WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Do you ever wonder about the history behind the street signs we look at every day?

Samuel Marsden Road in Orchard Hills is named after Reverend Samuel Marsden who was granted his property from Governor Philip Gidley King where Mamre House was built.

Marsden started breeding sheep at the farm in Orchard Hills and laid the foundation of Australia’s wool industry.

Source: A History of the Nepean and District Street Names compiled by Lorna Parr.

Δ Drink West close to opening: New Penrith brewery Drink West, located on Castlereagh Road, held a VIP opening last Saturday (pictured above). It’ll open to the public by the end of the month.

Δ New soft drink: Tennis superstar Nick Kyrgios has just launched an Australian-made ‘no sugar’ soft drink. A unique great tasting soft drink with one billion live probiotics and prebiotics jam-packed in every can, ALIVE is starting to hit shelves now. The soft drink will come in eight different flavours, including blood orange and passionfruit, ginger, lemonade, lemon lime and bitters, orange, passionfruit, pink grapefruit and raspberry.

Δ Ice-cream favoured lollies: Allen’s has partnered up with Peters Ice Cream, to bring back the fan favourite Allen’s Frosty Fruits & Drumstick range (pictured). This take on a range of classic Aussie ice-block and ice-cream flavours range originally launched in 2018 and was one of the most popular in Allen’s history. The new range will see Frosty

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Keep safe around pools

The warmer days we are experiencing bring with it the need to cool off by taking a dip in the backyard pool. However, the backyard pool presents an increased risk of drowning if the pool is poorly fenced, maintained or lacks adequate supervision.

Everyone wants to beat the heat if possible or have a good time in the pool – but the pool can also be a dangerous place, especially if there is no barrier to stop children from going for an unsupervised swim.

Children aged under five continue to be the age group that accounts for the largest number of drowning deaths in swimming pools in Australia.

This is why Council continues its compliance activities around unfenced swimming pools and is calling on residents to ensure all pools – especially inflatable pools – are properly fenced off.

Inflatable pools are a cheap way to keep cool, but too often there are cases where someone has simply bought the pool, blown it up, filled it and started swimming.

Fruits available in Tropical, Summer Sunset and Watermelon Slice flavours, while the Drumstick lollies will be available in Classic Vanilla, Super Choc and Boysenberry Swirl.

Δ Kids eat free: Attention all parents, do yourself a favour and head to Lone Star Rib House and Brews, for Kids Eat Free Sundays. The perfect excuse to not have to cook on the weekend, you are invited to come along for an enjoyable and delicious meal at Lone Star Rib House and Brews with family and friends. Diners get one free kids meal for every qualifying main meal purchased. Excludes lunch specials, entrees, breads and desserts.

Δ History lesson: The Nepean Family History Society is holding its next meeting on Saturday, February 4 at 1.30pm. Mark St Leon will be speaking about the tragic story of Cassim and Abdallah. It’ll be happening at the Old School Residence at the Great Western Highway, Emu Plains.

If you think you don’t need to fence off an inflatable pool or a swim spa, think again. Portable and inflatable pools have the same drowning risk as permanent pools. Any pool (or spa) that can hold more than 30 centimetres of water must be properly fenced off.

Properly fenced off means it is inside a property boundary fence more than 1.8 metres tall as well as a pool fence having a self-closing and self-latching gate that is more than 1.2 metres high.

Too often a toddler wanders around a backyard and gets into trouble because the pool is unfenced, the gate is propped open and is poorly supervised.

For the sake of your family, your children’s playmates and above all – for peace of mind, and to avoid the tragedy of a drowning – make sure pools are properly fenced and you know how to administer basic life saving such as CPR.

CR TRICIA HITCHEN Mayor of Penrith

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