Some of you may remember the story of the 200th anniversary of the Hume and Hovell expedition along Appin Road.
A section of the spot where the two explorers set off south was generously made available for the ceremony by the current owner of the land, Sam Mir.
Two hundred years ago the land was owned by Hume, but Mr Mir, a local developer and former Campbelltown councillor, bought the land.
When asked to help with the ceremony to mark the 200 year anniversary of the duo’s launch he was more than happy to lend a hand.
Mr Mir even had the small section around the stone erected 100 years ago mowed to allow vehicles to park and those attending not having to walk through metre high grasses.
A few days after the ceremony, another event took place over lunch at Campbelltown Bowling Club where Mr Mir was presented with a framed certificate thanking him for his contribution.
Patrick Duffy, who organised much of the event along with MP Greg Warren and Phil Hayward and the Campbelltown Harlequins rugby union club, commented that while it wasn’t a world shattering event it did bring our community together for a moment in history.
Indeed.
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Recently Rotary Club of Ingleburn received a request to help a mother and her five children who were moving from homeless accommodation to their rental home and needed furniture and household items.
The Rotary Club didn’t have to be asked twice -within 24 hours fellow Rotarians, friends of Rotary, and members of the wider community answered the call in the best way possible.
Beds, linen and blankets, kitchen items, small appliances, a lawn mower and edger, and much more were donated to this family.
This act of generosity meant the family had a roof over their heads, and the contents needed to start their new life.
Rotary reports that the mother and children were very grateful, and astonished that people were so kind and wanted to help someone they had never met.
In the meantime, the Ingleburn Rotary Club says it will now seek similar donations and find suitable storage so that they can be ready to provide for others when they are in need.
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As well as being a giving community, Campbelltown also loves a garage sale, if you go by how many of us have signed up for this year’s NSW Garage Sale Trail.
Set to be on over two weekends, this coming one (November 9-10) and again a week later (November 16-17), will see more than 50 local garage sales and more than 2000 across the state.
There are also 63 garage sales in nearby Wollondilly
and Wingecarribee (Southern Highlands).
From vintage purses to furniture, rare vinyl and collectibles, this is hailed as the ultimate second-hand shopping spree.
For more information visit https://www.garagesaletrail.com.au/Campbelltown-NSW
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Back in the day, many of us around Macarthur would from time to time get in the car and head to our “local’’ winery at Cobbitty to taste some of their products and stock up on delicious, sweet Italian red wine known as Lambrusco.
Visitors would also bring picnic baskets and have lunch in the facilities provided in front of the vineyard – very pleasant it was.
All good things must come to an end eventually and a few years ago the winery, pictured above, was closed down.
In a recent trip to a Cobbitty art gallery, it was decided to drop in to the old winery, and the doors, sadly, were indeed closed.
But later that day, talking to some locals, we were told that an investor with links to wineries had purchased the Cobbitty one and would soon be bringing it back to life in one form or another.
Our fingers are crossed.
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The public inquiry into Liverpool City Council by the Office of Local Government is now under way and calling for submissions. The closing date for submissions is December 16.
Submissions may be sent by email to Liverpool.publicinquiry@olg.nsw.gov.au or by post addressed to The Office of the Commissioner, Public Inquiry into Liverpool City Council, Locked Bag 3015, Nowra NSW 2541, and marked to the attention of the Solicitors Assisting the Inquiry.
