes, two cold, one impressive centrepiece, and a few easy sides. Once you’ve combined these elements, you’ll find yourself with a stunning, restaurant-quality seafood feast that your Christmas guests will adore.

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Built in 1904, the historic Tram Sheds in Forest Lodge (once called the Rozelle Tram Depot), have seen a lot of foot traffic in their time, and were known as an important hub for people who would meet and socialise on their daily commute through the city.

THEY have since been transformed. In 2016, the Tram Sheds were reopened to locals and visitors, who are now flocking there again, not just to socialise, but to experience the culinary creativity for which it has gained a distinguished reputation.

And there, in the beating heart of the Tram Sheds, one restaurant deserves that reputation as the place to visit: Garçon.

Garçon is a French-inspired bistro with something for everyone.

Diners can choose from an extensive brunch, lunch and crêpe menu, as well as a wide-ranging Spritzer, fine wine and cocktail list.

Neighbourhood Media caught up with Paul Sadana, the owner of Garçon at the Tram Sheds, to find out what on the menu is making it such a popular destination for foodies.

Always popular with Garçon diners, Paul reveals, are their delicious range of crêpes, which are prepared in plain view on their custom-made carts. It’s not just a dining experience for guests, but a visual spectacle as you watch your food being made before you.

From the savoury selection, one of the more popular dishes is the Smoked Salmon Crêpe, following a traditional French style filled with smoked salmon, spinach, sour cream & avocado.

For the sweet tooth in the house, the OREO crêpe, made with chocolate sauce, Oreo bites, whipped cream, brownie bites, vanilla ice cream and M&Ms, is a winner every time!

If free-flowing champagne sounds like your style, then Paul suggests Garçon’s weekend brunch menu for only $69. With a 3-course meal and 90 minutes of bottomless champagne, it is certain to get you in the mood for some Christmas shopping!

To book a table at Garçon, simply jump online and visit their website for details. You can also drop by (although they do recommend pre-booking on weekends to avoid disappointment).

Note: one of the great features of dining at the Tram Sheds is the free 2-hour parking on site.

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The Friend in Hand Hotel at 58 Cowper St Glebe has an unusual house guest who is a favourite among the regulars. Georgie the cockatoo has her own perch by the bar where she enjoys chatting with the locals and at night she roosts in the upstairs master bedroom.

THE sociable sulphur-crested cockatoo is very popular among the clientele and also appears on the bar’s logo, signage, Instagram and Facebook, and is featured in a large wall mural in the dining area of the hotel’s restaurant, the Fork In Hand Bistro.

The upstairs bar/function room is also named after her.

Georgina is 14 years old, and considering the expected lifespan of a domesticated sulphur-crested cockatoo is roughly between 20 to 40 years, Georgie could either be a teenager or middle-aged.

However, this breed of cockatoo can live as long as humans - up to 70 years or more with good health and proper living conditions.

Friend in Hand manager, Mitch Hunt (who in 2014 lost a bet on the outcome of a State of Origin rugby game and as a result had to watch the second match from the confines of Georgina’s cage!), confirmed the breed’s longevity. “I have heard that they can live to over a hundred!”

Does Mitch think Georgie may be still be chatting with the Friend in Hand punters for another 50 years?

“To me/us she is still just a baby and has many years left to live.”

I met Charlie, allegedly Winston Churchill’s ex-parrot, at a garden centre in Surrey, England, in 2005, still swearing at Hitler 40 years after her owner passed away!

Does Georgie speak any cuss words and if the bar had a swear jar, would it be filled regularly?

“No,” Mitch declared, “but if you are around she will say on the odd occasion “want a beer?” Or a good old Aussie “G’day mate!”

Georgie first arrived at the Friend in Hand when she was two, but for nearly a decade everyone thought she was a he and called her George. That was until Monday 9 Oct 2017 when the much-loved cockatoo went missing.

AVIAN ABDUCTION It was not the first time the friendly parrot had gone missing.

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Three years earlier, on the morning of Saturday 20 Sept 2014, she completely vanished.

