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Coming from the other direction (Tamworth - Armidale - Grafton) expect plenty of roadworks. They've been working on the roads for three years and counting, but the roads are sealed, for better or worse.

Also, always a good idea to have someone on roo watch, especially as you get towards armidale.

From a quick look on Google maps street view the sections i looked at are sealed. I’m not sure how you would check if the entire length of road is though

Sealed all the way, some roadworks.

Beautiful drive, especially going up the escarpment. Rainforest on the right and views over the valley to the left.

Keep your window open on this section to hear the bellbirds

Lots of tight corners, even a few hairpins for the driving enthusiast.

I would suggest taking a slight detour for morning/afternoon tea at Ebor Falls, or one of the other waterfalls you go close to.

If there is a kayak event on at the time a 15 minute break at the white water slalom course below Nymboida dam is always worth it. NB there is nothing to see if there isn't an event on.

One of my favourite drives.

I did that drive over a decade ago in pouring rain (visibility was just past the car bonnet) with three small children in the back seat and their father in the front passenger seat constantly telling me to slow down whilst he grabbed hold of his seat so tight his knuckles were turning white. Yep it's sealed all the way - lots of hair pin turns though and nice steep drop offs.

On the way back I chose to take the road through Glen Innes - it was much more relaxing trip.

It’s all sealed drove it like three weeks ago in a i30.

Thank you!

Ebor Falls is a good spot but it is currently closed. I drove this road on Saturday. Sealed but roadworks.

>Thank you!

You're welcome!

Why is it closed? Bushfire danger?

I just.googled:."Ebor Falls visitor precinct in Guy Fawkes River NP will be temporarily closed from 16 October 2023, to allow for construction works of new lookouts and visitor precincts to be fast-tracked"

Just a bit of back story, In September 2023, I started a journey in trying to find a psychiatrist to get some clearance for my workplace / career progression for a ADHD childhood diagnosis. ( My own fault for not just lying on my application documentation as I haven't been treated since early childhood and its not impacted me significantly since. )

But over 30 cold calls to medical clinics, 2 cancelled appointments, 6 to 12 month wait times and quotes ranging up to $1400 for a once off appointment just for a fit for work assessment?

Does anyone have any psychiatrist's open to ADHD / fit for work assessments that won't cost a small fortune to see in a reasonable time frame?

Any help would go a long way, I'm willing to travel across NSW to get it sorted.

Why would you need a fit to work assessment for ADHD? I've never had to do this and I have ADHD. It's not even legal for your employer to ask about disability unless its something that would affect your ability to do your job.

Probably quickest is Waratah Private Recenter Consulting, Dr Alex Pilsky wait times will be 3-4 weeks probably (the more popular ones will be months long wait times). Cost you $650 first appointment. I assume you have a GP referral already, email it to them and ask to book an appointment.

I'd say it will be easier to get a clearance for no ADHD (if thats actually your case) compared to an positive ADHD assessment.

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Did you have any luck? Also in the same boat here which is very frustrating for all those same reasons!

Totally agree, I left it out of my initial prompt to prevent any unnecessary hate given the nature, but I'm in the final stages of an NSW Public Services application. They unfortunately do not supply any support in locating a Psychiatrist to complete clearances if you hit a road block.

I suppose the logic is if you are being treated for something actively you'll have a pathway however they don't accommodate that for something that was previous or childhood treatment but I understand why it might be needed. Hope this clears it up!

Just realised this is r/nsw not sydney. So hope you're close to sydney base on my info above.

I don't understand why it might be needed or how it's legal to require.

You're an absolute champion, I spoke with them after this and they said they could potentially fit me in during February, which is the best results I've had so far. Reception was also super accommodating about it rather than alot of other places I spoke to

Depend on the job, places like police force, defence force and any high stress with access to dangerous tools will require clearance for mental issues and confirm they are fit for that type of employment.

[https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/minns-government-identifies-significant-gap-approval-of-density](https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/minns-government-identifies-significant-gap-approval-of-density)

NSW Planning minister Paul Scully MP says he is writing to councils to include townhouses in R2, or upzone to R3. How about the state gov grow a set and just force it upon them?

Building approvals are well below state housing targets and falling. We are on trajectory to face the most insane housing crisis without mass rezoning, or deploying their 'Density Bonus for Affordable Housing' policy at scale.

Thats not just homelessness, crowding, boosted rents and crushed disposable income - the HSU said there are 112 job vacancies at Royal North Shore hospital right now due to the housing crisis. Ironic for the boomer NIMBYs up there that block housing. I hope that just means they have unclean beds rather than dying in hallways.

They are taking it very seriously, not in a good though. They know exactly what they are doing

NIMBY NIMBY NIMBY

Seems pretty clear Australia could even benefit from medium density.

Why lower our standards of living for this mass-immigration policy nobody voted for? Should we give up on construction standards too, to build them faster? What population density should we aim for exactly?

Rezoning even from R2 into R3 or R1 is a pretty lengthy and expensive process. Amending LEPs to include townhouses into R2 is going to be pretty messy as well.

I feel like the whole area right now is scuffed. Building is prohibitively expensive if you don't want a completely spec home, the medium-density options are usually built with the cheapest materials. Living anywhere with good transit connectivity is hard to come by and usually quite expensive.

