22nd October, 2026
Reading rules!
Reading has been one of the great pleasures of my life. It has taken me to places I've never visited, introduced me to people I would otherwise avoid, and allowed me to…
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Celebration of Illawarra nature provides sensory smorgasbord
The community-led Illawarra Nature Festival has brought together hundreds of locals eager to celebrate the region’s natural environment through expert talks, drop-in workshops, music and artwork. Program coordinator Alison Mellor said it…
Good for the soul: Cleansing water, rhythms of nature – and a little chat
For generations of locals, Austinmer ocean pools have become more than just a place to swim. The water may draw people in but it's the sense of community that keeps locals coming…
‘Spatial acoustics’ and rock festival feature in live music scene
Spring is in full swing and October is delivering one of the biggest months of live music the Illawarra has seen all year. From the massive return of festival season with Yours…
Flame gets out and about with the Culture Mix crew
Thousands visited Wollongong CBD on September 26 for Culture Mix, the city’s annual multicultural festival, which offered a lively, all-day showcase of global music, dance and food. The annual community event brought…
Eighty artists, 150,000 punters: Wollongong, get ready to rock
This October long weekend, Wollongong will be rocking. The two-day Yours & Owls music festival will attract thousands to Flagstaff Hill and the CBD, and it’s in no small part thanks to…
Sculpture invites reflection on First Nations history
A new public sculpture celebrating thousands of years of Aboriginal fishing heritage, cultural songlines and coastal connections has been officially unveiled at Port Kembla’s MM Beach. Titled Magari, the piece was created…
Selling her weaving led to running Indigenous Business Expo
The award-winning Illawarra Indigenous Business Expo will return to Novotel Wollongong Northbeach for its fourth year next month, bringing together a huge range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs, tradespeople and…
New plan sets stage for mine v water showdown
It’s early days in the state significant development application process but Peabody’s Metropolitan Continuation Project to expand coal mining under the Woronora water catchment is shaping as a battle of big business…
Illawarra perfectly poised to create better ideas for living: CEO
Kylie Flament’s journey towards a circular economy might have begun with a glimpse of rubbish. “I remember standing over my bin in our Sydney apartment thinking, 'most of this is soft plastics and…