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• Entries Open for the 2024 Wollondilly Spring Garden Competition

  After a chilly Winter in Wollondilly, we will all be looking forward to the warmer weather this year. The good news is that Spring is just around the corner, which means it’s time for our local green thumbs to sign up for the 2024 Wollondilly Spring Garden Competition.
  
  The annual Spring Garden Competition brings together like-minded community members with a passion for gardening.
  
  The 2024 competition includes a new category, Best Lawn, which joins some of the favourites including Best School G…

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• Spring 2024 Community Newsletter

  Community News is a community newsletter which aims to provide you with an easy-to-read quarterly update to help keep you connected and informed about things that are happening across Wollondilly.
  
  Through Community News you'll hear about what Council has been doing, such as updates on projects, road works or business improvements we have introduced. You'll also hear about what's ahead.
  
  You can download a digital copy of the Community Newsletter here, or if you would like a hard…

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• Wollondilly Mayor Matt Gould returned for new Council term, with resounding vote of confidence from community

  The NSW Electoral Commission has declared the outcome for Wollondilly’s Mayoral election, returning Matt Gould as popularly elected Mayor for the new term of Council with a strong vote of confidence from the community.
  
  The father of three and proud lifelong resident of Warragamba / Silverdale has been a Wollondilly Councillor since 2016, serving as Deputy Mayor in 2018-20 and as Wollondilly’s first popularly elected Mayor in the last term of Council.
  
  Mayor Gould said he was honoured by the hig…

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• Summer 2024 Community Newseltter

  Community News is a community newsletter which aims to provide you with an easy-to-read quarterly update to help keep you connected and informed about things that are happening across Wollondilly.
  
  Through Community News you'll hear about what Council has been doing, such as updates on projects, road works or business improvements we have introduced. You'll also hear about what's ahead.
  
  You can download a digital copy of the Community Newsletter here, or if you would like a hard…

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• Autumn 2025 Community Newsletter

  Community News is a community newsletter which aims to provide you with an easy-to-read quarterly update to help keep you connected and informed about things that are happening across Wollondilly.
  
  Through Community News you'll hear about what Council has been doing, such as updates on projects, road works or business improvements we have introduced. You'll also hear about what's ahead.
  
  You can download a digital copy of the Community Newsletter here, or if you would like a hard…

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• PICTON – Commemorative Place Naming – Norman Dent Reserve

  Commemorative Naming – Place Naming
  
   “NORMAN DENT RESERVE”
  
   
  
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  Commemorative Place Naming for Norman Dent
  
   
  
  A Mayoral Minute was put forward at the 28 November 2023 Ordinary Council Meeting, supporting the naming of a Council asset in honour of the late Norman Dent of Picton NSW (10 January 1948- 11 November 2023), for his significant contributions to the Wollondilly Shire over his lifetime. The unnamed Wood Street Reserve (Lot…

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• Council moving forward with implementation of updated Thirlmere Memorial Park and Sportsground Masterplan

  Wollondilly Shire Council has endorsed an updated implementation plan for the Thirlmere Memorial Park and Thirlmere Sportsground Master Plan, and can now move forward with the delivery of the plan to upgrade the facilities in the heart of the town.
  
   
  
  Following adoption of the amended plan at Tuesday night’s meeting Council can get on with the implementation of the plan at both sites, including the playground upgrade and design work for the new multipurpose building.
  
   
  
  Mayor Matt Gould said,…

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• National Sorry Day – Community Commemoration

  National Sorry Day – Community Commemoration
  Date: Monday 26 May 2025
  Time: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  Location: Lakeside Lawn, Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan
  Registration: Register via Humanitix
  
  All local community members to come together to commemorate National Sorry Day.
  
  This special event honours the strength of Stolen Generations survivors and celebrates the rich cultural heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through storytelling, connection, and shared experiences.
  
  T…

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• Land For Wildlife

  ‘Land for Wildlife’ is a voluntary program that assists landholders to maintain wildlife habitats on their property. Registration is a free and non-binding agreement between the Community Environment Network and landholders.
  
  The program is available to landholders who:
  
  Have properties with 1/2Ha or more of native bush land.
  Are willing to manage all or part of their property in an environmentally sustainable way.
  Registration puts landholders in touch with like minded people and to receive use…

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• Buy Secondhand Goods

  By purchasing second-hand goods from an opportunity shop, you are supporting a charity, getting a bargain and reducing the resources required to satisfy your consumption needs.
  
  From eBay to the trading post, garage sales to the local op shop, there are a host of ways to grab a second-hand bargain. The common adage that a new car loses 20 per cent of its value when you drive it off the lot applies even more so to most other goods. By getting into second-hand gear you'll save thousands of do…

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• Join a Revegetation Group

  Community groups are planting seedlings and revegetating our lost native bushes and grasslands. Why not join a group and do your bit for the environment?
  
  The Australian landscape has dramatically suffered from the arrival of European farming and our clear-fell domination of the native environment. This decline continues, even though we know it leads to salinity, soil acidification and erosion. It's time to heal what previous generations have harmed. Now it is our responsibility to start fi…

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• Call for Australia Day Nominations in Wollondilly

  Do you know someone who provides an outstanding contribution to the Wollondilly community?
  
  Council is calling for nominations of people who live and volunteer in Wollondilly who would be worthy recipients of an Australia Day Award.
  
  It may be someone who runs the local sporting group or volunteers with the fire brigade, or someone who helps out at the school or the local RSL branch.
  
  Mayor Robert Khan said, “I am pleased to see that Australia Day celebrations are still going ahead in 2021, even…

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• Great Southern Nights heads to Wollondilly

  In exciting news for Wollondilly businesses and the community, the Great Southern Nights music event will be heading to Wollondilly in November.
  
  Great Southern Nights is a partnership between Destination NSW and the Australian Recording Industry Association aimed at stimulating the state’s live music, tourism and hospitality industries in a bid to boost the night time economy.
  
  Great Southern Nights will see 1,000 Australian acts perform on stages across the state throughout November, which is…

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• Have Your Say on the future of the Picton Botanic Gardens Precinct

  Based on input from the community, Wollondilly Council has developed a master plan for the Picton Botanic Gardens Precinct which is now available for comment on the Your Say Wollondilly website.
  
  The plan is for the area including Hume Oval, Picton Sportsground, RSL Park, Racecourse Creek and Stonequarry Creek pathways and Picton Botanic Gardens.
  
  Council consulted with the community during August 2020 on ways to upgrade and enhance the Picton Botanic Gardens and surrounding area.
  
  The main pref…

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• Wollondilly Council seeks community feedback on Road Works Program

  Wollondilly Council has an ongoing commitment to fixing the road network, investing the largest budget to date into improving local roads.
  
  Council is also in the process of updating its Road Works Program and is seeking the input of community members, asking residents to select up to five road segments that they would like to see prioritised in the Program.
  
  Wollondilly residents are invited to head to Council’s Customer Portal to make selections on which road segments they believe need attenti…

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