Inspector Steve Vuletas – Nepean Police Area, Michele Ellery – Rotary District Governor, Phil Martin – President of St Marys Rotary and Chairman of POOTY25 organising committee, Karen McKeown OAM – State Member for Penrith, Todd Carney – Mayor of Penrith City, Superintendent Trent King – Commander of Nepean Police Area, Inspector Justine Wilson – […]
13 November 2025
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 […]
13 November 2025
By Kellie Tickner, Orchard Hills Veterinary Hospital Administrator AS the warm weather returns, so too do the snakes across the Penrith region — and with them, the risks they pose to our curious pets. Each year, Orchard Hills Veterinary Hospital treats an increasing number of pets who have had dangerous encounters with snakes. These cases […]
13 November 2025
THE 46th Hawkesbury Classic Paddle was held over the weekend, with 215 paddlers taking part. Race organiser Kent Heazlett said, “If ever there was an example of what can be achieved by people working together, the Classic is it in a nutshell. “On top of the organisers, Hawkesbury Canoe Classic Association Inc. we have the […]
13 November 2025
A team of athletes and coaches from Reign Elite Cheer & Dance in Penrith has been selected to represent Australia at the Cheer and Dance World Championships and the Summit Championships in Orlando, Florida (April–May 2026). Melanie Cage from Reign Elite Cheer & Dance said, “This is an incredible achievement for our small Penrith-based program […]
13 November 2025
Scenic World Cableway and Sydney Zoo animals. Photos: Noel Rowsell SYDNEY Zoo has announced that its Board has endorsed family-owned tourism and attractions group Hammons Holdings as buyer of Sydney Zoo. The proposed acquisition would see Hammons Holdings acquire the shares of Zoo founders, John and Jake Burgess, and other shareholders, subject to a period […]
05 November 2025
Gold Medal-winning ride. Photo courtesy of Australian Cycling Team. ANNA Dubier (Werrington) recently became Australia’s newest world champion, after winning the Junior Women’s Points Race at the 2025 UCI Junior Track World Championships in Apeldoorn in August this year. The 17-year-old, from Sydney’s Lidcombe Auburn Cycle Club, produced a ride to remember on the fourth […]
05 November 2025
TWENTY-three yachts competed in the 2025 Making Waves Foundation Regatta on Sydney Harbour last Friday, with the Penrith-owned ‘It Happens’ yacht competing on the day and welcoming aboard eight commodores from their respective sailing clubs as guests. “We finished well down in the fleet results but had the guests sail the boat and they loved […]
05 November 2025
WESTERN Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI) commenced a two-day multi-agency emergency exercise this week, as part of the airport’s ongoing program to prepare for opening in the second half of 2026. The exercise began on Tuesday and concluded on Wednesday, allowing WSI to test a full-scale aerodrome emergency response to a simulated aircraft incident. […]
30 October 2025
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 […]
30 October 2025
