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A frightening Black Summer experience leads to groundbreaking UOW bushfire research

“There were fires around us on all sides, burnt leaves were falling in our backyard, and I was on ember watch for days.“ The ‘Black Summer’ fire season in 2019-20 was one of the most intense and catastrophic on record in Australia with 34 direct...

Jeremy Lasek
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Thirroul’s wheelchair curling champ James Powell is set for Seoul

Thirroul’s James Powell is heading to South Korea for the second year in a row for the Wheelchair Curling Asia Championships in Seoul.

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Lawrence Hargrave Society to re-enact 1894’s box-kite flight at Stanwell Park Beach

By Rob Deacon, president of the Lawrence Hargrave Society As I sit here on Stanwell Park Beach and watch another massive airliner heading towards Sydney airport to deliver hundreds of passengers from some far-flung place on the planet, I am reminded...

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Wollongong’s Bicycle Mayor compares cycling in Australia and Indonesia

By Edward Birt, President of the Illawarra Bicycle Users Group & Bicycle Mayor of Wollongong “Was it much more dangerous than Australia?” asked a friend, one of many people to enquire about the road safety of riding a bicycle in Indonesi...

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Looking back at a ‘golden era’ for Wollongong with its former planning guru

In the 1980s and 1990s Wollongong was undergoing what was probably the biggest transformation in the city’s history. At the time, eminent town planner David Winterbottom was at the heart of guiding the city through an uncertain future. Forty years...

Jeremy Lasek
November 2024
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Whale season wraps up

Ah November, the month where whale tragics everywhere begin to feel the pull of their obligations, work, family and friends. As daily whale sightings begin to thin out, the spell lessens and then finally breaks and we rub our eyes as if we have been...

Amanda De George
November 2024
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Snow-in-Summer, a local tree showing off right now

I found it almost impossible to choose a plant to feature this week, as there are just so many species looking absolutely spectacular around the region. Wildflowers are still doing wonderfully in areas such as Maddens Plains, Sublime Point...

Emma Rooksby
November 2024
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November 2024
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A frightening Black Summer experience leads to groundbreaking UOW bushfire research

“There were fires around us on all sides, burnt leaves were falling in our backyard, and I was on ember watch for days.“ The ‘Black Summer’ fire season in 2019-20 was one of the most intense and catastrophic on record in Australia with 34 direct...

Jeremy Lasek
10 hours ago
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Lawrence Hargrave Society to re-enact 1894’s box-kite flight at Stanwell Park Beach

By Rob Deacon, president of the Lawrence Hargrave Society As I sit here on Stanwell Park Beach and watch another massive airliner heading towards Sydney airport to deliver hundreds of passengers from some far-flung place on the planet, I am reminded...

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Thirroul Village Commitee’s November Update

On Sunday, September 22 the TVC held a general meeting. Issues discussed included the results of the Big Ideas Community Survey about the redevelopment of the Thirroul Plaza site, a summary of which was provided in the October edition of The...

Annette Jones
November 2024
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Looking back at a ‘golden era’ for Wollongong with its former planning guru

In the 1980s and 1990s Wollongong was undergoing what was probably the biggest transformation in the city’s history. At the time, eminent town planner David Winterbottom was at the heart of guiding the city through an uncertain future. Forty years...

Jeremy Lasek
November 2024
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UOW launches First Nations truth telling, healing plan; a national first

The University of Wollongong (UOW) continues to act as a trailblazer in Indigenous policy and strategy with the release of its Healing and Recognition Track Plan (Truth Telling for a Better Tomorrow). After the defeat of the Voice to Parliament...

Jeremy Lasek
November 2024
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Meet a candidate: Enerel Bayarkhuu for Wollongong Youth Forum

In September, adult residents voted for Wollongong City Councillors. This week, teenagers are voting at ballot boxes in high schools across the city for representatives on Wollongong Youth Forum, the only one of its kind in NSW. It’s the second year...

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November 2024
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Meet a candidate: Zelda Goodsell for Wollongong Youth Forum

In September, adult residents voted for Wollongong City Councillors. This week, teenagers are voting at ballot boxes in high schools across the city for representatives on Wollongong Youth Forum, the only one of its kind in NSW. It’s the second year...

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November 2024
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New UOW exhibition ‘Matriarch’ honours ‘beautiful, strong black women’

A new exhibition, Matriarch, has opened at the University of Wollongong’s Gallery, honouring eight remarkable Aboriginal women from the region. The impressive display of charcoal drawings, was the culmination of 18-months of highly detailed...

Jeremy Lasek
November 2024
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Barefoot Boho Queen: Gina Chick comes to Coledale book festival

The Alone Australia star features on the cover of the Flame’s November 2024 print edition. To read the magazine layout, click here, download a program here or find the text version below Even people who did not watch Alone Australia on SBS know Gin...

