Tennis Courts http://bondibanter.com Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:22:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.4 who needs tennis courts? let’s build some more apartments! http://bondibanter.com/who-needs-tennis-courts-lets-build-some-more-aprtament/ http://bondibanter.com/who-needs-tennis-courts-lets-build-some-more-aprtament/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 06:57:04 +0000 http://bondibanter.com/?p=1008 I’ve been told by some elderly members in the community that once upon a time, not all that long ago, (in the 1950s), there were many tennis courts in Bondi.

The notion that there was an abundance of such open recreational space in this now highly built-up environment fascinates me.

Admittedly, I am not quite sure of the why’s, the how’s and the what’s, but the tennis courts that have been on Wellington St, Bondi for what I understand has been about 60 years (i.e. since before I was born), will be re-developed into a block of apartments. How utterly surprising! Not!

It has been reported that The Sydney East Joint Regional Planning Panel (i.e. NSW Planning) recently approved this decision, despite Waverley Council objecting to the rezoning of this land. Residents and locals have also been objecting to this proposal but the development will still go ahead. I understand that the battle around this proposed development has been going for a few years. You can read more here.

image courtesy Rescue Bondi

The opportunity for residents to use this space for recreational, health and fitness purposes will be no longer. Another relatively short-sighted decision?

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