Saturday, 23 August 2025
Property Advert of the Week: Meriton Advertisement (1973)
Monday, 18 August 2025
VISIONS OF SYDNEY: Bondi Junction Piazza (2001)
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Saturday, 16 August 2025
Property Advert of the Week: "San Michelle" at Queenscliff (1970)

Monday, 11 August 2025
VISIONS OF SYDNEY: Otis Personal Rapid Transport System for Central Sydney (1974)
Did you know that in the 1970s, the Otis Elevator Company proposed a personal rapid transport system to transport people in central Sydney?
Below is a newspaper feature from The Sydney Morning Herald in 1974.
Along the four-mile proposed route (Approximately 6.5 kilometres) from the Sydney Opera House to Central Station, vehicles seating up to 24 people would operate either at ground level or on elevated rails. This was seen as a solution to traffic congestion and air pollution in central Sydney. It was even suggested that it could be used to serve the Northern Beaches, which at the time (and still is) not served by heavy rail.
Source: Anon. 1974. "Air cushion travel proposed". The Sydney Morning Herald, January 30: 3.
Saturday, 9 August 2025
Property Advert of the Week: Neeta Homes (1992)
Below is a 1992 newspaper advertisement by Neeta Homes. Not long after this advertisement was published, the company went into liquidation (May 1992). Buyers only needed $1000 for an initial deposit, while the total price of a house and land package ranged from $ 99,500 to $ 149,000. House and land packages were available in Liverpool, Blacktown, Campbelltown, Penrith, and Camden regions, along with Bligh Park and the Central Coast.

Monday, 4 August 2025
VISIONS OF SYDNEY: Circular Quay facelift (1972)
Over the years, there have been several visions to give Circular Quay a facelift, many of which have never become a reality, either in part or in whole.
Below is one vision from 1972 that was published in The Daily Telegraph. In summary, the vision was to:
- Renovate the wharves with glazing (renovations did not occur until the 1990s, and Wharf 3 was rebuilt in the 1980s to accommodate the Freshwater Class ferries and their automated gangways.)
- Covered walkway from the Sydney Opera House would be extended down to the Cahill Expressway.
- A waterfront public square, tavern and restaurant along the waterfront at East Circular Quay.
- New paving
- Electric Train with open-air carriages (carnival style)
- New lighting