• Tarrawanna bushfires

    POLICE are appealing for witnesses after suspicious bushfires at Tarrawanna earlier in the week. Emergency services were called to bushland on Hawthorne Street about 6.40am on Tuesday where they spotted three males, described as…

  • 700 homes, shops and parklands proposed for Corrimal Coke Works site

    THE rezoning process for the former Corrimal Coke Works site has got underway, with Wollongong City Council resolving to submit a draft Planning Proposal to the NSW Department of Planning and Environment for a Gateway…

  • Bulli students artwork

    BULLI High School students now have their artwork on display at Wollongong Youth Services as part of the “I love Wollongong because” project. This project invites young people to capture what they love about…

  • 2018 Bulli disaster memorial service

    A TERRIFIC explosion was heard above Bulli School – from the Old Bulli Mine – 131 years ago this Friday, which took the lives of 81 men and boys – there was only survivor,…

  • Hang glider crash

    POLICE have responded to a serious injury incident after a hang glider crashed at Stanwell Park earlier this week. Police believe that a 52-year-old man was intending to hang glide from Bald Hill to…

  • Clean up the north this Sunday

    Got a spare hour or two this weekend? Come and lend a hand to help clean up Wollongong’s northern suburbs as part of Clean Up Australia Day. This Sunday, March 4, marks the annual…

  • Aboriginal embassy dismantle

    NEWLY built structures at the Sandon Point Tent Embassy will be removed by Wollongong City Council after complaints from residents of a nearby housing estate. Structures built on the site after December 31 2016…

  • Tarrawanna blaze

    EMERGENCY services were called to a home on Kendall Street, Tarrawanna after reports of a fire about 6pm on Wednesday. Fire & Rescue NSW attended and extinguished the blaze. No one was at home…

  • Revised plans for Austi pavillion

    WOLLONGONG City Council held a community information session at Austinmer on Saturday morning to provide an update on plans to renew the beach’s historic amenities building. At the session, people were able to view…