Bromeliads Make Wonderful Gifts at Christmas Time
The Bromeliad Society of Australia will hold their meeting at the Federation Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground on Saturday, 11th December with plant sales to the public commencing at 10am until 12noon. Access is via the Showground entrance off Showground Road into Doran Drive, Castle Hill, with plenty of parking on site. As this is the […]
Galston District Garden Club update
By Greta Wickham Unfortunately, the Garden Club Committee made the decision not to meet in November due to the uncertainty of restrictions regarding Covid. It has been a turbulent year. At the beginning of the year, we thought we were back to normal, planned guest speakers, organised a member lunch only to have to cancel […]
Still Creek Landcare – Nature Around Us
By Chris Noon We are fortunate to live in this area. During the pandemic lockdown, many people went out to visit nature for good bush tracks, fire trails and streets without much traffic. On bicycles, on foot or climbing trees for the first time. Still Creek Landcare Now that restrictions have eased and basic freedoms […]
Bromeliad Meetings to Resume in November
Good news for the Bromeliad Society of Australia, its members and guests with their meetings resuming on Saturday, 6th November at the Federation Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground, Showground Road, Castle Hill off Doran Drive. Bromeliad sales open to the public at 10 am with the meeting commencing at 12noon. Normal meeting activities such as competitions, […]
Five Corners-Hidden In The Hills
By Lachlan Turner On a recent visit to the Annangrove Community Environment Centre, I decided to take a walk through the bushland near the Centre. Whilst walking along their Wildflower Walk I came across a small spreading shrub which can sometimes grow up to around 1.5 metres tall in favourable conditions. There are variations in […]
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 […]
Get those Lawns Ready……it is Warming Up
Now that the weather is warming up and we move to our outdoor areas, it’s the perfect time to take a good look at our lawns. There is no better feeling than soft grass under your feet especially when it is green and weed-free. Whether the children are playing on the lawn or you are […]
