Galston Garden Club

By the time you read this the gates will be closed and Garden owners will be taking a well-deserved break after preparing their beautiful gardens for the Galston Garden Club’s Open Gardens Weekend. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the garden owners for all their hard work and for their generosity in allowing […]

Weed Identification, come see us at the Arcadia Market Day

Turkey Rhubarb Tuber weighing in at 530 Grams

Still Creek Landcare will be setting up an information stall at Arcadia School’s Market Day on Saturday. November 16th. This year we will be putting together a selection of Weeds commonly found in our area to help you identify the problem plants in your patch. If you want to have a plant identified bring along […]

Australian Plants Society North Shore Group

The monthly meeting of the Australian Plants Society-North Shore Group will be held in the Willow Park Community Hall, 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby at 7:45 pm on Friday, November 8th. The guest speaker will be Robin Buchanan. Her topic is “Restoring Natural Areas.” Visitors welcome. Bush regenerators; Just weeders or ecosystem managers? A look […]

BROMELIAD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA

Crowned Toadlet (Pseudophryne australis) by the very talented Stephen Mahony

November Guest Speaker – Kathy Potter The Importance of Frogs and Tadpoles The Bromeliad Society of Australia will hold its next meeting at George Bell Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground on Saturday, 9th November with plant sales commencing at 11am followed by the meeting at 12noon. Access is via the Showground entrance off Showground Road into […]

Arcadia Rural Fire Service

Crews at Arcadia have been busy behind the scenes, doing trail inspections and familiarization with our newer members. We frequently do trail inspections so we know if trails need maintenance or if any of the landscape has changed. We’ve also welcomed the rain we have received, however we must not become complacent when it comes […]

Glenorie Rural Fire Brigade News

RECRUITMENT INFORMATION SESSION – SUNDAY 24/11/2019 We are currently recruiting for more volunteers to join Glenorie Fire Brigade. There is a role for everyone and we would love for you to be a part of our wonderful team. Do you want to know what is involved in being a member of the Rural Fire Service? […]

RFS Open Day Article

On Saturday the 14th of September, I attended an open day for the Rural Fire Service of Middle Dural. I helped set up, read some of the advice they were giving out, and got to ask some questions to the volunteers. There was an extremely wide variety of information available for all sorts of people: […]

FIRE CADET CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN HORSNBY SHIRE

This week Hornsby Shire has played host to the Australian Fire Cadet Championships, which took place in Arcadia. More than 160 fire and emergency services cadets from around Australia competed in a range of events over several days, testing their skills in life-like scenarios. Hornsby Shire Mayor Philip Ruddock said he was very pleased they […]

GALSTON RURAL FIRE BRIGADE NEWS

TWILIGHT MARKETS Thanks to everyone who came down to the Twilight Markets at Galston Early Learning Centre recently. All the kids (and kids at heart) enjoyed a climb in the fire truck and some training on the hose. Great to see so many little future Galston firies! A TRAGIC START TO THE SUMMER FIRE SEASON […]

ACE OHLSSON PRIMED FOR FIRE SEASON

Aussie Pump’s Eddie Galea congratulates Ace Ohlsson Owner, Ian Downey, on his new Aussie Gold Distributorship.

Ace Ohlsson has been appointed a “Gold Distributor” for Aussie Pump products in the Hawkesbury area. Strategically located on Pitt Town Road, McGrath Hill, Ace Ohlsson offers the full range of Aussie fire fighting pumps. The company’s founder, Ian Downey, is a great believer in the importance of self- reliance when it comes to bushfire […]