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Pat Reilly New: Smart Paying Tribute to a Home and Sydney Legend Technology Automate Your House and Cloud Data Storage FEBRUARY 2014 - FREE WWW.SYDNEYOBSERVER.COM.AU Sydney girls go for Olympic glory in Sochi Bobsleigh duo on track for speed show Back to school essentials Sydney’s top students share their secrets Pat reilly New: smart Paying tribute to a home and Sydney legend technology Automate your house and cloud data storage WELLBEING• travEL • HOME & GarDEN • fOOD & WINE • EDucatION Design and Construction of: Decks • Pergolas • Carports Handrails • Stainless Steel Wire Lattice panels • Privacy Screens Lychgates • Picket Fences and Gates FULL RANGE OF SERVICES FOR THE DIY HANDYMAN AND TRADESMAN SHOWROOM AND TIMBER SALES AT 5 Chilvers Road, Thornleigh OPEN Mon – Fri 7.30am – 5pm Saturday – 8.00am – 3.00pm FREE Measure and Quote FREE LOCAL DELIVERY Phone 9980 7611 Email: [email protected] www.thomsonsoutdoorpine.com.au On now SUPER SALE 33% OFF* 30% OFF* 25% OFF* 25% OFF* Platine stone baths Fluid and Blade accessory ranges Vista basins Freestanding baths 20% OFF* 20% OFF* 15% OFF* 15% OFF* All tapware All toilet suites All vanities Gala by Roca basins Balmain – 565 Darling Street, Rozelle, tel 9555 2284 *Conditions apply Brookvale – 764 Pittwater Road, tel 9939 2284 Crows Nest – 188 Willoughby Road, tel 9437 5001 Australia-wide delivery Waverley – 263 Bronte Road, tel 9387 4334 bathroomwarehouse.com.au IN MEMORY OF MAYOR PAT REILLY FROM THE TEAM Sydney Observer pays tribute to the late Willoughby Mayor Pat Reilly ................................................... 13 Welcome to the new look Sydney Observ- er. It’s February 2014 and for most of us it’s back to work and school. We have been busy over the summer planning and creat- ing a new design and focus for the maga- zine and this year is set to be a huge one for Sydney Observer online and social media SHOOTING BOBSLEIGH STARS TAKE news and information. This will allow you to re- AIM AT SOCHI ceive Sydney’s foremost lifestyle and current Bobsleigh star Astrid Radjenovic talks about affairs information when you need it. landing the dream run at the 2014 Sochi Winter In response to a growing audience and Olympic Games .................................................... 16 reader requests, we’ve broadened our edito- rial focus to include more Sydney-wide con- tent and general information on education and technology, all while staying true to our home in the North Shore. Speaking of educa- NORTH SHORE SCHOOLS STAVE OFF tion, this issue will help parents and students CAPACITY CRISIS make the back-to-school transition easy. 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