TONIGHT!
Join Western Sydney Uni VC Prof George Williams, the Hon Dr Andrew Charlton MP, and more for a conversation about fixing Australia's universities!
📅 Western Sydney Uni, Parramatta
📍5.30pm, Wed 12 Nov
This is a FREE event, RSVP here! ⤵️
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aiming_higher
Join Western Sydney Uni VC Prof George Williams, the Hon Dr Andrew Charlton MP, and more for a conversation about fixing Australia's universities!
📅 Western Sydney Uni, Parramatta
📍5.30pm, Wed 12 Nov
This is a FREE event, RSVP here! ⤵️
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aiming_higher
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
TONIGHT!
Join Western Sydney Uni VC Prof George Williams, the Hon Dr Andrew Charlton MP, and more for a conversation about fixing Australia's universities!
📅 Western Sydney Uni, Parramatta
📍5.30pm, Wed 12 Nov
This is a FREE event, RSVP here! ⤵️
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aiming_higher
Join Western Sydney Uni VC Prof George Williams, the Hon Dr Andrew Charlton MP, and more for a conversation about fixing Australia's universities!
📅 Western Sydney Uni, Parramatta
📍5.30pm, Wed 12 Nov
This is a FREE event, RSVP here! ⤵️
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aiming_higher
J's mum and dad just returned my copy of The Birth of Sydney after they both read it. Turns out I was using a train ticket as a bookmark when I read it in 2006, but it feels so appropriate to leave it there...
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
J's mum and dad just returned my copy of The Birth of Sydney after they both read it. Turns out I was using a train ticket as a bookmark when I read it in 2006, but it feels so appropriate to leave it there...
Parramatta Council has hit back at the decision to move a concert that's long been a key attraction of the city's arts festival.
www.parranews.com.au/2025/11/blam...
www.parranews.com.au/2025/11/blam...
Blame game over loss of Parramatta event - Parra News
Parramatta Council has hit back at the decision to move a concert that's long been a key attraction of the city's arts festival.
www.parranews.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Parramatta Council has hit back at the decision to move a concert that's long been a key attraction of the city's arts festival.
www.parranews.com.au/2025/11/blam...
www.parranews.com.au/2025/11/blam...
Shout out to
1) the absolute degenerates at Parramatta for COK vs RSA
2) rugby league's commitment to a jersey clash
1) the absolute degenerates at Parramatta for COK vs RSA
2) rugby league's commitment to a jersey clash
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Shout out to
1) the absolute degenerates at Parramatta for COK vs RSA
2) rugby league's commitment to a jersey clash
1) the absolute degenerates at Parramatta for COK vs RSA
2) rugby league's commitment to a jersey clash
A high-speed rail line between Newcastle and Sydney would be delivered in three stages under ambitious plans detailed in a business case which envisages Newcastle to Central Coast trains starting by 2037 then to the Sydney CBD by 2039, Parramatta and WSA by 2042.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Staged build of high-speed train line from Newcastle to Sydney revealed
Details of the ambitious plans are revealed in an evaluation of the mega project, which shows three-fifths of the 191-kilometre line would be through tunnels.
www.smh.com.au
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
A high-speed rail line between Newcastle and Sydney would be delivered in three stages under ambitious plans detailed in a business case which envisages Newcastle to Central Coast trains starting by 2037 then to the Sydney CBD by 2039, Parramatta and WSA by 2042.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Parramatta Square on a weekday afternoon...
#parramatta #nsw #australia #urbanism #city #cities #streetphotography
#parramatta #nsw #australia #urbanism #city #cities #streetphotography
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Parramatta Square on a weekday afternoon...
#parramatta #nsw #australia #urbanism #city #cities #streetphotography
#parramatta #nsw #australia #urbanism #city #cities #streetphotography
The Sydney Conservatorium to open new state-of-the-art learning space in Parramatta in 2026.
Read the full story here:
vist.ly/4d8im
Read the full story here:
vist.ly/4d8im
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Sydney Conservatorium to open new state-of-the-art learning space in Parramatta in 2026.
Read the full story here:
vist.ly/4d8im
Read the full story here:
vist.ly/4d8im
Managed 10 laps with the pull buoy in the pool
The places I usually swim at were filled yesterday with bus loads of kids
It isn’t swimming carnival season
Nice sun shiny day.
Image of a Corten steel sculpture of a coast line
The places I usually swim at were filled yesterday with bus loads of kids
It isn’t swimming carnival season
Nice sun shiny day.
Image of a Corten steel sculpture of a coast line
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Managed 10 laps with the pull buoy in the pool
The places I usually swim at were filled yesterday with bus loads of kids
It isn’t swimming carnival season
Nice sun shiny day.
Image of a Corten steel sculpture of a coast line
The places I usually swim at were filled yesterday with bus loads of kids
It isn’t swimming carnival season
Nice sun shiny day.