Although Georgie spends a considerable amount of time in the outdoors beer garden, and liaises with neighbourhood wild cockatoos, hotel owners Michael Byrne and his brother Peter searched the entire hotel premises with no success, and were perplexed as to the cockie’s whereabouts.

“He’s well trained and sometimes he would disappear and we would see him fly across the road or he would be playing with the wild birds outside,” Peter told the Daily Mail.

The silence is what alerted them that something was really wrong. “He’s a bit of a character with a great personality. Georgie talks to everyone and the locals are always teaching him bad words to say,” Peter revealed, so it was out of character for the bird to hide quietly unless she was asleep.

But when they replayed the hotel’s CCTV camera footage, a more sinister explanation was revealed.

An unknown man, dressed in white T-shirt, jeans, white sneakers and a reversed green baseball cap, walked into the bar earlier and befriended the cockatoo.

After half an hour of devotional attention to the affectionate avian, he seized his moment and stole Georgie, strolling out onto the street with her perched on his forearm.

After a fruitless search driving around looking for the culprit with the kidnapped cockatoo, the Byrnes rang their local radio station and posted an appeal on Facebook.

Phone calls soon started coming in and eventually, just before 1pm, the parrot pincher was spotted at Wentworth Park Greyhound Stadium, a mere 450 metres from the Friend in Hand, with Georgie on his hand.

‘We confronted the bloke,” Peter revealed. “He was very calm and gave George back. I don’t know why he took it. He didn’t say why.”

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So, in Oct 2017, when Georgie went missing again, there were fears of another avian abduction.

“We were in a panic running around the pub looking for the bird in every corner of the room,” Michael Byrne told Daily Telegraph.

Eventually, a less alarming but initially implausible answer presented itself: George was laying an egg!

“I stuck my head inside the log where he spends time,” Michael recalled, “and there it was nesting with an egg!” Michael at first thought the white object was a golf ball placed there by a prankster, but eventually it was confirmed that he was a she – and so George was renamed Georgina (Georgie).

This identity interchange is not the first time a cockatoo at the Friend in Hand has hoodwinked its human hosts. A previous ‘male’ resident, Joe, was later found to be female and her name changed to Josephine. “That is correct,” Mitch confirmed, “before Georgie was Josephine (Jo).”

Is there perhaps something in the hotel’s liquid refreshments that contributes to this sex-swapping? Have they experienced similar gender-bending with human customers? “It could be the beer, it could just be the magic of the Friend In Hand!” Mitch considered.

“In the inner west you get all the best walks of life, so any sexual orientation they are, they’re more than welcome to be themselves inside our walls.”

Has Georgie any distinguishing personality traits?

“She is cheeky as they come,” Mitch revealed. “Better watch the steak on your plate or the patty in your burger!”

When I visited the hotel to meet Georgie, Mark the barman told me an amusing food anecdote. “One time Georgie saw an abandoned plate with leftover spaghetti bolognaise, so she dived in for a meal. Later I had to clean her but the tomato sauce stained her feathers pink, so she resembled a galah!”

A cockatoo is any of the 21 parrot species belonging to the family Cacatuidae.

Among the largest (and noisiest!) of the parrot family, cockatoos share many features with true parrots, including a curved beak, a moveable crest, and ‘zygodactyl’ feet (with two forward-facing middle toes and two backwards-facing outer toes, to better grip onto branches).

Whilst most humans are right-handed, most cockatoos are left-footed.

The word ‘cockatoo’ is derived from the Dutch kaketoe, which came from the Malay kakaktua in the 17th century.

Cockatoos’ diet consists of fruit, flowers, seeds, tubers, corms and insects and they often feed in large flocks, particularly on the ground, when there’s safety in numbers.

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DIAMOND is a 7-year-old Staffy-cross who has called Glebe home ever since he was a puppy. He is a very good boy and excellent companion to his owner Beau.

His favorite treats are sausages!

Recently, Diamond lost his best friend Spot (1999 - 2021) - a Chihuahua/Fox Terrier who was owned by Beau’s sister, although he lived to be 22! Spot had called Glebe home since the 90s and lived with Beau’s sister; the two dogs were very close. If you see Diamond out and about, be sure to give him a cuddle as we’re sure he’s missing his friend!

