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RYDE EISTEDDFOD WIN FOR THE CARLSON CHORALE
The Carlson Chorale female chamber choir, directed by founder and artistic director, Rosalind Carlson OAM, won the Ryde City Council Choral Award at this...
Business & Finance
Powers of Attorney – a double-edged sword
Most people have heard of Powers of Attorney and how useful they are in times of ill health or advanced age.
Indeed many aged care...
Demise of interest only loans
Interest only loans are where you merely pay back the interest of a loan to the lender – so if you borrowed $500,000 and...
Build equity & create wealth
Scott Partridge, Mortgage Broker at
Mortgage Choice
Buying a home is a significant purchase and usually a big investment for most. Given this, you want your purchase...
The budget wrap-up
Raj Ladher
With the Treasurer announcing the budget a few weeks ago for 2018/19, here’s a summary of key elements and how they may affect you.
Australia’s Budget Profile: The...
Sport
Giving kids more bounce
It’s normally a backyard activity and not one thought of as a sport. But trampolining is turning kids lives around - quite literally.
With six...
Does Hornsby Shire needs more sports grounds?
It may have 43 sports grounds spanning 59 hectares - but in winter around two thirds of available space is squeezed to the max.
Now...
KISSING POINT CRICKET CALL OUT TO GIRLS
The Kissing Point Cricket Club has a strong history in girls’ cricket, and it is once again putting out a call for girls to...
Asquith Magpies Rugby League Club
Due the predicted extreme weather conditions tomorrow some changes have been made to the trials. 14s/15s 1st and 2nd have been cancelled and other...
Health & Lifestyle
Hand in hand
Good relationships & strong mental health are closely linked but both need working at
Consider these two scenarios. In the first instance, what if you...
Enter our School Holiday
Nature Notes
Tall tiger tales
"If you need to answer the call of nature," said my Indian wildlife guide, "you'll have to go behind that shed. But keep your...
Sulphur crested Cockatoos
Nick Hodges
Everybody recognises a Sulphur-crested cockatoo: its striking plumage, its noise, its confidence its cocky-ness.
There's nothing delicate about a cocky. My European neighbour told...
Ural Owls
Nick Hodges
Peter and I carried the ladder. Daniel carried the net. Kjell-ake carried the net. Kjell-ake was important: he carried the briefcase containing the...
GULLS
NICK HODGES
I know a man who spends a lot of time at his local sewage works. No, he doesn't work there: he's an ornithologist...
Outdoor Life
Muellers Track at the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden reopens
One of the Wildflower Garden's most scenic and challenging walking trails has been upgraded and reopened to the public.
Muellers Track starts at either Lamberts...
Sphinx, Warrimoo and Bobbin Head Tracks
9.6 km circuit, 4 hrs, Grade 3 moderate track
You will get a real sense of wilderness on this walk with wildflowers painting a colourful...
Tall tiger tales
"If you need to answer the call of nature," said my Indian wildlife guide, "you'll have to go behind that shed. But keep your...
Flights of fancy
Dr Holly Parsons, an Ornithologist and Birds in Backyards
Program Co-Manager at the BirdLIfe Discovery Centre at
Sydney Olympic Park
One of the many great reasons for...
