Soroptimist International of The Hills Spring Fashion Parade
Soroptimist International of The Hills will present its Spring Fashion Parade, on Saturday 7th October, 2017 at St. Joseph’s Conference Centre, 64 McKillop Drive, Baulkham Hills. Guests are asked to arrive at around 1.30 p.m., at which time they will be served Afternoon Tea (accompanied with a glass of wine if desired), and the Parade […]
Heartbeats
Connections and Patterns Early this year my Mum and I realised this would be a ” Special Year ” for our family in that she would turn 88 and and my younger brother 44. We thought that rather ‘cool’ to consider as this would never again occur or be possible that he would be half […]
Galston Rural Fire Brigade News
Cessnock Bushfire Strike Team Last month we saw the first Total Fire Ban of the season with all of the Greater Sydney area faced with a severe fire danger rating, windy weather, and dry conditions. That same week firefighters also faced about 90 blazes across NSW; with Galston firies forming part of a Strike Team […]
Glenorie Rural Fire Brigade News
Glenorie Fire Fighters Deployed to Canada Three Glenorie crew, Glynn Lloyd, Chloe Paton and Chris Compton along with another 37 fire fighters from organisations in NSW and ACT were deployed to Canada for six weeks of intensive, remote area fire-fighting. NSW RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons saw the crew off from the Airport. It is very […]
Arcadia RFS News – Preparations continue for upcoming Fire Season
We have seen an early start to the fire season with a drier than usual winter which has seen the fire season brought forward to September in many parts of the state. We have seen many fires throughout the state, and even as close as Lane Cove National Park. This serves as a stark reminder […]
The Galston Uniting Church – Our Story Concludes: Part 3
In previous instalments we discussed the origins of the Dural parish and a small number of the cultural and practical contributions that the church made to the local community. This brings us to the present time. In 1977 we became The Uniting Church in Australia, when the Presbyterian, Congregational and Methodist churches entered into a […]
Dural and District Historical Society – Another one of Deg’s Stories.
Doctors Peter and Lynette Degotardi were the first residential Doctors to live in Dural. This is one of their stories as told in a book Peter wrote, called” Life was not meant to be serious “ Only 100 copies were published , so it is very hard to find. When Peter and Lynette were at […]
Dural Musical Society’s Production of The Addams Family
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa Based on Characters Created by Charles Addams BY ARRANGMENET WITH ORIGINTM THEATRICAL, ON BEHALF OF THEATRICAL RIGHTS WORLDWIDE, NEW YORK www.origintheatrical.com.au So many of us have watched the antics of the ‘The Addams Family’ on our TV sets as we were growing […]
Top Acts for Galston Gala
The Galston Concerts will close its very successful 2017 series on 22 October with their traditional Galston Gala. The Sunday afternoon concert, starting 2pm in the Galston Uniting Church on School Road, will offer leading Classical performers in a range of popular styles. After concerts in Europe mezzo-soprano Christina Wilson will perform songs of the […]
Acrylics Demo by Yvonne Langshaw – Wednesday 4th October
Working mainly in acrylics, Yvonne believes colour, shape and patterns are some of the main elements of painting, and her aim is to capture the spirit of the picture with loose and free methods. Join us at Castle Hill Art Society’s monthly meetings 7.30pm at CASTLE GLEN COMMUNITY CENTRE, 155 Ridgecrop Drive, Castle Hill – […]
