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Filming in Ku-ring-gai
To process filming applications Council requires completed application forms to be submitted atleast 7 days prior to proposed filming date.
For more information on filming in Ku-ring-gai contact Anna James, Council's Filming Coordinator. Please note Council's Filming Coordinator is only available Mondays, Tuesday and Fridays.
Community Recreation Services staff will gladly assist with any enquiries.
Ph: (02) 9424 0824
Fax: (02) 9424 0207
Email:filming@kmc.nsw.gov.au
Application Forms
Filming_Application_Form (171KB)
Filming in the Ku-ring-gai Local Government Area
The Ku-ring-gai Council Local Government Area offers many unique locations for filming including heritage buildings, beautiful parks and gardens and vast tracts of bushland.
General character of Ku-ring-gai
Primarily a residential area, there are numerous homes of quality 20th century architecture, surrounded by established gardens and village shops. Ku-ring-gai's suburbs follow the North Shore railway line and offer good access to significant parks, gardens, bushland and many educational establishments.
Architecture
There are a number of heritage listed homes and buildings including Eryldene Historic House and Garden and Tulkiyan. Many large grand estates can still be found intact, with large formal gardens. Some of Sydney's finest streets of inter-war and post war architecture can also be found from 1920 American style bungalows through to the architecture of the 1950's and 1960's.
There is a diverse range of building materials used in the area, from unpainted brick with tile roofs, to early timber houses, rendered walls, timber shingles and iron or slate roofs.
Gardens and Parks
A variety of horticultural styles and in harmony with the natural landscapes including formal period gardens, some including stonework terraces and steps, carved sandstone ornaments, archways, water fountains and pergolas. There are also large estate private gardens as well as the Council owned Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden and Swain Gardens.
Many parks contain playground equipment and have bushland pockets or canopy trees. There is a great variety of playing and sport fields, a model flying field, memorial parks and cycle ways.
Bushland
Ku-ring-gai is home to large tracks of bushland featuring tall forests, heath land, sandstone outcrop, ponds, gullies and waterfalls, scenic waterways and tidal wetlands, numerous walking tracks and boardwalks. National Park surrounds the Ku-ring-gai area.
Other
Local railway stations offer examples of early 1900 suburban stations featuring island platform structures, beautiful garden settings, older style ticket offices and signal boxes. The St Ives Showground is predominantly rural in character, featuring equestrian grounds and stables and a variety of other structures including old army buildings.
Fees & Charges
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