Inside Sydney's secret bomb shelters
Although Sydney has never been targeted from the air, North Korea's latest threats and concerns about an attack on home soil prompt a question to Curious Sydney about how the city prepared itself...
View ArticleHidden Sydney harbourside gem reveals rich Indigenous history
Not far from Sydney Cove is a little-known harbourside parkland called Balls Head, where thousands of years of history are visible in the art of our First Peoples. Curious Sydney delves into the death...
View Article'What happened to Kings Cross Wax Works?'
"Dark, dusty and suitably spooky", is how many would remember the Kings Cross Wax Works, first opened in the heart of what was a lively central hub in 1960s Sydney. Curious Sydney looks into the...
View ArticleHow Sydney's 'first' harbour tunnel has been forgotten
As Sydney faces the construction of twin tunnels under Sydney Harbour for the Metro line, the story of the "first" Sydney Harbour tunnel built about a century ago remains largely forgotten. But now...
View ArticleWhy warm, humid Sydney is 'cockroach heaven'
Sydney is notorious for its cockroach population because of its warm, humid and moist environment where they thrive, but do some suburbs have more roaches than others? Beck Pearse asked Curious Sydney...
View ArticleWhy is the Sydney Opera House car park a spiral?
Tourists will always flock to marvel at the architectural brilliance of Sydney's Opera House, but few know about one of the world's only double helix 'spiral' car park beneath them. Curious Sydney...
View ArticleWhen flags are at half-mast, it's not that easy to find out why
Have you ever tried to find out why a flag is at half-mast, especially if there's been no news about the death of a well-known person? On days like Anzac Day or high-profile funerals, it might not be...
View ArticleWhat's the buzz around urban beekeeping regulations?
Why do Sydney councils encourage urban beekeeping but have little power to regulate the practice or guidelines for managing them? Curious Sydney investigates the regulations and how complaints are...
View ArticleWhy did Sydney abandon its Green Belt plan?
In the 1950s a "radical and visionary" plan for metropolitan Sydney set aside a swathe of green area for farms and parks to limit urban sprawl. Curious Sydney investigates why and how the plan failed.
View ArticleSydney is rebuilding tram systems ripped out in the 1960s
Was ripping out Sydney's extensive original tram network in the 1960s one of the biggest mistakes the city ever made? Curious Sydney investigates if there were economic reasons or a conspiracy at play.
View ArticleWhy Australia's most popular beach has a public transport problem
Bondi Beach, land of packed buses and parking hunger games — but the list of reasons behind why there is no train to the tourist icon might surprise you. Curious Sydney investigates.
View ArticleWere Sydney's roads built on tracks created by Aboriginal people?
The winding roads and side streets that make up Sydney's modern metropolis could have been based on the original tracks and pathways created by Aboriginal people long before the First Fleet. Curious...
View ArticleWho built Sydney's unique ocean pools?
Some people can't imagine the coast without them. Curious Sydney investigates how the city came to have the largest number of ocean pools in Australia, who created them and why there probably won't be...
View ArticleWhat happened to Sydney's grand plans for a system of canals?
Planners had a vision of boats running up and down the murky waters delivering goods from Botany Bay to Sydney Harbour in the late 1800s as a cheap and easy form of transport.
View ArticleSydney's oldest lawn bowls club under threat as rates rise
Why do we have so many lawn bowls clubs and why are so many falling into disrepair? Sydney's Balmain Bowling Club is the oldest club in New South Wales but it faces an uncertain future as it heads...
View ArticleWhy Sydney's office lights are left on at night
They may look pretty, but with energy consumption being put under the microscope corporations are being asked why office buildings in Sydney's sparkling CBD need to keep the lights on all night.
View ArticleIconic SCG cricket scoreboard returns to Sydney home
One of Australia's most prized sporting icons, the SCG's old "Robertson and Marks" cricket scoreboard, will be restored and put back in place at the ground, the ABC has learned after a question to...
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