A CORRIMAL woman is before the courts following an investigation into alleged multiple bushfires earlier this year. Detectives from the Financial Crime Squad’s Arson Unit established Strike Force Brittliffe to investigate eight bushfires that police suspect were deliberately lit throughout the Wollongong area in April 2019. Between 1am and 2.30am on Monday April 29, NSW … Continue reading
BULLI filmmaker, Ella Gibbons is taking part in a bootcamp at the Sydney Startup Hub this week, competing for a spot in the finals of the 2019 Jobs for NSW Regional Pitchfest, with $20,000 in cash and prizes on offer. The three-day bootcamp will put 11 ‘startups’ through a range of business development workshops and … Continue reading
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By MICK ROBERTS © Henry Cotterell out on the job JUST what Bulli pioneer real estate agent Henry Cotterell would have thought of land prices at Sandon Point today is difficult to imagine. Cotterell, known as “Cottie” to friends, was one time editor of the Bulli Times newspaper, but more…
A MAN has been rescued after he fell from a cliff at Bulli Tops tonight. Wollongong SES assisted NSW Police Force Illawarra Rescue Squad at Panorama House after reports that a man was heard calling for help. With the assistance of Wollongong SES, Polair, NSW Ambulance, RFS and Toll Rescue Helicopter the man was found about 20m below … Continue reading
MOTORISTS travelling between Bulli Tops and Wollongong will be detoured onto Bulli Pass for the next two Sunday nights. Transport for NSW advise motorists are advised of upcoming road closures on the M1 Princes Motorway (Mount Ousley Road) and Picton Road for maintenance work. The M1 will be closed between Bulli Tops and Memorial Drive, … Continue reading
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The Bulli butcher shop when John Williams operated it. The dwelling to the left was the original home of the Floyd family. The house was demolished to make way for the current butcher shop at the corner of Park Road and the Princes Highway. The old butcher shop (centre) is…
SCARBOROUGH Wombarra Surf Club’s outboard motor has been returned after Wollongong Police believes it smashed an organised crime operation. Police believe they have broken the crime syndicate, made-up of about three or four people, after a haul of tens of thousands of dollars in stolen goods, including power tools and life saving equipment from storage … Continue reading
AS part of this year’s Missing Persons Week, police are renewing their appeal to locate a man who went missing from Coledale more than 11 years ago. Robert Neville, also known as Bobby, was 30-years-old when he returned to his family home in Coledale on September 29 2008 after a visit to Western Australia. The … Continue reading
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A Hills double decker, travelling north along the Princes Highway at Old Bulli By MICK ROBERTS © BUS transport to and from Wollongong has been readily accessible to Illawarra’s northern suburbs since early last century. Jumping on a bus for a bit of shopping in Wollongong, to pay a few…
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The scene at the pit top, Bulli Colliery, March 23 1887. Photo: Mick Roberts collection. By MICK ROBERTS © Herbert Cope, 17, one of the few survivors of the 1887 Bulli Colliery Explosion. Photo: Mick Roberts collection. ONE of the few survivors of the 1887 Bulli mine disaster lived to…
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