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 [...]

HKHDCA’S under-13s Gee Shield team has returned from the NSW Country Regional Carnival held in Ballina as champions. The team defeated Central Coast in the final to claim the association’s first victory in the competition’s 20-year history. After restricting the coast side to just 110 (Aditya Ramakrishnans 2-13) the Hornsby side began its run chase [...]

First home buyers shied away from the housing market in November as government grants waned and rising mortgage rates took their toll. And home buyers will have another rate rise to budget for following the central bank’s board meeting on February 2, economists say. New loans taken out by owner occupiers fell 5.6 per cent [...]

Hornsby is the Bushland Shire, a moniker which can evoke feelings of beautiful wilderness and rugged greenery. With that comes a thriving wildlife; but not all our native creatures are cute and cuddly. The Advocate spoke to experts on local creatures, as well as a local pharmacist, to find out what reptiles, insects and arachnids [...]

Standing at 196cm tall basketballer Jackson Fennell has the kind of presence on the court that coaches dream about. With his height, skill and accuracy Jackson, 16, was an obvious selection in the NSW basketball side scheduled to compete at the Special Olympics Australia national championships in April. “I have been playing basketball for about [...]

Staff at Hornsby Hospital are hoping to secure 100,000 signatures for a petition calling for the ageing facility to be rebuilt. More than 12,000 people have already put their names to a petition that was launched in Hornsby Mall the week before Christmas. The campaign, led by vascular surgeon and chair of the Medical Staff [...]

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 [...]