Add your ‘garage’ to the Garage Sale Trail

Hey, Chippo folk have a great opportunity to get rid of ‘stuff’. Whether or not you own a ‘garage’ you can sell or give away things you don’t want on Sunday 7 April. In an event being promoted by Sydney City Council, Waverley Council and other Councils any of us across Australia may take advantage of the promotion when lots of people will be on the hunt for bargains or handy stuff. Find out more at: www.garagesaletrail.com… Wouldn’t it... Read More

Workshops for Sustainable Streets & Communities Plan

Sustainable Chippo Public Meetings Info On Wednesday 16 March at 630 to 8 pm Sydney City Council will hold a public meeting to provide information and hear feedback on the Sustainable Streets and Communities Plan that’s being prepared. Information is in the flier from the Council which you may download above; it’s about 1 MB – if you’re a ChippoIte then do try to get there, ask questions, offer ideas and help us work together to sustain where we live and... Read More

32 new bike parking O rings for Chippo

New O ring, Shepherd street Sydney City Council has just installed 32 O rings for parking bicycles in Chippendale. The streets where bikes may be parked with the new O rings include: Rose St, Shepherd St, Myrtle St, Buckland St, and Beaumont St. May the bikes be with us. Thanks Council – terrific work, and much appreciated. Michael  Read More

Clean up Chippo this Sunday 6 March

Clean up chippendale A new local, Thais, has set up a group to clean up Chippo this Sunday 5 March  Read More

Chippo is part of Clean Up Australia Day

A new local to Chippo, Thais, has started a Clean Up Australia Day Chippendale site and would love help on the day and in promoting the event. To visit Thais’ site  and contact to get involved, go to: www.cleanupaustraliaday.org… It’s great to have new blood and ideas – thanks, Thais, May the clean streets be with us, Michael  Read More

Mayor Moore’s letter about making Chippendale sustainable

Final Letter On January 2011 Mayor Clover Moore MP wrote to let us know in Chippendale about the plan to make the suburb sustainable.  The Mayor’s letter is in this blog, above. May the sustainable streets be with us, Michael  Read More

Stratas going green – web page

There’s a handy web page dedicated to units wishing to go green – here: greenstrata.com… And there’s a case study there of a rooftop garden in some units in Shepherd Street, Chippendale, here: greenstrata.com… To contact the person running the web page, Christine Byrne:  chris@greenstrata.com.au Enjoy, Michael  Read More

Some native stingless bee tips

Here are some tips for those wishing to keep native stingless bees.  Most of what follows is directly from an email sent to me by a proud new native bee owner, Lynda and I’m grateful for Lynda agreeing to publish this information. What to wear when splitting the hive: Don’t wear dark colours as they tend to attract an agressive response from the bees when splitting. Native stingless bees are NOT the commercial, introduced ones which do sting: Australia has over... Read More

Blue tongue lizard on back deck today!

Blue tongue lizard on back deck today Don’t ask me where it’s come from but today I saw a blue tongue lizard on the back deck. It looks well fed. I don’t think it can get into the chook run, but I’m not sure.  If it did it may eat the eggs, I suppose. I’m amazed. May the lizards be with us, Michael  Read More

Bob through the window

Bob looking through my window Bob and Bert, the chooks in the run outside the kitchen window, love to see what’s happening inside the house. Who knows, some cooking may be underway and some tucker may be about to be thrown through the kitchen window to peck? Lottie, who has the blog, A place a day, took this lovely photo through one of the windows (it’s got raindrops on it, so you’re looking through a glass sparkly).  It’s Bob checking things out. Bob... Read More