New Hope Year 12 Class of 2021
By Craig Hingston New Hope School, at Dural, is celebrating an historic achievement in 2021 with six students completing Year 12 and graduating to lives beyond the safety and care they have grown accustomed to. In the lead up to this momentous occasion the School, which is for children with intellectual delay or an Autism […]
Amelie Stuut Receives Top Recognition
Galston High School’s Amelie Stuut has been acknowledged amongst the state’s most exceptional public education students, becoming a recipient of the 2021 NSW Minister’s Award for Student Achievement. The Minister’s Award for Excellence in Student Achievement considers achievement in the academic, sporting, cultural and leadership fields, commitment to the school community and personal values. Amelie, […]
What to expect when we reach 70% double vaccination targets
By Matt Kean I want to thank the Hornsby community for coming out and getting vaccinated. We have been leading the way with our high vaccination rates and the rest of NSW is following after we passed the 80% single-dose vaccination target in the middle of September. If you haven’t been vaccinated, do it now. […]
$4 Million Boost for an Australian Large Air Tanker
By Julian Leeser The Australian Government has announced an annual $4 million dollar boost to the National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) to base a Large Air Tanker in Australia. Federal Member for Berowra, Julian Leeser MP, said the funding will secure a Large Air Tanker to be in Australia year-round reducing reliance on overseas firefighting […]
Fagan Park-Rural round up
By Councilor Warren Waddell Many residents and visitors are enjoying the latest improvements to Fagan Park. Access to Carr’s Bush within the park has been enhanced with the latest section of inclusive, suspended walking path and viewing platform complete. The ongoing COVID19 restrictions have in general, increased to a higher than usual use in many […]
Galston District Garden Club
THE GALSTON DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB IS ‘THE CLUB YOU HAVE WHEN YOU ARE NOT MEETING AS A CLUB’ Again we have had to postpone our meetings to the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7.30. The members are so looking forward to when we can meet, socialize and share their gardening knowledge. New members are […]
Hidden In The Hills – Grey Fantail
By Lachlan Turner Having a widespread distribution across most of Australia, the Grey Fantail is frequently observed feeding on flying insects, which it catches as it twists and turns in its agile aerial acrobatics, pursuing them from the edges of foliage trees at all levels above the ground. Its nest is built in a thin […]
Finding love in Spring
By Barry Lees It seems we have 2 new friends. They are the feathered kind – a pair of blue wrens, or to be more precise, Superb Fairy-wrens. They have been turning up for a few hours a day for several weeks now . love What intrigues us is their behaviour. They are like a […]
Wildlife A.R.C Society Inc-Masked Lapwing season
Masked Lapwing (commonly referred to as Plovers) season is in full swing and it has come to our attention that we need to remind everyone of a few things. We do NOT remove or relocate ‘plover’ eggs. (This also applies to you) Masked Lapwing We do not have methods for “making them go away” or […]
Rouse Hill RFS Wins Competition … What Motivates a RFS Volunteer
Congratulations to Rouse Hill Rural Fire Service on winning the Australian Pump Industries What Motivates an RFS Volunteer competition. As the winning prize, the brigade will receive an Aussie Fire Captain Plus high-pressure fire fighting pump, part of the Aussie Pumps Red Brigade produce line. The quality and number of responses were mind-blowing and the […]