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LOUIS L O U I S i s a 6 - y e a r- o l d S p h y n x c a t w h o l i v e s w i t h his Mum, Dawn, and often accompanies her on adventures! They travel around in a campervan where Louis loves to ride shotgun. For such a s m a l l p a c k a g e , h e h a s a l o t o f p e r s o n a l i t y - c r a z y, n o s y a n d f u n n y, p l u s s o m e o t h e r a d j e c t i v e s t h a t come to mind!

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ARE you looking for a furry friend to join your family? Have you set your heart on a particular designer breed? Maybe you should think again about pedigrees..

Did you know researchers at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, revealed that a dog’s environment influenced their aggression levels and overall behaviour more than their breed’s reputation? Each dog is a sentient being and although they may be a textbook example of their breed, they could be the polar opposite!

Yes, your designer Cavoodle could inflict as much damage as a 5-year-old rescue Staffy!

In light of this, we encourage our readers to consider ADOPTING - not SHOPPING. If you are interested in adding a furry friend to your family, why not drop in to one of the rescue centres below to meet the residents?

And if you’re not looking to adopt, there are still lots of ways you can get involved!

These guys help thousands of cats every single year by taking in homeless cats and kittens as well as providing them with all the veterinary care and rehabilitation they need, before finding them loving and responsible homes. They also offer discounted feline health services including desexing, vaccination and microchipping.

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Taking care of Sydney’s lost, abandoned and neglected pets since 1946, the Sydney Dog and Cats Home is Australia’s only charity pound + community facility. They strive to rehome every healthy and treatable animal that comes through the doors, and never place a time limit on any animal awaiting adoption. There are a heap of ways you can support these guys: volunteering, fundraising, fostering and more.

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Which well-known Shakespearean tale are Bell Shakespeare producing in early 2022?

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Name of Friend In Hand’s pet cockatoo before Georgina, which was also assumed male but later found to be female.

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A dors al fin spotted in Blackwattle Bay is most likely to belong to which seacreature?

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Chris O’Doherty, aka artist Reg Mombassa, played for which chart-topping Australian rock band?

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What New Year’s activity is Sydney Harbou world famous for?

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A ‘lady in white’ reportedly haunts this building in Johnston St, Annandale.

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Garçon restaurant, in the beating heart of the Tram Sheds in Forest Lodge, is famous for this food delicacy.

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What in Westmoreland St, Glebe, was where murderers reportedly dumped poor Gertrude Heaydon in 1923?

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Glebe community photographer Tom 5. Which well-known tale are provide Bell 1.what A ‘lady in white’ reportedly haunts this 9. Shakespearean The Paddle Pirates type of Psomotragos was born on which Greek Shakespeare producing tours in early 2022? Sydney Harbour? building in Johnston St, Annandale. around island?

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The Aboriginal name for the Pyrmont peninsula to which Glebe Island and Pyrmont Bridges join?

7. Name of Friend In Hand’s pet cockatoo before Georgina, which was also assumed male but later found to be female.

8. A dorsal fin spotted in Blackwattle Bay is most likely to belong to which sea-creature?

10. Chris O’Doherty, aka artist Reg Mombassa, played for which chart-topping Australian rock band?

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2. Garçon restaurant, in the beating heart of the Tram Sheds in Forest Lodge, is famous for this food delicacy.

3. What in Westmoreland St, Glebe, was where murderers reportedly dumped poor Gertrude Heaydon in 1923?

4. Glebe community photographer Tom Psomotragos was born on which Greek island?

6. The Aboriginal name for the Pyrmont peninsula to which Glebe Island and Pyrmont Bridges join?

9. The Paddle Pirates provide what type of tours around Sydney Harbour?

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GLEBE DENTAL GROUP Offering a highly skilled and experienced team, Glebe Dental Group can help you with any dental problem or help you to enhance your smile. Glebe Dental specializes in general, cosmetic and children’s dentistry.

246 Glebe Point Rd 9159 6816 BALANCE YOGA GLEBE With experienced, professional teachers who share a deep belief in the method and philosophy of yoga and natural therapies, this studio welcomes everyone from beginners through to practitioners.

