Fuel Prices Week Ending 9 August 2024
Where to Buy the Cheapest Fuel Prices Week Ending 9 August 2024 Fuel Type: Unleaded 91 Petrol Station Name Address Fuel,Price Shell Kenthurst 86 Kenthurst Rd, Kenthurst NSW 2156 185.90 Ampol Kenthurst 137 Kenthurst Rd, Kenthurst NSW 2156 185.90 Ampol Foodary Dural 917-923 Old Northern Rd, DURAL NSW 2158 185.90 EG Ampol Dural 532 Old […]
Term-End Fun for Dural Scouts
Dural Scouts finished the term with a night at the local indoor rock-climbing centre. Rock climbing is a great way for scouts to have fun while building their confidence and problemsolving skills. All scouts experienced various climbing routes and fitness levels and the friendly staff at The Edge were on standby to help them learn […]
Emma Memma Returns to Orange Blossom Festival
Award-winning artist Emma Memma will perform at the Orange Blossom Festival for the first time in 19 years to headline the return of the OBF Night Markets on Saturday 7th September at Castle Hill Showground. It’s a triumphant return for the national treasure, who previously starred as Pippa the Orange in the 2005 edition of […]
Camellia Experts Visit Netherby Garden
The garden around Netherby Homestead has many large, well-established old camellias. Earlier this year Bill Parker and Craig Carol from Camellias R Us nursery, met Karlene Brummer, who is one of The Friends of Fagan Park garden volunteers, at a camellia propagation workshop. The discussion turned to the many camellias without names in the Netherby […]
Hornsby Shire Council’s Native Plant Giveaways Return this Winter
Hornsby Shire Council is again welcoming the return of its popular Native Plant Giveaway Program this August, inviting all residents of Hornsby Shire to nurture their local environment by booking an appointment to collect four free native plants. Taking place at Council’s Warada Ngurang Community Nursery in Pennant Hills on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th […]
Push and Pull of the Housing Supply Crisis: The Case for Staying in Your Community Guilt Free!
Clr Dr Verity Greenwood, Hornsby Shire Council NSW is experiencing a shortage in housing properties, and this is overshadowed by the Federal Government’s target for 1.2 million new homes to be built by 2029. The NSW Government’s Hornsby Transport Oriented Development (TOD) project is now on public exhibition. Fortunately, the Hornsby Town Centre area to […]
Pet at Work
By Nev The Newshound This month we meet Head Office Cat, Oscar from Thurlow Fisher Lawyers. Oscar was originally adopted from the WLPA rescue in Gladesville. (World League for Protection of Animals) by Solicitor John Fisher, the founder of Thurlow Fisher. John needed some company as he lived alone and was in his 90’s. They […]
Western Sydney University’s Cyber Breach
Western Sydney University updated its community on Wednesday, 31 July 2024, on its ongoing investigation into unauthorised access to its information technology (IT) network. Since the unauthorised access to the University’s IT network was discovered in January 2024, the University has been undertaking forensic investigations in line with its due diligence and legal obligations to determine the full nature, scope […]
Police Appeal to Locate Missing Teen
The NSW Police Force is appealing for public assistance in locating a teenage girl missing from Sydney’s northwest. Nichole Pietersi, 15, was last seen in Kellyville Ridge at about 9:30 p.m. yesterday (Friday, 2 August 2024). When she was unable to be located or contacted, officers attached to Riverstone Police Area Command were notified and […]
Acclaimed Author Comes to Galston
Every year the society holds its June Roughley Memorial Lecture, a special event named after our founder. For this year we are delighted to host an esteemed speaker, Dr Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of NSW. Grace’s book People of the River – Lost Worlds of Early Australia, a history of […]