Lynn Avenue

Capri inhabited, 31st January 2018

Capri, in Lynn Avenue Point Frederick, a small peninsula right next to Gosford, is not only finished but that rug drying on the balcony railing tells me it’s now also occupied.

It’s only 6 storeys but that’s twice the height of most of the blocks of units around it and many of the blocks of units in Gosford itself. Not counting the active building sites, obviously.

Passing the board, 31st January 2018

It was a dark rainy day when I took these photos, on the 31st of January 2018. We can see that in the damp upper edges of the concrete wall behind the worker in the braces and a big umbrella in the top lefthand corner of the photo.

We can also see the bars of the mesh fence in the foreground of this photo. It was quite slippery on the clay ground just in front of the fence and I didn’t want to sprain my dignity by landing on my backside so I stayed back for this photo. The other photos were taken through the open gate.

Umbrella & earthmover, 31st January 2018

There’s that umbrella again, just visible under the arm of the earthmover. If you’re going to consult a set of paper plans on a building site on a rainy day, a nice big umbrella seems sensible.

This is one of the three Central Real sites in Point Frederick. This one is on Lynn Avenue and the other two are on Albany Street. You can almost see one of the other two in this photo. It’s directly behind that blue mesh fence at the back of this site.

Waiting to swing a new load over, 31st Janaury 2018

This is that other site, up the hill a little bit and directly behind the Lynn Avenue site. These two workers were waiting to swing that load of materials over the fence and down into the Lynn Avenue site. The puzzled expression on Green Shirt’s face is the usual one on the face of site workers who haven’t seen me before. Not a lot of people go about photographing building sites as a hobby.

I’ll be back to photograph the progress in Lynn Avenue very soon. Though it might be even soggier today than on January the 31st.


 Extra 

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By 'locally' I mean living locally, on the NSW Central Coast, if you are a tradie or business owner and made locally if you are supplying goods and/or services.

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Apex

Apex site clearance, 31st January 2018

This is the Apex site on Donnison Street East in Gosford, on the 31st of January 2018. The tiles are all that was left of the long narrow building demolished in December 2017.

Still clearing the site, 9th February 2018

The tiles were gone and the wall running backwards from the bottom of the photo was all that was left of the demolished building on the 9th of February 2018.

This has been another site that's slow to clear, like the Froggy's site on Mann Street South/Baker Street. The clearing has taken months because the asbestos in the roof had to be cleared away by specialists before the building could be demolished.

Apex will be 7 storeys high, 31st January 2018

Apex will be 7 storeys tall, counting the ground floor (US 1st floor) and will have a roof garden partway up, like the Bonython Tower in Mann Street. It looks like the upper half of the building will have views over the club and of Brisbane Water.

Now the site’s cleared, the foundations of this site should start going in soon, once the hole is dug for them.

I’ll be back to check on the progress at this site very soon.


 Extra 

I am slowly but surely putting together a list of all the locally owned businesses and locally made goods on the NSW Central Coast. Listings are free and will go online, on this website and on Locally Owned Locally Made Gosford.

By 'locally' I mean living locally, on the NSW Central Coast, if you are a tradie or business owner and made locally if you are supplying goods and/or services.

If you are a local tradie, local business owner, or supplier of locally made goods, please email me your business contact details to be included in my free listings. The only catch is that it's for LOCALS ONLY.

Singo’s tower AKA Bonython Tower

I’m back. I’ve taken a few snaps over the past few weeks but events on the home front have keep me away from putting them on the internet. So this is a big catch-up post with photos from a few different dates.


 The long arm of the pour

Pouring arm in action, 29th January 2018

This pour, on the 29th of January 2018, is the first time I actually saw the pouring arm in action. This pour is level with the rooftop carpark of the Imperial Centre.

Rooftop carpark of the Imperial Centre behind the site, 29th January 2018

It’s really clear in this photo how high the site was on the 29th of January.

Pouring again, 19th of February 2018

This pour seen on the 19th of February, 3 weeks later, is one floor above the rooftop carpark and one floor above the building to its right, which we can see across the bottom of the picture in white.


 Swarming with workers

Site swarming with workers as usual, 29th January 2018

This site is always swarming with workers but organised and calm too. That’ll be why it’s one of the fastest building sites in Gosford.

Step by step to get it right, 5th February 2018

Working things out first to get it right the first time, 5th of February 2018. These two workers were in a small enclosure in the rooftop carpark of the Imperial Centre. There wasn't enough room on the always-busy site itself for them to work.

Transporting re-bars, 5th February 2018

Moving materials around the site. 5th of February 2018.

Getting things done, 5th February 2018

It's always elbows and backs on this site. 5th of February 2018.

Come in spinner, 5th February 2018

Come in, spinner! One worker stands well back as the crane operator (looking up) guides another load of materials into place with the controls at his waist.

Preparing materials for lifting, 5th February 2018

Down at ground level, at the back of the site, another worker strips away packaging to ready another load of materials to be lifted to the top of the site. 5th of February 2018.

Up near the top, 13th February 2018

Workers amongst a forest of scaffolding near the top of the site on the 13th of February 2018. Not much wind that day, judging by the off-cut holding down the plans on the wall of the building next door.

Waiting to deliver, 29th January 2018

Another concrete delivery for the pour in the background, something in transit on the crane above and behind it and, in the foreground, another tradie waiting to get to work. 29th of January 2018.




That’s all for today, folks. A quick one to catch up. See you again next Friday, I expect.