I have driven past this place at least twice a week over the last twenty years and today I finally decided to stop and check it out.
Located on Pennant Hills Road at Carlingford, this memorial was erected to commemorate a British submarine that sank and trapped its sailors underwater for many hours.
The connection to the local area is that one of the survivors emigrated to Australia after the war and lived in the Parramatta area.
One could argue that isn’t a strong enough case worthy of a monument, but nevertheless it is a quirky and interesting place to visit.
Officially, this landmark is known as ‘Northmead Dam’ and surprisingly a lot of locals are not aware of its existence.
To be fair, it is well hidden away.
The easiest way to access it would be at the end of Loyalty Road at North Rocks. Following the track down into the gully, the large concrete frame can be seen almost immediately.
Another way is to venture upon the bushwalking track that begins behind Hazel Ryan Oval, Whitbread Place just off North Rocks Road. The rugged path winds its way along the creek and to the foot of the dam. It would be a 45 minute to an hour hike.
There does appear to be a third way, on the Northmead side, somewhere near the ‘Rifle Range Steps’.
For more information via Google Maps, click on the link below.
A few months ago, Sylvester Stallone announced to his millions of fans via social media that he was in the process of creating a director’s cut of ‘Rocky IV’.
From what Stallone has said and in reading various editorials elsewhere, it seems what we are going to get is a much more ‘realistic’ and ‘serious’ version of the film.
Already it has been announced that the robot will be cut from the finished product, which is a promising start. There’s a chance then that most of the ‘eighties cheese’ might also go – such as the musical montages.
The trailer for the new film dropped a couple of days ago and it looked incredible!
My impressions were that a lot more focus will be placed on the Apollo vs Drago fight, perhaps to align it better with ‘Creed’ and ‘Creed II’. I noted that Apollo’s ring entrance was featured in the trailer, which hopefully means James Brown’s ‘Living in America’ will be there in all its glory. What a brilliant scene that was!
Apparently over forty minutes of unseen footage will be added to the film.
I’m really looking forward to this one.
The trailer can be watched at the link below, courtesy of ‘JoBlo Movie Trailers’ on YouTube.
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Attention all locked-down citizens of Western Sydney! Do we have a treat for you!
Welcome to the inaugural Western Suburbs Airshow, proudly brought to you by your loving State Government. We’ve spared no expense! Our entire fleet of emergency helicopters will be coming to a street near you – up close and personal!
Either performing figure-eight patterns over your neighbourhood or simply hovering right above your house, our expert pilots sure know how to put on a show. Rounding out the excitement are flashing red and blue lights, powerful search beams and even loudspeakers so we can speak to you from high up above.
And the best news is, you don’t have to go anywhere to see it!
When driving by the local cricket nets the other night, I observed that they had been cordoned off with police tape. Someone wasn’t too pleased about this, for when I returned the following day to take a photo, most of the tape had already been torn away.
This is yet another example of lockdown lunacy and the inconsistent enforcement of public health restrictions.
All you need to do in Sydney is drive five minutes to a suburb where the COVID risk is apparently lower and you will find other amenities like these open to the public.
Hopefully that is where the local cricketing exiles have now gone.
Ever since Parramatta LGA was deemed a COVID ‘hot zone’, the whirring of police helicopters flying overhead has been relentless.
I snapped this beauty from my balcony, flying so low I hardly needed to use the zoom. The screenshot came out better than I expected; quite clear and in great detail.
Basically, all day and night the police are hovering over our homes, using their infra-red cameras to identify gatherings of people. They then radio through to the nearest patrol car to intercept.
Sean Carslake 