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Amended policy opportunity to remind residents no fines for overdue library books
At Wollongong City Council meeting earlier this month, councillors adopted the amended Regulatory Fine Review Policy, which includes minor terminology and process adjustments. Under the policy, residents who have a long overdue library book will…
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Council’s draft Integrated Transport Strategy tackles congestion in rapidly growing city
IT’S no secret Wollongong is growing rapidly and how people travel around the city will be an important planning path into the future. Wollongong City Council have drafted a Wollongong Integrated Transport Strategy to…
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What to expect at Bellambi’s Creative Dialogues event this Saturday
ORGANISERS are preparing for the city’s next creative event that’s being held at the Buckaroo Leatherworks at Bellambi. Creative Dialogues – Connecting through Art, Music and Conversation is a free day of workshops, discussions, and live…
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Over 120 trees to get the chop along M1 Motorway and Appin Road
OVER 120 trees have been identified for removal along the M1 Princes Motorway between Waterfall and Picton Road, and along the Appin Road, as part of a $3.5 million Transport for NSW vegetation maintenance…
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Illawarra gears up for humpback migration with expanded disentanglement team
WITH the first humpback whales of the season sighted off the coast this week, an expanded team of specialised rescuers are poised and ready to launch. Tens of thousands of majestic humpback whales have…
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Cooler weather means more feral deer
THE recent cooler weather has seen an increase in feral deer numbers in urban areas, especially in escarpment fringe suburbs. Traditionally, May is when more deer are seen in and around the city as…
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Austinmer one of Illawarra’s most popular beaches during last summer swim season
THIS past summer swim season, Wollongong City Council Lifeguards and Surf Life Saving Illawarra volunteers spent a total of 218 days on the sand. That’s roughly 34,710 hours supervising Wollongong’s 17 patrolled beaches, seven…
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Making progress on Bulli Pass landslip repairs despite big wet
WORK crews have continued to make progress with repairing landslip damage on Bulli Pass, despite the ongoing wet weather, including the natural disaster event in early April that saw almost 200mm of rainfall in…
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Changed traffic conditions on Lawrence Hargrave Drive at Bald Hill
MOTORISTS are advised of changed traffic conditions on Lawrence Hargrave Drive between Bald Hill at Stanwell Tops and Chellow Dene Avenue in Stanwell Park to carry out drainage work. Work will be carried out…
