Are You Fire Ready? Join the 4 Weeks to Fire Ready Challenge
Bush fires have always been part of life in The Hills. From Glenhaven and Annangrove in 1975, Kenthurst in 1991, through to the devastating fires in 1994 and again in 2002 at Maroota South, Glenorie, and Kenthurst – our community has seen how quickly the landscape can change. One firefighter remembers Kenthurst in 1991: “Our […]
Hidden in the Hills: Purple Twining Pea
By Lachlan Turner Throughout open woodland and scrubby forest can be found the Purple Twining Pea (Hardenbergia violacea) twisting and twining its way over and through understorey plants of up to 2 metres in height. Where conditions are ideal, masses of purple flowers can be seen, in season, all over the supporting plant. The observant […]
Cherrybrook Rezoning Raises Major Infrastructure Concerns
Dr Michelle Byrne – Mayor of the Hills Shire Council The NSW Government has decided to finalise the Cherrybrook Rezoning – and it’s significantly different from the Cherrybrook Place Strategy our residents expected that was developed through extensive community consultation. The original Place Strategy proposed around 3,200 additional dwellings. The final rezoning could now allow […]