Caroline Baum
November 2024
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Extra Murals: Artist Sarah Rowan has left her mark on the 2508 district

Artist Sarah Rowan shot to fame locally after she painted a mural of Olympic gold medallist Saya Sakakibara and her brother Kai with their BMX bikes. The artwork – which brightens up the Short Street exterior of Helensburgh’s pet food store –...

Genevieve Swart
November 2024
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We Are Kin: Portraits celebrate Wollongong’s diverse community

By photographer Ruth Barbato My new photography exhibition, We are Kin, will be on display at the Wollongong Art Gallery throughout November. It explores how the simple act of starting a conversation with a stranger can foster a sense of connection...

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November 2024
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True Story: Historian Jo Oliver to give biography writing workshop

True Story Festival will return to Coledale Community Hall on November 15-17 with a star-studded line-up of authors, including Rick Morton, Bruce Pascoe, Rosie Batty and Gina Chick. Find the full program at the South Coast Writers Centre website

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November 2024
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Lilly Pilly Studio opens for Art Trail

Pateena Donnelly is one of 13 local artists inviting visitors to drop into their studios on November 2 and 3. She welcomes visitors to her studio in Stanwell Park. As a multi-disciplined artist, Pateena loves to create richly layered works to form...

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November 2024
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Good Neighbours become good friends

A retired coal miner and a young mum with a background in the creative arts have cemented an unlikely friendship after starring in an episode of Good Neighbours, hosted by Ryan Moloney (aka ‘Toadie’ in Neighbours). Wollongong locals Darryl Best...

Genevieve Swart
November 2024
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Northern Illawarra chosen for nationwide pilot project to champion mass electrification of homes

“When a community’s all in, I want to be all in to help that community.” With those few words federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen on Tuesday announced a groundbreaking pilot to electrify 500 homes in northern Illawarr...

Jeremy Lasek
October 2024
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For the birds: Why wind research should be shared

Offshore wind farms might affect seabirds. But we don’t know how much or what to do about it. And if Australians don’t fight for their right to know, then the unique environmental data gathered during feasibility research could remain the...

Genevieve Swart
October 2024
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Range Anxiety – It’s Just Different

Part 9 in Peter Aubourg’s Diary of an EV Driver I am convinced that range anxiety is something you have before you buy an EV. Or at least before the first week of owning an EV. I had range anxiety on day one when I drove out of the showroom with...

Peter Aubourg
September 2024
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Thirroul Community Garden joins the Edible Garden Trail

Thirroul Community Garden is gearing up to showcase its thriving green space as part of the Illawarra Edible Garden Trail this November. Since 2012, Thirroul Community Garden has worked to maintain a sustainable and educational space for locals to...

Tyneesha Williams
November 2024
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Calling Captains and Stokers

Visit www. exsight. org. au, call Geoff Stratton 0416 612 675 or follow on Facebook

Lesley Roulston
October 2024
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Stanwell Park CWA would love new members

By Jan Johnston of the Stanwell Park CWA This month I would like to share with you a couple of activities where the CWA has participated or promoted fund-raising. Our cake stall at the local elections was a great success. We would like to thank the...

The Illawarra Flame
November 2024
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Minnie needs a home

Meet Minnie – friendly, desexed, vaccinated & registered. For more details, email ccarpetrehoming@tpg. com. au Follow Country Companion Animal Rescue on Facebook

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November 2024
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Helensburgh Lions brings community together for County Fair

Helensburgh Lions celebrated the town’s 35th County Fair last Saturday, hosting a fun day of stalls, rides and the famous Lions BBQ. “It’s all about the community coming together,” Rod Peppernell, president of the Helensburgh Lions.

Zachary Houtenville
October 2024
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Time to … spin and weave

Janice Creenaune meets Carl Murphy, who worked as a public servant in Canberra, before retiring to Austinmer in 2018 and re-engaging with a past passion in spinning and weaving while breaking gender expectations in the process. When viewing Carl...

Janice Creenaune
October 2024
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Helensburgh Men search for new Shed

By Bob Pymm of Helensburgh Men’s Shed Yes, the Helensburgh Men’s Shed is looking to move from its current premises. There has been a fair amount of discussion over the years about the long-term future of the Shed, with a desire to get council...

The Illawarra Flame
October 2024
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Cooking Thai noodles with Natalie

For local cooking classes you can’t go past WEA Illawarra. Operating continuously since 1913, WEA is an independent community based not-for-profit offering adult education and leisure courses at affordable prices. Natchanok (Natalie) Siriteerajads...

Susan Luscombe
October 2024
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‘House full’: Wollongong’s iconic new beachside bar and bistro is a hit

“Wollongong has been craving a place like this.“ I have no idea who the bloke at the bar in front of me was but when he said this to me while watching a whale playing just beyond the surf break as his beer was being poured, I had to nod in...

