A-Maze-In Mind Program
We are thrilled to have launched our newest program to support vulnerable young people in foster care, the A-Maze-In Mind Program. Our program has been developed by a qualified counsellor who has extensive trauma and are at greater risk of experiencing mental health problems. The program has two major objectives. The first being to provide […]
Maximising Water Storage
With the ‘Big Dry’ spreading even into the Hills district, property owners face an expensive winter hand feeding stock and buying in water. Aussie Pumps is out to help owners manage their water resources with their range of transfer pumps. “We understand the huge amount of water needed to keep animals healthy. It’s not only […]
Glenorie Progress Association News
Boral concrete – At the time of going to press, the DA for the upgrade of the Glenorie batching plant still has not been lodged with The Hills Shire Council. Residents are advised to make a submission to THSC as soon as the DA is lodged. (Keep an eye on our facebook page.) The opposition […]
Finalists 2018 Australian Real Estate Business Awards
Lumby Hampson Real Estate has been shortlisted for the prestigious Real Estate Business Awards 2018. A local boutique Dural real estate agency is in the running to take out one of Australia’s most coveted industry awards. Lumby Hampson Real Estate has been shortlisted as a finalist in both the Boutique Independent of the Year – […]
Budgerigar Society of N. S. W. Inc. Hills Branch – 2018 National Logue winning birds
After five days of festivities that comprised the 2018 National Budgerigar Championships held at Penrith Panthers Event Marquee; budgerigar exhibitors, local and overseas visitors have returned home to breed that champion budgerigar and prepare for the 2019 National Championship. The 2019 National will be organised by South Queensland Budgerigar Society and held in Brisbane. NB. […]
A short snippet from the past…
Glenorie Bus Company GBC was a privately owned family company. Its origins go back to the early 1900’s when the village of Glenorie was a staging post for horse drawn wagons hauling produce between Wisemans Ferry and Castle Hill. Motorised bus services began Hill during the 1st World War. In the early 1920’s, George Deaman […]
Celebrating the life of Celia van Tilburg – 1940 – 2018
Celia was born in London in 1940 at the beginning of WWII. Her father Herbert was in the army. Her mother, Meagen Morfyyd (known as Movie) was from The Rhonnda Valley in South Wales. The house in which they originally lived, in Fulham, was bombed and so they moved in to the three-roomed flat next […]
Dooral Early Learning Centre
Dooral Early Learning Centre is a brand new early learning centre with long day operation hours from 7am to 6pm. Based on the Early Years Learning Framework, the learning experience is directed by children’s interest and need; practice is daily reflected by the educators; and the assessment is carried regularly. Our challenging learning program will […]
Dural and District Historical Society Inc.
With the death of Celia Van Tilburg, our Society lost a valued member who worked diligently behind the scenes. On the 22nd of May, ten members toured No. 3 Quarantine Cemetery on North Head. It was a beautiful day, with Sydney Harbour stretched out before us. Our guide was Don Napper and members remembered the […]
Gravely Speaking – What’s it mean? The Messages behind Symbols
Epitaphs are verses describing the deceased in basic form informing who they were, age, origins and ancestry. However some headstones go a few steps further, giving hidden clues and hints through the use of motifs and symbols. Apart from the obvious motifs denoting the major religions that is, the Christian cross, Jewish Star of David […]
