Author Archives: Jacqui Binns

Celebrating renewed playspaces co-designed with the communities they’re created for

In partnership with the communities who co-designed with Wingecarribee Shire Council, the first three of 48 playspace renewal projects, have been unveiled in Mittagong and Moss Vale parks in early December.  To celebrate the new safe, accesible and inclusive playspaces, community members were invited to join special fun days in the first few neighbourhoods that…

Additional recycling pick-ups over the Christmas period

Is your whole family coming for Christmas? The more the merrier….and messier! In the spirit of the festive season, we’ve scheduled additional recycling services over the Christmas period for your convenience. You can expect us to collect weekly, from the 18th of December 2023. So you can look forward to a cleaner household for enjoying…

Balmoral Village Better Prepared

Taking action to become better prepared in the event of future emergencies, the Balmoral Village Community took part in a Resilient Towns Initiative workshop this December. Residents were among our Shire’s most severely impacted by the Black Summer Bushfres of 2019. They made the most of this opportunity to fnd out how to guard against…

Land for Wildlife, sowing seeds of sustainability across Wingecarribee

This Spring, we gave away 2,800 native trees to Land for Wildlife members, to establish more wildlife habitat on private properties across our Shire. The tubestock was distributed from the Moss Vale Depot Community Nursery as part of our conservation-focused partnership with local property owners through the Land for Wildlife program, a straightforward way for…

Share in festive cheer across Wingecarribee Shire

What’s happening in your village this Christmas? We’ve partnered with Community Associations across our Shire on place-based fun and festivities, from fairy-lighting and decoration-making to Christmas lunches, Santa visits and kids’ playground parties! Village Associations told us how they wanted to invest a grant of up to $3,000 for larger villages and up to $2,000…