AUSTINMER’S lifeguards and lifesavers are one step closer to having improved facilities with the start of work this week on the extension of Austinmer Boatshed. The project, that is expected to take about four months to finish, is part of an ongoing program to upgrade facilities in the Austinmer beach precinct. The boatshed facility will … Continue reading
WOLLONGONG City Council will continue repairs to the Coalcliff Beach embankment following the extensive damage and erosion during an intense east coast low storm event in June 2016. The popular beach suffered the effects of the storm that brought torrential rain, gale force winds and massive waves all along the coast of NSW from Byron … Continue reading
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 teenagers, leaving the scene on foot towards the Towradgi Creek residential area. The fire was quickly brought under control by Rural … Continue reading
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 determination to enable public exhibition. The Illawarra Coke Company is proposing to rezone the 18 hectare property residential development and parkland. … Continue reading
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 Wollongong in an image, and provides them with an opportunity to be heard in the community through the display of digital … Continue reading
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, Herbert Cope. The Bulli Mine Disaster, as it became known, remains the second worst industrial accident in Australia’s history – only … Continue reading
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 Stanwell Park Beach at 5pm on Monday. Emergency services were called to area after the crash and officers from Wollongong Police … Continue reading
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 event, and this year is the 28th year it’s been held in Wollongong. In 2018 community efforts will focus on waterways, roadsides, … Continue reading
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 will be removed in consultation with the Sandon Point Joint Management Partner organisations. At its meeting on Monday, Council resolved to … Continue reading
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 at the time. Wollongong police established a crime scene and forensic examinations are being conducted. Investigations into the fire, including whether … Continue reading
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