Bait – a fisherman’s tall tale by Mount Warrigal filmmaker Beau Ritchie – is one of 22 finalists in Flickerfest’s youth shorts competition set to screen at Bondi Beach this Saturday, January 25. Beau wrote, directed and…

Last year Over took home a top prize at the Creative Wollongong Short Film Festival. Now the inclusively made local comedy is showing at Flickerfest 2025. “Over is cheeky and fun and extra – it would really suit…

Visiting Wollongong Botanic Garden this summer? Look out for the new ‘Inspirational Women’ rose donated by local Rotarian Dorothy ‘Dot’ Hennessy OAM. Community leaders and guests gathered in the rose garden for the…

The iconic Illawarra Flame Tree (Brachychiton acerifolius) flowered abundantly this year, lighting up everywhere from the escarpment to Lawrence Hargrave Drive. “Flame trees are really spectacular in the urban areas when they’re flowering,”…

To read or download a PDF from the Summer 2024 edition, click here, or find the text version below. It’s no wonder Windang Public School’s Loreta Kocovska has been recognised as the…

Illawarra Flame Trees are putting on a fabulous show this summer, lighting up the escarpment and city streets in a blaze of red. A tree in full bloom is a spectacular sight but have…

John Hine from Helensburgh Car Services will join the Shitbox Rally, driving from Perth to Dawin to raise funds for Cancer Council in June 2025. Joined by his co-driver and sister-in-law Nicole Howe,…

Wollongong City Council wants residents to work with their neighbours to care for creeks and help minimise the impacts of future flooding.  “We want to help the community to understand what they can do…

Alice O’Leary, a 12-year-old student at Coledale Public School, has won the Wollongong Community Greening Local Prize in the 2024 Poem Forest competition. On November 20, Alice and her family attended an awards…