Blacktown City Independent

22/09/2024

WHAT’S ON || The Galston Club

🥩 Steak Night - Monday & Tuesday
❓Trivia - Every Tuesday 7pm
🤑 Mon- Fri Seniors Special- 15% off
🍖Wed Roast of the Day
🍗 Thurs - Schnitzel Night
🎣 Sat - Barramundi Night
🤸 Sun - Kids eat half price

Plan your visit today, you won’t be disappointed.

The Galston Club is a great venue for meeting with friends and family to celebrate those special occasions.
A covered play area is available for children up to 12 years of age.
Sit back, relax and enjoy all Galston Club has to offer.
Alfresco dining
LUNCH. 11.30am – 2.30 Monday – Sunday
DINNER .Sunday, Monday, Tuesday 5pm-8.30pm
DINNER .Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 5pm-9pm

Check out the weekly deals and what’s on here 👇🏼👇🏼
www.galstonclub.com.au

19/09/2024

🌳 🫶🏻👇🏼

Join us at Bushcare this Saturday and help rewild a green corridor in Doonside at 36 Denis Winston Drive.

We'll be getting our hands dirty planting native trees and shrubs, removing weeds, and helping to restore the natural habitat for local wildlife.

It's a great way to connect with nature, meet new people, and make a positive impact on the environment. No experience necessary - just bring your enthusiasm and a willingness to get involved! See you there!

For more information, please visit ⬇️ https://www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/Community/Sustainable-living/Bushcare

18/09/2024

OUT & ABOUT || The Clarendon Classic Machinery, Truck and Hobby Show

September 21 & 22
Hawkesbury Showground

The Clarendon Classic Machinery
Rally incorporates the Kenworth Klassic Truck Show and the Model and Hobby Show. This annual event is over the weekend of 21-22 September at the Hawkesbury Showground and is hosted by the Sydney Antique Machinery Club Inc.
This family friendly two-day event includes a great display of restored tractors and stationary engines, vintage cars, trucks, bikes, antique tools and more. There will be a wide range of exhibits for all the family to enjoy, including models, collectables and old parts, art and craft, historical displays, classic vehicles, machinery demonstrations, and free kids' amusement rides.

Hawkesbury Showground is at Racecourse Rd, Clarendon, only a hundred metres from Clarendon Station. Free parking is available via Gate 4.
Entry -$10 for adults and $5 for kids. Eftpos and ATMs will be available.

Displays open at 9am-4pm on Saturday and 8am-3pm on Sunday.

Read more here:
https://joom.ag/CKyd/p12

www.SydneyAntiqueMachineryClub.com

16/09/2024

LOCAL LIFE || Blacktown City Pet Festival

Saved the date and be sure to bring your furry and feathered friends to the Blacktown City Pet Festival!
Enjoy a fab day out with the whole family and your beloved pets.
Sunday 29 September.

Read more of what's planned here: https://joom.ag/CKyd/p11

12/09/2024

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12/09/2024

COVER STORY || West HQ turns 60 🎈🎁🎉🥳

Celebrating 60 years at the heart of Rooty Hill

Read more on what's planned to celebrate on pages 12-13 of our September issue or access the digital article here:
https://joom.ag/CKyd/p12

10/09/2024

MAKE A DIFFERENCE || Chain Reaction Foundation

The Chain Reaction Foundation is a not for profit based in Mt Druitt and is focused on helping young teens build strong relationships within their families, schools and communities to help support mental health and encourage engagement in their communities.

Rumbi Mabambe is the executive director of the foundation and works with her team and the community to develop programs that will support young people in the area.

Read more here:
https://joom.ag/CKyd/p8

09/09/2024

BLACKTOWN CITY HISTORY ||
Blacktown and the Olympic Games

As the Olympic and Paralympic celebrations come to a close we reflect on the history of Blacktown City and the Olympics on page 10 of our September issue.
Read the digital article here:
https://joom.ag/CKyd/p10

08/09/2024

SPORT|| with The Duckman, Harpo & Tony
This month in our September issue-
💪🏼Blacktown Warriors flexing their muscle in 2024
✈️ Ryan Jones, 30 years flying high with Minchinbury Jets
Catch up on your local sports news here:
https://joom.ag/CKyd/p21

06/09/2024

BLACKTOWN’S FINEST || Corinna, Mia and David Snook

Corinna Snook was a nurse at Westmead and was due back from maternity leave when doctors found a tumour on a bone in her leg. After many operations there was no other option than to amputate it and give her a better quality of life. Corinna turned to the sport of pole dancing as a way to help her recover and has won a place to represent Australia!

