A trip down to the Southern Highlands for Macarthur residents usually includes checking out the numerous tourist attractions of Berrima. One of those attractions is the historic Berrima jail, which is now part of plans to convert it into a hotel and entertainment precinct. NSW minister for planning and homesRead more »
Macarthur Australasian Native Orchid Society’s local native orchid survey faced a number of obstacles, but overall it can be declared a success on a number of levels. The year long survey, funded with a local community investment program grant from AGL, saw MANOS work with the councils of Liverpool, Campbelltown,Read more »
A meet and greet with the mayor, Kentlyn’s heritage listed Bull Caves, Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation and local business owners were all on the agenda when Labor MP David Harris visited Campbelltown earlier this week. Mr Harris, who is opposition spokesman for Aboriginal affairs and treaty, jobs, investment and tourism, joinedRead more »
A new campaign puts the spotlight on one of Campbelltown’s best kept secrets. It’s our Backyard will be an eye opener for plenty, including some locals, as it focuses on the pristine bushland areas that are part of Campbelltown. Simmos Beach, Smiths Creek Reserve, Keith Longhurst Reserve, Noorumba Reserve andRead more »
The South West Voice team, Kevin Dillon, Eric Kontos, Geoff Corrigan and Peter Miller, who won the prize for nearest the pin. TOP: Going for a hole in one. Steady rain was falling last Friday morning when the participants in the inaugural Picton chamber golf day arrived at the historicRead more »
If you lived next to 20,000 smelly, noise, dirty bats you too would cheer when hundreds of them flee in response to the sound of a Polair helicopter hovering over their colony. Jim Bucknall, a resident of Myee Road at Macquarie Fields, has been leading the campaign to deal withRead more »
We will probably never know why wine growing in the Campbelltown area never quite took off. Thanks to John Macarthur and his family, the first grapes planted in the colony way back when were along the banks of the Nepean River near Camden town. Until recently, the Camden area boastedRead more »
Once upon a time, Campbelltown boasted the best mascot in the sporting landscape. Back in the day when Western Suburbs Magpies called Campbelltown home, their mascot, Mark the Magpie, was a favourite with fans across the league. Mark the Magpie is long gone, but long live the new king ofRead more »
At the official opening of the Telopea Park memorial to the two firefighters who lost their lives trying to protect Buxton residents the list of dignitaries included the Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Then NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian, RFS Commissioner Rob Rogers and Resilience NSW Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons also attended theRead more »
The media release announcing Benji Marshall is returning to the Wests Tigers doesn’t mention anything about how the club unceremoniously dumped him at the end of the 2020 season. Michael Maguire’s name is also conspicuously missing from the formal club statement issued last night. And I am sure it wasRead more »
Earlier this year Phil Dotti became the director of the Camden Tigers indigenous football program (IFP). Now Dotti, who has a long history of involvement with soccer, has become the face of a campaign to get as many people as possible vaccinated against Covid-19. Run by NSW Health, the GetRead more »
More than 1,200 residents of Campbelltown received their Australian citizenship in the past 12 months via online ceremonies. These new Australians had come here from more than 60 countries. Among them was Zaman, who migrated from the small city of Rangpur in Bangladesh. “Becoming an Australian citizen means a moreRead more »
