AdvertisementNationalNSWCity life The pitch to bring Sydney’s hidden waterways to the surface Aidan Elwig Pollock January 29, 2026 — 11:30am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Got it Share A A AColonial maps of Sydney show a city with vast waterways now lost beneath roads and buildings. Domenic Svejkar from KBR consultancy, pictured at Cooper Park in Bellevue Hill, says Sydney should unearth its lost waterways to cool the environment. When it comes to undergrounding power, Sydney is lagging other parts of Australia, Vincent said. In addition to daylighting urban waterways, Svejkar is also an advocate for “creative communal kerbside composting”: community-designed compost bins on public streets and verges.