Image of a Corten steel sculpture of a coast line
Why the hell is Parramatta being brought up in the NYC mayoral race? Im clearly out of the loop
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Why the hell is Parramatta being brought up in the NYC mayoral race? Im clearly out of the loop
Something to keep an eye out for if you visit Parramatta Square.
There's a plaque commemorating a fire hearth last used by the Burramattagal–Dharug people around 1830.
It's important to remember this has been a gathering place for millennia. Long before […]
[Original post on pixelfed.social]
There's a plaque commemorating a fire hearth last used by the Burramattagal–Dharug people around 1830.
It's important to remember this has been a gathering place for millennia. Long before […]
[Original post on pixelfed.social]
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Something to keep an eye out for if you visit Parramatta Square.
There's a plaque commemorating a fire hearth last used by the Burramattagal–Dharug people around 1830.
It's important to remember this has been a gathering place for millennia. Long before […]
[Original post on pixelfed.social]
There's a plaque commemorating a fire hearth last used by the Burramattagal–Dharug people around 1830.
It's important to remember this has been a gathering place for millennia. Long before […]
[Original post on pixelfed.social]
spicy ramen in Parramatta ☺️
November 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
spicy ramen in Parramatta ☺️
Meditation/dhamma tonight at the Temple of Humanity (Suite 1/2/4 Sorrell St, Parramatta), 7pm, also online on Jitsi.
It’s a gorgeous evening here in Parramatta, join us by the river if you’re in the area!
It’s a gorgeous evening here in Parramatta, join us by the river if you’re in the area!
The Monastery at the End of the World · Lokantavihāra
lokanta.github.io
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Meditation/dhamma tonight at the Temple of Humanity (Suite 1/2/4 Sorrell St, Parramatta), 7pm, also online on Jitsi.
It’s a gorgeous evening here in Parramatta, join us by the river if you’re in the area!
It’s a gorgeous evening here in Parramatta, join us by the river if you’re in the area!
I'm proud to have been on the judging panel that selected Yumna Kassab as the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature.
And I'm pleased she is getting recognition for an epic work. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
And I'm pleased she is getting recognition for an epic work. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Meet the author who wrote a dictionary about Parramatta
Yumna Kassab, the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature, has used an unconventional medium to describe life in the suburb.
www.smh.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm proud to have been on the judging panel that selected Yumna Kassab as the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature.
And I'm pleased she is getting recognition for an epic work. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
And I'm pleased she is getting recognition for an epic work. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
So grateful for the wonderful Kate Fagan, who was my partner-in- literature when I was the Cultural Strategist at City of Parramatta and creating the Laureate in Literature program.
It was hugely challenging and incredibly rewarding to create this opportunity for a writer.
It was hugely challenging and incredibly rewarding to create this opportunity for a writer.
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
So grateful for the wonderful Kate Fagan, who was my partner-in- literature when I was the Cultural Strategist at City of Parramatta and creating the Laureate in Literature program.
It was hugely challenging and incredibly rewarding to create this opportunity for a writer.
It was hugely challenging and incredibly rewarding to create this opportunity for a writer.
On the night of 5th July 1944 while attacking a train near Tours his Mosquito was damaged by flak. He guided the crippled plane back to the narrow Normandy beachhead and parachuted behind Allied lines. He had difficulty convincing the Polish troops that found him he wasnt a German paratrooper. 🧵 4/7
October 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
On the night of 5th July 1944 while attacking a train near Tours his Mosquito was damaged by flak. He guided the crippled plane back to the narrow Normandy beachhead and parachuted behind Allied lines. He had difficulty convincing the Polish troops that found him he wasnt a German paratrooper. 🧵 4/7
And then you check out Yumna Kassab's cool Parramatta Dictionary and see this:
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/dictionary/c...
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/dictionary/c...
Chris Andrews | Sydney Review of Books
In Parramatta: A Dictionary of Place and Memory, Yumna Kassab presents a personal catalogue of the institutions, sites, experiences, and people making up the cultural life of a city for which she has ...
sydneyreviewofbooks.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
And then you check out Yumna Kassab's cool Parramatta Dictionary and see this:
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/dictionary/c...
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/dictionary/c...
Compare for instance these posted speed limits on the brand new Parramatta Light Rail in New South Wales (sorry about the picture quality):
20 kph straight and 15 kph diverging in a pedestrianized zone
20kph diverging (ending turnout) at a terminus
35kph straight and 25kph diverging at terminus
20 kph straight and 15 kph diverging in a pedestrianized zone
20kph diverging (ending turnout) at a terminus
35kph straight and 25kph diverging at terminus
October 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Compare for instance these posted speed limits on the brand new Parramatta Light Rail in New South Wales (sorry about the picture quality):
20 kph straight and 15 kph diverging in a pedestrianized zone
20kph diverging (ending turnout) at a terminus
35kph straight and 25kph diverging at terminus
20 kph straight and 15 kph diverging in a pedestrianized zone
20kph diverging (ending turnout) at a terminus
35kph straight and 25kph diverging at terminus
Hey I've just moved home! From Harris Park for the last six years to Parramatta, for … honestly hopefully a while. Not easy to find a place in the city where you have seclusion.
