Chef, author and teacher Ms Promilla Gupta OAM has been announced as the 2025 Australia Day Ambassador for Wollondilly.
Known for her love for cooking to bring people together, Promilla migrated to Australia with her husband in 1983, living in Whyalla for nearly 20 years before moving to Adelaide in 2002.
Promilla has shared her love of food in a number of ways, from running a restaurant, writing books, teaching cooking and providing nutritious meals for newly arrived migrants and intern…
Wollondilly’s Australia Day Award winners have been announced in a ceremony as part of the annual celebrations in the Picton Botanic Gardens.
This year’s Wollondilly Citizens of the Year are Annette and Rob Pearce, a husband and wife team who have contributed selflessly to their local community over many years.
Annette and Rob are long-term Wollondilly residents and active members of numerous organisations both locally and Australia wide, including: Picton View Club, Fellow of Australia…
Tender No. 2024/35
Please note that this tender is by INVITATION ONLY
Description
Sheehys Creek Road is a Council managed road to the west of Picton and forms the boundary between Oakdale and Lakesland.
The focus site has been subject to several significant events between 2019 through to 2024. As a consequence of these events, the road condition has progressively worsened which has caused:
a) Major down slope embankment failures resulting in partial loss of the road carriageway;
b) Multip…
Wollondilly Shire Council will not lose any momentum in the implementation of the Dudley Chesham Sportsground Master Plan, with the next stage of the plan discussed and prioritised at Tuesday night’s meeting.
Council has endorsed the staging and sequencing plan for the Dudley Chesham Sportsground Master Plan and approved the allocation of Developer Contributions funding towards the completion of the Dudley Chesham Amenities Building and the next steps in the Master Plan this year.
The Ma…
The South West Sydney Alliance (SWSA) – a newly formed coalition of Mayors, councils, universities, business and sporting teams – is calling on the Federal and NSW Governments to commit urgently to expand the region’s rail infrastructure.
A joint media release has been issued.
Commemorative Naming – Place Naming
“TREVOR THOMPSON PARK”
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Commemorative Place Naming for Trevor Keith Thompson
A Notice of Motion (NOM) was put forward at the 24 April 2024 Ordinary Council Meeting, resolution 117/2024, supporting the renaming of Ibbotson Street Park (Lot 21 DP 244846) in honour of the late Trevor Thompson of Tahmoor NSW (9 February 1972- 23 September 2023, age 51), for his significant contributions to the Wol…
The Wollondilly Heritage Planning Proposal (Stage 1) was supported at Tuesday afternoon’s Council meeting, allowing for the amendment of the Local Environmental Plan (LEP) to conserve the heritage significance of various sites throughout Wollondilly.
Community members helped contribute to the Shire Wide Heritage Study over the past three years to update existing heritage items and identify potential places and items for local heritage listing, to retain a sense of the past for current and f…
Following consideration of community and stakeholder feedback on the Draft South Wilton Precinct Planning Cells, Council has endorsed an indicative land use plan to guide future landowner, proponent or State Government initiated planning proposals to rezone land within the Planning Cells for urban development.
Public exhibition of the three South Wilton Cells ran for an extended period of 53 days from 10 June to 2 August 2024 and included a series of landowner meetings. These meetings provid…
Thirlmere Festival of Steam
Huff N Puff Road Race and Family Fun Run
National Sorry Day – Community Commemoration
Picton Sportsground Amenities extension now complete
Council welcomes announcement of promised second High School for Wollondilly – opening in 2027
Bushfire Danger Period comes to a close