Unfortunately, I feel like it's going to be an issue that will need to get worse before anything changes.

77% R2 is almost a meaningless number. All the new estates are crammed onto 2-300sqm blocks. How much smaller, and how much more high density housing do we need to continue to squeeze ourselves into just so we can maintain our unsustainable immigration rate. Meanwhile these shoeboxes continue to sell for 1-1.5 million.

If people are so insistent on housing getting smaller, build a new city. Build everything as high rise, high density, locate all services and industry accordingly.

Well, if anyone was *actually* serious, there'd be a One Child Policy.

What's a NIMBY?

Immigration or not, we're still heading into a housing crisis where supply is an issue alongside pricing. Even without immigration, we're still seeing people pushed into the western suburbs and regional Australia.

Sprawl is a menace to productivity. It's impossible for new homebuyers and even some renters to live where they need to live - with proximity to services, education, transit, etc.

There'll always be a low-density option for Australians but I think the main thing we need to ensure is that we don't enable low-density to completely occupy our cities. Medium-density in particular is lacking, there's very little in the way of options for the space.

Mate take immigration up with albo. NSW gov and councils need to take it as fact and obsess over the appropriate supply response, that’s all.

Do you reckon Australians will live in nsw in 2300? 2900? i think its likely, we should get the ball rolling with appropriate zoning (maybe it will take that long lol). transit oriented is the key, because the number 1 complaint against apartments is traffic. Then public/green space.

> build a new city

You act as though the last half dozen attempts to build a new city in Australia haven't been shut down by nimbys demanding it doesn't happen.

They've tried in SA, NSW and QLD over the last few decades, all were shut down by people putting pressure on politicians to stop it.

We don't even need to shoot for high-density. Just having more medium-density/missing-middle options for those who want it would be a big improvement over now.

Personally, I struggle to see the merits of wanting to live in a spec home on 200-300sqm, as opposed to a much more efficiently organised townhouse of the same size.

I’m happy for any and all demand side policies. I don’t think any are necessary though. Supply response is always necessary. Our birth rates already low like 1.5 per woman now so not much need for that

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1000% agree. Only 14% of families have young kids that aussies seem to consider as needing a backyard. Why do 85% of our homes have backyards lol. If the backyard was an extra purchase it would be like $300k and many folks would say “no thanks”. Fkn bundled and forced upon us

Don't take my comment as saying we shouldn't do it - I'm all for it! For me, it's more a question of political will with the 4-year election cycle, and the competence of those who are in charge of making it happen.

As someone's who just started working in urban planning it's been a very sobering glimpse of reality.

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Ah cool you should see the nsw liberal party motion put forward by the young libs for their conference this week. Points b-f rezone r4 around train stations. And minns has strong Yimby rhetoric. The political will has arrived

Edit: I vote greens for climate change, but I prefer (regulated) market solutions like libs.

Unfortunately both Liberal and Labor don't have much attention on regional Australia where I am. I'm a long time Labor supportor, but have been let down by how much Minn's campaign and government are fully honed in on Sydney.

Yep I’m in Wollongong, booted out of Sydney. Even our trains are all express for the Sydney employees… it sucks

At school after 2 terms in year 11 I decided to drop atar and do a non atar subject, I had to keep one of my atar subjects (Biology) and do those classes while im in non atar, is there a way i can drop biology and have free periods instead

I believe you need to be doing 10 units of study to be able to complete your HSC even if you are not going for an ATAR. So if you have 6 subjects currently you should be able to drop one and give yourself those lessons as study periods.

Bio teacher here. Go see your year advisor or someone in the know on Monday to check if it's an option. If the answer is no, things may change when you finish year 11 and move onto year 12. It sounds like you already have some free periods though if you're not going 12 units - that's something most year 11 students don't get.

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How can I dispose my old dinner table glass top,council won't pick it up, it's a bit too heavy for me to transport it somewhere in my own.what can I do?

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I’ve put stuff up i thought would never go but sure enough there’s a taker

It would be tempered glass. I would wrap it in a tarp and hit it with a sledgehammer.

A bit in the bin each collection and council won't even know. 🤫

Can you put in on the curb with a "Free" sign on it?

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Karate chop it?

I googled the problem and found this link

https://glassrecyclingnsw.com.au

Maybe they can help or provide advice etc

I have never used them as I don’t live in NSW but maybe someone else here might know of them

Charities, freecycle

Find a skip

Chuck it in, not particularly gently

Leave a case of beer if you're a reincarnation type

Transmogrification.

This is, through various destructive techniques, render the problematic large article into 'general waste' that can legally placed into a red bin.

Being a motorcycle rider, I couldn't bring an old mattress to the council's free drop-off day -- even though I could roll it up into a legal size to transport on the Postie (not protruding over 50cm from the sides..), the council's OH&S wouldn't let the motorbike into the tip.

...So, I got the shears out, and rendered it into cotton waste and wire, and into the red bin. Check out your council's rules on rubbish bin use to see what you need to do.

I did put it in marketplaces.. offering it for free.Have received some ridiculous responses.people wanted me to deliver it for free... Couldn't handle that shit and had to remove it from the marketplace.

Tarp is critical here. Tap it on the edge and you won't need a big hammer.