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The Blacktown City Council Plant Nursery is open on four Saturdays each year, to give residents who can’t make it to our nursery during the week an opportunity to collect their annually allocated free plants. The next nursery open day will be held on Saturday 30 March between 9 am and 1 pm. Visit Blacktown Showground Precinct (entry via Kent Street, Blacktown). For further information please call us on 9839 6000.

To ensure the safety of NAB RunWest participants road closures and special event clearways will be in place in your area for NAB RunWest on Sunday March 31. For full details visit our website, and be sure to keep up to date by visiting livetraffic.com.

Plant trees and shrubs to cool your home for future summers. It can reduce your energy bills. Learn how: https://bit.ly/2u4jd99

Check out the construction progress at Sydney Zoo! 🦁

The Blacktown City Show is on this weekend! 🎪 Check out all of the event attractions here.

Learn how to save money on your energy and water bills. Join our workshop https://www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/Events-and-activities/Save-money-on-your-bills-workshop

Don't forget to apply for our Tertiary Scholarships! 👩‍🎓

Variety - the Children’s Charity NSW & ACT is hosting free information night with Brydens Lawyers to support families who have a child with a disability or chronic illness. 📅 Wednesday 27 March 2019 📍 Blacktown Workers Sports Club, Campbell St, Blacktown ⏱ 6.30pm - 8.30pm

Congratulations to David Schembri and his team at A1 Auto Arndell Park for improving practices to help safeguard our waterways. Is your mechanic on board? Check out our Environmental Recognition Business Program at https://bit.ly/2Y34LMp.

UPDATED AT 12.09 PM 25/03/2019. Due to current weather conditions, all council parks and sporting fields where sporting activities are conducted across Blacktown City are closed for all sports until 4 pm Thursday 28 March 2019.

🌧 ROAD CLOSURE 🌧 Stoney Creek Road between Stanley Street, Shanes Park and Richmond Road, Berkshire Park is closed due to flooding. For emergency assistance during #storms & #floods, call #NSWSES on 132 500 or 000 if it is a life threatening emergency.

Cool your yard. Prepare for next summer now. Join our workshop to learn how: https://bit.ly/2u4jd99

Our Road Safety Officer, Fiona Frost (holding the Teddy Bear!) attended an in-service training day for Midwives in the Area Health Services to promote the safe use of Child Restraints in cars. In Blacktown we offer many free child restraint checking and installation days. It is hoped that promoting these days through the essential Antenatal Programs run by this dedicated group of Nurses, that more people will take advantage them. If you want to find out more about free Child Restraint fitting, please email road.safety@blacktown.nsw.gov.au.

The 2019 Blacktown City Festival is going to be a real blast! From medieval times to the present day, Blacktown will be in party mode throughout May. We are currently busy planning the 2019 program, all events will be published on Tuesday 2 April! Confirmed events include: - Blacktown City Medieval Fayre - Reconciliation Walk and Gathering - Streets Alive and Parade Day #BlacktownCityFestival

The countdown is officially on!!! ⏰ Less than 3 weeks until the inaugural NAB RunWest takes runners, walkers, rollers and strollers on the ultimate journey through the iconic attractions of Western Sydney! Have you got you ticket yet?? http://www.runthewest.com.au/

We are rolling out ‘Smart’ poles across the city giving the owners and operators of electric vehicles a ‘free charge’. We have teamed up with ENE.HUB to roll out a total of ten of the Smart.Node poles throughout Blacktown City. For locations visit https://t.co/ewU0DSPUri. https://t.co/1bx9iXnp5p

We are rolling out ‘Smart’ poles across the city giving the owners and operators of electric vehicles a ‘free charge’. We have teamed up with ENE.HUB to roll out ten Smart.Node poles throughout Blacktown City. For locations visit https://bit.ly/2Hv5srY.

Have you ever wondered if e-waste or clothing can be placed in your recycling bin? We have created a short video to help explain some of these trouble items. For the full version of the video or for more information on your waste services please see our website at https://www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/Services/Waste/Waste-and-recycling-service#section-4

Australia's best toilet is right here in Blacktown! 🚽😅