New Memorial for Emu Plains Public School
Emu Plains Public School have welcomed a new memorial garden and murals, thanks to the School P&C Committee, who used the funds from a grant that they received from the Department of Veterans Affairs to complete the project. Emu Plains Public School P&C Committee President Alicia Pullen championed the project, organising murals, garden beds and […]
Australian Hero Inspires New Name for Emu Plains Catholic College
From 2020, McCarthy Catholic College will have a new name, recognising education pioneer St Mary of the Cross MacKillop. The well-known local school will be known as Penola Catholic College Emu Plains. Penola is the place where St Mary of the Cross Mackillop and Father Julian Tenison-Woods started a school, beginning their work of extending […]
Emu Hall Bar + Kitchen Now Open
The newly renovated Emu Hall Bar + Kitchen in Emu Plains opened its doors to the public for the first time on Wednesday 13th November. Emu Hall Bar + Kitchen serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert and is opened 7 days a week. There is a bar and kitchen dining area as well as an […]
Lions Support with Cakes and Puddings
The Lions Club of Emu Plains will be selling Lions Christmas cakes and puddings again this festive season. The sales of cakes and puddings enables the Lions Club to provide donations in the form of Christmas cakes to Penrith Community Kitchen, Nepean Food Services (Meals on Wheels) and the Salvation Army (Glenmore Park), who provide […]
Parents Corner
December can be a time of stress and overwhelm – parties, school assemblies, awards nights and shopping. Everyone gets tired and this can lead to frayed tempers and impatience. About 6 weeks out from Christmas we can sometimes hear parents say, “if you aren’t good, you won’t get any Christmas presents”. That’s tricky for the […]
Paws a While
Santa Photos With Your Pets Santa Claus will be visiting Orchard Hills Veterinary Hospital during December 2019 to take photos with your pets. Santa will be here from Monday 2nd December until Tuesday 24th December 2019, Mon-Fri (9am-5pm) and on Saturdays (9am-2pm). For a $10 cash donation, your Santa photo is presented in a Christmas […]
Health Matters
Something that I ask many of my ‘lower-back-pain’ patients to do as homework to ease their pain between sessions is to get on the bottle! Nothing like a stiff drink to ease back pain, right? Just kidding of course. I did use a wine bottle for this purpose when I myself had a lower back […]
Education
The Christmas school holidays can sometimes feel like they go on forever, and it’s not just the parents that feel that way. Many children feel unease as the structure of school life is taken away for anywhere from five to seven weeks starting in December. When you think about it, that’s a long time to […]
A Run for the Community
With Spring well and truly underway and Summer just around the corner, there’s no better time to be out in the great outdoors experiencing the local wonders. The perfect way to take it all in is through exercise. Blue Mountains Running Co and UP Coaching have done just that and come together to offer […]
In the Spirit of Support!
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a rare lung disease in which the tissue around the air sacs within the lungs become thickened and scarred. This scarring makes the lungs stiff which makes it increasingly difficult to breathe. This slows the efficient delivery of oxygen into the bloodstream where it is needed to be transported to […]