diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Ignore output of scraper
+data.sqlite
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+Gets development applications for the "City of Ryde.":http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/development/pn.htm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scraper.rb b/scraper.rb
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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'mechanize'
+require 'date'
+
+url = 'http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/Development/Development+Applications/DAs+on+Exhibition/Received+Development+Applications'
+agent = Mechanize.new
+
+page = agent.get(url)
+
+page.at('div.content-spacing').search('p').each do |p|
+  # Skip if this isn't a DA
+  next if p.search('strong').count < 3
+  
+  record = {
+    'council_reference' => p.search('strong')[1].next.inner_text.gsub(': ', '').gsub('. ', '').strip,
+    'description'       => p.search('strong')[2].next.next.next.inner_text.strip,
+    'address'           => p.search('strong')[0].next.inner_text.gsub(': ', '').strip,
+    'info_url'          => url,
+    'comment_url'       => url,
+    'date_scraped'      => Date.today.to_s
+  }
+  
+  if ScraperWiki.select("* from swdata where `council_reference`='#{record['council_reference']}'").empty? 
+    ScraperWiki.save_sqlite(['council_reference'], record)
+  else
+     puts "Skipping already saved record " + record['council_reference']
+  end
+end