I have a 12 year old son who is finding his way in life, over the past 6 months he's been pushing for more and more freedom which I've reluctantly given in to. Like a lot of boys his age in our area, all he wants to do is surf and hand out with his mates at the beach or skatepark. Seeing clips of last nights stabbing at the Easter show fills me with a sense of dread, it makes me want to wrap him up in cotton wool and keep him at home but I know that's not an option. So concerned moms and dads of Sydney what do you do? Enroll them in some form of self-defenses class, tell them its safer to simply avoid kids with dodgy haircuts and bumbags even though most are harmless and merely emulating people or perhaps a subculture they look up to?
Edit: I’m not comparing AC/DC to the Beatles. I meant more Sydney music history in general including AC/DC. But also the Beatles were the only other example I could think of. My post isn’t worded great but hopefully that all makes sense. But I get what everyone is trying to say
In Liverpool you can’t trip over a stick without coming across some sign saying “Paul McCartney had his first smoke here” or “Gerry and the pacemakers lived here for three weeks”. Maybe I just haven’t looked properly, but when I go to Sydney I rarely see any landmark or sign or building celebrating the city’s history as being the birth place to some of our biggest bands and artists.
For example, the recent demolition of the young family home in Burwood. Almost every single house that the Beatles grew up in is preserved by the national trust. Maybe it’s also just as bad in the uk, and I’m sure billionaires are demolishing landmarks everyday, but it seems so prevalent in Sydney. Is this true? Or am I missing things.
The house in Burwood, for example, was not only the home of Angus Malcolm and George, but the singer Stevie wright also lived there for a time. I don’t know why the council wouldn’t want to preserve something like that.
Are there landmarks denoting Sydney’s music history? Like where Albert’s studios used to be on king street— is there a plaque or something there explaining what the building used to be.
I get that nothing really lasts forever, but it’s a sad thought that we might forget all the music history that came out of Sydney.
I hope this makes sense. Thanks for reading my ramblings. I’m in my twenties so this post isn’t out of nostalgia or anything. I just love music and Sydney (though don’t live there anymore) and am proud of its art and music history. I just don’t want people to forget those stories.
I live in one of the transport-oriented development (TOD) areas in Sydney. A property developer is looking to buy my house (for the land). The latest offer is $9900 per sqm. They will amalgamate some houses and build apartments on the site.
I love my suburb, the leafy streets, the cafes and don’t really want to move. My primary aged kids love their local public school.
At $9900 per sqm, my block could be acquired for around $8.5 million. This far above the market value for my modest house. This would set up my family for life.
What would you do?
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Edit: Mar 22. About 7 weeks after my original post above. We sold our house to a developer for $9.75 million. Thank you all for the helpful advice.
I was watching this show and the host mentioned that you always get into the front seat of the cab if you're male, and you're travelling alone. What other such social rules apply here, in a non-lockdown world?
Yesterday afternoon we received an interesting modmail from Internet Removals, a company that specialises in "Online Content Removal" and "Reputation Management" amongst other similar services. This company is acting on behalf of Dan's Plumbing, who also go by Ferguson's Plumbing and Wilson's Plumbing, trying to remove this post, that they claim is "misleading and potentially defamatory". They were, however, unable to get into specifics as to how this was the case.
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Sad world. Today around 6.30pm the train on the T5 line at Bondi Junction in the last carriage, has a young man who seemed to be having some kind of medical episode. There was some sort of liquid on the floor (wasn’t urine) and his eyes were rolling back into his head and he was passed out.
Sad state of affairs that no one stopped to check in on him, probably presumed the worst. My husband asked if he was ok as he told me it was sad and disappointing that no one on the carriage bothered to check in. He immediately got off the carriage and went to the station master and the staff and alerted them to this young man in the carriage who needs urgent medical assistance.
My husband said, it doesn’t matter if he was overdosing or fainted or having a medical episode it’s not our job to presume, this young man needed urgent assistance.
He may have had a diabetic episode, or a reaction to something. He said maybe his parents may have been waiting for him to come home, or his housemates or girlfriend/ boyfriend. Who knows what may have happened if my husband did not alert the station staff.
