Yan is an Asian smokehouse restaurant with branches in Sydney and Melbourne The Sydney branch is located on Arncliffe Road in Wolli Creek and has indoor and outdoor eating There's a regular a la carte menu as well as a tasting menu and a vegan tasting menu for $68 a person Find out what it's like and what is a must order at Yan Mr NQN and I were separately exhausted from a very busy Wednesday so we're happy to catch up at Yan in Wolli Creek Yan has been open for 8 years now and it has taken me that long to visit (there was another attempt that had to be cancelled many years ago because friends were sick) We are greeted at the door by the owner Narada Kudinar and because Monica has eaten here before he greets her like a familiar friend Narada started Yan with Chef Raymond Lim but Raymond left the business in 2018 and returned to China Their Head Chef is Ewa Goralewski who has been with Yan since 2019 Before joining Yan she was at Dinner by Heston for 10 years with 5 years in London as pastry sous chef and 5 years in Melbourne as the head pastry chef A couple of months ago Monica had won a competition on their Instagram naming a type of chilli and the prize was a dish of chilli prawns The smoking is all done in their combi oven Essentially we use our combi oven as a smoke box We put charcoal inside and feed it wood chips The temperature hovers around 65-70°C/149-158°F inside while smoking Cherry and Mesquite woods (lighter - heavier) depending on what we are smoking," explains Narada To drink I order a fresh coconut water while Monica has a house made honeydew soda which tastes just like fresh honeydew Marco has a beer while Mr NQN has a house made yuzu ginger beer that has a nice amount of spicy ginger and isn't overly sweet We decide to go with a la carte dishes and start with the scallion pancake based on the Cong You Bing Here it is served as a single small pancake that they've cut in half for us to share It's super crispy and topped with battered enoki mushrooms cucumber and peanut chilli sauce and it's an absolutely delicious start to our meal My only regret is that we didn't get one (or two) whole pancakes per person because it's that good (and it's also vegan!) And then out comes the dish that Monica won Narada tells us that scorpion chillies are so spicy that they use just 2 grams of the chilli in 2 litres/4.2 pints of chilli sauce The prawns are perfectly cooked and succulent and the chilli sauce has a nice hint of spice but isn't ever overly hot you just get a nice dance of chilli on the tongue The prawns come with the perfect accompaniment: house made fried bao that are so light and fluffy and perfect for mopping up the sauce You can also order these baos steamed or fried which I recommend because there are some excellent sauces The smoke levels on each dish are varied with some having a light smoke while others a stronger smoke This wintermelon is braised in a teriyaki based butter sauce and then finished on the grill and served on smoked almond cream with chilli oil is perhaps the smokiest item of the night We end up dipping this in the stronger chilli sauce If Marco sees squid on the menu he has to order it and the fried squid ends up being one of my favourite dishes. I absolutely love black pepper sauce and they pair this wonderful sauce with the tenderest squid I could have eaten this whole dish by myself with some rice As soon as Monica and I saw smoked chicken katsu on the menu we had to order it The chicken is smoked for 2 hours and then fried and the smoking on this is quite light but it's a nice twist The chicken is crisp and golden on the outside but tender on the inside It is paired with a spicy pepper mayonnaise and a sweet Chinese bbq sauce with chilli and spices and it's still juicy even with double cooking "The Lamb Ribs are inspired by fried cumin lamb ribs you find in a Xian/northern style Chinese restaurant We make a dry rub from cumin and coriander and smoke the ribs using the mesquite wood." I love the soft luscious and quite frankly fatty texture of lamb ribs and these sit on a bed of soft sweet soy braised eggplant pieces and are topped with an Asian chimichurri Most of the chimichurri falls off when you eat it but the lamb ribs are so good by themselves that it doesn't matter The Asian chimichurri swaps out coriander for parsley sesame oil instead of olive oil and ponzu instead of lemon juice Make sure to leave room for sides because not all of the main meat dishes come with vegetables but also because the sides are divine The fried Brussels sprouts are a classic side dish done well with onion dressing and crispy fried onions on top Honestly I'm not a huge tofu skin or celery lover but I'm here to tell you that this is the unexpected favourite side of the night plumped goji berries and a dressing made with sesame and Korean sweet chilli sauce Not only are the vegetables crunchy and full of flavour but it's also light and a great counterpoint for smoked meat with the sweet sauce This olive rice has a delicious texture from chopped black olive vegetables and pickled mustard leaves And although I haven't eaten this combination before somehow it feels instantly comforting and nostalgic Apparently everyone gets the coconut ice cream and we see a lot of these going out to each table It's a hollowed out young coconut filled with coconut jelly and topped with a tower and I mean a tower of coconut ice cream and toasted coconut flakes The coconut ice cream is perfectly sweet and tastes of sweetened coconut cream and once you get through the ice cream you hit the coconut jelly below The jelly isn't sweetened very much and goes well with the ice cream I'd recommend sharing this among 4 people as it is huge and getting a separate bowl to lift the ice cream in to to access the jelly Even with Mr NQN and Marco being massive sweet tooths we can't finish it Monica and I love the sound of the donut having grown up eating condensed milk out of a tube in the fridge Narada tells us that he calls this a "Mixed race" dessert because as a kid he loved Donut King donuts and condensed milk but would ask for the donuts fresh out of the fryer Dusted with cinnamon sugar and filled with a squirt of thick glossy condensed milk custard we cut this into four and enjoy a mouthful of this hot did you ever eat condensed milk out of the tube Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon We help you navigate a myriad of possibilities Sign up for our newsletter for the best of the city By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news Sign up for our email to enjoy Sydney without spending a thing (as well as some options when you’re feeling flush) By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. Sydney and a trail in Sydney's south has ranked at number one a new study has revealed the most scenic running routes in Australia and the winning route is right here in the Harbour City with only one other NSW trail cracking the top ten.Tracing through Wolli Creek Regional Park in Sydney’s south for 3.4 kilometres the trail takes runners south to Nanny Goat Hill – a lookout with 360-degree views of the surrounding area Botany Bay and the city skyline in the distance The other NSW trail to crack the top ten was a coastal route in the Central Coast: the Skillion via Terrigal Beach This 3.5 kilometre route – which takes joggers along the shore of Terrigal Beach to the top of the Skillion a spectacular lookout with far-reaching views out to the ocean and down the stunning coastline – scored a 'scenic value' of 35.51 out of 100 Keen to check it out? 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Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! twitterinstagrampinterestAbout us Contact us A growing number of homeowners say they’re uncertain about how this week’s interest rate cut will affect the market – and many The couple are taking their two-bedroom unit on Ann St in Wolli Creek to auction Saturday but said they will hold off buying their next home while they see which way the market will turn “It’s challenging trying to buy and sell at the same time We’d rather not have to rush or feel pressured,” Mr Jedlovsky said Ms Jedlovsky added that it was hard to know what affect a rate cut would have beyond the hype Andrej and Zdenka Jedlovsky at their Wolli Creek unit that goes to auction “Everyone’s talking about rates going down but not everyone will be ready to go straight away … we’re keen to settle on our unit as soon as we can The couple’s agent Norman Tran of Adrian William Real Estate said a lot of buyer demand was leaving pricey heated markets in the eastern suburbs and coming to cheaper markets like Wolli Creek “It’s a lot better value right now,” he said adding that demand for affordable apartments had been picking up compared to last year Mr Tran said it was too early to tell exactly what affect the interest rate cuts would have on the market but there was a spike in inquiries after Tuesday Todd Sapienza and Tamara Mora are seeking a new home “One of our properties went from having three very interested parties last week to suddenly having seven this week,” Mr Tran said “We don’t know yet if that’s because of the rate cut but it does seem like there is a lot more optimism in the market.” Todd Sapienza and Tamara Mora are looking around for their first home and said they didn’t believe this week’s interest rate cut was a gamechanger “It opens more scope for potentially better opportunities better houses or perks but it’s not something making us buy now,” Mr Sapienza said Before: the Jedlovsky’s Wolli Creek unit prior to the renovation After: their Wolli Creek pictured this year Mr and Ms Jedlovsky said they bought their home in 2011 in “original” condition and the Wolli Creek area was “very different” back then “The area was still developing when we bought Wolli Creek units remain some of the cheapest within a 15km radius of the CBD with the median price currently at $781,000 Little Real Estate CEO Rebecca Kerr explained that a lot had been said about rate cuts boosting buyer demand but she added that seller demand could rise too people looking to sell hold off until a rates decision is made,” she said third parties have written and supplied the content and we are not responsible for it completeness or reliability of the information nor do we accept any liability or responsibility arising in any way from omissions or errors contained in the content We do not recommend sponsored lenders or loan products and we cannot introduce you to sponsored lenders We strongly recommend that you obtain independent advice before you act on the content realestate.com.au is owned and operated by ASX-listed REA Group Ltd (REA:ASX) © REA Group Ltd. 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Called the Unwin Green Street (UGS) Project it aims to protect land at the top of Unwin Street Earlwood for public use and create a suitable eastern entrance to the Wolli Creek Regional Park featuring the Wolli Bluff When completed it will create a continuous 13km green corridor running all the way down the Cooks River and up to the Wolli Creek Valley to Bexley North But last week the Department of Planning listed two blocks of bushland at 16-18 Bayview Avenue Earlwood adjacent to Wolli Bluff for sale by auction on April 2 This includes 13 Unwin Street which is adjacent The land is seen as vital to the completion of the green link The 1285 sqm of vacant land is zoned R2 Low Density Residential with a five-metre wide strip CI Public Recreation A spokesperson for Property and Development NSW confirmed the land was for sale but added that the CI Public Recreation zoned land is not included in the sale The Wolli Creek Preservation Society believes it may be a case of mistaken identity following the State Government's land audit to identify land for housing Wolli Creek Preservation Society (WCPS) identified three groups of land lots owned by the government as key to its Unwin Green Street (UGS) concept were exempted from the audit and are already to be retained as part of that green link the Bluff Blocks (16-18 Bayview Avenue and 13 Unwin Street) are at the base of the Wolli Bluff and forming the gateway to the Wolli Creek Regional Park "We believe this to be a terrible case of mistaken identity The Bluff Blocks should never have been considered for assessment in the land audit," Wolli Creek Preservation Society President "Questions asked by the Opposition at Estimates hearings in February 2025 revealed that the Bluff Blocks were identified simply as '16-18 Bayview Avenue' "We have only very recently become aware of this error," Mr Jordens said the relation of the blocks to the Unwin Green Street concept and the proposed green link would have been missed and the land seen as disposable in the land audit Sophie Cotsis all supported the Unwin Green Street (UGS) concept in meetings with WCPS in 2024 We took assurance from those meetings that none of the land needed for UGS would be sold "We suspect that they have been unaware of the identity problem "If the proposed auction of the Bluff Blocks is a genuine oversight due to a case of mistaken identity then the land should be withdrawn from auction and added to Wolli Creek Regional Park as the UGS concept proposed "We call on the Premier to ensure this outcome in line with his March 2024 statements about holding on to green space in inner-city areas it is a fully-considered intention of the Government then the Government has a lot of questions to answer WCPS has submitted a GIPA (FOI) request to find answers to some of them." Wolli Creek Preservation Society campaigner Peter Stevens called on the Premier to over-rule the Department of Planning and have the land transferred to Wolli Creek Regional Park "Areas near the Park have seen major population increases over the past decade and urban densification is continuing apace," Mr Stevens said "Additional park lands are therefore vital to achieve the balance the Premier seeks and little housing gain would be achieved by the sale proposed "The blocks would potentially accommodate only three house blocks But they have been advertised for sale as one unit and will therefore be bought by a developer to build high-end housing that pushes the boundaries of the current zoning and the planning system "The impact on the housing shortage will be miniscule and will do nothing for low-income families but the impact on the approaches to the Regional Park will be immense." Covering Georges River Council, Bayside Council and general news. 