Filming in Ku-ring-gai
Application form
To process filming applications, Council requires a completed Filming Application Form to be submitted at least seven days prior to proposed filming date.
Filming Application Form and Terms and Conditions (80KB)
Completed application forms can be sent by email to filming@kmc.nsw.gov.au.
Filming protocol
All film companies need to be aware of and follow the Local Government Filming Protocol.
Local Government Filming Protocol 2009 (353KB).
Filming in Ku-ring-gai
Ku-ring-gai 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 Heritage House. 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 1950s and 1960s.
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 natural landscapes can be found in Ku-ring-gai, including formal period gardens, some with 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 and charges
Contact us
For more information on filming in Ku-ring-gai please email filming@kmc.nsw.gov.au or phone 9424 0824. Our Film Contact Officer or Community and Recreation staff will be happy to help with any filming or venue hire enquiries.
Phone: 02 9424 0824
Fax: 02 9424 0207
Email: filming@kmc.nsw.gov.au