FOXGLOVE Oval at Mount Colah will have a proper drainage system installed later this year. When the oval was refurbished in 2008, they forgot to include an adequate drainage system. As a result, conditions are almost as bad now as they were then! Work undertaken in 2008 included surface and infrastructure work due to ground subsistence. [...]

WORK BEGINS TO REMOVE OUR OLD IRON MEN OF THE SEA. Six derelict boats have begun to be removed from the Hawkesbury by Hornsby Council to improve the health of the waterways. Work has to be scheduled around the tides and the weather as the cranes are mounted on boats. Many of these boats have [...]

Berowra residents will have to endure another long wait before the Berowra Aquatic Centre Project is back on Hornsby Council’s agenda. Despite being the biggest item on residents’ suburban wish list (having been lobbying for more than 30 years) and having been close to fruition at one point, the centre will not be back on [...]

An abundance of open space makes Hornsby Heights a popular suburb for young families. The vast tracts of bushland, Crosslands Reserve, ovals, parks , sporting clubs at Montview Oval & Rofe Park and dog facilities attract people from across the shire & beyond. Whilst there is no shortage of green space it does lack services. The [...]

A 70 year old women decided she would ride from Perth to Sydney when she heard that the Lions Clubs were holding their International Convention in Sydney. Mrs Howard completed her journey in 36 days and raised money for cancer research along the way. She is now resting up with her son in Wahroonga.

Shopkeepers in Hornsby Heights are bracing for a downturn in their business with the closure of “The Gorge” The Gorge will be closed until Mid August for urgent road works. Business on the other side of the Gorge has already been badly hit with reportly two businesses already closed.

Barry Palmer would like to introduce Francesca Parrino who has recently joined our sales team. Francesca looks forward to this challenging experience and says;- Living in the Hornsby Shire since my arrival in Australia 39 years ago has given me a real connection with the local community and an appreciation of this beautiful part of [...]

THE time is almost expired on your parking spot so you hop behind the wheel to move to a new space. Let’s assume you have been lucky enough to find another spot close by, maybe even in the same street. Think you’ve avoided a fine completely? Think again. A parking infringement loophole has allowed Hornsby [...]

Australian home values have delivered double digit growth in 2009, according to figures from RP Data. House prices rose by 1.1 per cent in November 2009, for a cumulative growth of 11.3 per cent in the first 11 months of last year. Extraordinary house prices in Sydney and Melbourne led to the unprecedented recovery. Over [...]

Water restrictions are here to stay despite recent heavy rain filling Sydney’s dams to 57%. Restrictions were tightened when dam levels dropped to 40 per cent but Water Utilities Minister Nathan Rees said there would be no change unless dam levels hit 65 per cent. He said experts would look at the impact each restriction [...]