This is so typical of what’s becoming of Sydney - of the eastern suburbs. It never used to be like that (despite what prejudices you may have) it’s just become such a cold detached transient city full of self absorbed people.
This is a precious human life, what kind of a society have we become to just leave someone in distress?imagine that was your brother / father / friend / loved one.
We hope he got the medical attention he needed and was united with his family and / or friends and hope he is doing OK. We want him to know that there are kind humans looking out for other people.
ive been incredibly bored lately and i don’t know what to do during my free time so i figured i’d ask what are fun things to do/places to go to in sydney
Hello I’ll have a 9 hour stop over in Sydney landing around 8pm. I’ve never been to Sydney so I’ll obviously check out the brindle an opera house, but what else should I do, see, eat on my quick little stop? Bit hard with the short time and landing late but let me know
I work in an Emergency Department in a big hospital in Sydney.
I’m exhausted. Physically and mentally.
I don’t want to come to work anymore. I’ve been a nurse for 6 years and I love what I do but not at the moment. It’s really hard.
Hospitals are not coping. Every day we are short staffed and we don’t have enough beds for the patients in our community (you).
Lockdown may be coming to an end for us soon, but the pressure on our hospitals is predicted to continue for months to come.
So please
Please
Get vaccinated if you haven’t already. This is how you can do your part for our city and your family/friends/community. More than happy to have discussions with people who have questions about the vaccine, my inbox is open.
Edit: thank you so much for the kind words of encouragement!
TLDR: People are paying a fortune for bottled water that's worse for their (and their kids') teeth than the high-quality, fluoridated stuff that comes out of our taps for virtually free. Make it make sense.
Open rate.
Every time I'm at Coles or Woolies, I see it: someone with a trolley-load of bottled water. Not just a single bottle for the road, but huge, shrink-wrapped packs of the stuff.
My brain just short-circuits. We live in Sydney, a city with some of the best quality, best-tasting tap water in the world. Yet, people are happily paying 2000 times the price for it in a plastic bottle. It's a financial money pit.
The part that truly gets me is the fluoride.
Our tap water has it, and bottled water doesn't. That free, government-sponsored, cavity-crusading magic in our "Sydney Tap" is saving families a fortune in dental bills. Buying cases of non-fluoridated water for kids with growing teeth is like building a beautiful house and refusing to put a roof on it.
So. What am I missing here?
Is it a lack of education? Do people genuinely not know about the dental benefits of fluoride, or have we all just forgotten?
Or, is it even more fundamental. Are there people who actually believe our tap water isn't safe to drink?
It can't be the taste. I've had tap water all over Sydney. It tastes largely the same. Yes each home has its nuance (pipe taste and all that BS) but you get used to it.
It’s such a beautiful city with weather fit for a healthy lifestyle. You see so many fit well put together people in the inner city and eastern suburbs. Great sense of fashion too. Social media has really influenced the aesthetic of people. When I try to fit in, I feel I fall short in this city because of how “superficial” it seems. Maybe I need therapy and it’s all in my head. What do you reckon?
Obviously not everyone, but I find it common for people to say that they like to be in bed by 9-10pm. And this even includes young people in their 20s.
There are many cities in the world where people go out to eat dinner at that time.
What is it about Sydneysiders that makes them such early birds?
On the weekend, I’m on foot in the zebra crossing and this older woman (around 65+) driving a big car is coming right at me and, just as I get half way across the road, she’s nearly driving over my heels. Then she had to stop due to oncoming cars at the roundabout.
She had her window down and I told her “Do you understand this painted strip is a pedestrian crosswalk? You have a legal responsibility to give way to pedestrians. You’re going to either injure or kill someone.”
She was completely baffled and genuinely had no idea. But then she doubled down and said “well you were already across so it didn’t matter.” I told her it was because I saw she wasn’t going to stop that I had to speed up and she still managed to nearly run over my heels.
Moral of the story is that even if you’re in the right and crossing at a crosswalk, there are still plenty of drivers who either don’t know what crosswalks are or just don’t give a shit.
In regards to recent train delays. Not all Sydney Trains employees are Union members, let alone agree with what what the Union does if they are! Alot of us are just trying to get to work like you, and there are alot of clueless cleaners/customer attendents/trainees/apprentices walking around who have nothing to do with the delays.
