Glenmore Park Hit the Court
Glenmore Park Basketball Club are preparing for a big year ahead, with the new season tip-off starting Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th May. This season, 20 teams ranging from the Under 10’s to the Under 18’s will compete in the Penrith and Districts Basketball Association Competition. The local club, which has produced WNBL and Australian […]
Elle’s a Natural
Glenmore Park’s Elle Wakeham may have only just taken up Irish Dancing just six months ago, however the 7-year-old is already proving to be a natural. Elle, who attends the Penrith Gaels Maher School of Irish Dance each week, entered the AIDA St Patrick’s Day Feis in March. Despite this being her first competitive dance […]
Essential Bodyworks Expands
There’s exciting local business news with Essential Bodyworks now expanding their clinic, which is in Penrith, to add a new clinic in Mulgoa. Bodyworks also celebrate their 10th Anniversary this year, after starting back in 2009. Their Mulgoa clinic is a serene, peaceful environment, which allows you to relax. Parking is no issue and there […]
Pure Fitness Glenmore Park Now Open
Pure Fitness Glenmore Park has officially opened its doors! We cannot wait to meet you all and start transforming the lives of Glenmore Park residents. Pure Fitness is a 24 hour gym that specialise in outdoor boot camps and boxing for fitness classes. Pure Fitness was established in 2010 when they opened their first location […]
Memories of Mum
Mother’s Day is just around the corner and although this is usually a time of celebration, it isn’t always a joyous time for everyone. For those who are not fortunate enough to have their mum around to spoil, spend the day with, call or text, the day can be somewhat challenging and isolating. Thankfully, there […]
It’s Showtime!
The Easter Bunny turned up early for two lucky locals who each won family passes to this year’s Royal Easter Show last month, courtesy of the District Gazette. We received hundreds of entries from our readers across all five publications, who each told us in 50 words what their favourite thing about Easter was. […]
Lung Disease doesn’t Discriminate
The month of May is Lung Health Awareness Month. Lung disease affects almost 1 in 3 Australians and is responsible for 1 in 7 deaths, however many people tend to ignore the signs and symptoms, often not doing anything about it for far too long. We are all are used to thinking about our heart […]
How to Prepare for NAPLAN (it’s not what you think)
The very mention of the acronym NAPLAN, which stands for National Assessment Program – Literacy And Numeracy, can evoke a myriad of emotions amongst parents, teachers and students. The controversial series of tests covering skills in reading, writing, spelling, grammar, punctuation and numeracy has been around since 2008 and targets students in year 3, 5, […]
Health Matters
I am going to briefly interrupt our series on Paracetamol this month, because I came across an excellent study in the journal of Applied Physiology by Shah etal in 2005, the results of which can really help us to understand what underlies the pain & dysfunction of unhealthy muscle. Unhealthy muscle contains tight, painful areas. […]
Mulgoa Woman of the Year Announced: Erin Johnson
After the miscarriage of her daughter, Ava Grace, in March 2015 following the diagnosis of the rare condition cystic hygroma, Erin Johnson began a journey to break the silence around miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss. At a time when mothers would be caring for their new baby, Erin Johnson, of Glenmore Park, sat at her […]