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Read our Privacy Policy Bayside Council will usher in the Lunar New Year with several events including a family-friendly Chinese and Korean music at St Magdelen's Chapel The highlight of Council's Lunar New Year program will be a celebration of Year of the Snake at Cahill Park Wolli Creek from 5 - 10pm on Friday 31 January Run in partnership with Aussie Night Markets the event will include lion dancing The popular Chapel Nights return for Lunar New Year featuring Chinese and Korean classical music at the historic St Magdelen's Chapel in Wolli Creek on Friday 31 January and Saturday 1 February 2025 from 6:30pm - 8:00pm Local performer Shurui Liang leads a classical Chinese arrangement that will include pipa players violins and the guzheng on Friday 31 January The Pure Traditional Korean Music Ensemble presents a selection of traditional and contemporary arrangements featuring the Daegeum (Korean bamboo flute) Gayageum (Korean zither) and the Haegeum (Korean fiddle) on Saturday 1 February is just a short walk from Wolli Creek Station Council will also run several cultural craft workshops in Council libraries and the Arncliffe Youth Centre Fried chicken bagels with Kewpie and tonkatsu sauce It’s all calling from a fresh trio of eateries and cafes in Sydney’s south and west sun pours through the front window of Gramme Espresso It’s a minimal space run by Mitch and Tayla Hennessy a husband-and-wife team passionate about good coffee and good food milkshakes and coffee made with award-winning White Horse beans Barista Mitch has been brewing for over a decade and his ambition is to make black coffee “super approachable” starting with a fruity strawberry cold brew travel spots and more – curated by those who know “It’s an easy introduction to drinking black coffee and hopefully will translate into a few more open minds when it comes to trying filter,” he tells Broadsheet stacks of house-made chocolate chip cookies and tasty sangas prosciutto and goat’s cheese and mortadella toasties with pickled peppers and Swiss cheese Then there’s the irresistible Le Hot Toasty with ham and Red Leicester cheese sandwiched between golden slices of brioche @gramme.espresso with its beef kare pan (curry bread) and crisp custard puffs But the compact King Street shop is limiting “Sometimes there’s not enough space for customers to sit and eat Hashimoto has opened a sibling shop in Wolli Creek The new store offers plenty of space for him to flex his creativity and introduce a new neighbourhood to his Japanese pastries Try exclusive-to-Wolli-Creek egg sandos; onigiri pan; airy fluffy cheesecakes; and bruléed French toast with caramelised sugar custard and yuzu and yuzu and honey sodas round off the drinks menu alongside matcha and coffee Hashimoto puts Azuki’s success down to the marriage of Japanese ingredients with more-familiar European pastries “If we want to introduce green-tea flavour “We wanted to bring Japanese culture to Sydney,” Hashimoto says @azuki.bakery.wollicreek Ordering at this new food truck should be easy There are only six choices: three sandwiches you might have to sit down on one of the green cushion-topped milk crates to ponder your options for a few minutes Will it be the sell-out Reuben made with Wagyu pastrami The Japanese-leaning fried chicken bagel with Kewpie and tonkatsu sauce it’s easy to forget you’re in a petrol station carpark Owners Serwan Roman and Andrew Vu fitted the outdoor space with plenty of greenery the British racing green of Roman’s Deli branding is everywhere and music pumps from speakers as staff serve sandwiches and we want people to have a good time,” Roman tells Broadsheet or a lot of customers take their food down to the boat ramp by the river or to the park for a picnic.” 250 Henry Lawson Drive, Georges Hall @romans.deli Charcoal Chicken and Rosewater Desserts: A Local’s Guide to Merrylands Where Chefs Eat: Peter Gilmore Really Knows Crows Nest Ex-Tradies Grill Hard-to-Find Mexican Street Snacks First Look: Berta’s Deli Knows “Everyone Loves a Sandwich” Minns government fulfils $13m election commitment following long-running community campaign to protect the area Almost five hectares of parklands has been added to the Wolli Creek regional national park – “a patch of green ribbon” which runs through dense suburbs in Sydney’s south – in the past year The Minns government added the additional 4.7 hectares after a $13m election commitment to complete the park which borders Wolli Creek and was first promised by the Carr government in 1998 “Families across Sydney’s south, including my own, love our natural parklands. This expansion of the park will provide them with even more opportunities to enjoy nature right in our own backyards,” said the NSW premier, Chris Minns The NSW government has announced almost 5 hectares of parklands has been added to the Wolli Creek regional national park Photograph: NSW governmentIt comes after 26 years of what Peter Stevens vice-president of the Wolli Creek preservation society which formed in 1984 called spasmodic progress to meet the Carr government’s promise and a long-running community campaign to protect the area “It’s usually relied on us jumping up and down at critical periods like elections,” he said “It has been really slow until this commitment by the present government; now things have started to move more rapidly.” Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Stevens said the extra 4.7 hectares was “a big step towards completion” “It’s this patch of green ribbon running towards the airport there’s nothing else like it,” he said of the park which provides habitat for 460 plant and animal species “Riverland bushland is a vanishing ecosystem; it has been eliminated almost everywhere, but particularly in the Canterbury Bankstown area, because that is one of the most densely populated areas of Sydney.” The government said the remaining 4.9 hectares is yet to be acquired but it will work with councils and the state’s Office of Strategic Lands to gain the final patches of the land needed to complete the park Of the 4.7 hectares, 2.6 was acquired from the City of Canterbury Bankstown to protect Nanny Goat Hill in Earlwood, which was saved in 1967 by a group of protesters from being flattened to gain runway fill for Sydney airport The final 2.1 hectares was acquired by the Office of Strategic Lands Sign up to Afternoon Update: Election 2025 Free daily newsletterOur Australian afternoon update breaks down the key election campaign stories of the day telling you what’s happening and why it matters The government said the added parkland will make it possible for Sydneysiders to walk from Bexley North to Earlwood “It was incredibly used during Covid; people found a piece of bushland that they could walk or run in and it’s just got to be preserved,” said Stevens The NSW Greens environment and planning spokesperson said the addition to the parkland was a great step forward for the community and the environment “The persistence and diligent work of the Wolli Creek preservation society has been invaluable and is evidence of the power that community organisations can have,” she said “The final 4.9 hectares needed to complete the regional park must be prioritised to implement [a] true vision of an interconnected area that will provide some security to the critical biodiversity of the area,” Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time Three men have been arrested after police dismantled a “sophisticated” scam text operation that police allege sent 318 million texts in just three months from a handful of locations around Sydney As part of a joint operation with the Australian Federal Police and state police officers stormed locations in Sydney’s CBD which are devices that connect to several SIM cards to send out millions of text messages around the country Police allege the scammers used thousands of SIM cards which often purport to be from trusted companies or government departments ask the recipients for their personal information in a bid to scam them out of their money or steal their identities NSW Police Detective Superintendent Matt Kraft said those four locations alone were responsible for between 50 and 75 per cent of the scam text messages coming out of NSW “Yesterday we seized a total of 26 SIM boxes and over 500 mobile handsets,” he said they were technically savvy and it was a very sophisticated set-up where those SIM boxes were able to be controlled from that location but also remotely.” One of the “sophisticated” alleged “smishing” set-ups A 23-year-old man was arrested in a unit in Sydney’s CBD and charged with using equipment connected to a network to commit a serious offence and dishonestly obtaining personal financial information At Burwood a 25-year-old man was arrested and charged with dealing with identity information to commit an indictable offence and tampering with evidence to mislead a judicial tribunal police found a large scam set-up in which 11 SIM boxes were operating from a single location.A 25-year-old man was arrested and charged with using the equipment to commit a serious offence All three men were refused bail by police and will appear before the courts on Friday Police say the crime is prevalent in Australia and that further arrests are expected in the near future Five people were arrested in the national day of action against “smishing” on Thursday AFP Detective Superintendent Tim Stainton said there was no legitimate reason for any Australian to possess a SIM box He called on members of the public to call police if they ever see one in use “Anyone who has a mobile phone could potentially become a victim Most members of the community have received these text messages,” Stainton said Australians have lost $5.6 million in text message-related scams so far this year according to data from Scam Watch NSW is the most impacted state in Australia when it comes to these scams with 15,639 reports to Scam Watch this year In December 2023 NSW Police were able to trace 17 million scam texts to one man in Moorebank who used a SIM box to send scam messages purporting to be from Australia Post and tolling company Linkt Start the day with a summary of the day’s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up for our Morning Edition newsletter Three men have been arrested after police dismantled a \\u201Csophisticated\\u201D scam text operation that police allege sent 318 million texts in just three months from a handful of locations around Sydney officers stormed locations in Sydney\\u2019s CBD \\u201CYesterday we seized a total of 26 SIM boxes and over 500 mobile handsets,\\u201D he said they were technically savvy and it was a very sophisticated set-up where those SIM boxes were able to be controlled from that location but also remotely.