Enrolment numbers take college by surprise

Enrolment numbers take college by surprise

Imagine sharing your teachers, resources and classrooms with more than 300 other students.  This is the reality for all year seven students at Byford Secondary College as the school has recorded its highest year cohort in its five-year history.  Principal Trevor...
Club’s woes resurface

Club’s woes resurface

Local tennis players have one simple message for the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale – please resurface our courts.  The Byford Tennis Club has operated a ladies club every Wednesday morning since 1982, with the members utilising the Park Road facilities.  The...
Byford kindergarten no longer a fire risk

Byford kindergarten no longer a fire risk

A local kindergarten has overcome the tribulations of being forced to close due to being deemed a bushfire risk to students and teachers.  Byford Community Kindergarten was unable to operate from its Park Road home last year after a Department of Fire and Emergency...
Three decades of fun and laughs with local craft

Three decades of fun and laughs with local craft

A group of talented ladies are hoping a celebratory morning tea later this year will bring renewed interest to their local arts and craft group.  Mundijong Arts and Craft Group has been operating out of the old railway station on both sides of the track for the past...
Steam engine hobby keeping Graham busy

Steam engine hobby keeping Graham busy

Spending hours in his Cardup shed building various scale model traction engines is one way Graham Pailthorpe keeps himself busy and out of the house.  He picked up the hobby 20 years ago after coming from an agricultural background in Western Australia’s south-west. ...