ST BENEDICTS FAIR

SUNDAY 8TH MARCH FROM 10AM Come and join the fun at St Benedicts annual fair on Sunday 8th March from 10am. Held in the grounds of St Benedicts at 9 Fagan Road, it will again be a day of fun for all the family. There will be childrens’ rides, an animal farm, lots of delicous […]

COMMUNITY NURSERY OPEN DAYS FOR RESIDENT TREE COLLECTION

Over the past few years Council has lost many trees and our tree population is aging. Our planting program aims to ensure we maintain a leafy environment in our Shire for the next generation. These new trees will not mature for 20 years so they are an investment for our community in the future. As […]

GLENORIE PROGRESS ASSOCIATION

A FITTING MEMORIAL Planning is underway to upgrade the Wal Buckingham Memorial Park to include a Hostile Vehicle Barrier Fence. The fence will allow the ANZAC Dawn memorial services to continue at the Cenotaph without the need for traffic diversions on Old Northern Road. This year the ANZAC Dawn Memorial Service will proceed as the […]

NEWS FROM THE FRIENDS OF FAGAN PARK

As I write this, we have experienced “unprecedented” rain! What a turn around from the horror stretch the east coast has been through recently. Our Open Day on Australia Day was rather poorly attended, with very few members of the public visiting the park. We are not sure whether it was the fairly warm day, […]

WARRAH

This new decade has certainly gotten off to a rather dramatic start! We have gone from extreme drought, to unfathomable threats of fire and now up to 160mm of rain on a single day. As a result, this season has proved extremely interesting and educational for Warrah’s young farming team. The harvest continued all through […]

FED UP WITH SITTING AND WATCHING EVERYONE ELSE DANCE?

There’s a new “company” in town that will help you release your inner dancer, spend some quality time with your partner or enjoy some “me” time. Social Dance Company is a newcomer to Dural specialising in teaching wedding, ballroom and Latin dances for adults. Owner Matthew Aker said “We are really looking forward to getting […]

SALVOS

Many of us will be glad to farewell this Summer with its raging bushfires and searing heat. With Autumn just around the corner, it will be a blessing to merge gently into milder and, hopefully, less turbulent weather. At our 2 family stores, staff and volunteers have been working hard to keep up with the […]

CWA NEWS – TEA AND SCONES ANYONE?

Join CWA Galston branch for afternoon tea on Saturday 14th March and experience some of that famous CWA ‘tea and scones’ hospitality. Nothing encapsulates the spirit of the CWA quite like an afternoon tea. Sitting round a table and sharing a hot pot of tea, scones piled high with jam and cream, unwinding from daily […]

WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN TASTE OF SEAFOOD HAWKESBURY RIVER FESTIVAL

The Professional Fisher’s Association (PFA) proudly present Taste of Seafood Festivals across Hawkesbury River, Wallis Lake, Newcastle, Port Macquarie, Ulladulla, Bermagui, Eden and Yamba in 2020. In the wake of devastating drought and fire, Taste of Seafood will celebrate each region and their wonderful seafood industry whilst driving economic growth and tourism. Julian Leeser, Federal […]

ARCADIAN QUILTER’S

February must indeed be our month for achieving as we had the opportunity to see more “Charity Quilts” finished, these are donated out into our local community, such as nursing homes, Ronald McDonald house etc. We also saw several completed “Block Carrier Rolls” on display, these were from a recent workshop held at the end […]