About 100 BMX enthusiasts jumped on their bike last weekend and completed in the annual Expo 09 competition. Held at the Gungahlin Skate Park as part of the Youth Expo for Youth Week, young people battled it out with stunts and mid-air tricks as they tried to take out their age category competition. Gungahlin Youth Centre manager Winnie Thaung said it was a fantastic day. "I think...

A large Murray cod taken from an unlikely location was the highlight of a bright week for anglers in the local region. Luke Gray's fantastic 90cm cod from Gungahlin Lake surprised many given the relatively young age of this small impoundment. Gungahlin Lake was first stocked with cod in the late 1990's so it's pleasing to see such big specimens emerging from this waterway just over a decade...

Palmerston District Primary School has taken out first prize in the Gungahlin Marketplace school rewards program. The school won $5,000 with Gold Creek Primary School and Holy Spirit Primary School coming second and third respectively. Seven schools in Gungahlin and six schools in Belconnen...

Enrolments at Harrison Scholl have jumped in the past year, leading growth in Gungahlin schools and renewing the need for a new school in the region. A comparison of the 2008 ACT school census, the year the school opened, and the 2009 census indicates enrolments increased by 226 pupils this...

31 blocks sold at new Gungahlin suburb. The race for Crace ended with some extremely happy people yesterday (4 April, 2009). Up to 100 people gave up work and creature comforts, camping out to guarantee themselves first choice of a home in the new Gungahlin suburb. In a strong showing, 31...

Plans to upgrade the car park at the Nicholls Shopping Centre have come under fire after residents raised objections to changes in traffic conditions. The ACT Government developed a proposal in August 2008 to improve car parking at the Nicholls shops. Residents and shop keepers had...

Police are searching for a patient who has gone missing from Canberra Hospital. Colin Booth, 24 of Gungahlin, was last seen about 2pm yesterday (March 29). He has a medical condition that requires medication. Mr Booth is fair skinned, about 165cm tall, of medium build, and with short, blond...

As part of the improvements to the sport and recreation facilities in the Gungahlin area, $20 million has been committed to develop a new aquatic and recreation centre in the Gungahlin Town Centre. The Gungahlin Leisure Centre will ensure that the increasing number of local residents have...

Dispensing with traditional 'safe cracking' methods such as a pair of deft hands and a stethoscope, thieves hot-wired a 20-tonne excavator to bag their hefty booty from Mitchell tip. The brazen robbers commandeered the on-site heavy machinery to rip open the tin wall of the waste management...

Asbestos has been found near a footpath, a children’s playground and a picnic area in the Heritage Park in Forde. The location of the potentially hazardous material was reported to the ACT Government’s services line, Canberra Connect on March 4. The material was confirmed by...