SYDNEY METRO TRAVEL
Many locals are now using the Sydney Metro trains and bus, traffic and parking is now settling down. Here are some tips on using the Metro: DRIVING Parking at Cherrybrook and Castle Hill Showground car parks are normally full by 7-715am. Signs often say 22 parking spaces free, but these signs are often incorrect and […]
Glenorie Progress Association
IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE PROGRESS Last year we reported that the famous Nicolson Fruits orchard in Forest Glen closed its doors. If you drive past the orchard now you will notice that all the fruit trees have been removed. This was one of the most significant stone fruit orchards in the area. We have now […]
Construction Starts on Arcadia’s NBN Tower
RESIDENTS might have noticed some construction work happening behind Arcadia Rural Fire Station. These workers are from NBN Co, and are erecting an NBN Fixed Wireless Tower which should be operational by September this year. The Fixed Wireless connection utilises data transmitted over radio signals to connect your premises to the nbn™ broadband access network. […]
Dural Development Approved by Hills Shire Council
The development application for 181 houses along Old Northern Road and Derriwong Road, reported last month as being refused by the Hills Planning Panel, was then approved at the Hills Shire Council Meeting in July. This was an unexpected outcome for many locals, but something the landholders and developers had worked hard to achieve. As […]
Hills Future 2036 Planning Meeting
The Glenorie Progress Association organised a special presentation by the Hills Shire Planning Team to provide Glenorie residents with an idea of the planning future of Glenorie Village and outer lying areas. Whilst there are always questions regarding subdivision, the planners provided some interesting information: 1. Glenorie can (and they recommended should) develop concept plans […]
Local Resident Larissa Takchi Crowned MasterChef Australia Winner 2019
Local Dural resident and Wild Pear Cafe manager, Larissa Takchi, has become the youngest winner in MasterChef Australia history, crowned victorious at just 22 years old with a huge score of 85/90 following the Grand Finale of the competition. Larissa takes home not only the MasterChef Australia title and trophy, but a cash prize of […]
Jamborette
It occurred to me the other day that it had been years since I had actually been able to relax on a Queen’s birthday long weekend, as I had always chosen to go to the Greater Western Sydney Jamborette with my troop 1st Dural Scouts instead. It also occurred to me that even though that […]
WHAT A CATCH!
GIUSEPPE MILITELLO of Glenorie, a member of the Dural Country Club Fishing Club was thrilled with his recent catch of a 10kg Mulloway caught off the coast at Terrigal whilst on a charter boat “Sea Runner”. There will be many a feast for his family from this fish! Dural Country Club Fishing Club Inc. meet […]
MORE SUCCESS FOR DURAL BOWLERS
SOME OF THE DURAL BOWLERS entered various events with considerable success. Two pairs entered, Ruth Keene with Diane Trovato and Sue Vindin with Christine Fitzgerald. Ruth and Diane reached the final only to be narrowly defeated by Wentworthville Leagues’ top team of Lee Benson and Jilly Bird who had also beaten Sue and Christine earlier. […]
News from the Friends of Fagan Park
ONE OF OUR PRIZED EXHIBITS is the 1927 Chevrolet truck owned by the Somerville family. It is featured in the late Hedley Sommerville’s book “A Taste of Ginger” on the history of the family in Hornsby. Family Matriarch Del Somerville explains the occasion in her message, “Many thanks to the Friends of Fagan Park who […]