HOME COOKED MEALS FROZEN FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE
Jim and Riva Dale, owners of Geranium Cottage, together with their chef, Paul are creating fresh, home-cooked meals for the convenience of the residents in our community. Geranium Cottage owners and staff pride themselves on using the freshest ingredients to create home-cooked cottage style meals. Regulars to their cafe can still enjoy the meals which […]
MOVING BACK TO THE FAMILY HOME DURING COVID 19
Covid 19 has affected many people in different ways across the country. In particular the younger generation has been hardest hit, with many finding themselves without work and limited income to pay rent or mortgages. This has forced many of this affected demographic to move back to the family home to help them get through […]
HOOF, HIKE OR BIKE AT SCHEYVILLE NATIONAL PARK !
For years I’ve travelled straight through the middle of this national park, not realising what I was missing. By the number of horse boxes visible from Scheyville Road, it looked like the equestrians were probably onto a good thing here so recently, after yet another transit though the park, my mind was made up and […]
ROLL UP, ROLL UP FOR THE GREATEST GAME ON EARTH!
Dural Country Club is still unable to open their greens for social or competition bowls. However, both our Women’s and Men’s Bowling Club members can now enjoy one hour roll ups with fellow players…often followed by a drink and meal at Fedele’s Restaurant or coffee and cake at the Cafe. If you’d like to escape […]
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU FIND AN INJURED ECHIDNA?
We all want to help where we can, but we might not always know what’s best. If injured always call your local wildlife organisation Sydney Wildlife rescue 94134300 open 24/7. They will give you the best advice for that animal. If not injured and it has entered your yard please lock up any domestic pets […]
FROM ROADSIDE RESCUE TO RELEASE: THE TALE OF ‘PHOEBE’ THE SWAMP WALLABY
Phoebe the Swamp Wallaby weighed less than a kilogram when she was left on the roadside at Galston Gorge after her mother was hit and killed by a vehicle last October. Sydney Wildlife volunteer carer Jane Sleap received the call for a joey sitting beside its dead mother on the road, but despite her best […]
BUDGERIGAR SOCIETY OF NSW INC.
With the continued lockdown of all sporting and community clubs and associations, the budgerigar society members have had more time available to breed that champion bird and undertake the domestic duties of maintaining a clean and healthy aviary. At present, the breeding season is well underway, with breeders endeavouring to put all that planning and […]
HILLS-HORNSBY RURAL KOALA PROJECT
Hills-Hornsby Rural Koala Project is a network which seeks to work with the community to encourage the health, protection and population increase of Koalas in the Hills and Hornsby areas. Prior to the bush fires of 2002, koalas were present in our area, particularly so in Canoelands, Wisemans Ferry and Maroota. Further back in the […]
SURELY NOT MY CAT
Pet cats are wreaking havoc. New analysis from the CSIRO compiles the results of 66 different studies on pet cats to gauge the impact of Australia’s pet cat population on the country’s wildlife. The results are staggering. On average, each roaming pet cat kills 186 reptiles, birds and mammals per year, most of them native […]
DURAL AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC. – NEWS FROM HISTORY COTTAGE
The Society was pleased to receive old farm papers from an early family in Arcadia. They deal with the day to day costs and income of the farm and are interesting because they show marked differences when compared with to-day’s figures. Some crops yielded higher income than we might have expected, while costs show marked […]