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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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Tom O’Halloran to climb for Australia in the Tokyo Olympics

Lis Bastian 10 July, 2021

Photo: Kamil Sustiak   Rock climber Tom O’Halloran came to Blackheath to climb. He discovered here a sense of freedom and inner calm which has propelled him to the top of international Sport Climbing and to selection in the Australian team for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Tom and Oceana Mackenzie will represent Australia when the sport makes its debut in …

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Jacinta Tobin, The Preatures and Yanada

Annabel Pettit 9 July, 2021

  To celebrate #NAIDOCWeek2021, and with nostalgia for a pre-Covid time, we’re reprinting this fabulous article by young Blackheathen Annabel Pettit, advocating for us all to be speaking, hearing and acknowledging Indigenous languages as a part of our collective Australian history.   “Tell me how it was in the beginning of our land, We’re like in the Dreamtime, shedding our …

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