22nd October, 2026
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Illawarra’s Noam Young was part of a select group of 11 filmmakers from around Australia who were supported to attend a national event focused on filmmaking. Noam was one of the…