Rod, Stacey and Nathan. BUSINESS owners Rod Newell, Nathan Hooker and Stacey McCartney are well-known faces in the Penrith community, not only for their Drummond Golf and Big Swing Golf operations on Mulgoa Road but also for their ongoing financial and moral support within the local community. CBD Corporation Chief Executive Gai Hawthorn nominated Rod […]
23 July 2026
THE Penrith Panthers senior men’s and women’s basketball teams wrapped up their 2026 Mitsubishi Motors NBL1 East season on the weekend with two road trips, playing the Sutherland Sharks on Friday night and the Illawarra Hawks on Sunday. All three teams contesting the two women’s games were well out of playoff contention, the only prize […]
23 July 2026
Photos: Noel Rowsell WESTERN Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport’s (WSI) Cargo Precinct trial flights commenced on Monday 13th July, with the first freighter touching down at 2pm. The freight hub’s formal opening and inaugural commercial services will commence on Sunday 26 July. WSI CEO Simon Hickey said these trial flights marked the final stages of […]
16 July 2026
Locomotive No. 2 (Stevo). Photos by Noel Rowsell THE fun returned to the lower Blue Mountains over 10-12 July, with the Blue Mountains Steam FunFest held at the historic Blue Mountains Locomotive Depot at Valley Heights. For the first time, Transport Heritage NSW brought historic Steam Locomotive 3265 from Thirlmere to FunFest, allowing visitors to […]
16 July 2026
WALLACIA Country Club has won the Division Four Pennant in the 2026 The Master Pennant competition, defeating Bingara Gorge 5.5-2.5 on Sunday morning at Lakeside Camden GC. For Wallacia, Justin Woodward produced the standout individual result of the Final, cruising to a 7&6 win over Leigh Sienkiewicz. Christopher Holmes backed him up with a 3&1 […]
16 July 2026
MINCHINBURY Fruit Market has been a local institution on the Great Western Highway for over 60 years, with three generations of the Gauci family working tirelessly to provide fresh fruit and vegetables to residents of western Sydney and beyond. It has just been named the ‘NSW 2026 Retailer of the Year – People’s Choice Award’ […]
09 July 2026
Jesse Weinstein in action against the Bruins. Photo courtesy of flicksby.tessa PENRITH’S senior men’s team has grabbed a strong 98-91 win over the Albury Wodonga Bandits on Sunday afternoon at the Minto Sports Stadium, in Round 13 of the 2026 Mitsubishi Motors NBL1 East basketball competition. The victory was some consolation for a disappointing loss […]
09 July 2026
Jack Passfield. File photo by John Pickett JACK Passfield (Bidwell) collected full points on the weekend in his battle for the 2026 Superbike Masters crown, after taking first place in all three races at the Penrite Australian Superbike Championship presented by Pirelli round at Qld Raceway. Passfield trailed Ashley Woolford coming into the weekend’s action […]
02 July 2026
Jess Fog in JNJG action earlier this year. Photo courtesy of Ethan Keane / JNJG PENRITH junior golfer Jessica Fog (The Lakes GC) is one of twenty-six of the state’s most promising junior golfers named in the 2026 Jack Newton Junior Golf Development Squad. The group has already enjoyed a two-day training camp at Riverside […]
02 July 2026
CHRIS Boswell (Dogs in the Park) reports “On Sunday, we opened our World Dachshund Festival 2026 at our brand-new venue, The Orchard Penrith, from 10 am—and what an incredible day it was! “We experienced a huge lineup of dachshund owners and families attending the event, with so many dachshunds joining us for a fun-filled day. […]
25 June 2026
