ALT The Weekly Times - April 2, 2025 digital edition

ALT Traditional Persian dance artist Maedeh Dezhbod performs to an appreciative audience on Thursday, March 20 at a booked-out event at City of Ryde's Nowruz celebrations at Top Ryde City shopping centre's Piazza, where there was a countdown to 8.01pm, marking the exact moment of the Spring Equinox (pic: City of Ryde).

ALT An artist’s impression of the latest ‘Rozelle Village’ plans to revive the embattled Balmain Leagues Club site which has been left abandoned for more than a decade at the corner of Victoria Road and Darling Street, Rozelle (images: Perifa).

ALT Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Gladesville was packed for its Centenary Pontifical Mass in which Sydney Catholic Archbishop, Most Rev. Anthony Fisher OP, was celebrant on Sunday, March 9, 2025. TWT On-the-Spot PHOTO (Anthony Stavrinos)

ALT The Weekly Times March 5, 2025 edition, page 1.

ALT Team 18 driver Anton de Pasquale, left, chats with Hunter’s Hill-based motorsport legend, Colin Bond, during the 2025 Supercars season launch on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday, February 16, 2025. TWT On-the-Spot PHOTO (Michelle Haywood)

ALT Sydney FC’s Brazilian superstar Douglas Costa (blue jersey) in action against Western Sydney Wanderers’ Oscar Priestman at Allianz Stadium in Moore Park, Sydney on Saturday night, February 8, 2025. TWT On-the-Spot PHOTO (Michelle Haywood)

ALT Thrilled, mainly young locals enjoy lion dancing by Pak Hok Kung Fu at The Canopy in Lane Cove, culminating in an ‘eye dotting’ ceremony involving Lane Cove Mayor Merri Southwood, during Lunar New Year celebrations for Year of the Snake on Friday, January 31, 2025. TWT On-the-Spot PHOTO (Anthony Stavrinos)

ALT The sails of the Sydney Opera House were lit up to celebrate Australia Day early on the morning of January 26, 2025 with an artwork titled River Life by indigenous artist James P Simon. TWT On-the-Spot PHOTO (Michelle Haywood)

ALT Ryde resident Phyllis Edwards celebrated her 108th birthday on January 2nd, 2025 with her two sons and daughter in-laws, seven grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. She has lived in Ryde for 84 years and her only ‘secret’ to longevity is eating two kilograms of bananas each week. TWT On-the-Spot PHOTO

ALT Part of the spectacular pyrotechnics display on New Years Eve and welcoming the year 2025 featuring the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge, in the dying minutes of December 31, 2024. TWT On-the-Spot PHOTO (Michelle Haywood)