Offering yoga therapy; homeopathy, naturopathy, nutrition; acupuncture, herbs and Chinese medicine; massage and craniosacral therapy.

They also hold retreats and workshops aimed at empowering you to improve your own wellbeing.

Lvl 1, Australia Post Building, 181a Glebe Pt Rd, Glebe info@balanceyogasydney.com.au - 0414 901 008

RYOHO WELLNESS Ryoho is a modality developed in the early 1980s incorporating traditional Indian Hatha yoga, the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Five Element Theory, the Meridian-Based Healing Arts of China and Japan, Transcendental Meditation and Breathing Techniques, Medicinal Nutrition and Shiatsu Treatments. It looks at discovering and directly treating the cause, rather than just the symptoms. Ryoho Wellness offers classes via Zoom and also has a wealth of information on their website and podcast.

1 Knox St, Chippendale 0422 982 178 ryohowellness.com

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Pilates for every BODY. We know that everybody is unique which is why no session is alike.

Our team use their expertise to personalize an exercise program that you will look forward to each time feeling longer, stronger, and better than the one before.

We are more than a studio, we are a movement collective.

Join now and discover just how good your body is designed to feel.

Use code Neighbourhood to receive 20% off your first five sessions*

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HOME LIVINGTILES Offering over 40 years of tile industry experience combined with a collection spanning over 2000 of the latest wall, floor, interior and exterior tiles, Livingtiles makes tile selection a breeze. The expansive 300sqm showroom offers customers a grand display of Italian and imported ranges - 90% of them exclusive to Livingtiles.

133 Victoria Rd, Rozelle 9818 000

MYBOND MyBond is an innovative new fintech disrupting the rental bond market that helps & assists tenants pay for their rental bond for a fee of one week’s rent or as little as $150* (T&Cs apply). Reducing the financial stress involved in moving into a new property by saving time and cashflow. Fast, easy and reliable with no interest, no repayments and no credit checks.

Apply now at mybond.com.au. or call us now on 1800 342 342 ABSOLUTE TREE & GARDEN SERVICES Providing cost-effective landscape solutions to both commercial and residential properties for over 20 years. Absolute Tree & Garden can find a solution for any soft landscaping needs (turf, hedging, planting, trimming).

Call - 0414 923 269 or email info@absolutegardening. com.au for a quote today!

M. A HORAN ELECTRICAL Michael is a licensed and insured electrical contractor with over 30 years experience. Based in Sydney’s InnerWest since 2007, where he loves the community spirit, Michael offers a fast and friendly service for both residential and commercial jobs, with reasonable prices. He’s your man for maintenance, electrical additions, emergency work, smoke alarm install and testing + LED lights, data and phone points. Michael thinks outside the box and is willing to go the extra mile for his customers!

Michael (Electrical License 85850C) Ph: 0414 298 969 Email: info@mahoranelectrical.com.au

SAVI MAURIZIO FURNITURE Specializes in bringing classically beautiful and exquisitely crafted Italian furniture to the Australian market.

8 Australia St, Camperdown 9698 1112

SERVICES SEED SPACES Introducing the Glebe’s newest coworking, meeting and event space ideal for socially minded entrepreneurs, eco-enterprises, Bcorp businesses and good humans! Seed Spaces help social & eco-conscious business owners turn good intentions into business innovations, partnering them with like-minded leaders and experts. Whether you’re a start up, fuelled by a passion to foster world change or an existing business with a cause-centric focus, we’re here to help expand your network and keen to chat!

Pop in for a tour today - contact Abbey & Friday on 8014 4299 137-141 Glebe Point Road, Glebe KIL.N.IT STUDIO Aspace that provides studios, workshop space, firings and classes to those with an explorative attitude to ceramics.

The studio has emerged in response to the increasing popularity of ceramics as an artistic medium and creative practice. We exist for and support all artists, the community and those with dreams involving clay.

184 Glebe Point Rd (Entry via Wigram Lane) 0459 500 164 LAING+SIMMONS GLEBE Glebe’s leading real estate agents and property managers providing a full suite of real estate services to people in the inner west. From sales, residential and commercial property management, project marketing, strata management, auction services and more, our highly experienced and proudly local team is here to meet all your property needs.

