• Changes to swimming booking system at local pools

    AFTER feedback from early morning swimmers, Wollongong City Council has ‘fine-tuned’ its summer pools booking system. Swimmers at the three northern suburbs’ patrolled pools at Helensburgh, Thirroul and Corrimal have had to take a…

  • Roll out of household food waste ‘caddies’ underway

    AS of this morning, the first of the specially designed ‘caddies’ to collect household food waste for recycling began to be delivered to homes throughout Wollongong. The first suburbs to receive their Wollongong City…

  • Corrimal and Fairy Meadow earmarked under city wide tree planting program

    A CITY wide tree planting program has been launched with projects earmarked for Corrimal and Fairy Meadow in the coming months. Over the coming months, the Wollongong City Council program will see plantings undertaken…

  • Russell Vale film night postponed due to weather

    THE outdoor screening of Hotel Transylvania today (Friday November 13) at Russell Vale has been postponed by Wollongong City Council due to the forecast for potentially severe thunderstorms. The family-friendly movie was due to be screened…

  • Refurbished Towradgi rock pool reopens in time for summer

    AFTER a closure of six months the Towradgi Rock Pool has reopened to the public in time for summer. The pool was closed to the public in May while extensive upgrade works got underway.…

  • Woonona arrests after stolen vehicle pursuit

    THREE men have been charged following a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle through Bellambi and Woonona yesterday. A white Audi Q7, suspected stolen, was spotted by Wollongong Highway Patrol travelling on Waley Crescent,…

  • Council defers Corrimal Coke Works residential plan

    THE draft planning proposal for the former Corrimal Coke Works site has been deferred as Wollongong City Council calls for further revisions to the proposed redevelopment. Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery said that this…

  • Council’s $800 million ‘to-do-list’ underway throughout the city

    SINCE the adoption of Wollongong City Council’s Delivery Program 2018-2022 and Operational Plan 2020-2021 in June, work has got underway ticking off the $800 million infrastructure ‘to-do list’. Wollongong Acting Lord Mayor Tania Brown…

  • Organic food recycling about to begin in the northern suburbs

    WITH only a few weeks until food waste can be recycled in green-lidded organics bins, northern suburbs residents are being asked to make sure that their households are FOGO ready. Starting November 16, Wollongong…