Bywong Community Association (Inc) and the Bywong Community

Bywong Community Association is a residents group aimed at strengthening connections between local people in Bywong and acts as a forum for raising and resolving local issues. The Association organises a number of annual events including the biggest, the Bywong Community Car Boot Sale. More information about our events can be located under Events. You can find out more about joining the Association by clicking here and you can send your enquiries here.

Bywong is a locality within the Palerang Shire in southern NSW with a population of 1195 people. Wamboin adjoins Bywong and have a combined population of just over 2850 residents. Bywong  is located between Lake George and on both sides of the Federal Highway, about 30 km north-east of Canberra, ACT Australia. Click here for more information about the Bywong locality and history, including a MAP of the area.  Information also available on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/BywongAndWamboin/

Clean Up Australia

1^st March 2015 is the nominated date for the 2015 clean-up.  The Bywong Community will register three sites for our clean up being: Macs Reef Road, bungendore Road anf the northern part of the old Federal Highway.

More details on how you can get involved will be posted closer to the time. 

Fire Permits now Required

The statutory bush fire danger period runs to 31st March. If you are planning to light a fire in the open during the bush fire danger period you will need a fire permit. Call your local fire service on 0409 991 340 or email captain@brigade.wamboincommunity.asn.au

More information can be found at http://brigade.wamboincommunity.asn.au

2014 marked the 25th anniversary of the Hall opening so the Bywong Community Association Xmas drinks function was combined to recognise all residents (present and past) who participated in its construction.

The building is a robust timber post and beam design and most of the heavy labour was provided by those Bywong residents on a completely voluntary basis. The actual construction was undertaken over two years from 1988, with people turning up for a few hours each weekend till the job was completed. There were of course many amusing anecdotes of episodes which occurred during the project mentioned on the night.

Neighbourhood Safer Place 

Recently completed improvements to the Wamboin Community complex on Bingley Way, has enabled the Wamboin Hall to become an registered Neighbourhood Safer Place (NSP). The NSP system included the installation of a 24x7 weather station, recording local weather conditions. Live weather station reports are now available via the "Weather Station" link under the WCA header http://brigade.wamboincommunity.asn.au.

Bywong Community Events 2015

·         Clean Up Australia 1^st March 2015.

·         Car Boot Sale - Sunday 29 March 2015.

·         Trivia Night - Saturday 18^th July 2015.

·         AGM - Monday 10^th August 2015.

·         Christmas Drinks Friday 4^th December 2015.

Bywong Community meetings 7:30 pm at the Bywong Community Hall, Second Monday every second even month (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct & Dec)

Hall Hire

If you would like to find out about hiring the Bywong Hall at the Les Reardon Reserve, in the first instance please contact Guy Cotsell on 62303523 or by email cotsell AT moraguy.net.
Alternatively, Aidan O'Leary on 62369157 or by email at  oleaai AT hotmail.com. 

If you want to see if the Hall is available, you can view availability by clicking HERE for the Bywong Hall and Reserve calendar

You can see a Google map of the Les Reardon Reserve and the Bywong Hall here 

Keeping in touch with people locally

Wamboin Noticeboard

The Sutton Chatter now has a facebook page. See www.facebook.com/sutton.chatter
Past and present copies of The Chatter are available for download.

Emergency contact information

 

Service	Number	Service	Number
Fire/Police/Ambulance	Dial 000 all hours	Sutton Fire Brigade Duty Officer YASS SIDE OF BYWONG	0418 303 232
Bungendore Police	6238 1244	Bungendore Medical Centre	6298 9211
Queanbeyan Police	6298 0599	Ambulance Bookings	131233
Wamboin Fire Brigade Captain PALERANG SIDE OF BYWONG	0409 991 340	Bungendore Vet Surgery	6238 1133
Updated NSW Fire Incidents	website	Palerang Council	6238 8111

Sponsors

We would like to thank the following sponsors for their ongoing support:

	The Lake FM - Bywong's Neighbourhood Radio Station. The station can be heard on 88MHz, or 87.8MHz in most parts of Bywong/Wamboin.  Make a request by clicking on our request page.
	Yless4U
	Lamberts Winery
	The Veolia Mulwaree Trust supports community projects and charities for the benefit of the community of the former Mulwaree Shire Council area in Southern NSW or a community within a council area which immediately adjoined Mulwaree.
	This site is supported by Ace-Hosting.com.au

 

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