81 Glebe Point Rd 9660 5333 MANGROVE HOUSE Supportive Glebe-based counselling service now open and providing the right conditions for growth. Friday appointments available. No referral needed.

Contact PACFA registered counsellor Natasha at Mangrove House, where you are supported to grow, heal, learn, and realise your best self.

By appointment only 9188 7723 150 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe

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Join our community @ GLEBE POINT ACUPUNCTURE Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine specialists, dedicated to supporting and optimising your health. First established in 1987, Glebe Point Acupuncture has provided thousands of treatments for individuals and families, for a range of general health conditions.

111/166 Glebe Point Rd 9660 7308

PETS THE WILD VET Run by Dr Emma Hall, also known as ‘The Wild Vet’, this practice is experienced and equipped to deal with an extensive range of species. In addition to dogs and cats, they have a special focus on birds, rabbits, reptiles, rodents, and other pocket pets. They work with state of the art diagnostic, laboratory, surgical and clinical settings enabling them to provide the highest standard of care for your pet - every time.

22a Bridge Rd, Glebe 1300 945 383

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PETZ PARK Specialise in health supplements for dogs. They create powerful and unique formulas that address common health concerns.

From joint health to anxiety, this brand has many dog topics covered.

Made in Australia and suitable for any age and breed, their collection includes an array of bright colours to the bright and caring nature of the team. They will go above and beyond to ensure your experience with them is nothing shy of excellent. www.petzpark.com.au PETS ON THE POINT A boutique pet-shop built in 2008 for the local doggy community. Offering everything you would expect in a pet shop; premium + organic dog food, medical supplies, the latest accessories and bedding - and they even offer expert dog grooming!

352 Glebe Point Rd 9660 0011 PAWS AND THINK DOG TRAINING A dog training business founded on positive reinforcement with positive outcomes.

By focusing on building the relationships between dogs and their owners, the benefits of positive training shows excellent results with a growing connection of respect and understanding.

Multiple locations across the Inner West Call 0415314970

MAKING A GRAMMAR EDUCATION POSSIBLE Scholarships and fee-assisted places available Is your boy an independent, creative thinker? Then Grammar may be the ideal school for him. There is no waiting list and entry is based on merit alone.

If families are worried about the fees, please note that Grammar offers a very extensive fee-assistance programme to help boys attend our School.

If you would like to find out more, our next Open Day will be held on Wednesday, 2 March 2022 at 12.30-3.00pm. Registration will be available from January 2022.

For bookings or more information, please visit www.sydgram.nsw.edu.au, or contact Tara Rennie at admissions@sydgram.nsw.edu.au.

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PETS cnt’d THE DOG BRIGADE We understand that every dog is different and they all have different learning capabilities. Private consultations are a service that is designed specifically to help solve behavioural problems you may be having with your dog in a safe and comfortable environment. There is no such thing as one size fits all. This helps lower the stress when trying to teach your dog either new behaviours or conditioning a new more positive association with something they are unsure of, e.g vacuum, lawn mower, e.t.c. The advantages of a one on one training session, is the entire focus is on you and your furry family member.

One on one Puppy training/One on one, basic obedience/One on one Good manners training/Behavioural Modification training Puppy Class/Training classes: (on hold for the moment) 0426 568 998 Training Enquiry: info@thedogbrigade.com.au www.thedogbrigade.com.au SYDNEY UNIVERSITY VET Acclaimed internationally for its exceptional health, care and welfare of animals.

It is a general practice veterinary clinic, a referral centre for other vets to send complex cases and a teaching hospital for veterinary science students to learn the practical components of the veterinary profession. This practice also offers 24 Hour Emergency Care.

65 Parramatta Rd, Camperdown 9351 3437 CATS IN YOUR FLATS Daily cat-sitting services; including water change, feeding & cuddling - trusted local residents following all COVID safe precautions.

Contact Liz on 0491 679 167

KIDS BUSH BALANCE An all weather, outdoor play session for young children and their carers.

We meet at Sydney Park on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday mornings.

