Does your child love to draw, take photographs or create videos? This is their opportunity to develop their talent while inspiring recycling actions in the community. MobileMuster, a non-profit organisation dedicated to mobile phone recycling, is calling all primary and...

To foster mental health awareness and support amongst men in the community, the Northern Beaches will host a free Men’s Breakfast event on 11 October, from 7am to 9am at the picturesque Long Reef Golf Club on Anzac Ave, Collaroy. Life...

Surfing through the waves of adversity is something the Northern Beaches Para Surfer Boardriders do every day. Avalon Surfer Emma Dieters unexpectedly became an incomplete quadriplegic at age 42, after developing a bulging disc in her neck which affected her ability...

Northern Beaches author Pip Harry has won the 2023 Children’s Book Council of Australia’s (CBCA) Shadow Judging Book of the Year Award for younger readers for August & Jones. The CBCA Shadow Judging Award was launched nationally last year and encourages...

With the entire state entering the Bush Fire Danger Period on 1 October and 38 local government areas already in effect, residents are urged to prepare for the upcoming fire season. This Get Ready Weekend -from 16-17 September- the NSW Rural...

Some residential blocks on the Peninsula are small as they were originally for ‘camping blocks,’ not houses. Readers may have noticed that the residential blocks near some of the beaches in the southern part of the Peninsula, such as at North...

Primary school public speakers vie for top prize There was an invasion of 22 school children at NSW Parliament in August, with the rabble espousing all sorts of radical ideas – like kids should be able to vote. Enter the annual...

Help raise money for StreetWork and young people in need at Chatswood Sleeps Rough on 8 September. When teacher Peter Hobbs saw young people sleeping rough in Chatswood, he knew he had to help them. Forty years later, his charity StreetWork...

The votes for the 2023 Westfield Local Heroes are open, and Westfield Chatswood and Westfield Warringah Mall have $30K worth of grants to give back to the community. Westfield Local Heroes are nominated and voted for by their communities. The finalist...

Sydney’s Taronga Zoo has bestowed the name ‘Matilda’ upon a rescued female Platypus puggle, paying tribute to Australia’s victorious women’s soccer team at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023. The name Matilda means ‘bold, battlefield warrior’ and represents both the women’s...