\\u201D A 23-year-old man was arrested in a unit in Sydney\\u2019s CBD and charged with using equipment connected to a network to commit a serious offence Police call the phenomenon \\u201Csmishing\\u201D Five people were arrested in the national day of action against \\u201Csmishing\\u201D on Thursday \\u201CAnyone who has a mobile phone could potentially become a victim Most members of the community have received these text messages,\\u201D Stainton said Start the day with a summary of the day\\u2019s most important and interesting stories Picture suppliedWolli Creek residents are invited to attend a social community event that aims to build connections Bayside Council and Wolli Creek Hub would like people to come along to the Wolli Creek Connections Community Barbecue on January 30 including a basketball competition with the police St George and Sutherland Shire Leader reporter covering education, health and general community news. Email: ekolimar@theleader.com.au Wolli Creek.The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is investigating reports of dead fish observed at Cooks River near Wolli Creek and Tempe on Tuesday EPA officers have attended the site and observed around 100 dead fish of various species and sizes "We observed no pollution in the water but have collected water samples for analysis," an EPA spokesperson said Comment on the Wolli Creek Community Facebook site included: "Looks like some sort of contamination happened as the water also smells funny." Two other people said they noticed an oil slick further up the river please contact the Environment Line on 131 555 More information on reporting pollution can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/28pbkrhe Earlwood have been sold via auction on behalf of the NSW Government to private bidders for $2.93 million The Wolli Creek Preservation Society (WCPS) had protested against the sale of the land saying it was a vital missing green link between the Cooks River and Wolli Creek corridors The WCPS's Unwin Green Street (UGS) Project aimed to protect land at the top of Unwin Street for public use and create a suitable eastern entrance to the Wolli Creek Regional Park featuring the Wolli Bluff A NSW Government spokesperson said the Minns Labor Government is delivering on its election commitment to expand the Wolli Creek Regional Park "This parcel of land has never been part of plans for our expansion of the park," the spokesperson said with strong bidding throughout the auction showing that premium land is highly sought after in the suburb of Earlwood The NSW Government has made addressing the state's housing crisis its number one priority The 1,285sqm block at Earlwood which was sold by McGrath Estate Agents on behalf of the NSW Government Wolli Bluff is directly below the outlined block.Through Property and Development NSW's work property audit the Bayview Avenue site was identified as an opportunity to bring rare vacant residential zoned lots to the market for the potential delivery of low-density private housing subject to development consent being obtained by the landowner A third lot (zoned C1 - National Parks and Nature Reserves) adjoining the vacant residential lots was not taken to market as part of the auction This land will be retained in public hands and protected by its existing zoning "The existing pedestrian link between the Undercliffe Track in the Wolli Creek Regional Park and the Cooks River Corridor walkway via Unwin Street will remain and is not impeded by the sale of the Bayview Avenue residential lots," the government spokesperson said "The residential lots at Bayview Avenue are fenced off and therefore do not provide an accessible pathway for the public to the Wolli Bluff," the spokesperson said Wolli Creek Preservation Society campaigner Peter Stevens said the 70 letters and the 80 phone calls that we know about were insufficient to shift the government's decision to sell then land and the auction went ahead where they sold for a bit under $3 million." Picture: Chris LaneThe owner of the $10.7 million ice skating rink to be built at Wolli Creek said the venue will be a catalyst for change for the area and be a showpiece for the sport in Sydney Peter and Elizabeth Lynch plan to build an Olympic-standard ice skating rink at 137a Princes Highway on the site of the former Legion Cabs headquarters A number of Ice Zoo's coach's at their existing ice skating rink at Mascot are Olympians This includes Mrs Lynch who competed under the name Elizabeth Cain in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid in the United States Peter were first medallists in the International Skating Union Championships in Mejeve in France "Ice skating is a family tradition," Mr Lynch said "Liz and I met at the Canterbury Ice Skating Rink Both our children are involved in the sport one as a figure skater and the other is an ice hockey player Mr Lynch said ice skating is more than a sport "A lot of sports are just athletic requiring fitness and aerobics," he said "Figure skating combines artistic expression and athleticism." "The sport used to focus on younger people Now people compete into their 60s and people skate into their 80s "Ice skating is actually four different sports - ice hockey "The new ice skating rink will also be a welcoming place for people with disability We want to encourage people with disability to try skating to be able to experience the joy of gliding across the ice effortlessly." The Ice Zoo will be used for private training from 5.30am each day and be open to the general public from 9am Monday to Friday Public skating sessions would run for 90 minutes A Disco on ice will be held weekly on Saturday's from 6pm - 8.30pm Children's birthday parties are held on Saturdays and Sundays 10am - 6pm The ice skating rink will host a maximum of 12 special events per year including ice skating competitions four to five times annually held Sundays from 4pm to 8pm and including up to 60 competitors run by Ice Hockey NSW will be held on Sunday mornings prior to 10.00am with a maximum of 40 players from mid-March to October A highlight of the year will be the annual Christmas ice skating spectacular "It is very important for the ice skating community to have a Christmas ice skating show This involves about 50 to 60 skaters and is the highlight of the year for them," Mr Lynch said Work on the Wolli Creek ice skating rink will start in about a month and construction should take about a year "Importantly it will bring jobs," Mr Lynch said "At our existing rink we provide employment for about 50 to 60 people and we expect to do the same here "We are not creating a five-year building but a property for the next 50 years that is a base for our sport in Sydney," he said "We are trying to create a showpiece for the sport in Sydney." For news tips contact me at jgainsford@theleader.com.au has sold its Southern Sydney headquarters for $18 million Located at 137A Princes Highway in Wolli Creek the 3,692 square metre site is currently the home of Legion Cabs An owner-occupier has acquired the site, in a sign of the times “Despite being highly suited to a residential development, the property’s sale to an owner-occupier provides an insight into the lack of quality buildings within Southern Sydney,” said Colliers‘ Trent Gallagher “The scarcity of industrial and commercial offerings in the heart of inner core South Sydney has compelled owner-occupiers to venture further to southern markets in search of alternative options that align with their specific business needs and operations,” McFarland added the property comes with B4 Mixed-Use zoning and a height limit of 31 metres It is also located within walking distance of Arncliffe and Wolli Creek train stations “The sale is a great outcome for Legion Cabs and its membership and will allow Legion Cabs to continue its operation in a more suitable premises,” said Legion Cabs Chairman “Legion Cabs is a significant player in the taxi industry and has a long-standing history having been established by ex-servicemen and women following World War 2 “The sale of the building will allow Legion Members to realise the value of the business they have worked so hard to build over many years.” Had the property gone in the direction of residential, SQM Research data for the postcode 2205 (including Arncliffe and Wolli Creek) shows fewer than 200 total property listings and only 58 under 30 days The latest weekly asking prices for houses in the area have been floating between $1.2 million to $1.5 million for the postcode 2205 are around 5.5% for units Stay up to date with Australia's most important property news through our free email service Get the latest real estate news delivered free to your inbox Living Corporation Pty Ltd (trading as The Property Tribune) ABN 17 159 150 651 provides an information service and factual information only in relation to property This information does not take into account your objectives To consider whether a financial or credit product is right for you speak to a licensed Financial Adviser or Finance Broker before you apply for any product or commit to any plan Consider the product issuer’s Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Target Market Determination (TMD) before making a purchase decision We do not make any suggestions or recommendations to you about property investment a particular credit or financial services product If you decide to apply for a product or service through our website you will be dealing directly with the provider of that product or service and not with us You should be aware that the service provider may not have access to all providers or all products available in the market Stay up to date with our free emails containing the country’s most important stories with our free email newsletters The three-storey building at 137a Princes Highway will hold 400 patrons and operate 5.30am to 12 midnight The plan is for a 30-metre wide by 60-metre long Olympic-size ice skating rink with seating for 225 spectators The building will carry a sign incorporating Olympic rings and colours wording stating 'Recognized Australian Olympic Training Centre' It will be called Ice Zoo which also operates an ice rink at 68 Gardeners Road Mascot and has done so for more than seven years The site is located within the Arncliffe-Banksia Precinct on the north-western side of the Princes Highway between Allen and Ann Streets and currently accommodates the 'Legion Cabs' premises the rink will be used for private training from 5.30am each day The facility would open to the general public from 9am Monday to Friday A Disco on ice will be held weekly on Saturday's from 6.00pm - 8.30pm Children's birthday parties are held on Saturdays and Sundays 10:00am - 6:00pm No access to the facility is permitted to the general public beyond 8.30pm each night the facility will be used for private training purposes where the facility would be available for private hire from 9pm The ice skating rink would host a maximum of 12 special events per year including ice skating competitions four to five times annually to be held Sundays from 4pm to 8pm and including up to 60 competitors There would be an Annual Christmas ice show held on a weekend in December before Christmas with a maximum of 80 skaters run by Ice Hockey NSW would be held on Sunday mornings prior to 10am with a maximum of 40 players The premises intends to apply to NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority for a Liquor-on-Premises licence the same as in use at its current ice rink at Mascot since 2016 The Liquor Licence operation hours are to be 10am to 12am Monday to Saturday and 10am to 10pm on Sundays NSW Police did not object to the proposed development and stringent conditions are proposed to ensure adverse amenity impacts to neighbouring residents do not arise The DA went before the Bayside Local Planning Panel on June 11 with a recommendation by Bayside Council for approval It's a victory for members of Wolli Creek Preservation Society who have fought for the past three decades to complete the park The Carr Labor Government started the process of creating the Wolli Creek Regional Park in 1998 Labor leader Chris Minns promised that a Labor Government would protect the remaining bushlands required to complete the park Last year's NSW budget included $13 million for the completion of the Wolli Creek Regional Park This is expected to be used to acquire the remaining land for the park that is either held in private hands or owned by Sydney Water The 4.7 hectares of new parkland that has been added to the park include 16 parcels of additional land increasing its total area to 45 hectares and making it possible to walk all the way from Bexley North to Earlwood 2.1 has been transferred to NPWS by the Office of Strategic Lands A further 2.6 hectares has been acquired from the City of Canterbury Bankstown and will protect "Nanny Goat Hill" which offers panoramic views across the Wolli Creek Valley NPWS will continue to work with councils and the Office of Strategic Lands to complete the transfer and acquisition of the final 4.9 hectares to complete the park The park also conserves iconic bushland along Wolli Creek which is home to an array of birdlife native mammals and a colony of Grey-headed Flying-foxes It will also ensure residents can enjoy its 4.5km of walking track Premier of NSW and Member for Kogarah Chris Minns said "Families across Sydney's south including my own This expansion of the park will provide them with even more opportunities to enjoy nature right in our own backyards "For decades completing Wolli Creek Regional Park has been put in the too hard basket but now the NSW Labor Government is protecting this important area of natural bushland." "With more people continuing to move into this area this won't just open up even more open space for them to enjoy it will also protect this parkland for future generations Minister for the Environment Penny Sharpe said expanding the Wolli Creek Regional Park ensures plants animals and people can enjoy more of the area's unique natural landscape "This urban oasis provides rare and crucial habitat for more than 460 plant and animal species "Reserving additional land takes us a big step closer to completing the park and provides the highest level of long-term security for these diverse ecosystems," she said Steve Kamper said thanked the outstanding community campaigners that have been advocating for this park for years Parks and open space are a precious commodity throughout Sydney," Mr Kamper said the NSW Labor Government is delivering the important green space our local communities require to ensure we have the right mix in and around the Wolli Creek area." Wolli Creek Preservation Society vice-president Peter Stevens said it was a major step forward but the park is still not complete "At this stage we are content that the Government is fully behind its commitment but we will be watching," Mr Stevens said "Beyond the completion of the Regional Park we want to see the Cooks River Valley Corridor linked to the Wolli Creek Regional Park with the inclusion of