23rd March, 2026
The Northern Suburbs Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club is acknowledging its past while keeping an open eye on the future in its 80th anniversary year. As the club celebrates its rich history,…
Forget the “pick a niche” advice. Here is why shooting diverse projects actually improves your photographer’s work.
Long before 34-year-old Matt McMaugh became a legend on the northern Illawarra cycle paths, he was a toddler fascinated by anything on two wheels. Matt's mum, Tess, said her son had always…
A retired GP is calling for improved pedestrian safety after two near-misses with e-bike riders outside a Thirroul supermarket. In a letter to Wollongong City Council, Helen Voysey asked that notices be…
This afternoon Green Connect urban farm at Warrawong is running tours and a picnic, while this evening over at Sunset Cinema in Wollongong Botanic Garden, Crime 101 will be showing on the…
A gap in meaningful support has prompted a youth practitioner to start a Helensburgh program aimed at improving how teenage girls navigate the pressures of growing up. Glow Girls is a group…
Well-known Thirroul gardening shop The Niche Nursery is being reimagined. Since taking over the outlet about six months ago, siblings Rebekah and Matt McLean have been working to turn the space into…
In one traditional lifetime, fairness in Australia has flipped. Over the past 70 years, inequality has taken off and the Australia Institute’s senior economist, Matt Grudnoff, warns of what may happen if…
After a decade of success in the poetry scene, Farmborough Heights author Courtney Peppernell is returning to her roots with debut fiction novel The Last Poem. “I always joke that it was…
The tide is turning on a long-held tradition of male-dominated elite Australian surfing as success stories continue to evolve among the Illawarra’s youngest athletes, including a growing cohort of girls from Kiama…