Blacktown City Independent

24/12/2025

From our Independent Family to yours....
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
🎅🎄😋🎁👑💃🥂😴

May your day be filled with fun, family, friends, delicious food and loads of laughs.
We hope you even get a sneaky nap in 👌

24/12/2025

OPERATION CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR BEGINS
Operation Christmas New Year has begun with NSW Police stepping up visibility and cracking down even further on reckless driving behaviour.
Double demerits came into effect from 12:01am Wednesday 24 December 2025 to 11:59pm Sunday 4 January 2026.

23/12/2025

🎉✨ Ring in the New Year in style!

Get ready for a huge New Year’s Eve Party at Diamond Showroom, Workers Blacktown with The Frocks – the band that rocks! 🤘💃
Plus, keep the dancefloor pumping with special guest DJ Dee Wolf 🎧

🗓 31 December
⏰ Doors open 9pm
🎟 Tickets just $15
📍 Workers Blacktown, 55 Campbell Street

Grab your friends, put on your party shoes and celebrate the countdown with live music, big energy and an unforgettable night! 🥂✨

22/12/2025

Drive safely this holiday season
🚗🛣️👇🏼

Friendly reminder that Double demerits will be in effect from 00:01hrs Wednesday 24th December 2025 and concludes 23:59hrs Sunday 4th January 2026 and applies to the following offences:

- Speeding
- Illegal use of mobile phones
- Not wearing a seatbelt or incorrectly wearing a seatbelt
- Driving with a passenger not wearing a seatbelt or approved restraint, or with a passenger incorrectly wearing a seatbelt or restraint
- Riding without a helmet

Please drive safely and take extra care on the roads to protect yourself, your loved ones and other road users.

22/12/2025

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🎄 Sorting right this holiday season! ♻️
The festive season means plenty of food waste and leftovers, lots of paper and cardboard packaging, drink containers and household waste.

When it’s time to clean up or get rid of an old plastic tree, remember what each of your bins is for:

💚Green-lidded bin: food scraps, leftovers or expired unpackaged foods, live Christmas tree less than 20cm trunk diameter and cut to 1m lengths.
💛Yellow-lidded bin: cans, bottles and cardboard.
♥️Red-lidded bin: disposable plates/cups, shiny wrapping paper, artificial trees, soft plastics and all seafood shells/heads.

🦐 SEAFOOD LOVERS TAKE NOTE!
Prawn heads, prawn shells, oyster shells and other shellfish shells do NOT belong in the green-lidded bin.
👉 Top tip: bag them and pop them in the freezer until bin day to avoid nasty smells and place into the red lidded bin.

For more information
Visit blacktown.nsw.gov.au/waste or download our B informed app www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/Services/Waste-services-and-collection/B-informed-waste-and-recycling-app

22/12/2025

Some helpful information 🐶 🐈‍⬛ 🐾

20/12/2025

Finding sanctuary through community 💙

The CWA of NSW Nepean Group recently came together for their Annual General Meeting and Conference, bringing together branches from Blacktown, Castle Hill, Fairfield, Galston, Greystanes, Hawkesbury, Kurrajong, Richmond, Toongabbie and Windsor for a wonderful day of connection and collaboration across Western Sydney.
This year’s keynote speaker, Carol from The Hills Women’s Shelter (The Sanctuary), shared the inspiring and compassionate work being done to support women and children experiencing domestic violence or homelessness. The Sanctuary provides safe, supported accommodation, counselling services and vital care, relying heavily on community support.
The Nepean Group branches were proud to present gift cards to assist clients with groceries and clothing, continuing the CWA tradition of practical care and kindness.
💐 Thank you to all members and volunteers for your ongoing commitment to making a difference in our community.

Read more here:
https://joom.ag/3wDd/p17

19/12/2025

A simple box. A powerful act of kindness 💚
Quakers Hill locals are coming together to support their community through the Kindness Box initiative, led by local resident Cheryl Thomas. By sharing fresh food and pantry staples, neighbours are helping neighbours — strengthening connections, reducing food insecurity and proving that small actions can make a big difference.

Be inspired by how one box at a time is spreading kindness across Quakers Hill.

Read more here:
https://joom.ag/3wDd/p15

18/12/2025

Today, we mourn the life of Matilda, a beautiful 10-year-old girl taken from this world far too soon in the tragic Bondi Beach attack.

Matilda was running to her dad for protection when she was shot during the senseless violence. A place of safety should always remain just that — safe.

Her middle name was Bee, and today we honour her memory with a simple but heartfelt symbol.
Please post a 🐝 in her memory — a little bee for a bright spirit gone too soon.

Rest peacefully, sweet Matilda.
You will never be forgotten. 🕊️🐝

17/12/2025

LIFE & STYLE || 🎬✨ Big Screen, Bigger Experience at Westpoint! ✨🎬

Westpoint Shopping Centre is taking entertainment in Western Sydney to the next level with the arrival of IMAX® with Laser and SCREENX at HOYTS Blacktown.

This major upgrade makes Westpoint the only location in NSW to offer IMAX with Laser, SCREENX, Xtremescreen and D-BOX all under one roof, delivering an immersive, world-class cinema experience like never before.

From crystal-clear visuals and powerful sound to SCREENX’s 270-degree panoramic views, movie-going in Blacktown has officially been transformed — just in time for blockbuster releases this summer. 🍿

A huge win for our local community and a major milestone for entertainment in Western Sydney.

Read more here:
https://joom.ag/3wDd/p13

16/12/2025

✨ Unlock Endless Hospitality Opportunities ✨

A rare leasing opportunity awaits at this stunning function and events centre in Maroota, set on approximately 2.5 acres with breathtaking views across the Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury River.
✔️ Indoor & outdoor event spaces
✔️ Seating for up to 400 guests
✔️ Commercial kitchen & facilities
✔️ On-site homestead accommodation + cottage
✔️ Existing approvals in place
✔️ Just one hour from Sydney CBD
Perfect for weddings, conferences, tourism ventures, corporate events or creative productions — this versatile property offers endless potential in a spectacular rural setting.

🔗 https://cutcliffe.com.au/940/part-of-5050-old-northern-road-maroota
📍 Part of 5050 Old Northern Road, Maroota
📞 Contact Paul Cutcliffe on
02 4587 8855 or 0414 878 858
📧 [email protected]

Read more here:
https://joom.ag/3wDd/p5

14/12/2025

🔋 Let’s Keep Batteries Out of Bins – Blacktown City Needs Your Help 🚛🔥

Did you know batteries in household bins have caused eight fires in Blacktown City garbage and recycling trucks in the past year?
AA, AAA and rechargeable batteries contain chemicals that can ignite and put waste workers, residents and drivers at risk. The good news? Disposing of batteries safely is easy and free.
✅ Book a free household battery collection via Council’s recycling service
✅ Recycle at major retail chains or Household Chemical CleanOut events
✅ Take e-waste and items with embedded batteries to approved recycling centres

By keeping batteries out of bins, we’re protecting our waste workers, our community and our streets. 💚
📲 Stay informed by downloading the B informed waste and recycling app.

Read more here:
https://joom.ag/3wDd/p11