Replanting, Recovering And Renewal

This summer season, with its seemingly endless wet cool days has been the polar opposite of the last hot and dry fire season. It is tempting to give in to the frustration of watching all your hard work flushed away, but there isn’t time to dwell on such things. The focus has had to be […]

Bush-Friendly Gardening

By Barry Lees – Still Creek Landcare We live in a fantastic area and at this time of the year, it is just glorious. After good rains, you can almost hear the plants growing. The pride that many people have in their gardens is obvious – new buds, brilliant flowers, green lawns, crisp vegies……. Most […]

Galston District Garden Club

By Greta Wickham The Galston District Garden Club has not resumed meetings for 2021. Now with the introduction of vaccinations against Covid19 it should be getting closer to the time members will be feeling more confident to resume monthly meetings. Whilst we are not having monthly meetings we are attempting to gather in our gardens […]

Glenorie Brigade

Recently we met a young and very brave local who proved he is a hero after being on the scene to help out Glenorie Brigade personnel. Glenorie Brigade had the pleasure of presenting to primary school student Trey O’Connor, a certificate of appreciation for his incredible service at the scene of an accident that occured […]

RFS Commissioner Pumped With Aussie

Australian Pump had the privilege of hosting RFS Commissioner Rob Rogers and his deputy, Bruce McDonald recently at their 2 ½ acre headquarters in Castle Hill. The team at Aussie Pumps was able to express it’s appreciation of the magnificent work the volunteers carried out last summer under extreme conditions. Aussie’s staff were also working […]

Man in 70s falls from ride-on lawn mower

A 78-year-old man has fallen from his ride-on lawn mower on the property of his Galston residence and sustained injuries to his head when he hit a guard rail. He lost consciousness from the impact and bystanders provided first aid for the man. CareFlight’s Rapid Response Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance at 11:15am and […]

Dine And Discover – Sign Up Now!

By Matt Kean The new Dine and Discover Program will create an economic boost for local dining, arts and tourism businesses who have been impacted by COVID-19. The program will offer four $25 vouchers to every NSW resident aged over 18 to spend on these local businesses. The program is yet to go live, however, […]

Living Life In Full Colour

Motivated to uplift community spirit, Nina from Zumba Galston organised a fun-filled flash mob in Fagan’s African Garden. In the late afternoon of the 8th of January, with the sky threatening to storm, Nina led a group of 28 members from her Zumba classes. Inspired by their location, the dancers donned African themed headscarves and […]

Glenorie Progress Association

FENCES, KOALAS, PLATYPUS, ROADS – HOW DO THEY ALL GO TOGETHER. Join the GPA and be part of the team keeping a close eye on all things Glenorie. The GPA continued to operate as usual through the ‘festive’ season. Our meetings are now conducted in a combined way – face-2-face for those who can make […]

News From The Friends Of Fagan Park

Corona Virus continues to rule our lives! My previously expressed optimism on a return to near normal was dashed by the Northern Beaches and Berala based outbreaks, and now of course by fear of an outbreak of the more transmissible strain. Whilst we are permitted to continue our Tuesday working days, opening of the museums […]