May 4, 2021
Elvina Bay’s noble friends
By Deborah Jones In 1849 a group of vineyard workers from Europe came to the Hunter Valley to help develop…
Local Interest
April 6, 2021
Our precious place
This habitat typical on the south-facing slopes of the Western Foreshores is favoured by powerful owls for daytime roosting. Image…
March 10, 2021
Elvina Bay’s Taylor Springthorpe wins national competition
Elvina Bay’s Taylor Springthorpe wins a national competition to design a portable handwashing facility for use in Nepal The COVID-19…
March 8, 2021
The Water-Dwellers (Reframed)
Take a trip to the Pittwater of a half-century ago via The Water-Dwellers (Reframed), a magical Commonwealth Film Unit doco…
March 1, 2021
Water Access Only 2: The story behind the stories
The story starts in Sri Lanka, if you go back a bit, where author Juliette Robertson was born. She didn’t…
February 1, 2021
Sara Nimmo has been preparing for new arrivals to Lovett Bay
There’s a definite buzz around the most recent newcomers to south-west Lovett Bay. If you are walking Sturdee Lane you…
May 14, 2020
One cat, one year, 110 native animals: lock up your pet
We know feral cats are an enormous problem for wildlife – across Australia, feral cats collectively kill more than three…
April 29, 2020
Pittwaters Noxious Weeds
With so many wanting to be outdoors instead of indoors, and then wondering what to do to ‘keep moving’ while…
April 23, 2020
Sparkling dolphins swim off our coast…
It was 2 am on a humid summer’s night on Sydney’s coast. Something in the distance caught my eye –…
March 29, 2020
Michelle Ball – Country Style
Michael Reid Murrurundi and Country Style magazine have creatively collaborated for many years. Beginning a decade ago with art education,…