Wingecarribee Shire Council’s Resource Recovery Centre has welcomed the introduction of the NSW State Government’s Container Deposit Scheme. Launched at the beginning of December, the Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) will ultimately see more than 500 collection points, including 800 reverse vending machines, introduced across the State. Key features of the scheme – also known as...
With the warmer weather now upon us Wingecarribee Shire Council is reminding residents to play it safe in the water. Residents and visitors to the Southern Highlands are spoiled for choice when it comes to places to cool off with local swimming pools, rivers and swimming holes among the most popular places to escape the...
Two young koalas have been released back into the wild at a Southern Highlands bushland Reserve. The two koalas, Kitty and Koko, were found on separate occasions at a notorious koala road kill hotspot on the busy Hume Highway at Alpine. Koko was rescued after being struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross the...
Months before the latest Community Satisfaction Results were returned Council’s Landscaping team were already tackling one of our residents’ largest concerns. “Council places a very high priority on providing safe, durable and attractive footpaths,” said Council’s Manager of Open Space, Recreation and Building Maintenance, Greg Bray. “So too do our residents who consistently nominate the...
Wingecarribee Shire Mayor Councillor Ken Halstead has commended the NSW State Government for the announcement of grant funding to be used at the Southern Regional Livestock Exchange (SRLX). A total of $263,918 will be made available for the installation of an effluent reuse program to be used at the Council-owned cattle saleyard facility. The announcement...
