Back to School Term 1 Activities 2017

Lane Cove Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Wow, how fast do the school holidays go! It won’t be long before it’s back to school, and it is time to plan for some Term 1 Activities. Will your kids be taking it easy after school and on the weekends, or will they be participating…

Australia Day 2017 in Lane Cove

ITC loves Australia Day! We get a day off to spend with family and friends, relaxing, eating, drinking and making merry. Whether you have lived in Australia all your life, or moved to the Lucky Country more recently, Australia Day is your day to celebrate being a part of this…

Lane Cove Week in Review – 9 to 15 Jan 2017

News Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Welcome to our Lane Cove Weekly Review for 9 to 15 January. Hot Hot Hot – Damn Hot This week it got seriously hot in Lane Cove. One Roving Reporter sent us this picture which showed temps in excess of 47 Degrees Celsius at 5.09 pm.…

Lane Cove Flashback – When Lane Cove became Kings Cross

For one week in 2009, Longueville Road Lane Cove was transformed into the notorious Golden Mile located in Kings Cross. Lane Cove looked very seedy. Today, you probably don’t walk down Longueville Road and immediately think “gee Lane Cove and Kings Cross are similar”. However…

Crop Swap Sydney Goes From Strength to Strength

In December 2015 we wrote an article about the launch of Crop Swap Sydney by Lane Cove Local Laurie Green. Since that time Crop Swap Sydney has gone from strength to strength .  What is Crop Swap ?  It’s a cashless online market where locals use and swap fresh, home-grown…

Charity Bins Are Not Dumping Grounds

Yesterday ITC drove past the St Vincent’s Charity Clothing Donation bins at St Michael’s Parish Hall and noticed that a very dirty looking BBQ and other old and unusable household items had been dumped by the charity bin.  ITC wondered why you would dump items when every Lane…

NSW Govt Announces Plans to Amend State Planning Laws – Is this Good or...

Community Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp The NSW State Government announced this week that it will overhaul the state planning laws and tackle the state’s serious housing shortage. Does changing state planning laws really help with housing shortage and housing…

5 Water Safety Tips

Community Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp It has been a horrendous start to summer, with 15 people dying in drowning incidents since Christmas Day. The unusually high number of deaths prompted us to ask Brewer Swimming to provide ITC with their top 5 water safety tips.…

Peach & Mango Frozen Yoghurt

Food & Drink Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Our Health and Wellness bloggers, Kat and Ash from Body Fusion are back, and they are sharing a tasty, healthy dessert option for a warm summer night. Peaches, mangoes and ice cream – in our minds some of the best summer foods! We…

Lane Cove Residents Demand More Basketball Courts

Sport & Fitness Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Basketball is a growing sport in Australia.  ITC used to love watching the kids playing basketball on the basketball court located at Cox’s Lane (it reminded us a bit of New York where there is a basketball court on nearly…