WISEMANS FERRY ROAD CLOSURE UPDATE
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1411477992738{background-color: #cecece !important;}” full_width=””][vc_column][vc_column_text] WISEMANS FERRY ROAD CLOSURE UPDATE & NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR SACKVILLE FERRY As emergency repair works continue on Wisemans Ferry Road (WFR) between Halcrows Road and O’Briens Road, Cattai, WFR is expected to REOPEN by FRIDAY, 12th AUGUST 2022, weather permitting. I know that travel times have been frustratingly longer than […]
Record auction sale Dural, Hills District
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A palatial 10-bedroom Dural mansion has become the most expensive residential property to be auctioned in Sydney’s Hills District. The 2.02ha luxurious estate at 21 Wyoming Rd sold for a record $6.3 million after attracting 16 registered online bidders from across the metropolitan area. The picturesque acreage, which includes an indoor heated swimming pool […]
The tale of the beautiful Peacock Spider
This magnificent little spider – at 4mm he’s no bigger than a match head – is resident in St Ives, and in particular the St Ives Wildflower Garden, known in spider circles as a Peacock Spider hotspot. In fact the Peacock spider is very well connected to the St Ives, Hornsby and Ku ring gai […]
Crim-proof the whole family at the Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) turbocharged event of the year!
Monday October 3 – Sunday October 9 marks Neighbourhood Watch Week – a Neighbourhood Watch Australasia initiative, aiming to bring focus onto Neighbourhood Watch in the 21st Century. Jointly with the New South Wales Police Force, various events will be held around Sydney to mark this important campaign. Neighbourhood Watch within the NSW Police – […]
Angelika Erbsland … Figure Drawing
Angelika is best known for use of colour and figurative work, often in a modern contemporary style, and has won many prizes for her work in watercolour, acrylic and mixed media. She is a member of Portrait Artists Aust. Visitors are welcome to the meeting at Castle Glen Community Centre, Ridgecrop Drive, Castle Hill (at […]
Seasonal Magic
This morning, the tiny butterflies of my childhood are tripping amongst the damp fronds of grass and flirting near the sprawling scabiosa in an area of garden where butterflies are encouraged. Perhaps transcending magic, is the arrival of Spring in the alcove formed between our house and the garden where butterflies are encouraged. Here, self-sown […]
Save Calabash Bay
A number of residents at Berowra Waters have expressed concern regarding a new proposed development at Calabash Bay. They have set up a public facebook page – Save Calabash Bay. Here is a summary from their facebook page: “West of the large sandbank of Calabash Bay is zoned Environmental Protection A ‘Wetlands’. Where the Wetlands […]
Make a Wish Foundation
It is a lovely quilt with panels titled Tree of Dreams, Tree of Love and Tree of Hope, it is all 100% cotton and machine quilted. The quilt measures 145cm x 152cm and is a perfect size to be used as a topper quilt for a double bed. The Make a Wish Foundation will use […]
Bush Bashing
Cluster Subdivision Explained. Kirsten Cowley, Glenorie-Maroota Bioregional Forum. Subdivision of the rural areas of the Hills Shire has been a long running and contentious issue for well over ten years. In 2012, Hills Shire Council adopted new planning controls that allow for increased housing density on land of 10 hectares or greater, that has been […]
Tiwi Islands Fishing Adventure
Six members of the Dural Country Club Fishing Club have recently come back from a week’s fishing in the Tiwi Islands, at the Melville Island Fishing Lodge. All six members had a very enjoyable time fishing and observing all the wildlife this part of our country has to offer. As this Island and the fishing lodge is owned […]