Re: Punchbowl depot......recent changes

["M.J. & H.N. Scott" <oljoe@ezy.net.au>]

Vale Punchbowl Depot - I used to be a signalman at the Punchbowl Car Sidings Box and shot my
first ever bit of 8mm cine film there!

Oljoe

"C. Dewick" wrote:

> In <hMau3.3704$O_1.21587@ozemail.com.au> "John Koulouris" <yianno@ozemail.com.au> writes:
>
> >The depot has been knocked down.....is anyone aware as to why ? Will it
> >reopen ? Is it going to be sold off ?
>
> The land has already been sold, for a sum which is hotly discussed in our
> mealrooms from time to time. The depot was closed at about 5 years ago,
> maybe one or two more.
>
> Punchbowl Car Sidings won't be coming back - the land is too valuable since
> it's quite close to Homebush Bay - and so I expect that once it's cleared
> and cleaned enough to be declared safe for building residential accomodation
> (sometime in the next few months) there will be a rapid building spree of
> multi-level medium-density living space there in time to get filled up for
> the Olympic Games next year (which are now only 13 months away).
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig.
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