Thursday 17 October 2024

St. Joseph's Mount / Logan Brae Proposed Development

Mal's Blog Post

Historic St. Joseph's Mount / Logan Brae and their gorgeous open parklands here in South Bathurst NSW Australia are physically right across the road from me (pics).

ABSURD
PROPOSED
DEVELOPMENT


➽ As a local resident, I am very concerned about the proposed development of the Logan Brea site on Busby Street, South Bathurst NSW Australia.

Note: I aint no NIMBY!


● The proposed height and density for the site are the issues.

● It's a HERITAGE CONSERVATION ZONE for goodness' sake! Doesn't that mean anything?

● Then there's the traffic nightmares, right next to a children's playground.

● Then there's the Bees! Save the bees!

● Gotta fight this absurdity.

WIN News, 27 August 2024



WHAT YOU CAN DO

The residents of South Bathurst have formed the "South Bathurst Residents Action Group".
They are not against development, but insist developers must 'Built It Right, Limit The Height'.
Interested persons are invited to join the Group, to check out both Planning Proposals online, to get informed, and to voice your concerns and opinions to the media and Bathurst Council.
"Say No to Sydney 2.0"

Join the Group and Keep Informed
On Facebook:
"South Bathurst Residents Action Group"
Email:


(Note: this particular blog page you are currently on
is by a private citizen.)


The local neighbours are on board

● The height is one of the main issues!!!

(Gotta love that some sob ripped this down c. 24 hours after it was put up...)
17 August 2024
(and... it's gone again! grrr...)


These are the open parklands, the site of this proposed absurd development
(NB. Click on an image to view it in a larger scale)
Photo sources: Myself and Facebook



● Please note: This is not against development, but rather "Build it right, limit the height".

● This proposed addition of 1,000 new residents, plus assorted increased traffic, etc., is wholly unsuitable for this rural suburban location.

● The current Council Planned Building Height Limit in this rural suburban area is 9m. The proposed development is 18 m or 6 stories high, which may lead to further inappropriate precedents in/around Bathurst.

● The proposed development is within a Local Heritage Conservation Zone. Changes to this here may lead to further inappropriate precedents in/around Bathurst.

● The proposal does not provide a solution to the need for affordable housing.


"BLEND IT RIGHT, LIMIT THE HEIGHT
SAY NO TO SYDNEY 2.0

A consistent message that we want to put out is that we are not against development of new dwellings, especially in this housing crisis. But we are after development that is sensitive to the surrounding area and residents. And the wider Bathurst community should be concerned as well. If these developments are approved as they are, it sets the precedent for further developments in other areas. And I cant imagine anyone is too pleased to have a 5+ story tower built next to them.
There are obviously a number of reasons to be concerned about these developments, and we did discuss these, but we also looked at positive actions we could take. This included flyers to make sure all surrounding residents are aware, as there are still those that don’t know. A consistent image/brand is being developed for the action group in order to show a coordinated community approach. We will be attending council meetings regularly and asking questions. A story in the newspaper will also happen at some point. As things progress through the development approval process, we aim to keep track of it and inform residents at each step. it is currently under the Gateway process..." - J.D. 2 July 2024

"The idea then was 6-12 townhouses and I remember thinking increased traffic was going to be a problem as cars made their way through the maze of streets and giveway signs onto Rocket and Havannah. 
With this recent plan, the number of bedrooms proposed is pretty insane - and I’m assuming an ambit claim. 
The amount of single rooms suggests student accommodation - maybe the uni should be looking at campus space for such high density living and cut out the travel and traffic congestion. " - S.L. 30 June 2024

"The problems with cars turning into the bottom of Busby and speeding/not indicating will definitely need to be addressed if there are more houses going into Busby Street. If the new developments go towards alleviating the housing shortage issues, then I am all for them. BUT, Please let these developments include caveats for keeping heritage trees and improving the streetscape, not destroying it." - B.P. 30 June 2024

