Glenorie Pony Club – Grand Opening of Equine Venue
Glenorie Pony Club held the Official Grand Opening of their New Club House on December 4 th which marked the importance of the support from the Hills Council and the local Equine Community. After several years of discussions, meetings, planning and hard work the new building was finally ready to be opened by Councillor Yvonne […]
Galston Equestrian Club – March is jam-packed with events!
We had some very pleasant surprises on our membership registration day. Some of our new members have either just moved into the local area, or live in the Windsor area, but have heard of GEC's friendly and encouraging atmosphere and so have chosen to travel all the way to join our club. We had one […]
Budgerigar Society of N.S.W. Inc.
Hills Branch will be holding the 2017 Annual Show on Sunday 5 th March 2017, at the Don Moore Community Centre, North Rocks Road, North Rocks. In excess of four hundred birds are anticipated to be benched, with exhibitors travelling from the metropolitan, Central Coast and various country regions to attend. Hills Branch show is […]
BROMELIAD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA – March Meeting
The Bromeliad Society of Australia will hold their next meeting at Federation Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground on Saturday, 11 March commencing at 11am with plant sales, prior to the meeting at 12 noon. Access is via the new Showground entrance off Showground Road into Doran Drive, Castle Hill. Guest speaker will be Norm Webb a […]
Monday Walks and talks at Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden
The first term of the Monday Walks and Talks at Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden, 420 Mona Vale Road, St Ives, runs from March 6th to April 3rd. The topics include “Introduction to the Wildflower Garden”, “Plant Kingdom”, “Parts of the Plant-Flowers”, “Fire and Sandstone Flora”, and “Banksias”. Meet 9-45 am at Caley’s Pavilion, wear suitable shoes […]
Australian Plants Society-North Shore Group meeting March 10th
The next meeting of the Australian Plants Society-North Shore Group will meet at 7-30 pm on Friday March 10th at the Willow Park Community Hall, 25 Edgeworth David Road, Hornsby. Guest speaker will be Gwenda Lister, volunteer with the Australian Museum and NSW National Parks, and she will speak about her experience on a Scientific […]
Glenorie Rural Fire Brigade News
WHAT A SUMMER! With NSW summer weather smashing records (or should we say burning records?) the Rural Fire Service has been on high alert. The weekend of February 10-12 saw the unprecedented call to place a TOTAL FIRE BAN across the entire state with 3 fire districts classified as CATASTROPHIC. By the end of the […]
News From Wisemans Ferry Community Men’s Shed
Shed construction is flourishing! The team has been working under duress from the extreme heatwave we have been experiencing. We can almost guarantee that each Tuesday will be 40 degrees plus lately. What a summer! Phil, Alan and Adrian, have put in a mammoth effort on the shed this month but not without the help […]
Dural Bowlers
The first event of the year has been played and won. Sisters Leone Lesslie and Marelle Saunders triumphed again after being pushed for most of the game by Diana Sweeney and Elizabeth Whelan. In spite of the heat a lot of the ladies sat around to watch the excellent bowls. The district games have started […]
Elena Knight’s Stall
Margaret McKinley, with reference to Margaret Blackwood’s interview of 1997 At the end of January this year a small hand printed notice appeared on the closed gate of Elena Knight’s vegetable stall in Galston Road, opposite the entrance to Rowland Village. It said “Dear Customers, Just to say thank you all for your friendship, loyalty […]
