The Galston Concerts

Following The Galston Concerts series curtain raiser on 25 February, we offer a special bonus concert starting 2pm Sunday 8 April, Galston Uniting Church, 11 School Road, Galston, featuring prize-winning Young Performers – organist, cellist and (in a Galston ‘first’) saxophonist plus likely other ‘colours’ new to our concerts – music of the great J […]

Pigment Lab — An introduction to new brands of paints – Wednesday 4th April

Pigment Lab will be demonstrating the latest in watercolour, acrylic and oil paints that have just hit the market, some of which are not available elsewhere in Australia. They sell high quality paints that are often not as expensive as other well-known brands, along with a full range of artists’ needs. Join us at Castle […]

Glenorie Mission Church

Are you happy to accept again that Easter is no more than an occasion to give the kids chocolate eggs and wish one another, ‘Happy Easter’? That’s it, nothing more, easy to deal with, nothing too difficult to think about, even a little time off work, everyone’s happy. It’s all a little warm and fuzzy, […]

When Things are Not as They Seem

The battle of Waterloo in 1815 ended in one of the most decisive victories in history and signalled the end of the military career of the brilliant French leader Napoleon Bonaparte, but the outcome was in doubt right up to the last moments of the battle. The British commander of the victorious multinational army, the […]

Why I hate religion

In January at Hillslife Church we tried to shake it up a bit … look at what we are doing and why. Ever considered what church was like, before there was church. After all, Jesus wasn’t a Christian! He was Jewish, he attended synagogue. So why do we get so caught up in the rituals, […]

The pleasure of wildlife

My wife and I live on 5 acres with a lot of bush. We regularly see wallabies, goannas, skinks, water dragons, diamond pythons, possums, bandicoots, many small birds, brown doves, wonga pidgeons, peaceful doves, king parrots, crimson rosellas, yellow tail black cockatoos, glossy black cockatoos, occasional echidnas. We don’t see any noisy miners or India […]

Bromeliad Society of Australia

Guest Speaker For March – Cancer Council NSW – Malcolm Smith Volunteer At the next meeting of the Bromeliad Society of Australia being held on Saturday, 17 March at the George Bell Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground, Castle Hill the guest speaker will be Malcolm Smith, Volunteer with the Cancer Council of NSW – GWS. Sale […]

Galston Garden Club

Our first night back was a night of cheers as well as tears, as we held our AGM & then General meeting. We are immensely proud of our Patron & club member Judy Horton who was awarded an OAM for her contribution to gardening. To an enthusiastic round of applause Judy was presented with a […]

Renovation Records Due to Skyrocket

Are lifestyle television shows now part of our reality? With so many reality tv programs circulating showing us how to rebuild, redesign, retile, repaint and regrow; it’s any wonder that homeowners are set to spend an unprecedented amount on renovating their Australian dream. Many of the homes in the local area are about to mark […]

Local Playgroups

GALSTON Galston Kids Playgroup is located in the lower room of the Galston Community Health Centre. We have a fully stocked indoor/outdoor play area with sandpit, cubby, ride-on toys, craft supplies and more! Sessions span over a couple of hours and are unstructured, providing lots of time for kids to play while adults chat. Bring […]