Bromeliad Autumn Show at Castle Hill Showground
Bromeliad Autumn Show on Sat 14 & Sun 15 May at Castle Hill Showground After 2 years of postponements due to lockdowns and COVIDSAFE restrictions the Bromeliad Society of Australia is excited to announce that their Autumn Show will go ahead with some COVIDSAFE restrictions in place. The Bromeliad Autumn Show will be held at the […]
STEM Champion – Again!
By Craig Hingston For the second year in a row Pacific Hills Christian School at Dural has been announced as a STEM Champion School at a nationwide Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics competition. The Science and Engineering Challenge (SEC) is presented each year by the University of Newcastle at Olympic Park and it attracts entries from across the nation. […]
Mei Lin Meyers Queen’s Scout
On April 2 nd , Mei Lin Meyers, from 1 st Dural Scouts was presented with the Meyers Queen’s Scout award by Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor of New South Wales, as Chief Scout of New South Wales. The Queen’s Scout is the highest award earned by Venturer Scouts and to […]
Hidden in the Hills – Angophora Hispida
By Lachlan Turner Commonly named “Dwarf Apple” because of the tree’s relatively small size when compared with other larger varieties in the Angophora genus. Usually not much larger than 5m high and around 3m wide in the Hills Region, this tree characteristically assumes a somewhat gnarled and twisted growth habit with rough bark. During late […]
