Community

KU-RING-GAI is celebrating its older residents for the month of March. Council has lined up excursions, events, and information sessions to engage the older community. On Wednesday the 6th, seniors will travel to Gosford for a guided tour of the Japanese Gardens. Afterwards, lunch for the seniors will be held...

Fancy grabbing a coffee? A prime cafe destination at the Kirribilli Club should be the following location for you and your friends to link up and enjoy the marvellous harbour views and stunning scenery while you sip away. The Kirribilli Club continues to whisk together iconic settings for Sydneysiders that...

ANOTHER year, another Welcome Festival for the community. Normanhurst Public School are holding their ‘Welcome to 2024’ evening of fun on the 15th of March. This year, the event is set to be jam packed with activities, delicious food, and a thrilling opportunity to ring in 2024. There will be...

Mums are personal chefs, Uber drivers, housemaids, walking calendar reminders, the steady tracks keeping everyone on course. It is an almost, and often is, an impossible load to bear. Mothers are busy, physically and mentally. Local Susanne Gerstmyer, wife, mother of four, lawyer, entrepreneur, has taken it upon herself to...

International Women’s Day will be celebrated on 8 March. It is a timely opportunity to reflect on the contribution made by women in our society and the remarkable progress of the last fifty years in removing the discrimination and inequality women suffered for too long. It was only in 1966,...

On 1 April Fools’ Day the NSW Government is expected to introduce its first round of rezonings.  This will be the ‘death of Sydney’ as we know it.  Intense letter writing pressure is needed.   There are only six NSW Parliamentary sitting days left before this one-size-fits-all planning agenda is...

There are many ways we can colour our world with art.  Some paint, some draw, others sing or sculpt. Some, like local Jacqueline Wright, craft poetry. Self-taught and filled to the brim with creativity, Jacqui has always been drawn to poetry. Writing from a young age, she writes from experience,...

Bendigo Bank customers and members from different community groups have taken the Bank’s “Banking Safely Online” sessions.  Since its launch in September 2023, over a thousand participants have been trained on how to better navigate digital banking, and how to protect themselves online. Banking Safely Online sessions have been held...

AN upcoming art exhibition at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum in Sydney showcases the collaborative project of a neurodivergent artist and people with disabilities who are concerned about climate change and the environment. The exhibition, titled "Bleeding Hearts and Morning Glory," features works by Guy Fredericks from Studio A,...

HAVING been deeply involved in the Audiology profession for over 40 years it is no surprise to learn that hearing health and brain health are inter-linked. Not only brain health but emotional health, mental health and physical health. Addressing hearing loss is now recognised as the #1 modifiable risk for...