Jeremy Lasek
October 2024
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Bulli crop swap leads green change in Illawarra

Bulli residents are spearheading an ever-growing crop-swapping movement in the Illawarra by exchanging goodies from their gardens and pantries.

Oguzhan Dincsoy
October 2024
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Coledale Public School’s Banana, Warrigal greens or Spinach Pancakes

The children at Coledale Public School are busy in their garden this spring – running around with watering cans, carrying armfuls of mulch for veggie beds and rounding up the chickens. In November, the community will be invited inside to see the...

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September 2024
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iAccelerate Female Founders workshop

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Electrify 2515 Community Launch

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NICC Coffee Networking Event

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Kiama Unplugged at Fillmore’s

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In the US, political division can take a significant toll on people’s health. Australia should pay attention

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article

The Conversation
November 2024
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Fertility problems? See your GP

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Dr Hayley Glasson
November 2024
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Unlocking potential with Entelechy Living

During my conversation with Anna Carson, founder of Woonona’s health and wellness hub Entelechy Living I have to ask her how to pronounce certain words. Ayurveda is one. Entelechy is another. And as the name of her business, that one’s probably...

Amanda De George
October 2024
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Breaking the stigma around mental health

by Dr Meaghan Miller-McConochie “What we don’t need, in the midst of struggle, is shame for being human.” Brene Brown, American professor, social worker and author. In Australia, mental illness affects one in five people each year, with...

Dr Meaghan Miller-McConochie
October 2024
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I don’t clean my house anymore

It’s a well known fact that parents with three or more children are the most laid back people on earth. Their kids could be setting fire to the curtains and they’ll respond with a shrug and an eye roll. Even as a mum of two, I’ve come to...

Andy Lawrence
September 2024
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Growing with our gardens: how caring for children and plants teaches us the art of surrender

I have always loved gardening. I grew up on ten acres in the Blue Mountains, where I plotted out little gardens of ill-fated eggplants, eaten by insects before they could fruit. I didn’t even like eggplants, but I loved the process of sowing...

Andy Lawrence
September 2024
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Collins hosts last author talks of 2024

Invitation to young & old to join our Xmas Fundraising Project raising money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. How does it work? We’ll give you a plain paper carry bag to take home and decorate using your medium of choice: pencils, ink...

Collins Booksellers Thirroul
November 2024
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Gem of a gift idea

As we count down the days to the festive season, how many of us are struggling to come up with a one-of-a-kind Christmas gift which has style, purpose and practicality? Why not consider giving your someone special a unique creative experience, in...

Jeremy Lasek
November 2024
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Well done to Helensburgh’s Todd Brennan, founder of Forkpro Australia

By Michelle Mitchell, general manager at Forkpro Australia Helensburgh’s Todd Brennan, CEO and founder of Forkpro Australia, has won the Australian Forklift & Industrial Truck Association’s H&E Grant Award. It is a prestigious award...

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October 2024
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Family business Outdoor Furniture Taren Point celebrates 50 years of trading

Regular Illawarra Flame advertiser Outdoor Furniture Taren Point is celebrating an incredible 50 years in business tomorrow, Saturday, October 5. Join the crew in store at 2/141-151 Taren Point Road to enjoy a free sausage sizzle, cake and lucky...

Genevieve Swart
October 2024
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The Canadian Rockies: why it’s the go-to destination this Spring!

You’ve seen it on TV and all over social media: the surreal blue lakes, with the all-too-perfect mountain backdrops. It’s enough to make you want to drop everything and jump on the next plane. But be warned, Canada will steal your heart in more...

Teagan Underwood
September 2024
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Happy Spring, happy reading!

It’s spring and aside from the release of COMFORT, the highly anticipated new Ottolenghi, there are some beautiful new books celebrating the great outdoors. Flora: Australia’s Most Curious Plants highlights and extols the diverse and curious...

Collins Booksellers Thirroul
September 2024
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Shell Cove’s LaGlam founder wins 7 beauty awards

Shell Cove businesswoman Amanda La Monica recently took out seven accolades at the International Beauty Shortlist 2024 with her makeup brand ‘LaGlam Minerals’. The brand has won numerous awards over the 15 years since entering the highly...

Lesley Roulston
September 2024
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Whale season wraps up

Ah November, the month where whale tragics everywhere begin to feel the pull of their obligations, work, family and friends. As daily whale sightings begin to thin out, the spell lessens and then finally breaks and we rub our eyes as if we have been...

Amanda De George
November 2024
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Science & Nature

Bird of the Month: Sooty Oystercatcher

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) The bird of the month for November is a shorebird species that inhabits rock shelves and rocky beaches and is found along almost all coastal areas of Australia. They can typically be seen in the Illawarr...

