.52s A quick comment in the Battle for Bradfield, the environmentally damaging spill under North Turramurra Golf Course, and the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Small Business Awards

7m Adrienne McLean talks to Tony Bates about the Marian Street Theatre Action Group

26m Neil Ashworth Catches up with Georgia Cameron and Michael Bianchino at their talk on Mikey the Powerful Owlet

41m Then Martin Pluss walks students through what they should be doing to prepare for HSC Trials.

50m 28s And finally we all cover the media we have been consuming this week - Neil has been watching Welcome to Wrexham on Netflix and then gives a quick summary on his favourite sports documentaries – Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia from 1938, and Pumping Iron, a documentary on body building featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger from 1977, Martin has been reading The Perfect Mile by Neal Bascombe about the pursuit of the four minute mile by Roger Bannister, John Landy, and Wes Santee. Adrienne has started reading Juice by Tim Winton, a treasure of Australian literature.

June 2025 Eyes on Hornsby Ku-ring-gai.

00:00:52 Adrienne McLean talks to Dale Crosby of the Natural Turf Alliance about the use of synthetic Turf on sporting fields.

00:22:00 Neil Ashworth examines the origins of Ginger Meggs with Nathan Tilbury.

00:47:30 Then Martin Pluss finds out whats happening with Hornsby Council with Mayor Warren Waddell.

01:13:00 Martin also talks "Place" with Gordon from Gordon.

01:28:00 And finally we all cover the media we have been consuming this week - Neil has been to the Sydney Film Festival, Martin has been listening to the podcast The Endurers, and Adrienne is off to see Torvill and Dean. Plus we get in a mention of ticket prices, Turramurra Trotters, and the layout of Turramurra, and the ongoing controversy on Marian Street Theatre.

Interview with Dr Ann Goth author, ecologist, and science teacher about Brush Turkeys, followed by Evelyn Mason of the Ku-ring-gai Horticultural Society .

Neil talks about voting in Japan, Martin talks about volunteering in the Federal Election. Martin has readDostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and Neil has watched The Last Showgirl, both highly recommended.