Highlands News

The Wingecarribee Shire Council Public Inquiry information about the conduct of the Inquiry has been released. All contact to the inquiry will be through Email, Post, or Telephone and no contact is to be made with the Commissioners directly. The Commissioner has also invited written submissions prior to Public Hearings from the...

UPDATE: About 8am today, Police found the man  safe in Mittagong.  Police are seeking information about a man who's vehicle was found abandoned at Mittagong. 29 year old Michael Tolhurst, from Moruya, last spoke to a family member while he was in Bulladellah last Wednesday. Officers from the Hume Police District were contacted...

Anyone looking for a feathered friend has a chance to change a chook's life on Saturday when a Rescued Chicken Adoption Day is held by Let The Ladies Go organisation in Mitttagong and Goulburn. The charity re-homes chickens and gives them a life away from breeding and continuous egg-laying. The chickens up...

A taste of the Southern Highlands' treats, along with its generosity, is being sent to people in need in Campbelltown. More than 150 hampers are being packed full of treats from a range of Southern Highlands businesses, ready for donation to people who have been struggling under the weight of continued...

An abandoned house in Moss Vale has been severely damaged by fire on Thursday afternoon. Fire and Rescue units from Moss Vale and Bowral attended the fire at the end of Lytton Road, and arrived just after 2pm to find the home well alight. Moss Vale Fire and Rescue Captain Ian Thorpe...

How far would you go to help someone? For Mittagong's Andrew Mevissen, the answer is 100 kilometres, all by foot as he steps out this weekend to raise money to help people with cerebral palsy as part of Steptember. On Saturday he's walking from Mittagong to Goodman's Ford, then on Sunday to...

Wingecarribee Council's Resource Recovery Centre is again open to the public after changed health regulations and COVID concerns forced tips to be closed across NSW. Council spokesperson David Sommers says the centre reopened this week after gaining approval from the relevant health authorities. "We got the green light for the reopening for the...

Four additional venues of concern have been listed by NSW Health for the Wingecarribee Local Government Area. Mittagong Bunnings Mittagong - Tyree Place                                                           ...

There were no COVID cases in the Southern Highlands, none in Kiama and only one in the Shoalhaven reported in today's figures. The Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District recorded 46 new COVID-19 cases for the 24 hours to 8pm last night. Of those, 28 are from Wollongong local government area including eight...

The Berrima community is pleading with the State Government to be consulted before any decisions are made about the future of the old Berrima Gaol. Berrima Residents Association secretary Eric Savage said there was an opportunity for the community and government to get together to decide the 182-year-old gaol's future, in...

An ambitious Zero Species Extinction goal has been set for NSW National Parks. NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean said the National Parks and Wildlife Service Threatened Species Framework is about protecting and improving the health of threatened and iconic species for future generations. “Australia has the worst mammal extinction rate in the...

The Southern Highlands has recorded two more cases of COVID-19. The cases were reported in yesterday morning's daily COVID update, taking the number of active cases in the Wingecarribee Shire to 13. Neighbouring Wollondilly Shire has 38 active cases. Meanwhile Yass Valley has gone back into lockdown after a COVID case there was...

Koalas have started singing from tree tops throughout the Southern Highlands, serenading each other at the start of their breeding season. To help mark the occasion Wingecarribee Council is hosting a world-first koala karaoke party later this month, when it will report the results of microphones in trees that last year...

A man has been charged after allegedly defrauding an elderly woman of almost $25,000. Earlier this month, an 81-year-old woman was contacted via a social media messaging service by a person claiming to be an agent from the Australian Federal Police  He allegedly instructed the woman to attend a bank on two separate...

Good news for the Wingecarribee today, with no new cases reported up till eight o'clock last night. The total number of cases in the Local Government Area remains at 19 since June. Close to 76 and a half percent of eligible New South Wales residents have now received one dose of a...

Emergency Services have been called to a two vehicle crash at Burradoo. The incident took place along Moss Vale Road near Eridge Park just after 10am today. A woman driving a BMW was trapped for a period of time and had to freed by the SES who removed the driver's side door. Fortunately...

Wingecarribee Council is proposing to enter in to a new 20 year lease with the Bundanoon Club. The terms and conditions of the lease will go on exhibition for public feedback. However the Internal Administrator Viv May did include a couple of extra conditions should the club fall go into financial difficulty. That...

The Wingecarribee Animal Shelter will be co -located on the same site as the new Moss Vale SES building. The site is situated at 2 Bowman Road in Moss Vale. Wingecarribee Council’s Interim Administrator Mr Viv May made the announcement at yesterday's council meeting. “Council’s existing Animal Shelter within the Resource Recovery Centre...

Stay at home orders will remain in place for the Shoalhaven and Wingecarribee. However there are some regions which will open under restrictions ( more details to come ). There was one new case for the Shoalhaven LGA and one for the Wingecarribee. That brings the total in the Wingecarribee to 13 cases,...