Arcadian artists Exhibition & Art Trail 2019

The Arcadian Artists & Artisans Inc. wishes to extend a huge thank you to the Galston & District Community Bank Branch of the Bendigo Bank for its ongoing & generous support. The Sponsorship funds will greatly assist the Arcadian Artists in achieving its goal of fostering an appreciation of the arts amongst the local community […]

The Inland Navigators for Drought Relief

The Inland Navigators Bush Band was formed around 40 years ago during Dural Musical Society’s production of Reedy River. Two of the original members, Eric Pellinkhof and Greg Wilson, are still singing and playing traditional and contemporary Aussie ballads with the band at a huge variety of private, corporate and festival gigs. Lead singer and […]

1st Dural Scout Group

1st Dural Scout Group recently held its their Annual Reporting night and at the conclusion it was announced that they had three new Queen’s Scouts. The Queen’s Scout Award aims to widen the interests and knowledge of Venturer Scouts and encourage them to ‘look wide’. To achieve this prestigious award a Venturer Scout must be […]

DURAL COUNTRY CLUB BOWLS

The pennant season has finished and it is back to usual business at the club. The prestigious Major Singles under way and some excellent bowls have been played. Leone Lesslie will play Christine Fitzgerald in the final. Recently Ruth Keene, Diane Trovato and Chris Fitzgerald won the Western Suburbs Saturday Triples Competition. This was a […]

News from the Friends of Fagan Park

We had a great ANZAC Day Open Day! We enjoyed perfect weather, excellent numbers of visitors to the Park, and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves showing off our treasures. One of our tractors played up at the close, could not be re-started, and had to be pushed back into the shed. Clearly it needs a bit […]

CWA Galston Charity Fashion Parade

Please join CWA of NSW – Galston Branch for a charity fashion parade on Tuesday 4th June at The Galston Club, showcasing beautiful ensembles by Donna Lou Fashions. All funds raised will go towards supporting charities in the local community and beyond. Tickets are $25, including morning tea and lunch. There will be lucky door […]

Arcadia & Galston Resident’s Association – 16th May Meeting report

Our May meeting saw over 100 people attend after we had invited Senior Constable Colin Mitchell and Detective Chief Inspector Neil Higgins to attend regarding concerns from the local community about the increase of crimes in our area. Senior Constable Colin Mitchell had a presentation with the statistics of our area and both gentlemen answered […]

There’s an APP for that…

I know you are looking at this image and thinking that is SO NOT ME. Well, I tell you now, it is not me either especially as I am a female to start with. But this month I have started using this app which is call Six Pack in 30 Days. I have started on […]

Avalon’s Trivia Night Fundraiser

Many of you in our wonderful community will already know our daughter Avalon. For those of you who don’t, Avalon is 8 years old and lives with a permanent disability called Cerebral Palsy. She was born 10 weeks premature and as a result suffered a brain injury. She is a happy girl who takes life […]

Model Engineers Hornsby

Trains are more than just transportation. To some they are fascinating marvels of engineering which represent the dedication of the world’s most brilliant and creative minds. On Sunday the 14th of April, I had the privilege of visiting the Hornsby Model Engineers open day, and it was quite an interesting experience, due in part to […]