Find out how her husband David and daughter Mia came up with a clever plan to help fund her trip to represent our country on pages 6 and 7 of our September issue or read online here:
https://joom.ag/CKyd/p6

05/09/2024

LOCAL LIFE || Community invited to learn more about the new Rouse Hill Hospital

Residents of the Hills and
surrounding communities are invited to learn more about the design for the new Rouse Hill Hospital development at a series of information sessions taking place in September.

Community information sessions are being held across Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) in the coming weeks. Everyone is welcome to attend to learn about plans for the new hospital, ask the project team questions and provide feedback.
Community information sessions will be held at the following locations:
- Sunday, 8 September,
10.00am-4.00pm at Sydney Boutique Markets, Rouse Hill Town Centre
- Thursday, 12 September,
1.00pm -3.00pm at Blacktown
Hospital, Hospital Street, outside of Gloria Jeans

Read more here:
https://joom.ag/CKyd/p5

04/09/2024

SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS || Turtle Landscape Supplies

With two handy sites – one at Rouse Hill and another at South Windsor, Turtle Nursery and Landscape Supplies offer a huge range of garden, building, turf and landscape supplies!

If you have a gardening question or need advice about the best product to use for a project, the friendly and knowledgeable crew are happy to chat with you.
They provide a full range of high-quality garden soils, bark mulches, sands, decorative pebbles, drainage gravels and compactable bases.

Delivery available ✅

For all orders large or small contact Turtle Nursery and Landscape Supplies.
https://www.turtlenursery.com.au

03/09/2024

LOCAL LIFE || Coles' giant automatic distribution centre

If he were alive today, Sir George
James "GJ” Coles - he’s not, he’d be 139 years old - would have been gobsmacked!
Gobsmacked at the official opening in August of Coles Supermarkets gigantic
fully Automated Distribution Centre (ADC) at Kemps Creek.

Old GJ, who founded the business in 1914, would have been both amazed and proud of the achievements of those who followed him at the helm of Coles Supermarkets.

Read more on the impressive new ADC here: https://joom.ag/CKyd/p9

02/09/2024

LOCAL LIFE || Community champions celebrated at multicultural awards

Blacktown City is home to more than 435,000 people who represent more than 180 countries!

The many talented people and organisations that have helped build our thriving cosmopolitan community have recently been honoured in the 2024 Blacktown City Multicultural Awards.

Read more here:
https://joom.ag/CKyd/p4

31/08/2024

To all the Dads of Blacktown City,

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
We hope you get a chance to rest and relax today.

30/08/2024

SEPTEMBER 2024 issue OUT NOW!

Pick up a copy today or read online
https://theindependentmagazine.com.au

28/08/2024

📣 SEPTEMBER ISSUE || COMING SOON

Our September issue will be on the streets and online this coming Friday 30th August!

Find your closest distribution point, subscribe or read online 👇
https://theindependentmagazine.com.au

26/08/2024

POLITICS || Hear from your local representatives on Pg 16-19

Each month catch up on what your local representatives are advocating for with The Independent Magazines Politics section.

Read all the digital articles here:
https://joom.ag/aeyd/p16

26/08/2024

Registrations open 👇🏼

23/08/2024

Have you picked up your free plants yet? 👇🏼👇🏼

Join us at our Nursery Open Day on Saturday 24th August from 9am – 1pm.
📍Blacktown Nursery within Blacktown Showground- enter via Kent Street Blacktown

Each financial year Blacktown Council Nursery offers residents two free plants per property. The plants available for residents are grown by our nursery staff. Plants include herbs, some fruit trees, hedging plants, indoor plants, native shrubs and ground covers.

