News
Revised rules for community facilities
April 19, 2024 News
The recent Community Association Committee meeting approved revisions to the rules for our community facilities – Station, tennis courts, Glasshouse pool and gym. We reviewed all the feedback from residents and made some changes. The revised rules can be downloaded from this page, and on the relevant section of this website. Some provisions were established…
The Station – Table Tennis
March 8, 2024 News
Gana Somayanda, perhaps the most enthusiastic table tennis player in Jacksons Landing, has succeeded in persuading the Community Association to install a table in the Station. Residents will need to book the Station for an hour, provide their own bats and balls and collect the net from the Gatehouse, and return the table to the…
NEW SECURITY COMPANY
March 4, 2024 News
Our new security provider Sentinel Security Group has taken over from AFS. We thank the AFS guards for their service over the past 9 years – we will0 miss Rabindra, David and Sikanderveer especially. Please welcome the new guards as they learn the ropes and familiarise themselves with the complexities of our wonderul estate. And…
CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
February 16, 2024 News
The recent meeting of the CA’s Association Committee (aka Executive Committee) accepted the resignations of David Rice as Treasurer and Neville Monk as Secretary, and elected Peter Clare as Secretary and Neville Monk as Treasurer. Information about the Community Association can be found at About Us/Community Association. Interested residents are welcome to attend CA AC…
CA TREASURER OPPORTUNITY
December 6, 2023 News
Our Community Association Treasurer is stepping down after four years. He leaves an opportunity for someone to contribute to the JL community at a high level. This role is one of the three honorary officebearers and contributes to the management and policy decisions of the CA. You need not be a qualified accountant (our strata…
CHRISTMAS IN PYRMONT 2024?
This festival has evolved over twenty years, to remain fresh, popular and valuable – bringing our community together, and raising funds for local charities. The entertainments become more diverse, adding to our local community bands and choir. And the event is managed by volunteers from Ultimo School, Pyrmont Cares, Barnardos, Harris Community Centre, Domain and…
Christmas in Pyrmont 2023
Christmas in Pyrmont 2023 was wonderful in every respect: The weather was perfect. We raised over $118,000, had expenses of over $23,000, carried over $12,000 from 2022. $25,000 will be distributed to each of our charities – Barnardos, Pyrmont Cares, Ultimo Public School and Uniting Harris Community Centre – total $100,000! The crowd was large…
Public Transport Progress
October 14, 2023 News
A recent forum at the Station updated attendees on PPPTF (Pyrmont Peninusula Public Transport Forum) progress and discussed bus issues and possible improvements with the Bus Industry Task Force representatives. More than 100 attendees were able to comment on 389 and 501 bus services, and ideas for a new service to take in Harris St,…
A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE VOICE
August 4, 2023 News
David Hunt is an entertaining and respected historian, the author of several studies on Australian history. He will examine the background of the proposed Voice to Parliament, including the unresolved conflict of rights; Terra Nullius and its contradictions; the Frontier Wars and the assumption that ‘Aboriginals would fade away’; White Australia and its Constitution; Assimilation…
BE KIND TO YOUR CLEANER
August 2, 2023 News
Some residents are careless depositing their recycling in the garbage room. Please follow the signs for what goes where – and NO plastic bags or polystyrene! Flatten cardboard boxes to make room for more, and it is easy for one resident to do. But consider the time it takes for your cleaner to separate bottles…