Mayoral Column 1st August 2019

Published on 31 July 2019

National Tree Day Tour

Last Sunday was National Tree Day, which was this year held at the Wollondilly River Walkway down near Kenmore Street. We managed to plant around 750 trees on the day which was a fantastic effort, and we had a good crowd of community members give us a hand throughout Sunday morning.

Over the past two weeks Deputy Mayor Peter Walker and I have also had the privilege of visiting every school within our local government area to promote and celebrate National Tree Day. We’ve been joined by students, teachers and principals to plant a tree at each of the twenty schools, and have had some great discussions around the importance of trees for us, our environment and bees, birds and other animals.

The effort to visit each of the schools was certainly worthwhile, and I hope the students took a little bit of extra knowledge home, and perhaps planted a tree themselves at home.

Family History Month at Goulburn Library

Throughout August our brilliant library is hosting author talks, workshops and events as part of Family History Month.

Events will include an information session on the Library’s historic photo collection (3^rd August), a workshop on mapping your family tree (7^th August) and ‘Stories behind the stained glass windows of St Saviours Cathedral’ on the 15^th August.

All activities are free, however bookings are essential. These can be made online at www.gmlibrary.com.au, in person at the Library or by calling 4823 4435.

Victor Chang Heart Health Check Tour