A Man of Many Talents
They say that everyone has at least one talent in life. Local resident Stephen Bullock is proving that it’s possible to have more than one, and in his case it’s three, with the full-time school teacher also a talented photographer and an artist. Picking up a camera in Year 12, Bullock’s interest in photography began […]
Oran Park School Updates
Oran Park Public School Update A project is underway to upgrade the existing Oran Park Public School to accommodate 1,000 students. The project will deliver: 24 new future-focused classrooms to accommodate 1,000 studentsAn upgrade to administration and staff areas A larger covered outdoor learning area (COLA) Additional student amenities and landscaping These upgrades are […]
Additional Facilities for Doohan Reserve
Oran Park Town acknowledges that their residents love parks and play spaces. Last month, Camden Council gave the green light for additional facilities to be dedicated and built at Doohan Reserve over and above what was originally planned. The sportsground will include new cricket and footy fields, tennis courts and playgrounds. A new sporting mecca […]
It’s Time for Camden Kids to “Give it a TRY”
One of the most exciting events of the year – the Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon – is heading to Camden for the first time thanks to Camden Council. Taking place on Sunday, 24th February 2019, at Onslow Oval and the Camden War Memorial Pool, the event is part of the world’s largest under 16s triathlon […]
The Origins of Halloween
Halloween is celebrated on October 31st. There are as many versions of the origins of Halloween as there are views about the day itself. Some people see it as a fun activity for children who dress up in costumes, have parties and go trick-or-treating to collect as many sweets as possible. Others see the day […]
Business Connect in Gregory Hills
Business networking has fast become the must do thing for business owners. A way to connect and build your business through referrals and word of mouth. It’s not every day that a local hotel gets behind our business community and gives something back, like supporting and offering a free business connect event to all local […]
Fisher’s Ghost Youth Orchestra
Fisher’s Ghost Youth Orchestra (FGYO) is kicking off Spring in style with a quirkily named family concert, ‘Expialidocious’. “FGYO loves having a bit of fun and bringing a smile to the face of everyone in the audience” said violinist Anabella Cabrera-Yee. “The pieces we’ve been rehearsing for this concert are from musicals old and new, […]
The Happy Mind Effect
According to cognitive neuroscientists, we think anywhere from 50,000 to 70,000 thoughts per day, we make around 35,000 decisions per day and as many as 98 percent of those thoughts are the same as we had the day before. Talk about creatures of habit! Is it any wonder with this amount of inner traffic we […]
Award Winning Local Businesses
Local businesses were recognised for their great service and achievements in last month’s 2018 Camden Wollondilly Local Business Awards and we were lucky to have two of them in our very own backyard! Extract Espresso in Gregory Hills were ecstatic to receive their award in the Outstanding Café category, whilst their neighbours Grima Bros Wholesale Produce took […]
Living with Lupus
Eleanor Cook is a beautiful, vibrant young woman from Oran Park, who at the age of 23 has struggled with health issues for a big part of her life. It has taken Ellie many years of doctors’ visits and testing to be diagnosed with Lupus. Ellie attributes this process to the autoimmune disorder being so complex and hard to understand, that it […]