If you have always wanted to explore your creative side, the return of the Alan Baker Art Gallery program – which was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions – could be the way to go. The Camden gallery’s program offers residents the chance to dip their toes into artRead more »
Residents with a passion for photography and the Macarthur region’s stunning natural landscape and many plants and animals can now enter their photos in the Macarthur nature photography competition. Entries are open now for the competition in the categories of flora, fauna, waterways and landscapes of Macarthur. A new categoryRead more »
As many readers of the South West Voice in Macarthur would be aware, John McLaughlin is doing it tough. The man they call Mr AFL across the greater South Western Sydney was diagnosed with last stage mesothelioma. The terrible diagnosis came just a few weeks before the pandemic crashed throughRead more »
Camden’s Miss Llewella Davies Pioneer Walkway has become a popular walking track throughout the Covid-19 pandemic with hundreds of visitors on a weekly basis. Celebrating its first birthday this week, the Miss Llewella Davies Walkway, located at Camden Town Farm, covers riparian zones, pastoral, grazing and cropping paddocks, offers fantasticRead more »
A brand new shelter under construction in the Hurley Street commuter drop off area at Campbelltown Station is an example of how some things do get bigger and better as time goes on. The shelter will have a 16 metre awning and offer seating for 20 people as well asRead more »
Look what’s just popped up in a Catherine Field street. It looks like an old red phone booth, only bigger, and it’s full of books. Yes, believe it or not it’s a community library – and of course it has a Covid-19 context. Built by the Sykes family as anRead more »
Children and their carers can tap into their senses with a series of art activities and materials from the Campbelltown Arts Centre’s new Make Box program. As part of the Campbelltown 2020 program celebrating our local history, heritage and culture, people can purchase the take home boxes containing art makingRead more »
We’re all in agreement that 2020 is a hell of a year and 2019 wasn’t much better. Do you remember that water restrictions started coming in last year, which were followed by bushfires that had all of us worried sick. Much of NSW was in drought and is only nowRead more »
This Saturday night Campbelltown Sports Stadium will be the venue for the NRL round 5 clash between Wests Tigers and the Canberra Raiders. So it’s as good a time to recall that almost 40 years ago, in 1981, a Campbelltown based bid for entry into top level rugby league justRead more »
It was pure coincidence that a day before the announcement that a string of local newspapers would close we received the picture above. The picture ran under a headline that said: What’s everyone reading? It was created by Daniel Currinckx, who is the sports program coordinator at the South WestRead more »
A popular former mayor, aristocrats from England and successful migrants were among those honoured when Camden Council chose names for nine new parks in Oran Park. It means that now there is a Brooking Park, named after Frank Brooking, who was mayor of Camden from 1993 to 1997. Brooking, whoRead more »
What’s the buzz when we’re in iso? Be a Busy Bee, that’s what. Be a Busy Bee is a new section of Campbelltown Council’s website. There you can find a range of material to help you make your home more sustainable or enjoy outdoor activities while practising social distancing. BeRead more »
