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March Local News

Lis Bastian 4 March, 2022

You can download this month’s Local News here: March Local News NB. There has been a last minute cancellation of the Rhodo Markets this Sunday because of rain.

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Blackheath Rotary President provides a glimpse of the future

Lis Bastian 3 November, 2021

John Campbell with his Tesla Charger and LG Chem Battery “Alexa, play ‘Golden Brown’ by The Stranglers.” I’m visiting John Campbell, the President of the Rotary Club of Blackheath, and it’s my first time experiencing what’s described as a ‘smart home’. From the music John asks Alexa to play on demand, to the changing coloured lights in the lounge room, …

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Experience Japan in Blackheath with Harumi

Lis Bastian 30 June, 2021

  In March this year, Japanese journalist Harumi Hayakawa wrote a piece for the Japanese publication Asahi Weekly in which she explained why the terrifying Australian fires of December 2019 actually made her like the Blue Mountains even more.     In her article she described the many ways the community came together during and after the fires and how, …

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