Unwins Street Earlwood and Waterworth Park which will give a great green corridor for wildlife and for recreational walking," he said Mr Stevens said this would create a continuous 13km green corridor running all the way down the Cooks River and up to the Wolli Creek Valley to Bexley North We care about the protection of your data. Read our Privacy Policy. Link copiedShareShare articleUp to 200 people were unable to return home last night while emergency services worked to secure a crane that collapsed into an apartment complex at Wolli Creek in Sydney's south. Three workers were injured when the crane fell, with the construction union condemning the incident as "not good enough". Two damaged buildings have been evacuated as well as residents in surrounding buildings, emergency services say. Trains on the Airport Line between Central and Turrella have been cancelled as a precaution and Sydney Trains yesterday warned over 50,000 people could have their travel plans disrupted today. "There may not be rail services to both the international and domestic airports [on Monday] morning," CEO Howard Collins said. Just after 9:30am emergency services were called to Brodie Spark Drive following reports a crane had fallen from one building and onto a second building. The workers injured in the incident were responsible for the erection of the crane and all three are being treated at St George Hospital, one for a suspected broken leg. Police said no-one was inside the crane when it collapsed. No-one was inside the crane at the time of its collapse. (ABC News: Jean Kennedy) It is believed a mechanical or engineering fault caused the crane to collapse. (Supplied: Daniela Giorgiutti) Fire and Rescue Superintendent Josh Turner said the priority was making sure no-one on or around the site was at risk. "At this stage we are going to keep approximately 20 firefighters on site who are working with a USAR [Urban Search and Rescue] team and they have electronic movement devices on all areas around the building, the crane and the scaffolding to log what movement is happening," he said. High wind in the area is currently making the situation more risky and exclusion zones will stay in place until further discussions with engineers, Superintendent Turner said. Building managers are now working out where to relocate the approximately 200 people who will not be able to return to their units. CFMEU NSW state secretary Brian Parker said early investigations indicate it was a mechanical or engineering fault with the crane that caused it to collapse. "We are very, very concerned about this particular issue," he said. "In this day and age, and all the expertise we have, it's not good enough. "We have seen cranes catch fire, fall out of the sky, but not cranes that collapse onto buildings that have residents. The CFMEU is calling for a stop on any further erection of cranes until investigations are complete. "It could have been a major disaster here today and we could have seen many lives lost," Mr Parker said. SafeWork New South Wales has been notified of the incident. Mary Broadley who lives in the unit block the crane struck said she thought the whole building was going to collapse when she felt it start to shake. "It was so noisy, it was just unreal the noise," she said. Her husband Bill Broadley said it "was like a bomb going off". Mary and Bill Broadley, with daughter Ashleigh, had their bedroom significantly damaged by the crane. (ABC News: Jean Kennedy) "I went to take a look and the crane was right outside the bedroom window," Mrs Broadley said. The ceiling and the walls of the bedroom have cracked and the windows have smashed, she said. "I could have been in the bedroom, or the kids could have been in there," Mr Broadley said. "It was so scary, I don't think I'll ever live in a tall building again," Mrs Broadley said. CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) NSW Police are urging the public to avoid Carlton Railway Station after a horrific accident reportedly claimed the lives of two people New South Wales Police are urging the public to avoid Carlton Railway Station after a horrific accident reportedly claimed the lives of two people police revealed there had been an "incident on the tracks," with emergency services currently at the scene and an investigation ongoing are understood to have died after a pram fell onto the line and an adult climbed down off the platform to attempt a rescue Emergency services are at Carlton Railway Station after an incident on the tracks.The public is urged to avoid the area.The investigation is ongoing.Buses will be replacing trains - visit @TransportforNSW 's website for the most up-to-date information Train are not running in both directions between Wolli Creek and Hurstville due to an incident requiring emergency services at Carlton.We are arranging replacement buses between Wolli Creek and Hurstville, and between Sydenham and Tempe, however none are available right now. pic.twitter.com/jk8JeE1zzq Sydney Trains immediately stopped all trains between Wolli Creek and Hurstville on the T4 Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra Line with replacement busses set to offer an alternative Sydney Trains added commuters could use the T8 Airport Line service to travel between Wolli Creek and the city Chachii is a Brazilian cafe on Arncliffe Street in Wolli Creek located just off the main shopping area of Wolli Creek You'll find delicious Brazilian classics like Picanha Steak coxinha and acai bowls plus of course stretchy Brazilian cheese bread "We are going for Brazilian this afternoon and then blind shopping," I messaged Monica when we were chatting about each other's days "Hahaha I read that as in 'we're going to have A BRAZILIAN today' and I'm like BOTH OF YOU?," messages Monica back "I'm like hey whatever floats your boat lol!" If you've ever tried to find Brazilian food in Sydney you'll know that it isn't easy to find Then last week a lovely woman told me that her Brazilian husband was so excited to have food that tasted like that back home and it was at Chachii in Wolli Creek Chachii opened at the end of October 2020 and has a strong following in the Brazilian community colourful murals on the walls and a display of cakes and pastries as well as bowls of Brazilian sweets at the front counter Service is really lovely and our friendly Brazilian waitress makes some recommendations without hesitation a watermelon and mint slushie for Mr NQN and a chai latte for me a large fried half moon filled with spiced mince beef (there's also chicken available) that comes out freshly fried and delicious Pasteis are a popular street food with a crisp thin pastry and are much thinner and flatter than empanadas Then there's the Coxinha made with a spiced chicken breast filling encased by a flour based dough and then crumbed and deep fried I always order Brazilian cheese bread because I like the spongey mild cheese flavour and chewy texture from the tapioca flour that it uses The sandwiches are where it's at at Chachii And I'm here to tell you that you have to try the Coracao which is a sandwich filled with chicken hearts cooked in beer and spices with melted cheese on a warm torpedo bun The chicken hearts are so tender and succulent that they almost taste like chicken sausages I can tell that it's good when Mr NQN half finishes his half bread-and-all without any complaint there's the Carne Louca with slow cooked pulled is flavoured with tomato and coriander and featured adorable teardrop shaped pickled biquinho chillies (biquinho means little beak) These chillies have a mild amount of spice to them and help to break up the richness of the beef "We eat this every day," our waitress says of the Picanha steak which is the rump cap or sirloin cap cut farofa (toasted cassava flour crumbs) and a black bean stew that you mix with the rice It's comfort food and an enormous serve especially as we added fries on the side I would also suggest perhaps asking for the steak to your liking we left it up to the kitchen and it was cooked medium whereas we prefer medium rare Given how much we've ordered there's no room for a sweet and there are Brazilian crepes and a brioche dish as well as an acai bowl Thiago emigrated from his native Brazil 15 years ago and his colleagues found his name difficult to pronounce so they gave him the nickname Chachii and it stuck Buildview Corp’s recently completed Wolli Creek project, Belle Vue, gives its residents easy access to the South Sydney suburbs, while being just 10 kilometres from the Sydney CBD Residents also have convenient access to Sydney Airport, without the problematic plane noise, as Wolli Creek sits away from the designated flight paths Belle Vue was designed by local architecture firm BKA with each residence featuring timber flooring Buildview Corp suggest the marbled honed stone benchtops have been a favourite feature amongst buyers so far A majority of the homes include study nook space Two communal gardens feature across the project Sitting within easy reach of the piazza style residents will be among an array of eateries and shopping options Connection to surrounding suburbs and the nearby CBD are also made easy, with the Wolli Creek train station just down the road. A select number of apartments can still be snapped up in Belle Vue, including a one-bedder, a range of two-bedroom options, and a three-bedroom apartment, with two-bathrooms as well as two car spaces. We're on a mission to radically improve the quality of Urban communities being developed across Australia. We aim to showcase every development in Australia to help you find the perfect new home! Link copiedShareShare articleThree passengers have been praised for crawling underneath a Sydney train to rescue a trapped child this morning. The young girl fell under the train at Wolli Creek Station in Sydney's south about 9.15am. She slipped through the gap between the carriage and platform as she tried to step off the train right after boarding. The driver was immediately alerted and told not to move the train. As her mother became distressed, three men jumped off the platform and began looking for the girl under the carriages. As other commuters tried to comfort her, the mother was told the toddler had been found near the front of the train. "It's OK, they've got her," one passenger was heard saying in a video posted online. The young man who found the girl was then filmed handing her over to her mother, reassuring her "she's fine, she's fine". A Sydney Trains employee then thanked the man and shook his hand. The mother and toddler embrace after she is rescued by the man in the black shirt. (Supplied) The mother said it was the first time her daughter had been on a train and it "might be the last for a while". "She freaked out and tried to fling herself back off the train," the mother was heard saying in the video. Joseph Mourtada, 36, filmed the moment the mother and daughter were reunited, and said he was relieved there were no injuries. Mr Mourtada was walking up the stairs to the platform when he saw the commotion and the distressed mother "shaking". "She was screaming that her girl was under the train," he said. "And I hear all of this noise and people asking the guards to stop. It was already stopped. "Everything happened very quickly." Chief customer officer for Sydney Trains Suzanne Holden thanked staff and customers for helping in such a distressing situation. "Thankfully the toddler was unharmed, but incidents such as this serve as an important reminder that the gap between the train and the platform can vary across the network, and our staff are always happy to help if you require assistance," she said. The gap between the platform and train is not the same distance at every station, and can be impacted by the curve of the rail line, the type of train and other variables. Disasters, Accidents and Emergency Incidents Wolli Creek is now open for the community to use A previously vacant site in Wolli Creek has been transformed into a vibrant recreational park that includes play equipment a multi-purpose active space with basketball hoops grassed areas for informal games and picnicking and footpath improvements to Mount Olympus Drive "The new park is a welcome addition to Wolli Creek and will give residents access to open space for generations to come," Bayside Mayor approved by Council and referred to the Geographical Names Board was endorsed by the RAP working group as the most appropriate name due to the significance of the river to Aboriginal communities The council commissioned artists Maddison Gibbs and Jason Wing to create a mural on the nine-metre high wall at the northern boundary of the park that brings First Nations art to the heart of Bayside the artists responded to stories by Aunty Barb Simms that explore life on the river and highlights the significant Aboriginal heritage around Wolli Creek It is understood that four different clans lived around the river Bayside Council purchased the land in Guess Avenue from the NSW Government and the park was designed with input from residents Minister for Lands and Property and Member for Rockdale Steve Kamper said the new park was a wonderful gift for the local community just in time for summer and the festive season "This is a great example of repurposing an unused NSW government-owned site into vital green space that will serve this wonderful community," Mr Kamper said "Wolli Creek is one of the fastest growing communities in Sydney and it is important that any increase in residential development is supported with quality public open spaces such as this "I thank both Property and Development NSW and Bayside Council for their outstanding collaboration in delivering this park for the people of Wolli Creek." 