NEWS FROM THE FRIENDS OF – Fagan Park
Our Open day on ANZAC Day, Wednesday, 25th April, will be behind us when you read this. We are of course looking forward to a successful day, with plenty of traditional home made ANZAC biscuits consumed. As I write this, repairs to our McDonald diesel roller have been completed successfully, and the old girl is […]
Sherpa Winter Sale
A Dural based wholesaler of outdoor and active clothing will host a warehouse sale on Thursday, May 23, 2019. Sleeping mats, sportswear, rainwear, thermals and other clothes will be available. The popular warehouse sale gives locals the opportunity to buy products at wholesale and discounted prices. This year the sale starts on Thursday 23rd and […]
Walks at Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden
Australian Plant Society -North Shore Group members will lead a free walk in the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Gardens commencing at 9-45 am on May 6th at the Caley Centre. Wear closed shoes and a hat, bring water and a snack. The focus will be on the wild life in the gardens. Enquiries ring Helen on 94891735 […]
Dural Library to close temporarily for renovation
Dural Library is an important social and educational hub, where residents can learn, grow and continue to feel inspired. That is why The Hills Shire Council is undertaking renovations to ensure it meets the current and future needs of the community. On completion, the renovated library will have updated spaces for reading and learning, with […]
Celebrating 25 Years
To celebrate 25 years in the alpaca industry, Gunnamatta Stud Alpacas are holding an open day at their property in Galston. “It’s hard to believe that it’s been so long,” said principal Sue Maynard. “It seems like only yesterday we were bringing our small herd to their new home in Galston.” “We originally started with […]
Junior Rep Players in Action
Galston Netball Club is proud to have 10 of its junior players selected to play in the Hills District Representative Teams this year, playing in the U11s, U12s and U13s. These girls have been hard at training twice week at Pennant Hills since the start of the year. The first weekend in April saw them […]
Warrah’s 50th Garden Party Celebration
Celebrating the Past, Present and Future A wonderful Garden Party and Organic Buffet Lunch was held in March to celebrate Warrah’s 50th Anniversary. The celebration was held at Warrah’s beautiful bushland property in Dural. The event was attended by over 220 guests, including families and friends of Warrah both past and present, Board members and […]
GALSTON VIEw celebrates
In March Galston View Club had a birthday lunch. Pictured cutting our cake is Jeanette Cassidy, National Councillor View Clubs Australia, and our members Shirley Norris & Vivien Fitzer. Shirley Norris was presented with her 50 year pin for services to View Club Australia and Vivien Fitzer was presented with her 20yrs pin for services […]
It’s a long swim to Adelaide
If someone had told me that Saturday morning swimming lessons would quickly evolve into a two week long swimming carnival in Adelaide, I would have said they were balmy. But sure enough, 8 of our talented swimmers from Galston have made that incredible transition, qualifying for the prestigious Australian Swimming Championships. Laura Boll and Jack […]
Heartbeats
“ Down Pat” Recently, my oldest son sent me a short video of his 11-month-old son walking and attached the comment “ Getting Walking Down Pat “. What a delightful video it was ( I love having Grandchildren ), but the words surprised me. “ Down Pat “ is such an old fashioned saying. I […]