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NOMINATIONS are open for the 2025 Local Westfield Heroes program. Each year, Westfield awards $20,000 to one Local Hero at each Westfield location for the organisation or group they represent. The Heroes are individuals who are dedicated to contributing positively to their communities and are making a difference. Alongside the...

Another year, another Bobbin Head Cycle Classic. Annually, the Bobbo brings cyclists to Turramurra on Sydney’s Upper North Shore. Traversing the course, participants take in the scenery of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the coastal sights from West Head. The event is a major fundraising effort for Lifeline, Australia’s leading...

Yorkshire Tea is the UK’s number one tea brand. A family business originating in Harrogate, Yorkshire Tea have been creating brews since 1896. There are four brews in the catalogue: Yorkshire Tea Proper Black Tea — Sourced from farms in Africa and India, this blend is big on flavour, seriously...

International Women’s Day is on the 8th of March. The Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter is hosting an event on the 27th of February in honour of IWD. This year marks 10 years since the shelter has been operating in the community, providing refuge for women experiencing hardship and domestic abuse....

Debuting on March 2 at Wahroonga Park is a brand-new event: Sparkling WAHROONGA: Food + Wine Festival. This free-entry community festival is brought to the Upper North Shore by the same producer of the Wahroonga Food + Wine Festival. Celebrating NSW cellar door wines, small-batch distilleries, craft brews, international cuisine,...

Evidence of a breeding koala population has been found in rural areas across the Hills and Hornsby. Volunteer group The Hills-Hornsby Rural Koala Project (HHRKP) recently partnered with Landcare Australia through the Wildseek Project, Queensland University of Technology, and NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service. New data obtained by...

Even without the desire to produce professional-style films, short form content for TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube have allowed anyone to pick up their phones and create for the masses. As technology booms, with advancements and better audio and visual, creative filmmakers have begun to grab their mobiles instead of bulky...

January has flown by, and my campaign for Berowra is in full swing. Running for election wasn’t something I had planned, and as you all know, I’m not a career politician or a party insider. It’s been a steep learning curve, diving into the many issues that matter to our...

Members of SI Hornsby held another very successful fundraiser for the Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter in September last year.  Raffle tickets were sold to raise funds as well as members holding afternoon teas for friends to come along to in their own homes. The total raised for the shelter...

An intergenerational research program in preschools is being rolled out across Greater Sydney. The George Institute for Global Health, in conjunction with the University of NSW, are hosting a program where older adults and preschool children are placed together. Throughout the course of the program, the cognitive benefits of the...