Glenorie Community Church

“Four students stand outside the Principal’s office at the end of lunchtime. They know that they’re in trouble because what happened in the playground was their fault! Their arguing and name- calling to each other has only made things worse. Now, each one stands ready to defend their own actions and blame everything on at […]

News from St Benedict’s Church

St Vinnies to Brewarrina As mentioned last month our local St Vincent De Paul group organised a collection of goods and donations to go to the people of Brewarrina. Like many country towns Brewarrina is suffering badly from the drought and the Barwon River is a mere trickle. A drought as bad as this affects […]

Still Creek Landcare – Please don’t take away my home

In the last 40 years, 75% of the world’s flying insects and 81% of freshwater fish and water-based animals have disappeared. 99% of Australian oyster reefs are now dead. Shocking figures like these lead scientists to think we are in the 6th mass extinction in the last 500 million years. When the smaller species die, […]

News from Warrah Biodynamic Farm

For Warrah Society as whole, and especially for Warrah Biodynamic Farm, the Winter Solstice that has just passed provided the opportunity to reflect on the light and life that continues to thrive in the dead of winter. Biodynamic farming is done naturally without the use of herbicides, pesticides, fungicides or synthetic fertilisers. We work with […]

Galston Garden Club

A cold July night…. State of Origin…. & where is everybody? Well at Garden Club of course having a hoot of a night at our July meeting! What a good number turned up to hear our guest speaker Brian Chapman of Power Planter, and did he keep members in stitches of laughter with his easy […]

Australian Plants Society-North Shore group

The monthly meeting of the Australian Plants Society- North Shore group will be held at 7-45 pm, August 10th in the Willow Park Community Hall, 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby. The speaker is Barry Lees, APS president and leader of the Hornsby Herbarium Group and his topic is “Hornsby Herbarium.” The Herbarium began in 1997 […]

Bromeliad Society of Australia – How to Mount Bromeliads for Display

The Bromeliad Society of Australia will hold their next meeting at the Federation Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground on Saturday, 11 August with plant sales commencing at 11am prior to the meeting. Access is via the new Showground entrance off Showground Road into Doran Drive, Castle Hill with plenty of parking on site. At this meeting […]

M9 – Should we be Concerned?

There has been several reports in the national press and more locally on facebook about the letters received by some residents in Oakville and Maraylya who have been advised that their property falls within the proposed M9 route. This has caused community action groups to form and public meetings to be held. Some changes have […]

What’s worn under that kilt? Pipes and Drums in the Hills

The traditional answer is “Nothing, it’s all in perfect working order!” The Hills District Pipe Band has been performing at local community events for 48 years, and is well-known for their excellent uniform; proudly wearing the McDonald of Clan Ranald tartan (bagpipers) and the Argyll of Sutherland tartan (drummers). This year the Hills District Pipe […]

Hornsby Hospital says Thanks

Galston Community Health Centre and Galston Community Centre donated money to purchase four Sara Stedy machines. The machines have been allocated across the hospital in the STAR building, Lumby, Intensive Care Unit and rehabilitation. The Sara Stedy is a nonelectrical standing aid that minimises manual lifting by care givers. It is useful for patients who […]