THE launch of a new reusable shopping bag that will support the next generation of environmental champions and the phase out of plastic straws from sale are among a number of sustainability initiatives customers shopping at Woolworths Bulli, Corrimal and Fairy Meadow will start to see soon. This follows an announcement made by Woolworths Group CEO Brad … 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
Sunday April 24. Wollongong 6.30pm, Flagstaff Hill, Wollongong – Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Monday April 25 – ANZAC Day. Helensburgh: Dawn service at Charles Harper Memorial Park, 5.45am. Breakfast at Helensburgh Tradies or The Cenetannial Hotel. Coledale: Meet at Coledale Newsgagency 5.50am for march to Coledale RSL Club abd Cenotaph. Service at 6am, followed by breafast … Continue reading
THE community is being asked to roll up their sleeves for the 26th anniversary of Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday March 6. Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery launched the event with members of the Australia Seabird Rescue organisation today (Monday). “Once again, we will be focussing on tidying-up our waterways, roadsides, parks, reserve beaches … Continue reading
A WOMAN will appear in court after she was charged in relation to an alleged domestic-related glassing incident at Bulli overnight. About 9.35pm (Wednesday November 11), a 22-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man allegedly became involved in an argument at licensed premises on the Princes Highway. Police will allege that during the argument, the woman … Continue reading
In 1865 the first gas supply was brought to Wollongong from a gas plant in Corrimal Street and the telegraph office in Market Street opened its doors. Now 150 years later the local gas supply no longer exists, but the telegraph office (later expanded to include Wollongong’s first Government Post Office) still operates as our … Continue reading
By MICK ROBERTS. A NEW supermarket and speciality shop development for the old Cavion scrap yard site at Bulli should be open and trading in time for Christmas 2015. A Woolworths spokesperson told The Bulli Times the 3,800sqm supermarket will feature a modern design, with a BWS liquor store and 400sqm of speciality retail space. … Continue reading
ALMOST 3000 signatures have been presented to Wollongong City Council calling for the current off-leash dog policy on Northern Illawarra beaches to remain the same. The petition is in response to Council’s plans to restrict dog access at locations including Sharkeys Beach, Little Austinmer, McCauleys Beach between Bulli and Thirroul, Stanwell Park Beach and Bellambi … Continue reading
By MICK ROBERTS. ON the eve of ANZAC Day commemorations, Bulli’s historic World War I cenotaph at Slacky Flat is in desperate need of restoration. The neglected monument is surrounded by concrete piping and other building materials as part of works associated with the construction of a residential estate on the old Bulli Brickworks site. … Continue reading
WOLLONGONG City Council will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday with a focus on waterways, road sides, parks, reserves, beach and bushland areas. Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery said: “This is a great day to get acquainted with your neighbours and your neck of the woods. I’d like to see hundreds … Continue reading
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