GALSTON GARDEN CLUB

After a catastrophic day previously, it was a lovely Spring night to hold our last official meeting for the year. It has been a busy year with many rambles, great guest speakers who expanded our knowledge and of course the fabulous trip to Canberra. All these activities were arranged by our hard working and very […]

DURAL BOWLING CLUB

Diane Trovato was selected by Mitchell District to play in one of its six teams competing in the annual Mitchell/Nepean Challenge. She travelled out to Austral Bowling Club and played an important part in Mitchell District’s win. The DCC Drawn Triples Final was won by Margaret Holden, Judith Harris and Ruth Keene. Consistently skilful bowling […]

MIDDLE DURAL NEWS

November was a very active start to the fire season with an unprecedented number of fires out of control and an emergency declared over most of the state. Many volunteer crews from The Hills took part in strike teams to the far north coast and then to the Gosper’s Mountain Fire in Wollemi National Park. […]

GALSTON RURAL FIRE BRIGADE NEWS

Bushfire Strike Teams Galston fires have had a busy start to this year’s fire season with crews fighting fires in strike teams all across NSW. The latest deployments have been to the out of control Gospers Mountain fire in the Wollemi National Park. The huge fire caused large amounts of smoke to blanket areas of […]

THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT… FIRE SEASON!

Well, we have been shocked into the fire season very early this year. With our first catastrophic fire conditions on Tuesday 12th November, we certainly became aware of what was going on around us. With people being evacuated from their retirement villages (including my parents in Narrabeen), and children not going to school, we were […]

HILL’S IRRIGATION GOES AUSSIE

With the worst fire season in history unfolding, farmers and homeowners, not just in Northern NSW but also the Hills and Hawkesbury area are suddenly realising that preparation is vital. Hills Irrigation has been appointed a “Gold Distributor” for Aussie Pump products in the Hills District. Located on Gladstone Road, Castle Hill, the team at […]

GLENORIE RURAL FIRE BRIGADE NEWS

2019 Glenorie Santa Run Each year Glenorie and Hillside Brigades take Santa around Glenorie Village to see all the kids before he needs to go and deliver presents. The Santa Run will start at Timaru Street at 4:00pm and slowly move through the Eastern then Western side of Glenorie Village before ending at Glenorie Woolworths […]

A Gift Outside-the-box

Tech companies know more about us than we do about ourselves these days. Ask Google, Apple or Amazon. They know where we shop, what we eat, what we like etc better than our spouses. How easy would it be to choose a gift for our loved ones with that additional knowledge? It’s the thought that […]

Experience a Fun Family Community Event

Everyone is welcome to the bi-annual family fun fair at St Bernadette’s Primary School, Castle Hill. Some of the major exciting activities this year will be Laser Tag, Subaru Obstacle Course, Motiv8sport and the Gaming Bus. There will still be the popular rides such as the Storm, Pirate Ship, Giant Slide and nice variety of […]

Locals Rally for Farmers

Local year 10 Galston High School student, Tahlia Grace, is studying Agriculture. She had heard about the drought and the strife some farming families were in and she wanted to do something to help. With support from her mum, Simone from Chicken Fish Takeaway in Glenorie, she started putting together some plans as to what […]