Professional banking qualification. Bruce Turner AM, FAICD, FFIN, FIPA, FFA, FIML, CRMA, CGAP, CISA, CFE, PFIIA, JP has a deeply-rooted passion for the Nepean and the people who live and have lived in the District. Bruce’s family has lived in the Nepean Valley for eight generations. He is an accomplished authorand was the recipient of […]

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 […]

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’ […]

By Penrith Museum of Fire REMEMBERING Reg Varley: A Life of Service, Skill and Generosity The Museum of Fire community was deeply saddened by the recent passing of Reg Varley, a long-time volunteer, supporter and friend whose contribution to the Museum and the wider firefighting community spanned decades. Reg’s connection to firefighting began in 1974, […]

DR Scott Peterson is one of the ‘stolen generation’, placed into the Ballarat Central Orphanage at the age of 12 months old because he was half indigenous and half Scottish. He subsequently spent most of his education being taught how to become an English gentleman and a tradesman with architectural drawing skills. At the age […]

Peter & Margaret – Wedding. CITY of Penrith RSL sub-Branch member Peter Pirret is among an ever-diminishing number of surviving Korean War veterans and the only survivor still attending meetings and gatherings at the local Club. Born in 1931 in Merrylands as the youngest of six children, Peter attended Merrylands West PS and Parramatta Marist […]

Deployment 1 Afghanistan, Nov 2009.  Photos: Supplied BORN on 23 Feb 1974 in Finley, NSW, in the ‘Riverina’ area. Anthony is one of nine children in a blended family (1 of 4 to Mum and Dad). He grew up on a farm with his siblings, attending school ‘locally’ by travelling 22kms on a bus each […]

Stan & Shirley Delaney. SHIRLEY Delaney has been a force of nature through her lifetime, firstly through her career in the Women’s Royal Australian Air Force (WRAAF), then volunteering for the Red Cross, City of Penrith RSL sub-Branch, Penrith RSL Auxiliary, Penrith Wanderers, Mission without Borders and at the St Phillips Church Op Shop. Shirley […]

THE City of Penrith RSL sub-Branch conducted an RSL Veterans service for the late Douglas (Doug) Buist Rennie OAM at Pinegrove Memorial Park on Friday 12th September. The service was led by Peter Ward, assisted by Vice President Len Halvorsen and Shannon Butler WSO (Welfare Support Officer). Doug joined the sub-Branch in 1968, having served […]

GUIDO Piccirilli (Colyton) has been a feature in the St Marys district for 63 years, starting as an apprentice hairdresser at Jim Hackett Hairdresser and Tobacconist in St Marys in 1962. He has worked continuously in that business over the ensuing years, firstly buying the salon after the retirement of the former owner in 1982 […]