CPSARA CONNECT DAY – Multi-sports day for people with disabilities
CPSARA CONNECT DAY is held so that people with a disability can come and try some new sports, make new friends and connect with the para-sporting world. Our multi-sport days are run regularly and introduce our community to new sports and adaptive programs including connecting participants with their favourite sport or community group and supporting […]
The Redfield Lions Football Club (RLFC) participates in the North West Sydney Football competition.
Redfield Lions Football Club sponsors have signed up for three years which has enabled the club to make important investments into our player’s kit and equipment. We thank them for their support. Did you know we enrol players from the local community? Although a school based club, we enrol players outside of the school into […]
Sydney Writers’ Festival
Writers’ Festival On Tuesday, 4th of May, five Galston High School student librarians had the opportunity to attend the Sydney Writers’ Festival Secondary Day to interview authors backstage for the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC): Michael Pryor, Gary Lonesborough, Jeremy Lachlan, Zana Fraillon and Leanne Hall. Two of our student librarians’ interview reports below. ANGIE […]
Arcadian Quilters-part4
Arcadian Quilters The weather is telling us ‘what we should be doing’… and Big Ted said it was time to … “please put on his warm coat” !! These halcyon days of beautiful clear skies and warm sunshine hide the fact that nights are getting cold and our thoughts are turning to warm quilts, knitting […]
Galston Concerts: Best to Book Soon!
Crowds are back for The Galston Concerts: a full house, a waitlist and others regretfully turned away for the concert by the Sydney Balalaika Orchestra in late May. Relaxed COVID Plan rules and growing public health confidence allowed a capacity audience to relax and enjoy the Balalaikans Russian flair. Book soon seems good advice for […]
Should A Small Business Express its Opinions?
“Keep your Small Business opinions on religion, race, politics and everything else to yourself” was a reply to ‘what one-sentence advice would you give to someone starting a business?’ Interesting to see people’s perspectives on this question. This answer I could not agree with, and here is why. The topics are controversial, can open up […]
Dural and District Historical Society Inc – A Long Break
CONTRIBUTED BY THE DURAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY How comforting it was to hold a meeting of Society members in the Uniting Church on the 8th of May. To remove some of the angst of the last twelve months, we pretended to have just returned from a wonderful visit to the Historical Aircraft Museum in Albion Park. […]
Funding for Galston Public School
BY MATT KEAN Students at Galston Public School will benefit from upgrades to the bathrooms as part of the NSW Government schools COVID stimulus program. Member for Hornsby Matt Kean said the school will receive significant funding as part of the $120 million Metro Renewal Program with the Department of Education contributing 70% and the […]
Telecommunications: A Win for Berowra
BY JULIAN LEESER Thank you for all your support for our Telstra campaign to improve telecommunications in our community. As a result of our campaign the Minister for Communications announced $16.4 million for a program designed to help communities like ours, around the country. The Peri-Urban Mobile Program (PUMP) is dedicating funds towards the building […]
Mass Vaccination Centre Opens
BY DAVID ELLIOTT MP The mass vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park has opened. People aged 40-49 are invited to register their interest in receiving the Pfizer vaccine by visiting www.nsw.gov.au and will be contacted when a booking is available. People aged over 50 can book their AstraZeneca jab at the mass vaccination centre by […]
