Farewell to the Tennis Centre

After 25 years of operation in Killarney Heights, Mark Lawrence is to close the Killarney Heights Tennis Centre.

It's another blow following the closure of the squash courts and restriction of general use of the swimming pool (admittedly not in rapid succession but still...).

Mark has done a wonderful job and I feel a little guilty that I've only played once at his establishment.

Vandals tag entire suburb with british flags

Oh, the horror, the horror. I awoke this morning to find that in the dead of the night, vandals had attacked and damaged our pristine front lawns with an unwanted nationalistic symbol of our British overlords.

This is another publicity stunt from Mr Brian Fairweather of Ray White Real Estate. Please take me off your list.

Letterbox art in Killarney Heights

I go for a 3km walk each morning and have noticed that there's lots of interesting letterboxes in this suburb. Here's a few.

Is this not art?

Homeowners stay 12.2 years in Killarney Heights

The Manly Daily reports that Aside from Elanora Heights and North Manly, the longest average number of years that homeowners stay is at Killarney Heights at an average of 12.2 years.

Optical fiber undersea cable laying

An exciting day today on both sides of the Roseville bridge. A bunch of men, smartly dressed in fluorescent shirts were standing by.

Presently a barge with a big roll of cable turned up on the south side.

I asked if this meant that we'd soon have the NBN in our homes here in Killarney but the friendly Telstra man said that no, it's nothing that advanced.

The cable will be buried under 1.2m of mud to avoid damage from boats. I saw the plan of the waterway and there are already a considerable number of cables in place.

Powerful possums here in Killarney

Possum magic at a local sub-station brought down power to 12,000 homes yesterday.

Ausgrid said the possum came into contact with two live parts of the electricity network near a large substation at Killarney Heights and acted as a conductor, creating a short-circuit and triggering the networks's "safety" mechanism about 4:30am.

Power was restored to the final houses before 8am but not after amusing scenes of camping stoves being put to use in kitchens around the suburb.

The possum, "sparky", did not survive.

Urban activists supply own street furniture

First it was fancy bus stop signs, next it was fancy new buses, but authorities have clearly not gone far enough for the foot-sore residents of Killarney Heights who have started rolling out their own comfy chairs at bus stops.



Typically, the chairs are attached to the bus stop securely with chain.



Where will this grass roots suburban improvement movement end?