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Eyes on Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai

Eyes on Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai

By: Adrienne McLean Martin Pluss and Neil Ashworth
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We bring you people, places and local events in Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai, on Sydney’s upper North Shore. Your hosts are Adrienne McLean, Martin Pluss, and Neil AshworthCopyright 2025 All rights reserved. Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Kathie Comb and The Bush Tele, Legacy Week, Hornsby Mayor Warren Waddell
    Sep 1 2025

    September 2025

    1m 20s Adrienne McLean talks to Kathie Comb, publisher of the Bush Tele

    22m 20s Martin Pluss talks to Hornsby Shire Council Mayor Warren Waddell

    41m Neil Ashworth introduces Legatee Richard Dawes discussing Legacy Week and the volunteer work he does for Legacy Australia

    54m And finally we all cover the media we have been consuming this week – Martin covers the new private University campus in Pennant Hills. Adrienne has been to the Mudgee Marathon with the Turramurra Trotters. Neil has been watching “Kpop Demon Hunters”, the smash hit from Netflix. Finally Martin reviews Matt Fitzgerald’s “How Bad Do You Want It”.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Marian Street Theatre, Powerful Owls, HSC Trials
    Jul 27 2025

    .52s A quick comment in the Battle for Bradfield, the environmentally damaging spill under North Turramurra Golf Course, and the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Small Business Awards

    7m Adrienne McLean talks to Tony Bates about the Marian Street Theatre Action Group

    26m Neil Ashworth Catches up with Georgia Cameron and Michael Bianchino at their talk on Mikey the Powerful Owlet

    41m Then Martin Pluss walks students through what they should be doing to prepare for HSC Trials.

    50m 28s And finally we all cover the media we have been consuming this week - Neil has been watching Welcome to Wrexham on Netflix and then gives a quick summary on his favourite sports documentaries – Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia from 1938, and Pumping Iron, a documentary on body building featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger from 1977, Martin has been reading The Perfect Mile by Neal Bascombe about the pursuit of the four minute mile by Roger Bannister, John Landy, and Wes Santee. Adrienne has started reading Juice by Tim Winton, a treasure of Australian literature.

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    1 hr
  • June 2025 Synthetic Turf, Ginger Meggs, Warren Waddell, Gordon from Gordon
    Jun 21 2025

    June 2025 Eyes on Hornsby Ku-ring-gai.

    00:00:52 Adrienne McLean talks to Dale Crosby of the Natural Turf Alliance about the use of synthetic Turf on sporting fields.

    00:22:00 Neil Ashworth examines the origins of Ginger Meggs with Nathan Tilbury.

    00:47:30 Then Martin Pluss finds out whats happening with Hornsby Council with Mayor Warren Waddell.

    01:13:00 Martin also talks "Place" with Gordon from Gordon.

    01:28:00 And finally we all cover the media we have been consuming this week - Neil has been to the Sydney Film Festival, Martin has been listening to the podcast The Endurers, and Adrienne is off to see Torvill and Dean. Plus we get in a mention of ticket prices, Turramurra Trotters, and the layout of Turramurra, and the ongoing controversy on Marian Street Theatre.

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    1 hr and 45 mins
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