Ryan is Our Local Sports Star
Ryan Cloey, a Year 5 student at Luddenham Public School, has achieved outstanding results in sport and is proving to be a star of the future. This year, Ryan has been selected for the PSSA Sydney West Touch Football and the Penrith District PSSA Rugby League Teams and has achieved outstanding results in athletics. Ryan […]
Communities Condemn State Government Proposal to Raise the Warragamba Dam Wall
The communities of Blue Mountains City and Wollondilly Shire came together last month to condemn the State Government proposal to raise the Warragamba Dam wall. A Community Forum, hosted by the Mayors of Blue Mountains City and Wollondilly Shire Councils, attracted almost 200 attendees, while hundreds also watched the event that was streamed live on […]
Santa Claus is Coming to Wallacia
It’s that time of the year once again where the boys and girls of the community will get a very special visit from Santa Claus himself, when he joins the Wallacia Rural Fire Brigade for the Santa Run in Wallacia. Pending the operational requirements of the brigade and their crew, the Santa Run will visit […]
Fee Free Vocational Traineeships
Member for Mulgoa, Tanya Davies MP, has called on local employers to take on more trainees following the launch of a new $54.3 million NSW Government Budget initiative to make government-subsidised traineeships fee-free. Traineeships, through the NSW Smart and Skilled vocational education and training (VET) system, will join apprenticeships in being fee free from 1 […]
Parents Corner
December can be a time of stress and overwhelm – parties, school assemblies, awards nights and shopping. Everyone gets tired and this can lead to frayed tempers and impatience. About 6 weeks out from Christmas we can sometimes hear parents say, “if you aren’t good, you won’t get any Christmas presents”. That’s tricky for the […]
Paws a While
Santa Photos With Your Pets Santa Claus will be visiting Orchard Hills Veterinary Hospital during December 2019 to take photos with your pets. Santa will be here from Monday 2nd December until Tuesday 24th December 2019, Mon-Fri (9am-5pm) and on Saturdays (9am-2pm). For a $10 cash donation, your Santa photo is presented in a Christmas […]
Health Matters
Something that I ask many of my ‘lower-back-pain’ patients to do as homework to ease their pain between sessions is to get on the bottle! Nothing like a stiff drink to ease back pain, right? Just kidding of course. I did use a wine bottle for this purpose when I myself had a lower back […]
Education
The Christmas school holidays can sometimes feel like they go on forever, and it’s not just the parents that feel that way. Many children feel unease as the structure of school life is taken away for anywhere from five to seven weeks starting in December. When you think about it, that’s a long time to […]
Latest @ Luddenham by Wayne Willmington
Last month, the Luddenham Uniting Church celebrated its 133rd Anniversary. On the 24th November, they dedicated a stone monument to acknowledge past residents that were buried in unmarked graves. These graves have been there for over a hundred years and there are no records or any way to identify the occupants of the graves. Well […]
When Dreams Come True
Mulgoa resident Josh Anderson, currently third in the Aussie Racing Car Championship, raced in this year’s SuperUte Series at Bathurst for the first-time last month. “Getting to race at Bathurst as part of the Bathurst 1000 weekend is something I’ve been dreaming about my whole life” Anderson said. “It’s a dream come true”. The iconic […]