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View on X [external link] Fire and Rescue NSW acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Custodians of the land and acknowledges and pays respect to their Elders Sydney Airport is hoping to bring an end to hundreds of Uber drivers parking in surrounding residential streets as passengers increasingly choose ride-share after getting off a flight Wolli Creek residents say they are contending with cars parked across driveways and anti-social behaviour including littering and urinating from drivers in Uber’s increasingly crowded “holding lot” a group of streets where drivers wait for jobs from the nearby international airport A map for drivers on Uber’s website outlines the boundaries of the holding lot a group of suburban streets near Cahill Park and shows drivers the route to travel to the airport once they have been assigned a trip Wolli Creek resident Rhondda Orchard is frustrated by the proliferation of ride share vehicles in her local area.Credit: Flavio Brancaleone Sydney Airport said it was working with Bayside Council and Uber on a possible solution to the situation which it acknowledged was causing headaches for residents “We understand this is frustrating for the local community and work is currently underway at the airport to activate an appropriate area within the international precinct to function as a holding space to support ride-share vehicles,” a Sydney Airport spokesperson said Ride-share drivers wanting to pick up passengers from the domestic airport can park in a lot on the site of the airport Taxis have access to holding areas for all terminals ride-share pickups increased from 7 per cent to 39 per cent of all car pickups from the airport the proportion of taxi pick-ups fell from 77 per cent to 48 per cent A motion acknowledging residents’ frustrations and commissioning Bayside Council’s Transport Committee to investigate solutions with the airport passed unanimously at a council meeting on Wednesday night “Significant representation from residents in the Wolli Creek area has brought this issue to the forefront prompting concerns about traffic congestion and the overall impact on local streets,” read a supporting statement from councillors Uber’s website directs drivers to park in the streets of Wolli Creek for international airport trips.Credit: Uber residents have alleged drivers are not only parked illegally but also litter and urinate on the street while waiting for their call from the app Rhondda Orchard moved to Wolli Creek at the end of 2022 It was about mid-2023 that she and her husband started to become frustrated by Uber drivers parking in Innesdale and Gertrude streets including across the entrance to their building’s car park not by residents but by Uber drivers,” said Orchard who has repeatedly reported illegally parked cars across driveways and in No Stopping zones to the Snap Send Solve app as well as directly to Bayside Council Residents first brought the issue to public attention in early 2020 however the impact of the pandemic on international travel meant it was not a problem again until mid-2022 Google Maps images of the streets taken last year show most parked cars had a driver sitting in the vehicle council rangers issued more than 80 parking fines during a three-day blitz of the area who brought the motion to last week’s meeting said council was in communication with the airport “It’s a big issue for residents,” she said “We’ve got a great space there with Cahill Park and all of the facilities there but there are major concerns about double-parking blocking corners and creating a traffic bottleneck.“ A spokesperson for Uber said it had sent out communications to drivers to remind them of their obligations to treat the area with respect after being made aware of the reported conduct of some drivers waiting for trips in the streets surrounding the airport “We are continuing to work with Sydney Airport to identify opportunities to develop a dedicated waiting area for Uber driver-partners at the international terminal at some time in the future,” they said Wolli Creek residents say they are contending with cars parked across driveways and anti-social behaviour including littering and urinating from drivers in Uber\\u2019s increasingly crowded \\u201Cholding lot\\u201D A map for drivers on Uber\\u2019s website outlines the boundaries of the holding lot \\u201CWe understand this is frustrating for the local community and work is currently underway at the airport to activate an appropriate area within the international precinct to function as a holding space to support ride-share vehicles,\\u201D a Sydney Airport spokesperson said A motion acknowledging residents\\u2019 frustrations and commissioning Bayside Council\\u2019s Transport Committee to investigate solutions with the airport passed unanimously at a council meeting on Wednesday night \\u201CSignificant representation from residents in the Wolli Creek area has brought this issue to the forefront and the overall impact on local streets,\\u201D read a supporting statement from councillors including across the entrance to their building\\u2019s car park not by residents but by Uber drivers,\\u201D said Orchard who brought the motion to last week\\u2019s meeting \\u201CIt\\u2019s a big issue for residents,\\u201D she said \\u201CWe\\u2019ve got a great space there with Cahill Park and all of the facilities there but there are major concerns about double-parking blocking corners and creating a traffic bottleneck.\\u201C \\u201CWe are continuing to work with Sydney Airport to identify opportunities to develop a dedicated waiting area for Uber driver-partners at the international terminal at some time in the future,\\u201D they said It is almost impossible for purchasers to predict whether their new apartment will have building defects a report into the apartment building industry has found Lachlan GilbertUNSW News & Content(02) 9065 5241lachlan.gilbert@unsw.edu.au poor capacity to carry out construction work and poor regulatory oversight in parts of the building industry have made buying an apartment a lottery for many purchasers in Sydney a report published by UNSW Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has found In a systematic review of strata schemes registered over a 10-year period researchers from UNSW’s City Futures Research Centre and UTS found that defects are commonplace and often poorly documented The researchers analysed a random sample of half of all strata schemes completed in the Sydney Parramatta and Canterbury-Bankstown Local Government Areas (LGAs) between 2008 and 2017 They found evidence of defects in 26 per cent of the 635 schemes in the sample But the researchers believe the real number of defects is much higher and has been masked by inadequate reporting and documentation For the sample schemes with more robust documentation available they found evidence of defects in more than half (51 per cent) with more than a quarter (28 per cent) having three or more types of defects The most common defects documented were water issues conservatively estimated to be present in 42 per cent of those schemes with more robust data These findings align with estimates released earlier this week by the NSW Building Commissioner that 4 in 10 buildings have “some form of major defects” Lead author of the report Dr Laura Crommelin who is a planning law expert with UNSW’s School of Built Environment says that while there have been steps in the right direction towards greater transparency for consumers much more needs to be done so that purchasers can make informed decisions about what they are buying “Over the past 20 years there hasn't been a thorough process of collecting information about the quality of buildings and documenting issues with buildings,” she says “So it's currently almost impossible for a regular consumer to do proper research about what they're buying – and this is in a system based on the idea of ‘buyer beware’.” She says it was hard enough for a team of expert researchers – who knew where to look and what to look for – to find out which projects had defects and “The drive to construct more buildings more quickly has been a huge part of the urban planning orthodoxy for the past 20 years but in all cities where higher density development rather than ongoing urban sprawl is seen as a way of dealing with population growth,” Dr Crommelin says “But with the pressures for speed and reduced costs high quality oversight and documentation can be among the first things to fall by the wayside.” when information is available it is not as accessible to buyers as it is to sellers – a situation the researchers call ‘information asymmetry’ “In the apartment market you have a very significant power imbalance between the vendors – in this case developers – and the buyers who are essentially a fragmented group of individual purchasers “When you look at other types of high rise you don't see the same endemic problems with defects because the clients are powerful – usually big companies – so they can look after their own interests and are often involved in the design and delivery of the building “But when you're talking about individual consumers who don't know how construction works and don’t have the same negotiating power over the terms of sales contracts so there's a lot more room for them to either be taken advantage of or to make decisions that aren’t in their best interests.” The problem is not simply that there are defects but also that it is so difficult for prospective apartment buyers to know about defects ahead of purchasing “Even good developers have some defects,” Dr Crommelin says “But it's about what they do after their discovery they want to make sure that their clients are happy because they care about their reputation “The real concern is the ones who do everything they can to avoid coming back to fix problems.” After the Opal Tower fiasco in late 2018 and the Mascot Towers evacuation in June 2019 the NSW state government created the Office of the Building Commissioner to reform the building and construction industry These reforms are now working their way through the industry cultural change takes time and after more than three decades of deregulation Dr Crommelin says government needs to play a strong ongoing role in ensuring industry transparency and accountability so that consumers’ personal and financial safety is protected “When you have the kind of market dynamic where the vendors have all the information you need strong oversight to make sure that power balance doesn't warp the way the market operates “You need government to step in and play that role on behalf of consumers because they can't play it by themselves.” Some of the recommendations the report makes to protect consumers include: “It’s been great to see renewed regulatory activity in NSW in recent years We hope the report recommendations will help to keep us moving in the right direction so that apartment living can feel safer and less stressful in the future.” Dr Crommelin says The research was funded by the Australian Research Council with support from industry partners Strata Community Australia (NSW) Ross Taylor & Associates and the Owners Corporation Network of Australia Read the report in full (pdf): Cracks in the Compact City: tackling defects in multi-unit strata housing​ Dealing with defects in your apartment? Use the researchers’ free how-to guide for purchasers and owners on how to tackle defects in strata schemes UNSW respectfully acknowledges the Bidjigal clan of the Dharawal Nation on whose unceded lands we are privileged to learn and recognise the broader Nations with whom we walk together UNSW acknowledges the enduring connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to culture The Uluru Statement In the recent property market dip, the Wolli Creek apartment was hit hard by the fall seeing the largest dip in apartment prices in the past 10 years Now that the market is changing how has Wolli Creek fared in the recent recovery surge With history of constant growth, the near non-stop growth of the Wolli Creek was put to an abrupt halt last year (pictured below). Therefore its vital to keep up to date with the latest going's on in Wolli Creek as the market trends may show whether this suburb will boom or bust In the latest data apartment prices have stabilised climbing up from a the latest low of $720,000 As a landlord it is important to check the asking rent trend regularly to ensure you are getting the most value out of your investment In Wolli Creek this holds true with asking prices seeing consistent year on year growth since mid 2012 Even in the latest recession the rental market has held strong To learn all you need to know about Wolli Creek, from median asking rents to household composition, click here We're on a mission to radically improve the quality of Urban communities being developed across Australia We aim to showcase every development in Australia to help you find the perfect new home With extensive real estate experience and local knowledge Leo Sun is set to take the real estate offering in Sydney’s Wolli Creek to the next level since pairing