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Looking Back history feature: Wollongong publican’s gruesome and violent end
Originally posted on Looking Back: Sam Russell’s Wollongong hotel from “Sketches of Australian Scenes” by J.G. Sawkins; The Royal Marine Hotel later bacame part of St Mary’s Convent. The original temporary St Michael’s Church…
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Bald Hill road closure for maintenance work
Transport for NSW is planning to carry out essential routine maintenance work on Lawrence Hargrave Drive between Lady Wakehurst Drive and Railway Crescent, Stanwell Park (Bald Hill) on Monday February 17, weather permitting. The road will be closed in both directions for one…
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Wild weather closes northern beaches
THE majority of the patrolled northern beaches will be closed today until surf conditions ease. Wollongong City Council Lifeguards are monitoring conditions at individual beaches, considering tides and swell size. Most of beaches have…
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Otford Weir and Thirroul pool remain closed after extreme wet weather
Due to the deluge that has swamped the northern Illawarra over the past few days, Thirroul pool and the Otford Weir will remain closed until further notice. Wollongong City Council advise that a number…
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Motorists urged not to drive through flood water during Illawarra deluge
POLICE and emergency services are urging the community not to take risks in the drenching being experienced in the Illawarra. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued severe weather warnings including heavy rainfall, damaging winds,…
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Looking Back history feature: Town bands – How music bound the coal mining communities of northern Illawarra
Originally posted on Looking Back: The Bulli Town Band early last century. Picture: Supplied By MICK ROBERTS © Eighty-five-year-old Doug Davies (in 2005) with the cornet he used in the 1933 Corrimal Town Band.…
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Heavy rain triggers Bulli Park’s famous water slide
A FAVOURITE recreational pursuit of generations during heavy rain is to ride the famous Bulli Park ‘water slide’. Our picture, kindly supplied by Grant Joy, shows local young folk (and a few not so…
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Weather warning for the Illawarra
There’s a severe Weather Warning for DAMAGING WINDS, HEAVY RAINFALL, ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES and DAMAGING SURF for people in the Illawarra. TORRENTIAL RAIN, AND HIGH WINDS, WAVES AND TIDES FOR NSW COAST. HEAVY RAINFALL,…
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Batten down the hatches, north prepares for heavy rain and flash flooding
AUTHORITIES are urging residents across the Illawarra to prepare for severe weather over the coming days and into next week. The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting heavy rain for Friday with a chance of…
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