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Tullimbah Landcare welcomed the next generation of volunteers – including 11 Albion Park Cub Scouts and three Scout leaders – at a belated National Tree Day celebration. Organiser Ruth Jenkins said 23…

The Bulli Hospital Auxiliary has welcomed five new members and the group’s 92-year-old president Janice Puddle says the fresh injection of support is “wonderful”. “This auxiliary is a family auxiliary. Our new members range from…

Screen Illawarra lent a helping hand to the BBC’s new locally filmed murder-mystery, Return to Paradise. The six-part series will be released on Sunday, September 8 at 7.30pm on ABC iView and ABC TV…

Kiama-based business Creative Kooks has repurposed 173 broken and discarded surfboards, with help from the Illawarra community. Owner Mathew King is aiming to save 300 surfboards from landfill. “I started Creative Kooks…

Theatre and dance production Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk] is set to perform at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC) from Thursday, August 29. Co-artistic director Rachael Swain says the show is an enlightening representation…

Wollongong-based author Hayley Scrivenor is set to launch her eagerly anticipated second novel, Girl Falling, on Wednesday, August 21 at Ryan’s Hotel in Thirroul.  After the success of her debut novel and bestseller Dirt…

Emerging local playwright and performer Nathan Harrison is bringing his thought-provoking show, Birdsong of Tomorrow, to Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC). Nathan says the show, performed from August 22 to 24 as part of the MerrigongX…

This month marks five years since Wollongong City Council (WCC) declared a “Climate Emergency” for our city, acknowledging that “climate changes pose a serious risk to life as we know it and that current…

Powered by more than 150 volunteers, Illawarra Cancer Carers (ICC) has been providing support for cancer patients for 34 years. President Narelle Langridge says that there is a role for every volunteer at…