"The St Catherine's property sits inside a Heritage Conservation Zone (HCZ) which is recognized and valued for its special historical and aesthetic character. The HCZ includes buildings trees, fences and gardens that contribute to its heritage significance. HCZs protect whole areas from inappropriate development. The proposed housing development for this site is totally alien to the South Bathurst landscape.  The ecological effect would be devastating. the site would lose its canopy cover which provides a foil against rising temperatures at a time when the highest temperatures have been recorded in history. Habitat will be lost.   The gentle ridgeline will be obliterated and the entire aspect of the site will lose its integrity.  The natural beauty of the site will be lost forever under tons of concrete.  What a tragedy for residents and what a legacy for future generations" - MTH, 22 Aug 2024
 


Link this Page (bit.ly/SthBxDev)

Peas be with ewe 
Mal

Wednesday 16 October 2024

Mal's DVD Movie Collection


► Total: 1,043 DVD Titles I've Collected and Watch, Appreciate and Enjoy.


💥 I prefer watching movies; I rarely watch TV, hence all the DVD's. I don't have Cable/Pay TV etc either.


► Mal's 5 Out of 5 Movies ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐





A  
  • About Time (2013) - Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams  (tbr)
  • Ad Astra (2019) - Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland  (3/5)
  • Adrift (2018) - Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin  (3.5/5)
  • Affliction (1997) - Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe  (tbr)
  • After Hours (1985) - Griffin Dunne, Martin Scorsese (Dir.)
  • Aftersun (2022) - Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio  (tbr)
  • Alien (1979) - Sigourney Weaver
  • Alive (1993) - Frank Marshall (Dir.)
  • Amadeus (1984) - Tom Hulce  (5/5) 💥
  • Amelie (2001) - Audrey Tautou  (5/5) 💥
  • Ammonite (2020) - Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan  (tbr)
  • Anthology (1995) - The Beatles (Prod.)  (4.5/5)
  • Anthropoid (2016) - Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan  (tbr)
  • Ants (1998) - Dreamworks (Prod.)  (3.5/5)
  • Apocalypse Now [Redux] (1979-2000) - Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall (tbr)
  • Arctic (2018)  - Mads Mikkelsen  (3.5/5)
  • Arrival (2016) - Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner  (4.5/5)
  • Avatar (2009) - Sam Worthington, James Cameron (Dir.)  (3.5/5)
  • Awakenings (1990) - Robin Williams, Robert Di Niro  (4/5)

B  
  • Babylon (2022) - Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva  (4.5/5)
  • Badlands (1973) - Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek (tbr)
  • Barnyard (2006) - Kevin James, Steve Oedekerk (Dir.)
  • Barton Fink (1991) - John Turturro, Coen Brothers (Dir.) (tbr)
  • Battleships At War (1997)
  • Beaches (1988) - Bette Midler  (3.5/5)
  • Beanpole (2019) - Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina  (3.5/5)
  • The Beatles First US Visit (1964) - The Beatles
  • The Beatles in Washington DC (1964) - The Beatles
  • The Beguiled (2017) - Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, and Elle Fanning
  • Belfast (2022) - Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench  (tbr)
  • Belle (2013) - Gugu Mbatha-Raw
  • The Best of Spike Milligan [BBC] - Spike Milligan
  • Big (1988) - Tom Hanks
  • Big Fish (2004) - Ewan McGregor  (4.5/5)
  • Big Eyes (2014) - Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz  (3/5)
  • Bill (2015) - Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby
  • Biosphere (2022) - Sterling K. Brown, Mark Duplass  (tbr)
  • Bird (1988) - Clint Eastwood (Prod.) (Charlie 'Bird' Parker)
  • Birdman (2014) - Michael Keaton  (4/5)
  • The Birds (1963) - Rod Taylor, Alfred Hitchcock (Dir.)
  • Black Bear (2020) - Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott  (tbr)
  • Black Books (2000-04) - Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey  (3.5/5)
  • Black Robe (1991) - Bruce Beresford (Dir.)  (4.5/5)
  • Blue Velvet (1986) - Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini (tbr)
  • Boogie Nights (1997) - Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds
  • Boyhood (2014) - Ellar Coltrane  (3.5/5)
  • Brave (2012) - Pixar (Prod.)  (4/5)
  • Brazil (1985) - Jonathan Price  (4.5/5)
  • Brooklyn (2015) - Saoirse Ronan  (3/5)

