Raining Stories – Warren Roberts and YARN

by Mark Mordue | Oct 7, 2020

Splotches of rain hit the page and the birds in the trees above me start shouting. Big storm is coming. You can smell it in the air. Talking to Warren Roberts of YARN makes for a similarly charged 15-minute interview. All the time I feel like I might break on through...

The Virus Among Us – Fighting Racism and Rebuilding Community

by Mark Mordue | Mar 18, 2020

We regret our need to postpone the inaugural Inner West March and Festival for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Saturday, March 21st. Like so many people we have to take into consideration public health and well-being at this time. But the spirit and...

Secret Rivers, Hidden Streams

by Mark Mordue | Sep 7, 2019

The ground, upon which we walk on a daily basis, has changed dramatically since Europeans landed upon the shores of this great ancient island continent. Addison Road Community Organisation is a good case in point; the grounds of our centre sit atop the flow of an...

Come Together – NAIDOC Week Community.a.Fair at Addi Road

by Mark Mordue | Jul 12, 2019

What makes the spirit of a place? One might sense it in the very ground itself, a right feeling in the earth, the trees, the wind, the birds… And, of course, in the people who are here with us, past and present at once. A right feeling, a good feeling. A good...

Root and Branch – ‘Rethinking the Urban Forest’ Today

by Mark Mordue | May 25, 2019

Rosanna Barbero, CEO of Addison Road Community Centre Organisation, in pre-conference conversation with Councillor Anna York, Inner West Council. Rethinking the Urban Forest. Photo by Mark Mordue. * Nathan Moran, the Chief Executive Officer for the Metropolitan...