Turramurra's conditions
Lots of rain
Turramurra and the other high ground of the northern suburbs receive the highest rainfall in metropolitan Sydney. Water finds its way into outdoor fittings, garden lighting and roof spaces.
Fire history
Homes were lost in Turramurra in the January 1994 bushfires. Ku-ring-gai's bushfire controls apply to mapped bush fire prone land and are recommended for homes within 700 m of it.
Parks everywhere
Turramurra has over 25 parks, reserves and playing fields, plus Bobbin Head in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.
Houses, mostly owned
68.1% of Turramurra's 4,427 occupied homes were separate houses at the 2021 Census, 39.3% were owned outright and 19.2% were rented. Significant development came in the 1960s.
Ausgrid network
Turramurra is inside Ausgrid's network area: report outages and fallen wires on 13 13 88.
On a bad fire or storm day
Know your main switch
If you have to leave, or water is coming in, switch off at the main switch if you can do it safely.
Treat every fallen line as live
Stay at least 8 metres away. Report it to Ausgrid on 13 13 88, and call 000 if anyone is in danger.
Check the smoke alarms before the season
NSW requires working smoke alarms on every level of the home. Replacing a hardwired one is a job for an electrician.
After it passes
Don't use outdoor power points, pool equipment or garden lights that took water or heat damage until an electrician has tested them.
Older Turramurra houses
Many homes here date from the 1960s or earlier, so it's common to find a switchboard with fewer safety switches than a modern one. NSW Fair Trading strongly recommends that any home built before 2000 has a licensed electrician check whether safety switches are fitted, and suggests testing them twice a year.
If it were our place
Before the next fire season we'd have one electrician test the safety switches and smoke alarms and look over the outdoor circuits in a single visit. In a high-rainfall, bush-edge suburb, outdoor wiring takes a beating. Tell us your postcode and we'll match you with one licence-checked local sparky who does this kind of check.
Want a specialist to sort it?
Tell us the job and your postcode. We match the licence-checked local electrician who does this kind of work, and they call you. No ring-around, and your number goes to them alone.