SUPERVISED outdoor pools at Helensburgh, Thirroul and Corrimal will reopen on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Lifeguards will be on duty at all of Wollongong City Council’s eight outdoor pools, including the Continental at Wollongong. Council’s nine ocean rock pools are not supervised by lifeguards and remain open. Poolgoers will need to book ahead through Council’s website, … Continue reading
AN opening date for public swimming pools at Helensburgh, Thirroul and Corrimal is expected to be set by Wollongong City Council next week. Council says it expects to be able to provide a date for when the gates on lifeguard supervised pools will open for summer mid next week. Council is working through the detail … Continue reading
A NUMBER of potential sites are under consideration for Helensburgh’s new community centre and library with Wollongong City Council hoping to share the details in the near future. In the meantime, Council is inviting the community to submit feedback on its vision for the centre via the Our Wollongong website. Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery said … Continue reading
ROAD users are advised of changed traffic conditions next week on the M1 Princes Motorway for slope stabilisation and vegetation work. Work will be carried out between Sublime Point at Maddens Plains and Cawley Bridge at Helensburgh on Monday, July 12, and Tuesday, July 13, between 9am and 3pm, weather permitting. A reduced speed limit … Continue reading
ROAD users are advised of changed traffic conditions from next Tuesday on the M1 Princes Motorway for slope stabilisation and vegetation work. Work will be carried out between Sublime Point at Maddens Plains and Cawley Bridge at Helensburgh on Tuesday June 22 and Thursday June 24 between 9am and 3pm, weather permitting. Work will continue … Continue reading
FIRE and Rescue NSW’s Open Day activities are underway today (Saturday, May 15) at Helensburgh and Corrimal until 2pm. FRNSW Deputy Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell said the ban on metropolitan firefighters participating in Open Day activities had been lifted and an agreement reached with the Fire Brigade Employee Union (FBEU). “The annual FRNSW Open Day event offers families … Continue reading
NORTHERN beaches and some of the district’s pools have officially closed for winter. Swimmers wanting a dip at a patrolled beach will be required to travel into Wollongong from today (Monday April 26). The only patrolled beach during the winter months will be at North Wollongong Beach, with lifeguards on duty from 9am to 4pm, … Continue reading
THE ever-popular Austinmer beach ANZAC Day dawn service has been cancelled as the northern suburbs’ RSL sub-branches grapple with a scaled-back commemoration this year. Reduced crowds are expected to gather at various commemoration services and events in the northern suburbs on Sunday, April 25, to remember those who lost their lives in service to their … Continue reading
MORE than 30 firefighters have managed to extinguish a large fire that broke out at a home on Bulgo Road, Helensburgh just after 2am this morning. Numerous crews from across the Illawarra region arrived on scene a short time later and battled the blaze under windy conditions. Firefighters managed to bring the fire under control … Continue reading
AN alternative route for transporting crushed sandstone and clean material to a storage site within the rail corridor at Helensburgh has been proposed by Transport for NSW following community feedback. Material is being excavated as part of a rail infrastructure upgrade project at Waterfall Station and currently taken to two nearby sites which are almost … Continue reading
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