Do your kids love science and art? The STEAM Club is meeting every Thursday for four weeks from 13 March to 3 April from 4-5pm at St Marys Library. The Club is best suited for 8-12 year olds interested in science, technology, engineering, art, and maths. Penrith City Libraries has a great program of hands-on […]
13 February 2025
Nepean News photo/journalist Noel Rowsell was in Ulladulla over the weekend of the 8-9th February and took the opportunity to capture the sights and action of the 2025 Paddle Australia Ocean Racing Championships, which were held in conjunction with the 2025 Makai Cup. Paddle Australia and the Makai Paddlers Society hosted the 2025 Paddle Australia […]
13 February 2025
Legend of the Nepean David Trist OAM and his wife Betty celebrated their 75th Wedding Anniversary with their extended family on 28th January, 2025. David and Betty were married in St John’s Church of England church in Mt Druitt in 1950, with the wedding reception at Betty’s family home in Melbourne Street, St Marys, before […]
06 February 2025
ANIMAL MAGNETISM: TAFE Digital vet nursing student Clare Curtis during a ‘life-changing’ trip to South Africa recently. TAFE Digital has helped a former aspiring fashion designer make an unlikely career pivot to vet nursing and take part in an epic excursion to the wilds of Africa. South Penrith woman Clare Curtis, 27, was studying a […]
06 February 2025
Followers of local area commands of facebook will have noticed there’s a new ‘pet detective’ on the block, appearing in many posts from Mt Druitt Police Area Command. Last week all was revealed about how this little ball of cuteness won the hearts of our local cops and earned a place on the Force. “The […]
06 February 2025
Tom and Bev with youngest grandson. TOM and Bev Fink are legends in Rugby League in the Penrith district, with both heavily involved with Cambridge Park JRLFC and Penrith Junior Rugby League. The couple began their involvement with Cambridge Park JRLFC in 1985, when eldest son Jeff began playing in the junior ranks. Tom coached […]
06 February 2025
Enjoy a day of creativity in the beautiful setting of Penrith Regional Gallery through our series of hands-on workshops for adults. Watercolour FundamentalsSunday 9 February, 10am – 3pmWith Kevser UgurluExplore the fundamentals of the watercolour medium. Participants will learn about key watercolour techniques, such as dry/wet-on-wet and layering, brush manipulation, and colour theory. This workshop […]
06 February 2025
Mia Heide in action for Penrith in 2024. Photos by Noel Rowsell. THE two Penrith teams to play in the Coles Express NBL1 East competition have not been fully released as yet, although the Panthers have announced 2024 import Mia Heide will return to the women’s team in 2025. “A Penrith spokesperson said “Mia was […]
05 February 2025
By Kellie Tickner, Orchard Hills Veterinary Hospital Administrator WHEN Indi, a spirited Pug with a fondness for mischief, got into a scuffle with her brother, no one could have predicted the serious outcome. The playful altercation took a turn for the worse when Indi’s eye prolapsed, a condition where the eye is displaced from its […]
05 February 2025
IN January 1907 Arthur Judges held a magisterial enquiry touching on the death of a young married man named Ernest Anderson, a half-brother of Joseph Hayes of Penrith. Ernest was on a visit at the time the fatality occurred just below the Nepean River Bridge. Alick McLennan stated that he was a farm labourer, 16 […]
05 February 2025
