My Street – On the street where I live.

I have lived in Carrs Road for over 20 years. Carrs Road forms the northern boundary of Fagan Park, however, not much is known about it. Originally it was a dead end ending two thirds of the way down where the present gate entrance to Fagan Park is located. It then petered out into a rough track leading to Bayfield Road. As a dirt track it was finally connected to Bayfield Road in the early 1970’s and eventually top sealed in the 1980’s.

Travelling down Carrs Road towards Bayfield Road, Fagan Park is on the right hand side incorporating the Still Creek flora/fauna precinct and Berowra Creek catchment. It was an integral part of the Sam and Emma Fagan holding from 1900 until the last members of the Fagan family, Bruce and his sister Ida, graciously donated to Hornsby Council for the ‘benefit of the people’ in 1980. It was opened as a dedicated public park in 1988. The Fagans were very generous and caring people to make such a great and philanthropic donation to the amenity of the area. The cultivated sides of Carrs Road were dedicated to peach growing and mixed citrus orchards and there are those of us who still remember the scatter ‘canons’ being fired at night during the fruit season to deter the possums and fruit bats from eating the fruit. Needless to say these canons did not work and only succeeded in keeping everyone awake at night!

Carrs Road intersects with Arcadia Road and again this area was also the site of small market garden holdings, notably strawberries and vegetables, and other small agricultural ventures such as horse and goat studs.

A couple of interesting fun facts about Carrs Road: the full moon in August shines straight down the road, illuminating it from end to end, turning it into a ribbon of silver in the predawn hours. Second interesting fact: there are no street lights!

Third fun fact: It is dead straight!