C  
  • Cape Fear (1991) - Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte (tbr)
  • Capote (2005) - Philip Seymour Hoffman  (3.5/5)
  • Carnage (2011) - Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz  (tbr)
  • Carol (2015) - Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara  (tbr)
  • Cars (2006) - Pixar (Prod.)  (4/5)
  • Chicken Run (2000) - Dreamworks (Prod.)  (5/5) 💥
  • Chinatown (1974) - Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway
  • Chernobyl [series] (2019) - Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, Paul Ritter  (4/5)
  • Chocolat (2000) - Juliette Binoche  (4.5/5)
  • Civil War (2024) - Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura  (4/5)
  • Close (2022) - Eden Dambrine, Gustav de Waele  (5/5) 💥
  • Cloud Atlas (2012) - Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent  (3.5/5)
  • CODA (2021) - Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez  (tbr)
  • Coherence (2013) - James Ward Byrkit (Dir.)  (tbr)
  • Columbus (2017) - John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson  (tbr)
  • C'mon C'mon (2021) - Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann  (4/5)
  • Conspiracy (2001) - Colin Firth, David Threlfall, Kenneth Branagh  (3/5)
  • Constantine (2005) - Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz  (4/5)
  • Contact (1997) - Jodie Foster, Matthew McConauughey  (4/5)
  • Control (2007) - Sam Riley  (3/5)
  • Coraline (2009) - Dakota Fanning  (4/5)
  • Cross Of Iron (1977) - James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason
  • Crowded House - Live in New Zealand - August 26, 1991 (3.5/5)

D  
  • Dark City (1998) - Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland  (3.5/5)
  • Das Boot (The Boat) (1981) - Wolfgang Petersen (Dir.)  (5/5) 💥
  • Dead Calm (1989) - Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane  (3.5/5)
  • Deadpool (2016) - Ryan Reynolds  (4.5/5)
  • Deerskin (2019) - Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel  (tbr)
  • Defiance (2008) - Daniel Craig  (4/5)
  • The Departed (2006) - Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg (tbr)
  • Despicable Me (2010) - Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud 
  • (Dir's)  (4.5/5)
  • Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - Peter Sellers  (5/5)  💥
  • Dogville (2002) - Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany  (4/5)
  • Don't Look Up (2021) - Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence  (tbr)
  • Double Indemnity (1944) - Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson (tbr)
  • Downfall (Der Untergang) (2004) - Oliver Hirschbiegel 
  • (Dir.)  (3.5/5)
  • Driving Miss Daisy (1989) - Driving Miss Daisy (1989) - Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd  (tbr)
  • Duel (1971) - Dennis Weaver  (tbr)
  • Dunkirk (2017) - Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney  (3.5/5)

E  
  • Ed Wood (1994) - Johnny Depp  (3.5/5)
  • Elvis (2022) - Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Baz Luhrmann (Dir.)  (4/5)
  • Encanto (2021) - Disney (Prod.)  (tbr)
  • Everest (2015) - Jason Clarke  (4/5)
  • Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Stanley Kubrick (Dir.) (tbr)

F  

G  
  • Gettysburg (1993) - Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen (3.5/5)
  • Get Out (2017) - Daniel Kaluuya  (4/5)
  • Ghandi (1982) - Ben Kingsly  (4.5/5)
  • Glory (1989) - Matthew Broderick  (3.5/5)
  • The Goodies - The Tasty Box  - The Goodies  (4.5/5)
  • The Good Place (Series) (2016-2019) - Kristen Bell, Ted Danson  (4/5)
  • Gravity (2013) - Sandra Bullock  (4/5)
  • Greek Islands (2000)
  • Green Book (2018) - Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen  (4/5)
  • Greenland (2020) - Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin  (4/5)
  • Grey Gardens (1975) - Edith "Big Edie" Ewing Bouvier Beale, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale  (tbr)

