Mosman Daily - 2 March 2017
MOSMAN Council will revamp the Balmoral Promenade when work starts on a $2.3 million refurbishment next month.
The project is part of the council’s ongoing renewal of Balmoral infrastructure in the past decade, which has included the rotunda, toilet blocks, baths and playground.
Councillors approved of the project going to tender last month.
Balmoral is the council’s largest and most popular asset.
Extract from 'THROUGH THE HEADS to Balmoral, Sydney'
“… Later, a promenade was built, which made a
big difference to the area. .. they used to have to shovel the sand off the tramlines after heavy winds
and rough seas…” Ted
Pethebridge
The public campaign of opposition to the development meant that many councillors did not survive at their next election, being accused by the electors as being ‘concrete mad’. Not everyone welcomed the exchange of the great sand dunes and the cutting of many more trees, for an English –style promenade.
“Well, it was our
beautiful sand dunes. To spoil it with
that cement structure was shocking. The same as we hated when they built that
monstrosity there. We thought the
bathing pavilion, was the ugliest thing we’d ever seen.” Margaret Ewart ‘Mosman Voices’
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However, many did grow fond of the promenade from the baths to the pavilion, with the beach on one side and the Morton Bay and Port Jackson Figs on the other.
Ps - Mosman Council have always cared well for this beautiful site xx
