Dr Brendan Nelson to honour Kangaroo Marchers
As participants taking part in the Kangaroo Recruitment March Centenary Re-enactment make their way through the Shire, Council is reminding residents of a special event to be held this Friday evening...
View ArticleWingecarribee Schools Environment Day
Wingecarribee Shire Council is gearing up to host this year’s Wingecarribee Schools Environment Day which will be held at Lake Alexandra Reserve, Mittagong on Tuesday 13 October 2015. As part of the...
View Article‘Get Outside and Grow’ for National Tree Day
Residents of the Southern Highlands will have an opportunity to make a difference to the local environment on Saturday 17 October at the National Tree Day Wingecarribee community planting event at...
View ArticleSwim and Survive with Council this summer
With summer just weeks away, Wingecarribee Shire Council and the Royal Life Saving Society of Australia are joining forces to launch a dedicated children’s water swim safety program entitled, ‘Swim and...
View ArticleCouncil to host Wingecarribee Youth Forum
Issues affecting the Shire’s youth will take centre stage at this month’s Wingecarribee Youth Forum to be held on the 12 November at the Mittagong RSL Club. Wingecarribee Shire Council’s Youth Liaison...
View ArticleTee up for White Ribbon Day
Wingecarribee Shire Council is inviting the region’s golfers to join in two charity games of golf this weekend to help tackle domestic violence against women. Both games are being organised by the...
View ArticleFREE Child Restraint Checking Day
How secure is your child’s restraint? Every year, many children are injured – or worse – in car crashes. Many of these incidents could be prevented or the impact reduced if the right child car seat is...
View ArticlePerfect weather for the reopening of Mittagong Pool
Ideal weather conditions this past weekend saw over 1000 patrons attend the reopening of Mittagong Pool after a multi-million dollar make-over project was completed. Mittagong Pool the Shire’s oldest...
View ArticleInformation Kiosks to discuss Special Rate Variation projects
Wingecarribee Shire Council will hold a series of public Information Kiosks starting Wednesday 20 January to discuss the ‘Investing in our future’ projects that are proposed to be funded under the...
View ArticleAlexandra Square restoration set for April start
The first stage of the long-awaited refurbishment of Mittagong’s Alexandra Square is set to commence in April with Council to begin landscaping earthworks on the site of the former Mittagong Bowling...
View ArticleYouth Week launches at Lake Alexandra
Southern Highlands senior citizens are joining forces with the Shire’s young people in launching this year’s Youth Week program by hosting an intergenerational day of celebration on the foreshores of...
View ArticleMayor clarifies KFC and Woolworths petrol legal costs
Wingecarribee Shire Mayor Larry Whipper has today refuted supposed costs reported in some sections of the media said to have cost Council regarding the Land and Environment Court’s decision to allow...
View ArticleMittagong Pool to close for summer swim season
Council’s Finance Committee has recommended that the Mittagong Swim Pool not open for the 2016/17 swim season following the East Coast Low storm event which lashed the Shire in early June. Council will...
View ArticleFREE Child Restraint Checking Day
How secure is your child’s restraint? Every year, many children are injured – or worse – in car crashes. Many of these incidents could be prevented or the impact reduced if the right child car seat is...
View ArticleSouthern Highlands Welcome Centre wins Gold!
The Southern Highlands Welcome Centre is officially number one in the State! Announced at last week’s annual NSW Tourism Awards, Council’s Southern Highlands Welcome Centre took home top honours in the...
View ArticleMittagong Pool thrown a lifeline
Wingecarribee Shire Councillors have voted to repair Mittagong Swimming Pool following extensive damage sustained in June’s East Coast Low Storm event at Wednesday evening’s Council Meeting. A detailed...
View ArticleWillow Vale and Colo Street bridges nearing completion
Two major construction projects in the Shire’s north designed to ease traffic congestion and improve road safety are set to open in early 2017. Major construction works on the Railway Terrace bridge in...
View ArticleTelecommunications Site Manager appointed for the Gib
Wingecarribee Shire Council has appointed siteXcell as the Telecommunications Site Manager for the Mt Gibraltar telecommunications tower. Situated atop of Mt Gibraltar, the Council owned tower is one...
View ArticleColo Street Bridge in Mittagong opens to traffic
Wingecarribee Shire Council has today opened the Colo Street Bridge in Mittagong to motorists and pedestrians. The opening follows months of work that involved the demolition of the former timber...
View ArticleCouncil hosts Aboriginal Community Art project
In 1967 Australians voted overwhelmingly to amend the constitution to include Aboriginal people in the Census. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of this historic occasion, Wingecarribee Shire Council...
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