News from Uniting Care Galston Early Learning Centre
On Friday the 18th of October we held our annual Twilight Markets which highlighted the wonderful community that we live in and celebrated the contributions that the local schools provide for our children. The Twilight Markets attracted a number of stalls and provided entertainment and activities for all age groups. The Markets also encouraged the […]
GALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
After many months of planning and preparation the Mini Fete (which is a keenly anticipated annual fund raising event) was held in the last week of Term 3. Congratulations to our highly responsible Year 6 students, along with Year 5 students who stepped up to assist Year 6; many parents (who worked behind the scenes); […]
IT’S SPRING FAIR TIME AT HILLS GRAMMAR
Hills Grammar are looking forward to another Spring Fair on 10 November, 11am-4pm at their Kenthurst campus. Their last Fair was in 2017, when Hills Grammar’s Parents and Friends Association (PAFA) hosted an extraordinary day, with local businesses taking up market stalls, they had a huge variety in rides, and great food options. This year […]
Galston Garden Club
By the time you read this the gates will be closed and Garden owners will be taking a well-deserved break after preparing their beautiful gardens for the Galston Garden Club’s Open Gardens Weekend. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the garden owners for all their hard work and for their generosity in allowing […]
Weed Identification, come see us at the Arcadia Market Day
Still Creek Landcare will be setting up an information stall at Arcadia School’s Market Day on Saturday. November 16th. This year we will be putting together a selection of Weeds commonly found in our area to help you identify the problem plants in your patch. If you want to have a plant identified bring along […]
Australian Plants Society North Shore Group
The monthly meeting of the Australian Plants Society-North Shore Group will be held in the Willow Park Community Hall, 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby at 7:45 pm on Friday, November 8th. The guest speaker will be Robin Buchanan. Her topic is “Restoring Natural Areas.” Visitors welcome. Bush regenerators; Just weeders or ecosystem managers? A look […]
BROMELIAD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
November Guest Speaker – Kathy Potter The Importance of Frogs and Tadpoles The Bromeliad Society of Australia will hold its next meeting at George Bell Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground on Saturday, 9th November with plant sales commencing at 11am followed by the meeting at 12noon. Access is via the Showground entrance off Showground Road into […]
Arcadia Rural Fire Service
Crews at Arcadia have been busy behind the scenes, doing trail inspections and familiarization with our newer members. We frequently do trail inspections so we know if trails need maintenance or if any of the landscape has changed. We’ve also welcomed the rain we have received, however we must not become complacent when it comes […]
Glenorie Rural Fire Brigade News
RECRUITMENT INFORMATION SESSION – SUNDAY 24/11/2019 We are currently recruiting for more volunteers to join Glenorie Fire Brigade. There is a role for everyone and we would love for you to be a part of our wonderful team. Do you want to know what is involved in being a member of the Rural Fire Service? […]
RFS Open Day Article
On Saturday the 14th of September, I attended an open day for the Rural Fire Service of Middle Dural. I helped set up, read some of the advice they were giving out, and got to ask some questions to the volunteers. There was an extremely wide variety of information available for all sorts of people: […]