Lower Mckell Park Impovements
Hornsby Shire Council is very happy to announce the completion of access improvements to the pathway around Lower McKell Park, Brooklyn, linking Brooklyn Baths with Parsley Bay. The completed 2-metre-wide sandstone-coloured concrete footpath is already being well used by both locals and visitors to the area and further upgrades at Lower McKell Park are due […]
Community Defib Project
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″ offset=”vc_col-lg-1/5 vc_col-md-1/5 vc_col-xs-1/5″][us_image image=”77844″ size=”thumbnail” align=”left” style=”circle” has_ratio=”1″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″ offset=”vc_col-lg-4/5 vc_col-md-4/5 vc_col-xs-4/5″][vc_column_text]By Dr Peter Gangemi – Mayor of The Hills Shire Council[/vc_column_text][us_post_date][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Congratulations to the Community Defib Project on installing their 100th Defibrillator across Australia. It was very appropriate that number 100 was located at Hawkins Lookout, just up the hill from where the […]
Backyard Sessions at Glenorie RSL Club
Backyard Sessions ☀️ Saturday 1pm & Sunday 12:30pm Another beautiful, sunny weekend on the horizon for Backyard Session! The best excuse to catch up with your mates for lunch and live music This weekends line up: Saturday 1pm – Abbey Lane Sunday 12:30pm – Double Vision Source: https://www.facebook.com/GlenorieRSL
Calling All Green Thumbs!
The Sydney Hills Garden Competition returns in 2022 and Council is supporting this event as part of its Orange Blossom Festival. If you have a flourishing garden, don’t hesitate to apply. There’s 9 categories, including school gardens, good neighbour gardens, strata or community title property, residential garden, new garden, senior citizen’s garden and townhouse, villa […]
Pony Club Fire Drill
Arcadia Pony Club and Aussie Pumps have been planning a presentation on fire safety for club members and spectators since late last year. The rains have slowed everything down but the company feels it’s now appropriate to start planning for a presentation in one of the Arcadia Pony Club meetings in August. “We’ve decided to […]
Glenorie Rural Fire Brigade Turns 75!
This year we had the chance to celebrate 75 years of serving our community as a formal brigade. In 1947, after a proposal from the Glenorie Progress Association, the Glenorie Voluntary Bush Fire Brigade was formally established. Back then, the firefighting equipment used was nothing more than a tractor towing a water tank and other […]
Still Creek Landcare – What Is Happening To Our Insects?
This is a question that all of us who have been traveling around the country in cars for decades must wonder. Where have all the bugs gone? Landcare A Danish ornithologist was wondering what was causing the local barn swallows to be decreasing in numbers. They are big insect eaters. So for more than 20 […]
Bonsai Annual Show
The Bonsai Society of Australia is excited about the return of our annual show – the first in three years. We will be in The Harvey Lowe Pavilion in Castle Hill Showground displaying our gorgeous trees and four demonstrations will be held over the weekend. On Saturday at 11.00am and 2.00pm. Sunday at 11.00am and […]
Bromeliad Society of Australia
The Bromeliad Society of Australia’s next meeting will be held on Saturday, 13th August in the Federation Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground off Showground Road, Castle Hill. Sales to members, guest and the general public from 10am with the meeting commencing at 12noon. At this meeting there will be a special discussion on identifying bromeliad pups, […]
Heath Banksia
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″ offset=”vc_col-lg-1/5 vc_col-md-1/5 vc_col-xs-1/5″][us_image image=”81787″ size=”thumbnail” align=”left” style=”circle” has_ratio=”1″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″ offset=”vc_col-lg-4/5 vc_col-md-4/5 vc_col-xs-4/5″][vc_column_text]By Lachlan Turner[/vc_column_text][us_post_date][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As you might expect during winter months, there are not as many wildflowers in bloom in our bushland reserves. However, there is a particular Heath Banksia that displays its brilliant colour alongside some of the region’s walking tracks during […]