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.

Neil Ashworth in conversation with Ben Raue, producer and publisher of respected podcast The Tally Room. and joining us is Anthony Brewster, who has a storied career in journalism and an intimate knowledge of North Shore politics.

We cover how the boundary changes affect each electorate, and how the change in the media landscape is affecting the campaigns.