Tune in and celebrate the volunteer-run FM station Radio Northern Beaches (RNB) has been entertaining the community since 1984, when Radio Manly-Warringah (as it was then known) first went to air. RNB’s first studios were in Narrabeen, then Belrose in 2003,...

The Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize is the highest-valued Art Prize for women in Australia and, in 2025, will award artists with $58,000 in prize money. The 2024 Art Prize received more than 1600 entries from all Australian states and territories...

An innovative charity outlet, Resilience Circle, was opened by the not-for-profit Women’s Resilience Centre (WRC) at 1761 Pittwater Road, Mona Vale, at a special VIP event on 23 November. Beaches Mayor Sue Heins cut the ribbon and celebrated the opening with...

The earliest schools in NSW were based on European models of formal education, aiming to foster morality as much as to impart knowledge. The first three schools in present-day North Sydney all had religious affiliation. By 1852, Anglican and Presbyterian...

Local MPs were put to work at Oxford Falls Grammar (OFG) on 25 November, when they joined Bushlink employees and school students for some early morning gardening on the school grounds as part of Bushlink’s School Inclusion Program. Wakehurst Independent Michael...

Following a successful first year, the annual Manly Spin-a-thon is back for another fun day out on 7 December, with music and entertainment, overtaking a section just off The Corso near Sydney Road in Manly. Organised by Proveda Foundation in collaboration...

Avalon Film Festival is running from 29 November to 1 December at Avalon Surf Club, Avalon Cinema and Avalon Golf Club. The festival will open with a world premier of The Restraint by local Academy Award winning director David Denneen. Originally...

Radio Northern Beaches is hosting a very special fundraising event, Rejoice with Voices, to celebrate 40 years of broadcasting, with three local choirs raising the roof in song on Sunday 24 November at Evergreen Music, Winbourne Road in Brookvale. Radio Northern...

Join The Burdekin Association for a deep dive into the evolving youth culture at its parent forum, Betting on Youth: Exploring Gaming and Gambling in the Digital Age, at Freshwater Senior Campus, 153 Harbord Road, Curl Curl on Wednesday, 27...

Time-honoured communication methods like Morse code, short-wave radio and Semaphore flags were on the agenda for about 120 Scouts and their volunteer leaders in Terrey Hills from 18 to 20 October. JOTA-JOTI – Jamboree of the Air and Jamboree of the...