After an enforced two year hiatus, the popular Way Out West – WOW – festival returns to Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre this September. An expanded seven day program overflowing with crazy and creative family fun means the festival is set to return with a bang in time for the next school holidays during September 24-30. A big range of arts, cultural events and activities suitable for children, young people, families, and people of all abilities will be on the menu. WOW usually takes over all Casula Powerhouse public spaces to create a fully immersive and engaging experience – and the… Read more »
The days when clubs and pubs were the poor cousins of the culinary world are long gone. These days some of our best chefs are running the kitchens of clubs like Wests Leagues at Leumeah. Great ingredients combined with masterful preparation and cooking skills produce excellent food for members, their guests and visitors seven days a week. The Wests Leagues dish for the NSW Perfect Plate competition, pictured, is a case in point. Perfectly cooked butterflied gold ban snapper with prawns, sweet corn, olives, chorizo, feta and lemon beurre noisette is the sort of dish you’d expect to find in… Read more »
Did you know that legendary Campbelltown tennis star Rose Payten, pictured above, was also a mean golfer? No, neither did I, until I came across her name on page 17 of the Lynette Styles book, Antill Golf Club Associates. Nor was I aware that family friends called this sporting champion “Babe’’, as in Babe Ruth the US baseball star, I assume. “Campbelltown [golf] club champion Rose Payten visited Picton on 14 August 1936 … to give a talk on the rules of the game,’’ writes Ms Styles early in the book as she begins to paint a picture of local… Read more »
After an enforced two year hiatus, the popular Way Out West – WOW – festival returns to Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre this September. An expanded seven day program overflowing with crazy and creative family fun means the festival is set to return with a bang in time for the nextRead more »
The days when clubs and pubs were the poor cousins of the culinary world are long gone. These days some of our best chefs are running the kitchens of clubs like Wests Leagues at Leumeah. Great ingredients combined with masterful preparation and cooking skills produce excellent food for members, theirRead more »
Did you know that legendary Campbelltown tennis star Rose Payten, pictured above, was also a mean golfer? No, neither did I, until I came across her name on page 17 of the Lynette Styles book, Antill Golf Club Associates. Nor was I aware that family friends called this sporting championRead more »
Aussie super star Adam Brand, who will be headline act at Camden’s first country music festival, is no stranger to this historic part of the Macarthur region. “I’ve been to Camden a few times before and I’ve actually performed there once,’’ he says. “I’m hoping to see some pretty slickRead more »
Life, Love and Light is an exhibition that allows the viewer to follow Camden artist Alan D. Baker’s story of, well, life, love and light. The exhibition is on display within the historic walls of Macaria, the historic cottage in the heart fo Camden town also now known as theRead more »
TAFE NSW Macquarie Fields will play a critical role in training the next generation of local fitness instructors as Western Sydney emerges from its Covid-19 hangover, according to the nation’s peak health and exercise industry association. The local fitness industry is recovering from the impacts of the pandemic, with restrictionsRead more »
After a two year break for obvious reasons the popular community event Campbelltown City Challenge Walk is back in 2022. The scenic surrounds of the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan will once again be the venue for the Challenge Walk on Sunday, March 13. This will be the 30th timeRead more »
Not one, not two, not three, but eight Wollondilly towns now have their own state of the art outdoor gym. Which means Wollondillians will no longer have an excuse for not being the fittest residents in the entire outer South Western Sydney region. Funding from the Western Parkland City LiveabilityRead more »
The Forum Q dance space on Queen Street, Campbelltown, pictured above, will transform into a celebration of love over the Valentine’s Day weekend. Valentine’s On Q will be on from Saturday, February 12 to Monday, February 14 – the big day for lovers itself. The plaza on Lithgow Street andRead more »
Wondering how to recycle those tricky items around the house? Camden Council and RecycleSmart have teamed up to provide local residents with an Uber-style recycling service. Almost 400 residents in the Camden area have already signed up to RecycleSmart and have diverted more than seven tons of recyclable waste fromRead more »
It’s all happening out at Menangle.The opening last Saturday for the first time of Home Stretch Bistro, a new race night dining experience at Club Menangle Trackside, highlighted the return to regular service there and at Menangle Country Club.Home Stretch Bistro offers all you can eat from the chef’s selectionRead more »
Local teenagers are in for a treat next month when they will be able to gain free entry to Camden pool and Mt Annan leisure centre. It Is all part of the annual Cool Off in Camden program, which is available to residents aged between 12 and 18 years, orRead more »