Anyway, everything else stays the same: talks on Wed and Fri, and pindapata in Harris Park.
Anyway, everything else stays the same: talks on Wed and Fri, and pindapata in Harris Park.
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Hey I've just moved home! From Harris Park for the last six years to Parramatta, for … honestly hopefully a while. Not easy to find a place in the city where you have seclusion.
Anyway, everything else stays the same: talks on Wed and Fri, and pindapata in Harris Park.
Anyway, everything else stays the same: talks on Wed and Fri, and pindapata in Harris Park.
How far has construction gone on Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2?
Not very. But the route is going to be amazing once it's up and running.
Starting from the south end at the Carter St stop, Lidcombe. Already new TODs going up. Civil works underway but I don't think they're LR related. (1/6)
Not very. But the route is going to be amazing once it's up and running.
Starting from the south end at the Carter St stop, Lidcombe. Already new TODs going up. Civil works underway but I don't think they're LR related. (1/6)
October 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
How far has construction gone on Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2?
Not very. But the route is going to be amazing once it's up and running.
Starting from the south end at the Carter St stop, Lidcombe. Already new TODs going up. Civil works underway but I don't think they're LR related. (1/6)
Not very. But the route is going to be amazing once it's up and running.
Starting from the south end at the Carter St stop, Lidcombe. Already new TODs going up. Civil works underway but I don't think they're LR related. (1/6)
Some more photos from Parramatta Lanes on Saturday.
#parramatta #ParramattaLanes #music #food #festival #australia
#parramatta #ParramattaLanes #music #food #festival #australia
October 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Some more photos from Parramatta Lanes on Saturday.
#parramatta #ParramattaLanes #music #food #festival #australia
#parramatta #ParramattaLanes #music #food #festival #australia
A fantastic update and rundown of this line's route and context, end-to-end!
Here is my diagram of how PLR2 will fit in with the wider network and other ongoing rail projects -- when all's finished, it'll work hand-in-hand with the Metro West line:
Here is my diagram of how PLR2 will fit in with the wider network and other ongoing rail projects -- when all's finished, it'll work hand-in-hand with the Metro West line:
October 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A fantastic update and rundown of this line's route and context, end-to-end!
Here is my diagram of how PLR2 will fit in with the wider network and other ongoing rail projects -- when all's finished, it'll work hand-in-hand with the Metro West line:
Here is my diagram of how PLR2 will fit in with the wider network and other ongoing rail projects -- when all's finished, it'll work hand-in-hand with the Metro West line:
How do #FirstNations teachings help prevent #MentalIllness?
Prof Pat Dudgeon from Uni WA will discuss First Nations people's social and emotional wellbeing at Preventive #MentalHealth Conf, 24 - 25 March 2026 in Parramatta Syd/Dharug Country, NSW. Program: pmhc2026.com/program
#PMHC2026
Prof Pat Dudgeon from Uni WA will discuss First Nations people's social and emotional wellbeing at Preventive #MentalHealth Conf, 24 - 25 March 2026 in Parramatta Syd/Dharug Country, NSW. Program: pmhc2026.com/program
#PMHC2026
October 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
How do #FirstNations teachings help prevent #MentalIllness?
Prof Pat Dudgeon from Uni WA will discuss First Nations people's social and emotional wellbeing at Preventive #MentalHealth Conf, 24 - 25 March 2026 in Parramatta Syd/Dharug Country, NSW. Program: pmhc2026.com/program
#PMHC2026
Prof Pat Dudgeon from Uni WA will discuss First Nations people's social and emotional wellbeing at Preventive #MentalHealth Conf, 24 - 25 March 2026 in Parramatta Syd/Dharug Country, NSW. Program: pmhc2026.com/program
#PMHC2026
October 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Delicious stuff I ate at Parramatta Lanes this year, including cuisine from Sierra Leone.
#food #foods #parramatta #ParramattaLanes
#food #foods #parramatta #ParramattaLanes
October 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Delicious stuff I ate at Parramatta Lanes this year, including cuisine from Sierra Leone.
#food #foods #parramatta #ParramattaLanes
#food #foods #parramatta #ParramattaLanes
Went to the Parramatta Laneways Festival. About 3 musical acts shunted off into corners but about 80 food trucks. Sad really
October 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Went to the Parramatta Laneways Festival. About 3 musical acts shunted off into corners but about 80 food trucks. Sad really