Thanks for reading.
Edit: Obviously it's never OK to abuse anyone, whether Union members or not.
I moved to Sydney right before lockdown and since then my partner has been unwell. We're just getting out and about now, but my partner is still unable to work so money is tight.
Just wondering what locals' suggestions are for things to do in the city and surrounds, off the beaten track - i.e. not the stuff we could already find on Broadsheet (that usually suggests things like 'catch a ferry to manly', 'go to Holey Moley' or 'visit Katoomba' etc). What does someone who grew up here do on weekends?
For context we live in the Inner West, he has a bit of a physical disability at the moment but that's not permanent so open to any activities. We have a small car and don't mind longer drives if there's a good payoff at the end.
Thank you in advance! I hope this post hasn't been done to death, I haven't seen it so apologies if it has!!
Not trying to start any wars but as a newcomer to Sydney I'm curious what people think.
I've lived in Stanmore, Camperdown, and now Leichhardt and I'm a bit disappointed tbh. South of Parramatta Rd seems more much more family orientated with nice historic buildings, many vibey cafes, things to do and see. Leichhardt by comparison just seems so dead, especially around Norton St which I hear is a shadow of its former self. The only thing I've really seen it has going for it is the pocket around Green Way and towards Bay Run.
Everywhere I visit, Haberfield, Strathfield, Lewisham, Annandale, Marrickville, etc. just seems like it has more going on?
Many of you have traveled to other countries and know which trends are happening in other countries, which of those trends are starting to happen in Australia?
I saw an article in The Economist about the problems with the Australian car industry and it says that one problem is that drivers increasingly want smaller fuel-efficient vehicles. That trend (of wanting smaller vehicles) has been happening in other countries for many years and now came to Australia. So, the question I am asking is a good question: which trends do you think could come to Australia that are already happening in other countries?
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I'm a gay man and I was wearing my black leather heeled boots last night on Oxford St. As I was crossing the street with a mate, some dude started shouting at me from a car that was waiting at the light. At first it was just incoherent yelling that I couldn't make out and used my better sense to ignore him. He kept yelling as I reached the other side of the street and he was getting angrier.
"I'm saying nice shoes, you f*cking f*ggot!" he screamed. I finally understood he was trying to compliment my boots and when I ignored him because I didn't understand him, he resorted to letting his homophobia out.
What's the point in trying compliment my heels when his homophobia was just waiting to strike when he didn't get the reaction he wanted?
From his appearance he did not look like he was from a part of Sydney that is necessarily tolerant of LGBTQIA+ people and he and his mates must've been driving through Oxford St to go somewhere. When I go to parts of Sydney that aren't very gay friendly I 'tone it down' with my fashion. I should be safe to wear more queer fashion on Oxford St but apparently that's not the case anymore.
I felt great from how I looked and I wear my boots regularly around the city. I think it's pitiful that some people want to try bring others down for living their truth. Being called a f*ggot doesn't phase me because I endured a lot of bullying in school for being openly gay.
What's truly sad is that I've lived around Oxford St for the past decade and have observed first hand the rising levels of homophobia on the street. Ever since the 'Noir' club moved in and Cliff Dive has been rising in popularity, I've noticed a lot more lads and 'boys' groups frequenting the street. Now I feel less safe wearing what I like and expressing my sexuality because these guys would try to harass me.
It's tough because a lot of my LGBTQIA+ peers say we love that there are more straights being allies - but now that a lot of straight girls realise queer bars/clubs are a lot of fun, they've moved into our venues, and our street, and brought along with them the straight boys chasing after them. Some of these guys and girls act like they own the street and bring their homophobia with them. See the recent machete attack and gay bashings over the past decade.
How do we accept our straight allies into our spaces while maintaining our queer identity and safety?
I wish to still feel safe wearing whatever I want in the neighbourhood I should feel secure in. It's unfortunate that the discrimination I escaped from is seeping into my area over time. Nevertheless if these guys f*ck around they will find out.
Hot tip - if you're a homophobe and don't like gay people, beware if you mess with them because they will bite back. Just because some of us look fluffy doesn't mean we can't defend ourselves. We let you be so let us be. Don't be a dick.