with Australasia’s largest real estate brand The local agent with more than 12 years experience has partnered with a rapidly expanding conglomerate of Ray White offices in Sydney; Ray White Waterloo “I did a lot of research when deciding which brand to launch my business with and found that the way Ray White has built their company and brand over the years has been admirable,” Mr Sun said “I have partnered with Eric Wei who has a number of Ray White offices and has had great success in serving communities all around Sydney,” he said Mr Sun has 12 years of experience in selling both new projects and existing homes around Sydney He also manages his own properties and has extensive experience in the property management space Mr Sun has been a local to Wolli Creek himself for many years and believes the region is set to undergo even further development in the near future “Wolli Creek is booming at the moment with thousands of new residential dwellings making it a lucrative suburb to do business in,” he said “When I bought my apartment nine years ago it was a very different area but the development has been fantastic for the region.” Mr Sun said the appeal of Wolli Creek was it’s convenience with a range of shopping centres and schools on the doorstep plus its proximity to the CBD and Sydney Airport We have a lot of students and city workers wanting to live here as well as airport workers or those who travel a lot It is only a 10 minute walk to the airport.” Mr Sun said the convenience of being only 10 minutes to the beach also makes it a top pick for families The Ray White Wolli team aims to become the go-to property specialists in the area Mr Sun has already hired a handful of experienced agents and property managers to get the ball rolling “I am very excited to work with and train some excellent people who I believe will bring a lot to the Wolli Creek community,” Mr Sun said Mr Sun said he already has great relationships with a number of developers in the area and that he hopes his connections will assist with the business success “Getting our name out there in the area will be the first step and I believe that once people do business with us Ray White New South Wales CEO Andrew McCulloch congratulated Mr Sun on the opening of Ray White Wolli Creek “We are thrilled that Leo has decided to join us He is set to amplify the real estate offering in Wolli Creek and I am proud of the extended group of offices who continue to grow and expand at a rapid rate,” Mr McCulloch said Source: Ray White Group News Sitemap We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A man remains in an induced coma after falling from the fourth floor of an apartment complex following the death of his girlfriend in an alleged attempted murder-suicide in Sydney's south last month. Police found the body of Liqun Pan, 19, in a unit in the complex on Brodie Sparks Drive, in Wolli Creek, on June 28, the day after they first attended the complex. Police are appealing for information after Liqun Pan, 19, was found dead in a unit in Wolli Creek last month. Credit: NSW Police The injured man, 20, who is from China and on a student visa, was found seriously injured on June 27. Police believe he fell from a common area of the unit block onto the footpath. He suffered multiple fractures and head injuries and was taken to St George Hospital. He remains in an induced coma and is yet to speak to police. Ms Pan, also known as Pan Pan, had suffered significant injuries and police are treating her death as suspicious. She was also on a student visa and was studying English at a language school in Elizabeth Street in Sydney's CBD. She had lived in Australia for several years and had returned to China to visit her family about Christmas time. Police are investigating links between her death and her boyfriend's fall. St George Police Area Command crime manager Detective Inspector Robert Alison said her family was doing well, given the situation. "It is horrific. I really do feel for the [Pan] family. The distance being so far away makes it even more difficult for them. But we are working closely with them." Inspector Alison asked anyone who knew Ms Pan or had heard or noticed anything unusual before 3.25pm on June 27 to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Support is available for those who may be distressed by phoning Lifeline 13 11 14; Mensline 1300 789 978; Kids Helpline 1800 551 800; beyondblue 1300 224 636. A man remains in an induced coma after falling from the fourth floor of an apartment complex following the death of his girlfriend in an alleged attempted murder-suicide in Sydney's south last month. She was also on a student visa and was studying English at a language school in Elizabeth Street in Sydney's CBD. Police are investigating links between her death and her boyfriend's fall. \\\"It is horrific. I really do feel for the [Pan] family. The distance being so far away makes it even more difficult for them. But we are working closely with them.\\\" A woman protesting the removal of bushland at Wolli Creek chained to a tree Link copiedShareShare articleA woman chained herself to a tree at Wolli Creek in south-west Sydney on Thursday as the clearance of remnant bushland to make way for the WestConnex project continued Environmentalists said the site was significant because it was one of the few remaining sections of critically-endangered Cooks River/Castlereagh ironbark bioregion left in the city around two dozen people opposed to the land clearing held a vigil at the site after a large part of the permitted 1.4 hectares of forest was felled the previous day Around two dozen protesters gathered to voice their opposition to the clearing of bushland at Wolli Creek The trees were being removed ahead of the construction of a parking facility for vehicles working on the construction of the WestConnex project the forest was also the last piece of remnant bushland for several kilometres in either direction and a treasured local parkland President of the Wolli Creek Preservation Society Deb Little said she had enjoyed the bushland since she was a child and said the State Government could have put the parking space on an adjacent golf course As a large number of the trees were felled on Wednesday Ms Little said she saw birds including black-faced cuckoo shrikes which she said had likely fled the forest as the trees were cut down "They really looked like they were looking for a nest," she said as a group of black cockatoos flew overhead Deb Little has enjoyed spending time in the forest at Wolli Creek since she was a child "There were also New Holland honeyeaters coming out "They [the honeyeaters] were certainly making what seemed like distress noises Wildlife Rescue group Wires told the ABC it had been stationed on site but as yet had not been called upon to care for any animals in the forest which was also home to the powerful owl — listed as vulnerable Speaking to 702 ABC Sydney to mark Threatened Species Day, NSW Environment Minister Mark Speakman downplayed the significance of the site. "That ironbark forest is 1.4 hectares, there are over 1,000 hectares of that ironbark forest left in the Sydney basin," he said. Police arrive with bolt cutters to remove a woman chained to a tree. (ABC: Bill Code) Mr Speakman added that Roads and Maritime Services were also required to "offset" the removal of the forest. But Ms Little disputed Mr Speakman's take. "If there's critically-endangered Cooks River/Castlereagh woodland out in western Sydney, shouldn't it be protected in its own right, not used as an offset?" she said. "It's just crazy to say, 'we won't clear this bit, in offset for that?' It's also critically-endangered." By Anthony Segaert Turrella is one of the state’s transport oriented development zones.Credit: Dion Georgopoulos sides of Turrella’s two-platform train station you’ll find a small row of ageing industrial warehouses backing directly onto the winding Wolli Creek a relic of the 20th century when industrial waste would be flushed out via the water stream and you’ll be greeted by what makes up the tiny southern Sydney suburb of Turrella: 471 houses a small convenience store and the Hot Grind Cafe the only place selling coffee within a 15-minute walk but there aren’t too many people to complain about it: Turrella station records just 890 Opal tap-offs on an average day (nearby Wolli Creek records 7850) despite being just 17 minutes from Central But if the Minns government’s transit-oriented developed (TOD) policy is as effective as promised Turrella was one of the 37 sites officially rezoned by the state government this month and every home within 400 metres of the suburb’s train station can now be developed into a six-storey block of flats (pending all regular approvals by Bayside Council) have been upzoned by the state government.Credit: NSW Planning Portal Unlike many other suburbs affected by the TOD program with the station splitting the suburb in two unequal halves – will make creating a denser suburb with more amenities challenging And it highlights some of the issues caused when zoning is determined by drawing a circle on a map Turrella – derived from an Indigenous word meaning “reedy place” or “water reeds” – was used for rural farming until the 1930s when land was subdivided for industry and housing A wave of post-war migrants soon moved in (people from Lebanon many of whom moved to Australia after the 1940s make up 15 per cent of Turrella’s population) a Greek resident who has lived in Turrella for 27 years and did not give her surname “We had chickens walking up and down the street It was beautiful … And then they put all these flats up.” Turrella is filled with mostly single-storey homes.Credit: Dion Georgopoulos replaced an old drink production facility and stand on what was formerly the Streets ice-cream factory They brought more people into the suburb that had been filled with mostly single-storey homes who with his wife Shila Ahmeda runs the Hot Grind Cafe that sits in a sliver of a unit complex that is publicly accessible The couple have run the business for nine months they’re all my friends,” he says as another regular walks in recounting the name of the customer’s dog and the circumstances of his life But Jaman wishes he could do that with more people He says there aren’t enough people living around his cafe to sustain his business – or any business You think these people don’t need accountants here Ronny Jaman and Shila Ahmeda.Credit: Dion Georgopoulos He suggests installing shops on the ground floors of apartments when more are built the chief executive of the think tank Committee for Sydney bought a home in the suburb with his wife just before COVID And it turned out to be perfect for that moment of life he reflects: having a backyard for the couple’s two young children to play in when the city was locked down was a blessing But he has also noticed a “real lack of community” compared with the couple’s time living in apartments and – this is the chief complaint – if he wants to go anywhere “You can’t walk to any of your daily needs in Turrella occasionally it’s here,” he says with a coffee from the Hot Grind but like the hundreds who have brought in the suburb after being priced out of the inner west chief executive of the Committee for Sydney is a Turrella resident and says the suburb desperately needs more amenities.Credit: Dion Georgopoulos The situation in Turrella could not be more different from that of Wolli Creek the suburb is now among the densest in Sydney – and it also comes with three supermarkets and at least 20 restaurants and cafes “My initial impression of Wolli Creek before I lived here was not good,” Waterford says “What I’ve realised now that I live here and actually spend time in Wolli Creek in the evenings the parts of Wolli Creek that feel the nicest to spend time in are those that are a little bit lower density “And I think that’s what makes this TOD program so sensible Because it does hit that European style Parisian density that is still really high density in that you get a lot of people into a small amount of space the director of Leamac Property Group.Credit: Dion Georgopoulos If the residential side of Turrella is lacking in amenities benchtop companies and a bus depot make up the few warehouses on the land sitting between the train station and Wolli Creek this is a really high-functioning area,” says Erika Pawley – an urban planner with 25 years’ experience in government planning now a director at Leamac Property Group – as she walks down the street with the Herald on a cloudy Friday afternoon “There’s been a failure of urban systems … There are huge trucks coming into this relatively constrained area crash barriers that are getting bumped into kerbs that are smashed up with large trucks coming in and out.” Leamac had previously attempted to make the creek accessible to the public by redeveloping several warehouses into a mixed-use precinct “Our concept was to still have quite a good amount of employment in the precinct – in fact potentially more jobs than what is there now – but jobs that are more compatible with residential jobs that don’t necessarily rely on big heavy trucks.” But the state’s “retain and manage” approach to industrial land – that forces most industrial land to be kept for that use because of a severe lack of it in Sydney – meant it couldn’t be rezoned for housing Housing and Infrastructure is currently reviewing the “retain and manage” policy “Industrial