Bush Balance aims to connect inner city families with the small pockets of bush found in our area. The sessions provide children freedom to explore and play in nature - enabling them to form a strong connection to their natural environment.

Play opportunities include painting, tools, buckets, magnifying glasses, ropes and books. Children may choose to use these things or start their own games or explorations.

Register online at bushbalance.com.au or Call Deborah on 0431 952 342

SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL The ideal school for boys who are independent, creative thinkers with a love of learning, a curiosity about the world and a passion to get involved in sport, music, drama, debating, chess, Cadets, art and more. Grammar is an unusual school. Its liberal curriculum sets it apart, as does its focus on the life of the mind.

If families are worried about the fees, please note that Grammar offers a very extensive fee-assistance programme to help boys attend our School. There is no waiting list and entry is based on merit alone.

College St, Darlinghurst 9332 5805 sydgram.nsw.edu.au INTERNATIONAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL SYDNEY A unique independent, coeducational, secular school offering quality teaching for early learning, primary and high school students through to Year 12. IGS opened its doors in 1984 with a unique vision to provide its students with a globally-focused bilingual education, rich in the study of music and the arts.

4-8 Kelly St, Ultimo 9219 6700 SPEAKING SCHOOLS AUSTRALASIA An Australian-owned and run coaching organisation that offers Debating and Public Speaking classes for children in primary and secondary school. We have been operating for more than five years, with more than 8,500+ students having come through our doors. Live, online courses available.

Call 0404 107 372 contact@speakingschools.com.au ONLY ABOUT CHILDREN With over a decade of experience in early years education and childcare.

They want to be the leading holistic early learning providers through education, development & wellbeing. OAC has over 75 early learning and kindergarten/preschool centres around Australia.

163/165 Bridge Rd, Glebe 13 86 22

RETAIL INNER CITY CYCLES Established in Glebe over 40 years ago, Inner City Cycles is a recognised name among Sydney bike enthusiasts. They have a range of bikes in store to suit every level of ability and every style of riding. Their experts will help you choose the best bike for your needs, and help get you seated properly. You can get fully decked out in bikespecific clothing and opt for accessories to make your ride safer and more comfortable. Highly qualified mechanics run the workshop and can help diagnose and repair any problems with your bike. Cycling is growing in popularity as a means of recreation and transport, so pop into Inner City Cycles and pop out with a bike.

151 Glebe Point Road, Glebe 9660 6605 -innercitycycles.com.au

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Joinour ourcommunity community@@ Join THE CRUELTY FREE SHOP WHETHER you’re vegan, vegetarian or just want to reduce your meat or dairy intake Glebe’s Vegan Grocery Store is here for you. We specialise in vegan versions of all your favourite foods including Australia’s biggest range of dairy-free cheeses, plant based meats and vegan groceries. Pop in for a browse, our friendly staff are available to help with recommendations, advice and free recipe cards.

90 Glebe Point Road 9550 0415 vegangrocerystore.com.au PADDY’S MARKETS Located underneath Market City in Haymarket (Hay St), Paddy’s Markets stock the freshest produce, as well as a hugerange of various knick knacks, fashion, gifts + much more. Open Wednesday - Sunday.

9-13 Hay St, Haymarket THE TRAMSHEDS Home to 7 community-based retailers and 11 restaurants and cafes from some of Sydney’s most forward-thinking chefs, it’s a hub for culinary creativity and a place where true innovation is born.

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FOOD/DRINK SYDNEY FISH MARKET The largest seafood market of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, SFM sells over 100 different species of fish and seafood everyday. Caught and brought directly to the market, the seafood is absolutely fresh and very high quality.

SFM also hosts a number of other retail outlets including green grocer, bakery, butcher, supermarket, kitchen products, delicatessen, bottle shop and more. They have bars and eateries, so you can make a day of it. Parking on site or nearby.

Buses, light rail, and ferry stop within easy strolling distance. Great location, great atmosphere, great seafood.

