Though retired from professional work I am still active with a number of pro bono projects via social media, typically for community groups who want more involvement in decision making about planning the future of the great city of Sydney which is being subjected to over development that has destroyed the quality of life for many residents and visitors in the past 10 years.
My current major project is re-activating the Great Northern Railway (GNR) north of Armidale to Wallangarra, just across the QLD border. I am part of a local community group called New England Network (NEN) and our interim website yindi.org
One recent major project for EcoTransit Sydney is opposing the NSW Govenment’s plans for replacing the T3 Bankstown rail line with a so-called “metro’ rail service. In reality it will mean a dramatically poorer service for residents and commuters in the Sydenham-Canterbury-Bankstown area. See also SaveT3.org
I helped manage a large collection of Indigenous paintings, sculptures and photography. This project is Keeping Place where i look after their strategic planning and some of the communications work for a very large collection of urban aboriginal art by Gordon Syron, and other artists collected by Gordon and his wife, photographer Elaine Syron, over the past 30 years
John Young
Yindi Systems
PO Box 536
Spit Junction NSW 2088
Australia
mobile: 0407 940 943
WhatsApp: +61 407 940 943
email: yind1951@gmail.com
24-jul-2026