H

I  

J  
  • Jabberwocky (1977) - Terry Gilliam (Dir.)
  • Michael Jackson - This Is It (2009)  [tbr]
  • Jaws (1975) - Bruce the Shark  (4/5)
  • Jazz (2000) - Ken Burns (Prod.)  (4/5)
  • J. Edgar (2011) - Leonardo Dicaprio  (3.5/5)
  • Jerry Maguire (1996) - Tom Cruise
  • JFK (1991) - Kevin Costner  (4.5/5)
  • Jimi Hendrix - A Film About (1973) - Jimi Hendrix
  • John Adams [series] (2008) - Paul Giamatti  (3.5/5)
  • Jo Jo Rabbit (2019) - Roman Griffin Davis  (5/5) 💥
  • Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) (2005) - Christian Carion  (4.5/5)
  • Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Spencer Tracey
  • Judy (2019) - Renée Zellweger  (4/5)
  • Juggernaut (1974) - Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, Anthony Hopkins
  • Julia (1977) - Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave  (tbr)
  • Juniper (2021) - Charlotte Rampling, George Ferrier
  • Jurassic World  (2015) - Chris Pratt   (1/5)

K  

L  

M  

N  

O  

P  

Q  

R  
  • Rain Man (1988) - Dustin Hoffman  (4/5)
  • Rango (2011) - Johnny Depp   (4/5)
  • Ravenous (1998) - Guy Pearce  (4.5/5)
  • Ray (2004) - Jamie Foxx (Ray Charles)  (4/5)
  • Rear Window (1954) - Jimmy Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock (Dir.)  (5/5) 💥
  • Reds (1981) - Warren Beatty  (4/5)
  • Renfield (2023) - Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage
  • The Road (2009) - Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee  (3/5)
  • Robots (2005) - Robin Williams
  • Rogue One (Star Wars) (2016) - Felicity Jones, Diego Luna  (4/5)
  • Room (2015) - Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay  (4/5)
  • The Room (2003) - Tommy Wiseau   (Zero/5) "Worst Film Ever" candidate! 💥
  • The Room (2019) - Olga Kurylenko, Kevin Janssens
  • Rope (1948) - Jimmy Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock (Dir.)  (4.5/5)
  • Rosewood (1997) - Ving Rhames, Jon Voight
  • Rushmore (1998) - Jason Schwartzman  (tbr)
  • Russian Doll (series 2019-22) - Natasha Lyonne, Charlie Barnett  (3.5/5)
  • Ryan's Daughter (1970) - Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles; David Lean (Dir.) (tbr)

S  

T  

U  
  • Unbreakable (2000) - Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson  (3.5/5)
  • Unbroken (2014) - Jack O'Connell  (3.5/5)
  • Unforgiven (1992) - Clint Eastwood  (5/5) 💥
  • Up (2009) - Pixar (Prod.)  (4/5)

V  
  • Vegas Vacation (National Lampoon) (1997) - Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo
  • Venus (2006) - Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips (tbr)
  • Vertigo (1958) - James Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock (Dir.)
  • Vikings (Series 1-5) (2013-18) - Travis Fimmel  (4.5/5)

W  

Y  

Z  
  • Zelig (1983) - Woody Allen
  • Zodiac (2007) - Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr.
  • Zootopia (2016) - Disney (Prod.)  (3.5/5)
  • Zulu (1964) - Michael Caine  (3.5/5)


  • 13th (2016) - Ava DuVernay (Dir.)  (tbr)
  • 1408 (2007) - John Cusack, Samuel L Jackson  (tbr)
  • 45 Years (2015) - Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay (tbr)
  • 1917 (2019) - Sam Mendes (Dir.)  (3.5/5)
  • 2012 (2009) - John Cusack  (3.5/5)


*► NB. *(tbr) = to be reviewed/yet to watch DVD




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Mal