Traffic chaos expected in busy Killarney street

This breaking news from a keen eyed reader of the Killarney Heights blog.

"Traffic chaos predicted due to apparently abandoned vehicle in the middle of a busy Killarney street. Owner urged to come forward to avoid removal by council".

Pedestrians have had to carefully choose their walk to avoid collision with dangerously parked vehicles such as this.

Update

A second vehicle has been added to what authorities now believe to be an orchestrated campaign of civil disobedience in Killarney Heights.

Killarney no longer the entertainment capital of the north

What will the residents do for entertainment now that the last local video store has closed?

It seems like only yesterday when there was a golden era and two shops served Forestville. You could get both kinds of video entertainment - Beta and VHS.

Top Video was interesting in that their system involved paying when you returned the video, presumably as late fees were common. The store featured a top shelf packed with more "adult" titles for discerning locals.

Promotional movie posters were for sale on a table out the front but regrettably this local business appears to be gone.

Shop owner, John Miller, is reported to have served customers including local ex-prime minister Tony Abbott for more than 40 years, but when he fell out with him over his "childish" nature, the writing was on the wall.

Be kind, rewind.

Power outage returns Killarney to the dark ages

A falling branch on December 29 in Connemara Avenue causes a short circuit between two phases leading to spectacular sparks further down the road.



Neighbours emerged from their houses to compare notes. It seems many of us now have more than one phase connected and did not suffer a complete outage.

Local Member Part II

Mr Jimmy - local resident and follower of the political scene, writes:

The Honourable Tony Abbott, our local member (at least for the time being) and former Dear Leader of the Liberal party has once again been the target of an unprovoked knife attack by a cabal of colleagues in the normally quiet surrounds of Canberra. Trusted (sic) lieutenant Julie Bishop was sent in to "shirt front" the PM, as he was then, and invite him to convene a sociable soiree with all of his closest mates. The rest is history. King Kong is dead and his urbane successor promises "advocacy, not slogans" which has now been repeated so often on every TV and radio channel across the country that it surely qualifies as the first de facto slogan of the Turnbull regime.

Several close confidants of Mr Abbott are reportedly considering their options following their leader's sudden fall from grace. Western Australian funny man Senator Mathias Cormann is widely expected to fall back on his second career as an Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonator whilst "Jovial Joe" Hockey may be forced to dispose of some of his portfolio of rental properties in order to continue to fund his penchant for hand rolled Cuban cigars. Alternatively, he may heed his own recent advice and seek to secure a well paid job.

As to Mr Abbott himself, the prospect of life on the back benches is unlikely to appeal and pundits are predicting an early exit from politics in order to spend more time with his $300K (excluding "extras") annual pension. Perhaps the denizens of Killarney Heights will once again be treated to the sight of our famous resident MAMIL (middle aged man in Lycra) pedalling furiously up the Starkey Street hill to prove he is still fit enough to overtake the Killarney Shuttle.

Vale Mr Tony. When will we see your like again? [Probably not any time soon. Ed.]

Clear skies over Killarney

Hard to believe but this is a hand held shot of the moon from Killarney Heights.

Here's one taken with a tripod, not a big difference.

The air is so clear in Killarney I think it should be the site of the next telescope.

Sorrenti's Pizza of Killarney - opening night review

Opening on a Monday during the "coldpocalipse" is not perhaps the way to kick off an exciting new addition to our fine suburb but the good proprietors of Sorrenti's decided to do so, perhaps hoping for a soft start. The joint was jumping when I arrived at 6pm.

The friendly staff informed me that they've run a pizza place, somewhat larger, in North Sydney.  There are a few tables inside and more outside, heated with gas stand units.

I ordered the Supremo which was $17.50 for a generous size. The promised time of 15 minutes was rather optimistic and it actually took over 25 minutes to arrive. Perhaps the ovens are not calibrated quite yet?

The pizza base is quite thin - which I like. Generously covered with tasty ingredients and neither too salty nor too oily. After carrying it home there was a bit of a tendency to stick to the box but that might be due to leaving it a little too long.

Sorrenti's is in the Killarney shops next to the "shoe" shop. Check it out.

Update

I'm happy to report that after a few opening night glitches, Sorrenti's Pizza is to be heartily recommended.

Excitement builds as Sorrenti's Pizza of Killarney's opening approaches

Just one more sleep until the red checked curtain opens!

A bottle of wine and a wood fired pizza right here in Killarney Heights - living the dream.