• Volunteers plant thousand of trees on foreshore

    UP to 3650 native trees and shrubs and several thousand volunteer hours have been completed on three projects with funding from the Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority. Council has been collaborating with bush care…

  • Winds cause Aboriginal walk to be postponed

    DUE to the strong winds last Saturday, the intrepid group of walkers who still took on the weather made the decision to reschedule the Sorry Day walk to this coming Sunday, June 3 at…

  • Green art exhibition at Wollongong uni

    THE University of Wollongong Environment Collective, in conjunction with the university’s photography club, the Delta Initiative and the Happy Bellies Food Cooperative, is hosting the opening of their ‘Green Art Exhibition on Thursday May 31.…

  • Marketing Wollongong with academic help

    A STUDY is underway to better understand ‘today’s Wollongong’ and planning for future marketing of the city. Conducted by Jessica Baxter, a PhD student at the University of Wollongong’s Institute for Innovation in Business…

  • University parking woes continue

    A COMMUNITY meeting has been held to discuss the ongoing issue of parking congestion in the Keiraville residential streets around the University of Wollongong.  The State MP for Keira Ryan Park met with residents…

  • Bushwalk to mark Aboriginal Sorry Day

    TO mark National Sorry Day on Saturday Wollongong Bushcare will host an Aboriginal Heritage Bushwalk at Mt Keira. Participants are asked to bring a hat, drinking water, covered shoes, and a snack before heading off…

  • Fight continues to stop Bulli Hospital downgrade

    RESIDENTS have demanded more details on a proposed Bulli urgent care centre model, placing several controversial “questions on notice” on the table for Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) public forum on Thursday. “What is an…

  • ‘Burgh school chalks up 125 years

    HELENSBURGH Public School will celebrate its 125th  anniversary with a dinner on Saturday July 21 at the Helensburgh Workers Club. Tickets are $40 each and are available Now from Helensburgh Public school or the Sunrise Nursery, Princes Highway, Helensburgh. Enquires…

  • Gas licenses expire west of Bulli

    TWO coal seam gas (CSG) exploration licences extending from Lake Illawarra to Helensburgh have expired, prompting calls by environmentalists not to allow their renewal. The licences contain CSG wells approved for development in the…