Dural RFS
SHOWCASING OUR MEMBERS Over the coming issues we will be highlighting a number of members from Dural RFS- Rural Fire Brigade. Hi, my name is Amy and during 2020, I took the steps to become a member of the Dural Rural Fire Brigade. I was excited to get involved and give back to the community, […]
Glenhaven Rural Fire Brigade
The last month has seen an increase in activity for the brigade. There have been a number of calls to bush fires, grass fires and building automatic fire alarms. Where there is a risk from bush fire, the NSW Rural Fire Service uses Bush Fire Alerts to provide information to affected communities using radio, television, […]
Crystal Festival to Shine
The largest crystal and gemstone festival of its kind in Australia is heading to the Central Coast. The Central Coast Crystal Festival at Gosford Showground will be the first post COVID event run by Crystal Festivals Australia and will feature more than 100 stalls with traders from all Australia in line with current COVID restrictions. […]
Rare Property with one of the Largest Dams in the Hills District Sells
Strong competition for a unique Dural acreage – with its own lake-size dam – resulted in a $4.61m sale at auction through Lumby Hampson. property The 2.03ha estate at 4 San Remo Place attracted 19 registered bidders with an opening offer of $3.35m. It quickly jumped above $4m and sold above expectations under auctioneer Kate Lumby. […]
How Did We Ever Survive?
MARK COUPER – DURAL CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP OFFICER Recently I was happily working on my spreadsheet when all of a sudden my universe came to a stop as my Internet crashed, so I lost access to all my files in the cloud. Looking back I thought to myself, how did I ever survive in the 70s, […]
Win A Street Library – A Beautiful Tiny Home for Books in Your Front Yard
By Christopher Parsons Hornsby Shire Council is once again offering its free Street Library program, where up to 20 people living in the Hornsby Shire local government area can get their very own Street Library! Street Libraries are cute ’small build’ structures normally located on private property that allows public access for free book exchange […]
Probus Ponderings – A Fond Farewell to Zoom
The October meeting of the Combined Probus Club of Cherrybrook was one filled with a heady mix of nostalgia and optimism. With fingers crossed we held what we hope was our final Zoom meeting, a strange feeling of farewelling a faithful servant that helped us through the difficult times of lockdown and revelling in returning […]
Liberal HQ Drops Mayor
By Bev Jordan Hills Shire Mayor Michelle Byrne may run as an Independent candidate for the post of Hills Mayor in the December 4th Local Government Elections after being dumped from the Liberal ticket by the Liberal State Executive in favour of North Ward councillor Peter Gangemi. Several current Liberal councillors also failed to win endorsement […]
Local Business – Open For All Your Shopping
WESTLEIGH VILLAGE #supportlocalsmallbusiness Westleigh Village is a vibrant local shopping centre located less than 5 minutes from Pennant Hills Road – take the Duffy Avenue exit and go straight ahead! We are so thrilled to welcome back ALL of our retailers to Westleigh Village now that restrictions have been eased. Thank you for shopping locally! […]
Tree of Joy
BY CAROL RUSSELL The Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook is running two Tree of Joy this year. One is in partnership with Cherrybrook Village Shopping Centre and is our 30th annual Tree of Joy. The other is in partnership with Westleigh Village taking over from the Thornleigh Club who handed in their […]