land on one side of the station supports jobs in the manufacturing and is a key feature of the current community,” Planning Minister Paul Scully said in a statement “Turrella was identified as a Transport Oriented Development site as it has the capacity to create more homes near well-connected transport infrastructure and jobs,” he said “DAs can now be submitted in Turrella which could include mixed use residential and commercial developments which will add vibrancy and new activity to the community.” Scully also pointed to the state government’s recent announcement of a 4.5 hectare (11-acre) expansion of the Wolli Creek Regional Park – the state’s only regional park in an urban environment – that will support increased density in the area Bayside Council is largely supportive of the increased housing its mayor Bill Saravinovski said last month it is important that new housing is delivered in a way that creates a good quality of life for new residents and builds great communities,” he said In a local Facebook group set up to “save” the area some residents have reported being approached by developers to sell their properties It’s always: is the price something your neighbours are interested in no one’s going to buy a single house and redevelop it “The alternative is you don’t sell but you get to live in a higher density community and all the increased amenity that comes along with that So I’m kind of agnostic to the question of whether we sell or not but I can confidently say if nothing was to happen here Start the day with a summary of the day’s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up for our Morning Edition newsletter sides of Turrella\\u2019s two-platform train station you\\u2019ll find a small row of ageing industrial warehouses backing directly onto the winding Wolli Creek and you\\u2019ll be greeted by what makes up the tiny southern Sydney suburb of Turrella: 471 houses but there aren\\u2019t too many people to complain about it: Turrella station records just 890 Opal tap-offs on an average day (nearby Wolli Creek records 7850) But if the Minns government\\u2019s transit-oriented developed (TOD) policy is as effective as promised and every home within 400 metres of the suburb\\u2019s train station can now be developed into a six-storey block of flats (pending all regular approvals by Bayside Council) Turrella\\u2019s geography \\u2013 hills on one side with the station splitting the suburb in two unequal halves \\u2013 will make creating a denser suburb with more amenities challenging Turrella \\u2013 from an Indigenous word meaning \\u201Creedy place\\u201D or \\u201Cwater reeds\\u201D \\u2013 was used for rural farming until the 1930s make up 15 per cent of Turrella\\u2019s population) this was an industrial area,\\u201D said Maria \\u201CWe had chickens walking up and down the street It was beautiful \\u2026 And then they put all these flats up.\\u201D \\u201CI\\u2019m very much connected to everyone they\\u2019re all my friends,\\u201D he says as another regular walks in recounting the name of the customer\\u2019s dog and the circumstances of his life He says there aren\\u2019t enough people living around his cafe to sustain his business \\u2013 or any business You think these people don\\u2019t need accountants here he reflects: having a backyard for the couple\\u2019s two young children to play in when the city was locked down was a blessing But he has also noticed a \\u201Creal lack of community\\u201D compared with the couple\\u2019s time living in apartments and \\u2013 this is the chief complaint \\u2013 if he wants to go anywhere \\u201CYou can\\u2019t walk to any of your daily needs in Turrella occasionally it\\u2019s here,\\u201D he says with a coffee from the Hot Grind \\u201Cbut it\\u2019s generally in the car\\u201D if more amenities don\\u2019t come to Turrella the suburb is now among the densest in Sydney \\u2013 and it also comes with three supermarkets and at least 20 restaurants and cafes \\u201CMy initial impression of Wolli Creek before I lived here was not good,\\u201D Waterford says overdeveloped \\u2026 just a dormitory suburb \\u201CWhat I\\u2019ve realised now that I live here and actually spend time in Wolli Creek in the evenings \\u201CAnd I think that\\u2019s what makes this TOD program so sensible but it doesn\\u2019t feel overwhelming.\\u201D this is a really high-functioning area,\\u201D says Erika Pawley \\u2013 an urban planner with 25 years\\u2019 experience in government planning now a director at Leamac Property Group \\u2013 as she walks down the street with the Herald on a cloudy Friday afternoon \\u201CThere\\u2019s been a failure of urban systems \\u2026 There are huge trucks coming into this relatively constrained area kerbs that are smashed up with large trucks coming in and out.\\u201D \\u201COur concept was to still have quite a good amount of employment in the precinct \\u2013 in fact potentially more jobs than what is there now \\u2013 but jobs that are more compatible with residential jobs that don\\u2019t necessarily rely on big heavy trucks.\\u201D But the state\\u2019s \\u201Cretain and manage\\u201D approach to industrial land \\u2013 that because of a severe lack of it in Sydney \\u2013 meant it couldn\\u2019t be rezoned for housing Housing and Infrastructure is currently reviewing the \\u201Cretain and manage\\u201D policy \\u201CIndustrial land on one side of the station supports jobs in the manufacturing and is a key feature of the current community,\\u201D Planning Minister Paul Scully said in a statement \\u201CTurrella was identified as a Transport Oriented Development site as it has the capacity to create more homes near well-connected transport infrastructure and jobs,\\u201D he said \\u201CDAs can now be submitted in Turrella which could include mixed use residential and commercial developments which will add vibrancy and new activity to the community.\\u201D Scully also pointed to the state government\\u2019s recent announcement of a 4.5 hectare (11-acre) expansion of the Wolli Creek Regional Park \\u2013 the state\\u2019s only regional park in an urban environment \\u2013 that will support increased density in the area it is important that new housing is delivered in a way that creates a good quality of life for new residents and builds great communities,\\u201D he said In a local Facebook group set up to \\u201Csave\\u201D the area It\\u2019s always: is the price something your neighbours are interested in no one\\u2019s going to buy a single house and redevelop it \\u201CThe alternative is you don\\u2019t sell but you get to live in a higher density community So I\\u2019m kind of agnostic to the question of whether we sell or not An undisclosed major bank has a blacklist of 6700 apartment projects across Australia The projects are where buyers are either refused loans or are offered reduced loan to value ratios (LVR) The list has been obtained by The Australian Financial Review from the mortgage broker The newspaper article only pinpointed a handful of effected projects Sydney-based Home Loan Experts noted "blacklisted" projects vary across the banks Earlier this year RiskWise declare Zetland as the riskiest off the plan suburb in 2018 58 Cairds Avenue, Bankstown 23 Mcintyre Street, Gordon, NSW; 10 Rosamond Road, Footscray 29 Woodroffe Avenue, Main Beach Cromwell Road, South Yarra 275-277 The Esplanade, Cairns North 36 Griffith Street, New Farm 659 Murray Street, West Perth Serviced apartments or converted hotels are always considered as high-risk lending Assisting borrowers who have been rejected by banks is now a constant challenge Mr Minns has promised that a Labor Government will protect the remaining bushlands required to complete the park that was created in 1988 by Carr Labor Government Bayside and Inner West Councils have passed resolutions in support of State Government action to complete the Park and more than 1,000 people have signed an open letter to the leaders of all the NSW political parties asking for their support for the cause president of the Wolli Creek Preservation Society said,"We welcome the news from the ALP and are now looking forward to the Liberals to make the same commitment "The Wolli Creek Regional Park runs below the Earlwood ridge from Bexley North to close to Tempe and is the largest area of remnant bushland left in the densely developed inner south-west region of Sydney "A community effort sustained over a whole generation has brought the Regional Park close to completion with only two hectares of land remaining to be brought into it "The Wolli Creek Preservation Society is campaigning to have the Park completed in 2023 which will be 25 years after it was promised by an ALP government 35 years after a Liberal Minister committed to permanently protecting the Wolli Valley bushland and 43 years since the Kirby enquiry recommended its preservation successive governments over past decades have failed to get done what Kirby recommended "Many people in the community are impatient to see the Park completed and many more mistakenly believe that all the land is already in the hands of the NPWS." Mr Minns said the decision by NSW Labor to protect the park will finally finish the long-term project ensuring local families can enjoy its 4.5km of walking track "Families in south Sydney rely on this extremely rare example of natural landscape for connecting with nature close to home," Mr Minns said "The Wolli Creek Regional Park has faced too much uncertainty for too long It's past time we had a government that was prepared to finish protecting this important area of natural bushland the completed Wolli Creek Regional Park will be enjoyed for generations to come," he said NSW Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage Penny Sharpe said the Wolli Creek Regional Park has been a neglected "This announcement will make sure this rare and beautiful area will be protected forever," she said "This unique and precious area provides rare and crucial habitat for over 460 plant and animal species that call Wolli Creek Regional Park home including vulnerable native species like the Grey-Headed Flying Fox and Powerful Owl "The Wolli Creek Regional Park contains a remarkable diversity of ecosystems that need special protection animals and people alike can enjoy its natural landscapes forever." About 200 people are still unable to return to their homes which are located inside the buildings impacted by a crane that collapsed in Wolli Creek on Sunday NSW Fire and Rescue and contractor Probuild are now working to remove the 30-metre crane which smashed into a penthouse apartment of a 10-storey building crushing a balcony and leaving three workers in need of rescue Four temporary cranes have now been moved into the area to extract the larger structure A spokesperson for NSW Fire and Emergency said the process to remove the fallen crane may take until Wednesday or Thursday Wolli Creek resident Daniel Wallace has been unable to return to his home since Sunday All of the apartment complexes on Brodie Spark Drive were evacuated when the crane fell into the Arc building on Sunday morning a site manager who has worked in the construction industry for 15 years and has been unable to work since the incident said the lack of transparency from developer Frasers Property and contractor Probuild was disconcerting "I doubt the cranes they've moved in to get it out will work though Mr Gomes and his partner slept on the floor of a friend's house on Sunday and were given just 10 minutes access to their apartment on Monday They have been granted emergency accommodation but are being moved to new hotels every night along with hundreds of neighbours The collapsed crane left as many as 500 people unable to return home on Sunday.Credit: Michele Mossop The couple had to make their way into the city on Monday night They are now preparing to spend the night in a hotel in Mascot "We've been given $100 vouchers for room service between two of us for breakfast Some other people have been given the same but they have families There is a man here with four kids to feed I'd guess about 260 people are still affected," Mr Gomes told Fairfax Media The fallen crane in Wolli Creek before it was removed "We're lucky that my car was out Some people can't get to theirs and have to take taxis everywhere Each night we get a note slipped under our door at 10pm telling us where we are going next "They keep telling us to save our receipts for reimbursement but who knows what will happen I contacted my real estate agent and they weren't aware of what was happening so I'm also still paying rent too." Another resident Daniel Wallace was in the process of moving out of his apartment when the crane collapsed He is due to vacant his rental property in Wolli Creek on Wednesday but has been unable to access the unit for more than a "few minutes" since then "I'm feeling like a bit of a gypsy and I'm kind of over it," Wallace said Wallace has only been granted one extra day from his real estate agent before he has to hand in the keys "When I contacted them to let them know they weren't aware of accident so I had to explain the situation to them I may lose my bond as it looks like we won't be allowed back in until the end of the week." A Frasers Property spokesperson said "the site will be largely restored by Saturday afternoon." All of the apartment complexes on Brodie Spark Drive were evacuated when the on Sunday morning \\\"I doubt the cranes they've moved in to get it out will work though Mr Gomes and his partner slept on the floor of a friend's house on Sunday and were given just 10 minutes access to their apartment on Monday \\\"We've been given $100 vouchers for room service between two of us for breakfast I'd guess about 260 people are still affected,\\\" Mr Gomes told Fairfax Media Some people can't get to theirs and have to take taxis everywhere \\\"They keep telling us to save our receipts for reimbursement but who knows what will happen I contacted my real estate agent and they weren't aware of what was happening so I'm also still paying rent too.