The south west region boom now under way looks like it has started to spread to the outposts. Agents Knight Frank have listed the Tahmoor Shopping Village for sale with predictions of double figures, that is $10 to $12 million, which is what similar centres have sold for recently.
Tahmoor’s strategic position in the Wollondilly Shire is similar to Narellan in Camden, with both becoming the major retail hubs for their areas.
And in both the major towns, Picton and Camden, the local councils seem to be keen to maintain their traditional character, which attracts tourists, especially on the weekend.
Camden is actually moving its civic centre to that giant growth area known as Oran Park. Either way smart strategy by both councils.
♦ Over at Campbelltown, sad but true, but it’s very hard to find great coffee in the main drag, Queen Street. There’s some but you can count them on the fingers of one hand.
Mercifully for coffee lovers, there’s plenty close by and one we discovered recently is Crave in the Bradbury shopping centre. It has an inner city vibe and certainly serves up terrific coffee.
Crave’s outdoor area looks like it will be a big hit when we’ve thawed out from September onwards.
♦ Our Group Six rugby league correspondent Mike Shean has a good memory. At a catch up lunch with him at the Bradbury Hotel, Mike reminded me of the Group Six presentation night many years ago when I attended in my capacity as editor of the Macarthur Advertiser, as it was known then. Also with me was legendary sports journo Wayne Cousins (now the media marketing manager for Manly Sea Eagles) and our late and lamented shooter, Robert “Lunatic’ Grujicic. Also taking photos that night was a young radio reporter. Fuelled by a beer or six, the Macad team found this hilarious – a radio jock taking pictures – and the following week’s edition speculated how good the images would have looked when young Mr Shean presented them on his radio show. It was all good fun and it was nice to be reminded of those wonderful years by Mike, who is still young, but not as young as he was that night nearly 20 years ago.
♦ Anti Moorebank intermodal crusader Roy Carter posted this note on social media last week: Hello everyone, some new signs have been erected on Wattle Grove Drive this week pointing to Anzac Road which signal that no vehicle over 5 Tonnes are allowed.
However, no signs are there to indicate Wattle Grove Drive is not for heavy vehicles and from the signs currently being displayed it is just fine to proceed via Wattle Grove Drive to Delfin Drive with your big truck via the residential area past the lake along to the Fire Station using Delfin Drive past all of the houses, whereupon at the end of that road no signs indicate any restrictions at all so the heavy vehicle can then choose this way or that to suit itself apparently.
The mind boggles, concluded Roy.
♦ Do you have any old home movies that showcase Campbelltown before the 1990s? If you do, Campbelltown Library Service wants your footage to help create a project that shows the city through the eyes of its residents. Library staff are keen to gather a collection of footage from Campbelltown’s past, using film or home video content shot prior to 1990 and that contains a significant number of scenes from the Campbelltown area.
The end result of the project will be a special home movie night at the library, where footage will be shared – and perhaps even some secret treasures discovered!
If you have old home movies or film footage featuring the Campbelltown area, and are interested in participating in this project, call Campbelltown Library on 4645 4431 before Friday, July 31.
