Gutters and drains take rainwater from our streets straight into creeks and rivers. So when it rains, stormwater runoff can carry with it pollution from around our homes and streets into the waterways we swim in and where animals and plants live.
What You Can Do
Put your cigarette butts and other litter in the bin.
Pitch in and help clean up littered areas.
If there is no bin handy, hold onto your litter until you find one.
Try to wash your vehicle on a grassy area or over gravel.
Sweep your…
Stay fit, focused and firm and help save the world. Explore bike paths, cycle groups and ride any blues away.
Bicycles are simply the most efficient form of transport. They produce no waste and improve our health and wellbeing. If we all used a bike to get to work and visit friends and family or went on cycling holidays instead of road trips, it would have an immediate and profound effect on our fossil fuel use and contribution to climate change. Finally, as if all this is not compelling enough…
Thirlmere cemetery is located on the corner of Station & Leonard Streets. Some sections offer a choice of lawn beam or monumental graves. Memorial Tree garden allotments and Niches in the Columbarium Wall are available for interment of ashes.
Layout
Details
Denominations
Anglican
Catholic
General
Presbyterian
Estonian
Methodist
Non-Denominational
Baha'i
Burial Plot Immediate Use
Yes
Burial Plot Reservation
Yes
Memorial Tree Garden Plot
Yes
Memorial Wall
No
Niche Wall…
Everything we do in and around our homes, backyards, parks, schools, workplaces and public spaces affects the quality of water that runs off our streets, goes into the stormwater drains and ends up in our local waterways. Your nearest waterway could be a stream, creek, river, bay, beach, harbour or even the ocean!
Love Your Waterways is a community campaign that encourages people to take up five simple actions to prevent litter, pet waste, gardening materials, chemicals and other pollutants fro…
Tender No. 2022/01Description: Wollondilly Shire Council is seeking Tenders for its Parks and Facilities Mowing Contract. The works will involve grass cutting, trimming and rubbish removal in the public Streetscapes, nature strips, cemeteries, roadside intersection, Council property and road reserves. The resulting contract will be a Schedule of Rates Contract.
Obtaining Documentation: Tender documents may be obtained electronically via the tenderlink.com website.
Requests for Information: P…
Council's Waste & Recycling Service Garbage Emptied Weekly80L, 120L or 240L Items accepted: Food waste Plastic bags and food packaging Coffee cups Nappies Biscuit and chip packets Animal faeces (in a bag) Lids, caps and nozzles Pyrex, mirrors and broken glass Soiled paper or cardboard Polystyrene foam Shredded paper Download our Garbage Bin Fact Sheet Items not accepted: NO recycling NO batteries NO paints or oils NO gas bottles NO fluorescent tubes and globes NO chemicals an…
Read more about "Red, Yellow & Green Bins"...Description: Council is seeking Tenders from appropriately qualified, licensed and experienced Tenderers for the hire of Plant and Equipment on the basis of a "Standing Offer" agreement for Council controlled streets/roads, parks, Council facilities and other such locations owned and managed by Council.
This tender is for the provision of both Wet and Dry hire of various Plant and Equipment items such as, but not limited to the following categories;
Trucks
Earthmoving equipment (bobc…
Tender 2022/18
Description: Council is seeking Tenders from appropriately qualified, licensed and experienced Tenderers for Minor Civil Works on the basis of a "Standing Offer" agreement for Council controlled streets/roads, parks, Council facilities and other such locations owned and managed by Council.
This tender is for the provision of Concrete Works, Road Safety Barriers and Linemarking.
Obtaining Documentation: Tender documents may be obtained electronically via the Tenderlin…
Tender 2024/14
Description
Wollondilly Shire Council is seeking Tenders for its Parks & Facilities Mowing Contract. The works will involve grass cutting, trimming and rubbish removal in the public Streetscapes, nature strips, cemeteries, roadside intersection, Council property and road reserves. The resulting contract will be a Schedule of Rates Contract.
Obtaining Documentation
Tender documents may be obtained electronically via the tenderlink.com website.
Requests for Information
Pleas…
Commemorative Naming of Council Asset
Botanic Gardens Stage in PICTON NSW
“Don Jones Stage”
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Commemorative ASSET Naming for DON JONES
A Mayoral Minute was put forward at the 28 November 2023 Ordinary Council Meeting, resolution 304/2023, supporting the naming of the new stage in the Picton Botanical Gardens in honour of the late Don Jones (DOD 23 October 2023), for his significant contributions to the Wollondilly Shire over h…
Wollondilly Shire Council has endorsed the draft Bargo Sportsground Master Plan to go on public exhibition - the next step towards ensuring the sportsground remains a central hub for sport and recreation in the community for years to come.
The development of the Bargo Sportsground Master Plan began in August 2024, with the first phase of community consultation providing feedback that informed the approach. Council will now go back to the community to make sure the proposed Master Plan is on tra…
Copeman Memorial Rest Stop
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A Notice of Motion was put forward at the 27 February 2024, Ordinary Council Meeting, supporting to formally name the Bargo “Rest A While West Reserve” (Lot 43 DP 246487 – ARTC land) in honour of the Copeman family legacy of service across WWI, WWII and the Vietnam War for their military services to our Shire and Australia.
Council is proposing to formally name the current Rest A While West Reserve…
Thirlmere Festival of Steam
Huff N Puff Road Race and Family Fun Run
National Sorry Day – Community Commemoration
Have your say on Council’s Budget and priorities for the years ahead, as Council continues big investment in roads, infrastructure, customer experience and planning for the long term
Rail, road & basic enabling infrastructure top the list as Council endorses key advocacy priorities for Wollondilly
Thirlmere gets ready to huff n puff in a race against a steam train