\\\" He is due to vacant his rental property in Wolli Creek on Wednesday but has been unable to access the unit for more than a \\\"few minutes\\\" since then \\\"I'm feeling like a bit of a gypsy and I'm kind of over it,\\\" Wallace said \\\"When I contacted them to let them know they weren't aware of accident so I had to explain the situation to them I may lose my bond as it looks like we won't be allowed back in until the end of the week.\\\" A Frasers Property spokesperson said \\\"the site will be largely restored by Saturday afternoon.\\\" the Urban Development Institute of Australia National Awards for Excellence are about as close as you can get to the Oscars This column might be biased but the masterplanned development award sounds a whole lot like the “best film” category Or at the very least the “best actress” gong announced at a gala dinner in Adelaide in March was Discovery Point in Wolli Creek by Frasers Property The judges praised the project for delivering an “exceptional masterplanned community [which] has successfully managed a range of complex issues to deliver a quality environment and living environment” There were glowing words for the “vertical village” with immediate access to Wolli Creek train station active street frontages and architectural differentiation between buildings Icon is the last planned residential building at Discovery Point and the tallest The 243-unit building by architects Group GSA has a slimline silhouette with glass louvred winter gardens on its western and southern facades Residents will have access to facilities including a large outdoor barbecue area Discovery Point is expected to be home to 3500 people in 1500 apartments It’s 10 kilometres from the CBD and three kilometres from Sydney Airport The development on the shores of the Cooks River is surrounded by more than three hectares of parklands and gardens a playground and 275 metres of water frontage Expressions of interest for Icon are open now ahead of a VIP launch in August 14-16 Wandella Road, Miranda One beds, 57 square metres, $559,000 to $569,000; two beds, 82-94 square metres, $749,000 to $860,000 Strata levies from $400 a quarter Due for completion mid 2018 Agent McGrath Projects, 1300 755 470; mirandacentral.com.au See more at domain.com.au/project/1453 Diggers Miranda has more than schnitzel and cheap schooners on offer The RSL club in Sutherland Shire has embarked on a bold strategy to fill its coffers by selling the air rights above its car park to developer Devcor Altis Architecture designed the apartments which start on level four and rise six storeys Most offer district or Botany Bay and CBD views A display suite at Miranda RSL is open Thursdays 3pm-8pm similar to those being offered at Bella Rise 181-213 Garfield Road, East Riverstone Three-bed house and land packages, 139 square metres, $650,000 to $714,000; four-bed house and land packages, 158-241 square metres, $686,000 to $882,000 Due for completion mid 2018 Agent McGrath Projects, 1800 988 897; bellarise.com.au See more at: domain.com.au/project/1572 Riverstone train station is 900 metres away and it’s a 50-kilometre drive to the CBD. Inspections of the Wisdom Homes display home are by appointment. The information on this website is intended to be of a general nature only and doesn't consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. where we are privileged to live and operate For those looking for a front row view of Sydney's apartment boom you couldn't get much closer than Darren Miller's place at Wolli Creek A 14-storey tower is being constructed less than 30 centimetres from the balcony of Mr Miller's first-floor apartment – all with the blessing of Rockdale Council and local planning authorities The construction has had such an impact on their one-bedroom property that last month Mr Miller and his wife Lin Ling were forced to move out Darren Miller next to the new apartment block being built just centimetres from his Wolli Creek balcony.Credit: Janie Barrett "My wife's from Shanghai," he said "We've been to Shanghai many times and even she says there's no way that this would be approved in Shanghai." The recently constructed slab for what will eventually become a new garden for his future neighbours is almost level with Mr Miller's balcony railing This garden is to be screened behind a 1.4-metre privacy wall further cutting off his apartment's only source of natural light But it would seem potential pitfalls of the development were less of a surprise to planning authorities Documents show Rockdale Council identified issues with "adequate building separation and setbacks" months before the $20 million development application for the Levey Street site was lodged in 2013 The council still recommended that the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) approve the development despite noting the living spaces of the two buildings were as close as 8.5 metres – well short of the minimum 12-metre separation required by planning and building design codes "This separation is considered acceptable given it is limited to four storeys and of limited length the location of openings and nature of the rooms opposite each other," the report said Rockdale Council on Monday defended the plans as consistent with local controls which permitted zero side setbacks in high-density areas The council told Fairfax Media the concerns identified in its report did not relate to the development podium immediately adjoining Mr Miller's balcony an area that would be screened "to create a whole new private environment" It instead sheeted home the blame for Mr Miller's woes to his own building's private certifier A permanent 1.2-metre planter and screen planting that were supposed to have been built along Mr Miller's balcony when his apartment block was completed in 2012 "have not been constructed in accordance with the approved plans," the council said "Appropriate action will be taken if Mr Miller's building has not been constructed in accordance with the approved design but has been certified as correct by a private certifier," it said But ward councillor Nicholas Mickovski, who was "gobsmacked" when he saw images of the development posted by Mr Miller on Facebook as well as council staff for not adequately communicating the adjoining development's issues to councillors "The conversation I'll have with the general manager and the director of planning is that clearly things need to be a little bit more better," Cr Mickovski said The JRPP said its "independent merit-based decisions" gave consideration to factors including the council's assessment report which had responded to the issues raised about the development in public submissions "The Panel encourages residents to speak to Council if they feel that the conditions of approval are not being met," it said "Council is responsible for investigating and undertaking enforcement action in these cases." For those looking for a front row view of Sydney's apartment boom you couldn't get much closer than Darren Miller's place at Wolli Creek A 14-storey tower is being constructed less than 30 centimetres from the balcony of Mr Miller's first-floor apartment \\u2013 all with the blessing of Rockdale Council and local planning authorities and even she says there's no way that this would be approved in Shanghai.\\\" The recently constructed slab for what will eventually become a new garden for his future neighbours is almost level with Mr Miller's balcony railing further cutting off his apartment's only source of natural light Rockdale Council identified issues with \\\"adequate building separation and setbacks\\\" months before the $20 million development application for the Levey Street site was lodged in 2013 despite noting the living spaces of the two buildings were as close as 8.5 metres \\u2013 well short of the minimum 12-metre separation required by planning and building design codes \\\"This separation is considered acceptable given it is limited to four storeys and of limited length the location of openings and nature of the rooms opposite each other,\\\" the report said The council told Fairfax Media the concerns identified in its report did not relate to the development podium immediately adjoining Mr Miller's balcony an area that would be screened \\\"to create a whole new private environment\\\" It instead sheeted home the blame for Mr Miller's woes to his own building's private certifier A permanent 1.2-metre planter and screen planting that were supposed to have been built along Mr Miller's balcony when his apartment block was completed in 2012 \\\"have not been constructed in accordance with the approved plans,\\\" the council said \\\"Appropriate action will be taken if Mr Miller's building has not been constructed in accordance with the approved design but has been certified as correct by a private certifier,\\\" it said as well as council staff for not adequately communicating the adjoining development's issues to councillors \\\"The conversation I'll have with the general manager and the director of planning is that clearly things need to be a little bit more better,\\\" Cr Mickovski said The JRPP said its \\\"independent merit-based decisions\\\" gave consideration to factors including the council's assessment report \\\"The Panel encourages residents to speak to Council if they feel that the conditions of approval are not being met,\\\" it said \\\"Council is responsible for investigating and undertaking enforcement action in these cases.\\\" SaveLog in, register or subscribe to save recipes for later.You have reached your maximum number of saved items Remove items from your saved list to add more Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime ShareGo-to dish: Smoked lamb rib and Asian chimichurri.Anna Kucera14.5/20How we score The real reason people rush to the newest restaurant in town is not just for bragging rights; it's – just in case Just in case it's the start of something big There's a real thrill to getting there "before they were famous" it's like freshly fallen snow: no footprints a contemporary Singaporean/Chinese restaurant built around the idea of smoked meats ("yan" means smoke in Mandarin) It's a leap of faith for young co-owners Raymond Lim and Narada Kudinar of popular neighbourhood Woolloomooloo cafe Yan's interior is a bare-bones fit-out.Anna KuceraHoused in the sort of glass-walled ground-floor corner space of a new-build residential building that would normally go to a Nando's or a Subway; it's a bare-bones fit-out of Scandinavian-style furnishings and rice-paper box lanterns; a jade-green tiled counter acting as kitchen pass Singaporean-born Lim worked at the former Galileo restaurant with Masahiko Yomoda for four years he's creating something refreshingly new by fusing French technique and finesse with his own favourite Singaporean flavour bombs pork belly – end up tasting Asian through astute condimentalising slow-smoked and then caramelised over a binchotan grill until fat The "Asian chimichurri" topping is just as compelling – a chop-chop of coriander soy sauce and chilli that's bright and fresh Mussels with house-made chilli sauce and steamed bao.Anna KuceraAdvertisementSome dishes evoke the hawker stall – just-opened mussels bathed in a lightly jammy chilli sauce ($21) are hauntingly reminiscent of Singapore chilli crab soft and fluffy white buns that categorically need to stay on the menu in some form or other Lim says he's considering BYO crab nights to match with various sauces – just do it a short and simple wine list is on the way A slaw of slender batons of pear and cucumber in a spicy tangy dressing ($8) is cooling in an almost Korean way is about as far away from fried rice as you can get; a squeaky-clean mix of polished Japanese sushi rice slivers of Chinese olives and mustard leaves And look at that Wolli Creek value – no surer proof of the matrix that exists between rent paid and menu price A 200-gram grilled wagyu striploin with a 7+ marble score and a light kabayaki glaze is the most expensive dish at $46 Pear and cucumber slaw is cooling in an almost Korean way.Anna KuceraThere's always a pav these days but this one ($15) is deconstructed into a thing of beauty pitting shards of lime meringue against silky smooth liquid nitrogen'd lychee ice-cream (the kitchen is swathed in fog at regular intervals) and a rubble of ginger and pandan jelly young chefs with no dough used to open in low-rent pub dining rooms getting both location and licence for very little return it's the high-rises in rapidly gentrifying 'burbs that get the bright young things I'd be keeping an eye on Epping and Macquarie Park Worst bit: Serving two different meat dishes on the same plate Terry Durack is chief restaurant critic for The Sydney Morning Herald and senior reviewer for the Good Food Guide. 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