Residents who visit the nursery will need to provide proof of residency in the Blacktown Local Government Area (e.g. rate notice, drivers licence, utility bill). Please note, these are not additional plant giveaways. Nursery Open Days are provided for residents who can’t pick up their annual allocation for the Nursery Giveaway Program during the week.

For more information on our nursery or to get involved, please visit https://www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/Services/Blacktown-Nursery

21/08/2024

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Discover our 2024 Spring program now!

Explore what's happening at your library this September through November. We have a variety of events to spark your creativity, inspiration, and connection.

Grab a copy at your nearest library branch.

Cover image 📸 Gamilaroi Dance Troupe at Village Green, Blacktown, 1989.*
* We acknowledge the Darug as the First People of the Blacktown City region. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that Blacktown City Libraries’ 2024 Spring What’s On may contain images, names of deceased persons in photographs, or printed material.

21/08/2024

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21/08/2024

Detectives charge Mt Druitt man for allegedly sexually assaulting youth at knifepoint
Wednesday, 21 August
A man will face court today charged by S*x Crimes Squad detectives with allegedly sexually assaulting a youth at knifepoint in a Mt Druitt park.
On Thursday 15 August 2024, officers attached to Mt Druitt Police Area Command received a report that a youth had been waiting at Mt Druitt railway station at about 1.15am that morning before being approached by an unknown man.
The man allegedly took the youth to a nearby park where he threatened the youth with a knife and sexually assaulted them before leaving the scene in a white van.
Detectives attached State Crime Command’s S*x Crimes Squad immediately established Strike Force Blaina to investigate the incident.
Following extensive investigations, strike force detectives arrested a 33-year-old man on Duke Street, Mt Druitt, about 6.20pm yesterday (Tuesday 20 August 2024).
He was taken to Mt Druitt Police Station where he was charged with aggravated sexual in*******se with a child between 10 and 14 and intentionally sexually touch a child between 10 and 16.
The man was refused bail to appear before Mt Druitt Local Court today (Wednesday 21 August 2024).
Detective Superintendent Jayne Doherty, S*x Crimes Squad Commander, wants the public to remain vigilant in their communities and look out for anything or anyone acting suspicious.
“I want to continue to urge the community to stay vigilant and look out for children.” Det Supt Doherty said.
“If you’re a victim of sexual violence please reach out to police or support services. You will be supported during this difficult time.
“If you decide to report your assault to police, we will support and walk beside you on your journey.” Det Supt Doherty said.
Inquiries are continuing.
Anyone with information that may assist investigators is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.

20/08/2024

OUT & ABOUT || The Fiddler 2 for 1 voucher 🙌

Make it a date and Grab 2 for 1 on any main meal MON- FRI at The Fiddler 😋
Available for lunch & dinner!

Grab a copy of our AUGUST issue to find your voucher on page 12 🤩
*Valid until 31 August 2024
*Cannot be used with any other offer
*Only original copy of the voucher is accepted
*Discount will be applied to the meal of equal or lesser value.

Find our distributions points here:
https://theindependentmagazine.com.au/blacktown-city-distribution/

19/08/2024

BLACKTOWN CITY HISTORY || Blacktown and the Vietnam War

On 18 August, Australia
commemorated Vietnam Veterans'
Day which takes place on the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan from 1966.

More than 250 Vietnam Veterans from the Navy, Army and Air Force have a connection with Blacktown City because they were born here, they were called up or enlisted whilst living here or they came to live in Blacktown in the years following their service.

Read more here:
https://joom.ag/aeyd/p10

18/08/2024

THE POWER OF... SERIES
The power of giving up

When we think of 'giving up' we usually associate it with a bad habit or things that are unhealthy for us, but sometimes giving up things which are deemed healthy, useful or a good habit can also work to our benefit!

Changing path and letting go of what no longer serves you opens you to different ideas, new targets to work towards and a more balanced life.

Read more here:
https://joom.ag/aeyd/p14

17/08/2024

Have your say 👇🏼

🚌👉 bit.ly/HaveYourSay-WesternSydneyBusServices

Over the next few months, we're excited to share new services and get your feedback to better support our community's growing needs.

Your input will help us plan the new bus services and future stages of the Western Sydney bus network.

17/08/2024

Nurragingy Miniature Railway will be running tomorrow Sunday 18 August
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