Bromeliad Society of Australia Guest Speaker – Allan Beard of Glenorie
The next meeting of the Bromeliad Society of Australia will be on Saturday, 10 July at the Federation Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground, Showground Road, Castle Hill off Doran Drive. Bromeliad sales at 10 am and the meeting commencing at 12noon. The BSA is pleased to announce that local bromeliad guru Allan Beard of Glenorie will […]
Still Creek Landcare – Pollination
By: Nick Chartorisky Still Creek Landcare- People enjoy their gardens and will defend their favourite plants from being gobbled up or damaged by bugs. However, the impact of using general pesticides goes much further than killing the bug you aimed at. Pesticides will kill nearly every bug as well as impact the farmers who depend […]
Galston District Garden Club
By Greta Wickham Galston District Garden Club The Galston District Garden Club welcomes visitors and new members, and if you were not at our last meeting in June, you missed a very interesting guest speaker. Galston District Garden Club Peter Heys from Clivia and Rare plants speaking on the topic “Symbiotic Relationships” referring to relationships […]
Glenorie RFS – Be fire wise
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, we certainly started winter in style, setting a record on June 10th for the coldest day in Sydney in 37 years. fire wise But, of course, that was a few weeks ago now, and certainly many space heaters and electric blankets were pulled out of cupboards and closets, and […]
Galston Rural Fire Brigade
By Kara Dubois Galston Rural Fire Brigade, Galston Rural Fire Brigade Old Northern Road Motor Vehicle Accident Galston Rural Fire Brigade recently attended a motor vehicle accident on Old Northern Road where a truck struck a stationary vehicle with two occupants inside, and subsequently hit a tree. NSW Ambulance and CareFlight’s Rapid Response Helicopter attended […]
Galston RFB celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Galston Rural Fire Brigade
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Galston Rural Fire Brigade and Arcadia Rural Fire Brigade. The two brigades were originally combined as one under the name of Hornsby Shire Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade. On the 23rd April 1941 the first Captain, President, Lieutenants, and other office bearers were elected to the brigade. The […]
ARCADIA RFS – St Florian’s Day
May 4th is known as St Florian’s Day, a day named after the patron saint of firefighters where we reflect on the service of current and past firefighters. St Florian’s Day award announcements was a very proud day for the Arcadia brigade. We were one of the brigades awarded the Commissioner’s Unit Citation for Service […]
Aussie’s Ministerial Visit David Elliot Applauds Aussie Export Action
Australian Pump recently had the opportunity to show off their new production line to local member and Minister for Police and Emergency Services, David Elliott. The Minister is always a welcome visitor at Aussie Pumps. “He’s always so positive about what we’re doing and really encourages our innovative approach to design”, said Aussie Pumps’ Chief […]
STEMBeat
Each year, Hills Grammar’s BEAT Festival celebrates, shares and highlight the School’s extraordinary learning programs and opportunities available to their Hills Originals. This year it was Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) that were in the spotlight. The two-week STEMBeat festival saw students from the Early Childhood Education Centre, Junior School and Senior School embrace […]
Stem Success on the World Stage
By Craig Hingston F1 in Schools is the biggest Stem competition in the world involving 26,000 schools and more than 1,300,000 students…and Pacific Hills was represented when the top 43 teams came together this week to do battle at the World Finals in England. Three members of our Class of 2020, Lachlan George (Team Manager), […]