The Bike Leichhardt AGM for 2023 will be held on 28 November at Wests Leagues Club, Liverpool Rd , Ashfield, at 6 pm. All members welcome to attend but numbers are limited. Elections for Office Bearers (3 positions) and Committee
BayRun Works June – August 2022
Inner West Council widened the path along the water’s edge from UTS Rowers to the ramp up to Lilyfield Rd bridge in 2021. The next step is to widen the ramp, scheduled for June to August 2022. This will lead
Bike Leichhardt Special General Meeting
Due to incorrect voting procedures, for which we apologise, at the Annual General Meeting on 12 December 2021, the Bike Leichhardt Committee has decided to re-run the election at a Special General Meeting. This will be held by Zoom on
Council Elections 2021
Election was due in 2020 but postponed to 2021 because of the COVID pandemic. A number of councillors are retiring, including Rochelle Porteous (Greens), so new faces expected. Labor likely to win 5 or 6 seats, Greens 5, with 4
Save the Gymea Lily
One lone plant, a tall Gymea Lily, survives, overlooking the approaches to the Anzac Bridge, on the north side of the Beatrice Bush footbridge over the City West Link. Beattie Bush was a paper seller who stood on the busy
Bicycle Use Up in Inner West-2019
The Super Tuesday Bike Count in 2019 for the Inner West shows a 42% increase in morning commuter cycling over figures for 2018. Bike Leichhardt, Bike Marrickville and Ashfield Bicycle Group all volunteer to do the counts, along with other
AGM 2019
The Bike Leichhardt Annual General Meeting will be held at the Polish Club in ASHFIELD, 73 Norton St, starting at 6PM on Thursday 12th Dec, upstairs room. Followed by dinner and drinks in the club. This event is only for
Bicycle NSW Forum
Bicycle NSW has developed a Forum for Bike Groups affiliated with it. They hope it will allow discussion of common problems and interests. If you want to sign up please email us on info@bikeleichhardt.org and we will send you the
NSW State Elections 2019
State Elections are on 24 March, 2019. As usual, bike groups are asking parties what they will do for cycling. The Liberals have shown little interest in promoting cycling over the last 4 years, and savagely increased fines for riding
Lilyfield Rd Cycleway
More photos… See comments at end for latest updates on this project. The project was “shelved” in March 2018, and reported to the Councils Internal Ombudsman by the Mayor for investigation in Nov,2018, but a new consultant (Complete Urban) was