The Hills Shire – Orange Blossom Festival – Is Juicer than Ever!

The Hills Shire will be treated to a month-long celebration of food, markets, art shows, exhibitions, live music and acts when The Hills Shire Orange Blossom Festival returns in September. The community favourite, now in its 49th year, boasts a line-up of events and activities bigger than ever before, keeping locals and visitors entertained week […]

Madge Roughley

26TH MAY 1925 TO 31ST JULY 2018 Late of Arcadia, Berrilee, Hornsby, Galston, Dural, Port Macquarie, Launceston, Chatswood, Northbridge and Mosman. Madge Roughley was born at Inchneuk Private Hospital in Parramatta in 1925. Madge was the eldest daughter of Elizabeth (Lil) and Eric Carlson from Arcadia. Elizabeth Sidney Waddell Norquay had married Eric “Jack” Waldemar […]

Ron Burton

Friends and family gathered on Saturday (July 28) to remember Dural resident Ron Burton who died in a tragic boating accident. The keen sailor had been on his sailing boat on Friday, June 20, and was heading to shore at Hunter’s Hill in a dinghy when it overturned and he hit his head on rocks. […]

Galston CWA News

CWA Galston celebrated their International Day at their August meeting. This year the country of study was Poland. Mrs Marianna Lacek and her husband, both from Poland, joined us. Marianna was a High School teacher in Sydney and showed photos and told us many interesting things about Poland and its people. We also welcomed guests, […]

Heartfelt story

Eight year old Emika recently cut her hair off to donate to Variety, and raised just over $2400 in the process! Her hair will be made into wigs for children who have lost their hair due to illness. After visiting Westmead Children’s Hospital on a few occasions, Emika was inspired by kids she met who […]

BOWLS CARNIVAL AT DURAL COUNTRY CLUB

A good crowd of men and women took advantage of a beautiful winter day to play in the Gala Triples carnival sponsored by Living Choice and TJ Andrews. The teams could be three men, three women or a combination. Only two teams won all four games. It was won by a team from Pennant Hills […]

RUSH OF NEW BOWLERS – AT DURAL COUNTRY CLUB

Four new ladies are about to embark on a bowling career having taken advantage of the free lessons at the club. They are realising what a challenging game it is and are already enjoying the social side of bowling. Recent events finalised are the ladies’ triples and the mixed pairs. The ladies’ triples was a win […]

SPRING RIDE (with a touch of dirt)

Every now and then, I yearn for adventure. Indulging that impulse, I decided to investigate rumours that similar souls have cycled up and down the MacDonald River from Wisemans Ferry, via St. Albans… on a road bike! I have ridden the hills and valleys of this pristine and remote riverine area on our doorstep for […]

SALVATION ARMY

Behind the public facade of its many Salvos Family stores there exists a network of services that reaches out into many corners of our community. Recognising that people’s needs often extend far beyond that of the financial arena, trained counsellors are available to help and advise you on spiritual, emotional and lifestyle issues, as well […]

PRIME POOL CARE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS

It was a humble start. With Alison at home looking after their first child and doing the book work, Aaron started to build the business – one customer at a time with leaflet dropping and door to door greetings. “Our first ‘service vehicle’ was Alison’s Toyota Corolla. We now run a fleet of seven utes […]