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FOOD/DRINK cnt’d THE CHARLESTON With an open, bright interior decorated in the pastel colours of America’s coastal south, this charming restaurant gets its name from a city in South Carolina that espouses generosity and conviviality. The menu celebrates the flavours and spices of the American south, and most dishes are designed to be shared. Pop in for a social drink and try one of the quirky, distinctive cocktails; or select a glass of premium wine constantly changing wine list, curated by P&V Wine + Liquor Merchants.

199 Glebe Point Road Glebe NSW 2037. +61 2 7813 0402 thecharleston.com.au

BADDE MANORS This iconic establishment has withered the storms of change of the 80’s and 90’s with flying colours. Badde Manors has maintained its strong commitment to authentic coffee house culture of the 50’s and 60’s. It’s a warm and inviting place, where you will find something to satisfy your desire at any time of the day.

1/37 Glebe Point Road 9660 3797 BAJA CANTINA Passionate about creating and serving wholesome, flavoursome and damn delicious Mexican cuisine. Offering a relaxing beer garden that’s perfect in the afternoon and on warm summer evenings, and an indoor dining room that’s lively and vibrant.

43 Glebe Point Rd 9571 4540 TOMMY’S BEER CAFE A place to quench your thirst, satisfy the most ravenous hunger and enjoy the eclectic atmosphere of Glebe as you pass the time with friends and strangers alike. Tommy’s menu is based around hearty and filling cuisine from all over Europe, pages of the menu you will find recipes from Slovakia, Czech republic, Hungary, Austria, Germany and many more - the menu is matched with an array of premium imported European beers.

123 Glebe Point Rd 9660 6870 VIC’S MEAT MARKET Starting as a pop-up at our Vic’s Premium Quality Meat facility in Mascot, it grew very quickly. Now Vic’s Meat Market has its own store at the iconic Sydney Fish Market. Vic’s Meat have been humbled to work with some of the best meat suppliers in Australia, many of which have been nationally and internationally recognised for the quality of their meat, their dedication and their innovative practices.

GARCON Offering a taste of Paris, in the historic Rozelle Tram Depot at the Tramsheds, one of Sydney’s most exciting food & drink precincts. Drop in for a coffee and cake, afternoon spritz overlooking Jubilee Park, or enjoy one of their famous crêpes. It’s the perfect venue for drinks with a friend, a long lunch with family, a dinner date or a quick lunch break. Their fresh and inspired day menu, and a delectable dinner menu with a wine list to match, will be sure to make Garçon a local summer favourite.

1 Dalgal Way, Forest Lodge 0450 026 400 FRIEND IN HAND HOTEL More a museum, than a pub! Just a short walk from Broadway & Glebe Point Rd, The Friend in Hand looks, from the outside, like many other ArtDeco era pubs. Step inside though & what you’re confronted with is something completely different.. KnickKnacks & memorabilia cram every available space in the front bar: model aeroplanes, photographs, oil paintings and oddments fill the entire bar. There are more taxidermied animal heads, old street signs & other bits of weirdness than you can point a stick at. And of course, there’s cold beer, tasty Italian food and Georgie, our Cockatoo.

58 Cowper St, Glebe 9600 2326 CITY RECITAL HALL Located in the heart of the CBD, the City Recital Hall hosts a rich program of concerts and events for the music lovers of Sydney covering a broad range of genres from the contemporary to the classical.

(02) 8256 2222 - cityrecitalhall.com DIFFERENT DRUMMER A staple of the Inner West bar scene.

Different Drummer provides modern share plates, burgers and cocktails in a down to earth New York-style bar, set to a soundtrack of awesome tunes.

They also offer function spaces to suit all types of events. The takeaway cocktail + bottle shop is open for business 4.30pm till late, Wednesday through Saturday.

185 Glebe Point Road 9552 3406 No 92 GPR Feels more like home than any bar ever did. No 92 delivers a holistic and unique experience that incorporates the beautiful heritage space, thoughtful design, delicious food with well made wine and drinks in a casual and convivial atmosphere. Really nice food, really nice wine and really nice people - what more could you want!

92 Glebe Point Road, Glebe 9571 9292

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WHO WILL RAISE MORE TO HELP CURE CANCER?

Whether you’re Team Meat or Team Veg, bring everyone together for a BarbeCURE to raise money for cancer research.

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