Ewan Auld
November 2024
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Science & Nature

Snow-in-Summer, a local tree showing off right now

I found it almost impossible to choose a plant to feature this week, as there are just so many species looking absolutely spectacular around the region. Wildflowers are still doing wonderfully in areas such as Maddens Plains, Sublime Point...

Emma Rooksby
November 2024
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Science & Nature

Tree of the Month: Native Peach

Trema tomentosa (Native Peach) can grow into a small shrub or tree, and grows right throughout the Illawarra area, within rainforest and on the coastal plain. When small it is easily confused with lantana because of the similar serrated shape and...

Kieran Tapsell
November 2024
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5 Factors That Influence Your Home’s Value

Ever wonder what factors influence the value of your home? Here are a few key elements that can have a significant impact: 1. Location: Proximity to beaches, schools, parks, public transport, and amenities. 2. Views: Ocean, Escarpment, Treetop...

Ian Pepper
November 2024
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Here are 5 Fixes To Make (Or Not To Make) Before Listing Your Home

When it comes to listing your home, there’s no single set of black-and-white rules that apply to every property and every seller. But check out these things to think about as you walk through your home with an agent or stager. 1. PAINT Fix! There’s...

Ian Pepper
October 2024
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Real Estate Update: Rates on hold – next move down

Interest rates remained on hold again today, June 18, following the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meeting. This is despite other countries cutting their rates recently – Sweden, Switzerland, Canada and the European Union have all cut their...

Ian Pepper
June 2024
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Driven: Polestar 2 Long Range Dual Motor Performance

The recent official launch of the Polestar 3 means that it’s an ideal time to revisit one of our EV tests from mid-2023: the Polestar 2 long range dual motor Performance. My original review never saw the light of day at the time because of...

Marcus Craft
September 2024
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6 Ways To Make An Outstanding Impression

1. Store Personal Items – To make sure your house appeals to the largest segment of likely buyers in order to secure the best price, let the buyer picture themselves in your house by safely storing personal items. 2. Minimise Furniture –...

Ian Pepper
September 2024
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Bulli Pass reopens for night traffic

Bulli Pass has been reopened to night-time road users after six months of natural disaster repair work conducted at three major landslip sites on the mountain. As part of the critical repair program, work is now complete on landslip sites on the...

Marcus Craft
August 2024
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4 Surprising Home Buyer Turn Offs

Putting your home on the market? Consider these common buyer turn-offs and make sure you’re in good graces with potential buyers. 1. Dirty or crowded homes It can’t be overstated how important it is to de-clutter and clean. Buyers want to look...

Ian Pepper
August 2024
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Thirroul’s wheelchair curling champ James Powell is set for Seoul

Thirroul’s James Powell is heading to South Korea for the second year in a row for the Wheelchair Curling Asia Championships in Seoul.

Zachary Houtenville
11 hours ago
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Wollongong’s Bicycle Mayor compares cycling in Australia and Indonesia

By Edward Birt, President of the Illawarra Bicycle Users Group & Bicycle Mayor of Wollongong “Was it much more dangerous than Australia?” asked a friend, one of many people to enquire about the road safety of riding a bicycle in Indonesi...

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Sun, fun & SUP Festival is just two weeks away!

The Shellharbour SUP Festival is back on the first weekend of November. Download the magazine layout here or read the Spring 2024 cover story below… When she’s not running her business (Stand-Up Paddle Boarding Shellharbour), or starring as a TV...

Lesley Roulston
October 2024
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Sunday golfers celebrate life of a long-standing member

Helensburgh Sunday Social Golf Club Robert ‘Indy’ Jones reports We returned to Boomerang Golf Course on Sept 15, after four successful years on tour in The Shire, Georges River and Campbelltown council areas. Our return celebrated the life of...

The Illawarra Flame
October 2024
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On the road with NINA

Ahead of National Volunteer Week (16 to 22 May 2022), Iris Huizinga joins a Northern Illawarra Neighbour Aid bus trip to the Imperial at Clifton. Visit the NINA office at 18 Walker Street, call 4294 1900 or follow @northernillawarraneighbouraid on...

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How John Stubbs put patients at the heart of healthcare

A Thirroul resident and now Member of the Order of Australia, 74-year-old John Stubbs is on a mission to put patients at the centre of healthcare treatment. Watch the interview

Iris Huizinga
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Lifesaver teaches refugees to swim

When former Scarborough-Wombarra lifesaver Peter Rafferty volunteered as a driving instructor for refugees in Wollongong, he discovered most of his students couldn’t swim. So he decided to do something about it. Peter, who worked with asylum...

Iris Huizinga
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Rise in demand for Need a Feed

“Right now, we can’t meet the demand, we have had to knock people back,“ says Need a Feed CEO and founder Shaz Harrison. ”There was one organisation that wanted 70 food packages, we could only give 25.”

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