Council Recognised at Prestigious NSW Local Government Excellence Awards
Hawkesbury City Council was a winner at the 2025 NSW Local Government Excellence Awards, recognised for our now multi award-winning Hawkesbury River Safety Campaign. The awards were held at a gala dinner at The Star in Sydney on Thursday 5 June 2025 with councils from all over Sydney and NSW. The awards are hosted by […]
Binet Homes, Wins Again – Peter & Rodney Binet and the Team Take Top Honours!
Binet Homes, a top Custom Home Builder, has won the 2025 HIA Australian Housing Award. Winner: HIA Australian Spec Home 2025 HIA-CSR Australian Housing Awards Binet Homes has been awarded the 2025 HIA-CSR Australian Housing Award for Best Australian Spec Home, a prestigious recognition of design, craftsmanship, and innovation excellence. LYNWOOD DESIGN This award-winning residence […]
Vale Rewi Pakinga
They say it takes a village to help raise a child, but from our own personal experience, we can say it takes a whole community filled with love and kindness to help raise a family from the depths of heartbreak and sadness. And that’s what you’ve all done for us. It would be impossible for […]
Glenorie Probus Club Activities
Club Visit Blue Mountains & Zig-Zag Railway Charm The Club continues its busy program of activities for the forthcoming period with morning teas, lunches with interesting guest speakers and tours. The May outing was a coach trip to the Blue mountains. Following morning tea the group then had a ride on the restored Zig-Zag railway and appreciated […]
Wastewater System in Council’s Sights for Sydney Water
Hawkesbury City Council is in discussions with Sydney Water about transferring its wastewater operations, managed by treatment plants in McGraths Hill and South Windsor. Hawkesbury is the only council in the Sydney metro area that operates its own wastewater system. The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal have considered Sydney Water’s pricing submission, including how Sydney […]
A Volunteering Vision
Volunteers at Fagan Park come from all walks of life but they one thing in common… they are all passionate about our local heritage. Over the past few months, the Friends of Fagan Park welcomed five new volunteers to their team. Pictured are two of our newest volunteers, Linda and Allan who have interests in […]
Galston Village Pharmacy
The rain and cold didn’t stop everyone coming to attend Galston village Pharmacy’s annual Australia’s Biggest Morning tea, it was a fun morning with lots of great food to eat, plants to buy, jams, gift hampers and lots more! A big thank you to everyone that baked the amazing array of treats, sold raffle tickets, […]
Solar Battery Rebates – Virtual Power Plants
Data provided by the Australian PV Institute shows that NSW was producing 790,718 Mwh of solar power output each month. The attached graph shows the solar installations in postcodes 2157, 2158 and 2159 since 2007. Glenorie has installed 6MW, Dural just over 11MW and Galston/Arcadia around 7MW. If you compare our low residential dwelling numbers […]
Scouting Today
Scouts Australia Welcomes Young People to Explore and Learn Scouting is all about young people learning and growing so they can help create a better world. The purpose of the Scout Movement is to contribute to the education of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual potentials as individuals, as […]
Hills-Hornsby Rural Koala Project (HHRKP)
Hills-Hornsby Rural Koala Project (HHRKP) is a volunteer run group working with community to monitor and investigate koala presence in our area, particularly in the Glenorie, Maroota and Wisemans areas. HHRKP was established in 2018, and is a sub group of Cattai Hills Environment Network. The group came thogether after some sightings indicated that koalas […]