Family Kite Day took off for the first time at 2025’s Thirroul Seaside & Arts Festival, with rainbows and ribbons flying high against blue winter skies last Saturday. People of all ages, from children to…

June is Pride Month and there’s lots of ways to celebrate our LGBTIQA+ community in Wollongong, including an art festival, dance parties and rainbow badge making workshops at your library. The Pride…

Thirroul’s Professor Karen Charlton is on a mission to make the food systems of the Illawarra and Shoalhaven “more sustainable, healthy and equitable” for growers and consumers. For 18 years Karen, a professor of nutrition…

On Saturday, May 10, local fire stations welcomed families for NSW Fire and Rescue Open Day. Visitors were invited to grab a sausage sandwich, explore the fire trucks, have a turn on…

Monthly crop swaps across the Illawarra are connecting locals with more than fruit and veg. Ester Neyers, who runs the Unanderra Crop Swap, says the events are a great way for people to connect with their…

By Thirroul Village Committee secretary Annette Jones Telstra Building Over the years the Telstra building in Station Street Thirroul has been tagged, rendering the site an eyesore. Tony Horneman from the TVC…

Northern Illawarra Neighbour Aid (NINA) not only helps clients from Helensburgh to Woonona to live independently, the local charity also brings people together for a cuppa at social groups like Cafe Club. “The…

On Tuesday, May 6, Impact Hour Illawarra hosted a sustainability meet-up and ideas exchange at Reub Goldberg Brewing Machine, Tarrawanna. About 40 people attended the event, eager to learn about local, sustainable…