The Petersham Bowling Club president reflects on the hard-nosed business of ditching poker machines to bring a struggling club back to life.
Bidding on the two-bedroom home started at $1.3 million,and quickly climbed above the reserve price.
Portuguese flavours are important here and this cafe is no exception.
The original-condition home,which was on the market for the first time in more than four decades,drew a large crowd and sold after a blockbuster auction.
Police say they have taken down the “high-level players” of an ice importing syndicate in a series of co-ordinated midnight raids in Sydney and Perth this week.
The man was working as a stonemason at Fort Street High School when he was fatally injured by falling scaffolding and concrete.
Years after dodging redevelopment plans and ditching pokies,despite warnings it would crumble without them,the PBC is proving community-focused venues have a future.
About one in every 17 homes sold across Greater Sydney during the past year,with home owners in some lifestyle locations particularly keen to cash in on strong price growth.
Half a dozen eastern suburbs buyers competed for a three-bedroom home at auction,with all having previously missed out on properties in the east.
Sydney house prices have lifted more than 50 per cent since the market downturn in 2019,and have soared well above the heights seen in the previous market peak in 2017.
A man has died after being hit by a car in Petersham while traffic is expected to build around the Hume Highway,Yagoona after a critical pedestrian crash.