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Caitlin Sloan

Essential Surf founder Fiona Hunt is a local champion of Women on Waves

To end her posts on Women on Waves – an Instagram community with a 14,500-strong following that she’s built since 2016 – Fiona Hunt likes to use #healthyobsession. For the owner of Helensburgh’s Essential Surf and Skate shop and surf school...

Caitlin Sloan

April 2024

Sport & Leisure

Roller-skating school starts at Helensburgh Scout Hall

Groove is coming to Helensburgh in 2024! Sugartown Skate Club has launched Helensburgh Roller School and one-on-one street coaching sessions for roller skaters of all ages and skill levels. At Helensburgh Scout Hall, the Roller School’s timetable...

Caitlin Sloan

April 2024

Clubs & Community

Call to save historic Helensburgh site

Helensburgh and District Historical Society is calling for action to preserve the Helensburgh Police Station and Courthouse on the corner of Parkes Street and Waratah Street. The land has been the subject of a decade-long ownership dispute between...

Caitlin Sloan

March 2023

Local Business

Next gen at the wheel

The next generation of soft servers has stepped up to keep a much-loved local business going. For almost 30 years Thirroul’s Ken Murray has been the Illawarra’s saving grace on hot summer days, touring our streets in his Ken’s Cones ice- cream...

Caitlin Sloan

February 2023

Cover Story

Surfing fun for everyone

Read the magazine layout here or the text only version below This is the heart-warming tale of a chance meeting, an unbreakable friendship and a fantastic initiative to open up a world of surfing fun to those who may not otherwise have the...

Caitlin Sloan

January 2023

News

Shop local designs this Christmas

Grand Pacific Customs Ahead of their second birthday in December, Grand Pacific Customs have launched their latest collection of coastal-inspired tees designed at their Thirroul HQ and handprinted in the Illawarra. Founded by Gideon Rogers – who...

Caitlin Sloan

December 2022

Arts & culture

Thirroul teen launches debut album at sold-out gig

Fourteen-year-old Thirroul singer-songwriter Will Haynes is releasing his debut album, changing?, today. The Smith’s Hill High School student will perform all 13 tracks from his album at a sold-out event in Austinmer

Caitlin Sloan

November 2022

Sport & Leisure

Year of the Comeback

It’s been almost four decades since former national pro boxing champion Jim Bowen hung up his gloves, but in November the 70-year-old Helensburgh resident will return to the ring at the Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast. With last...

Caitlin Sloan

November 2022

News

Cemetery in need of more care

After record rainfall damaged Helensburgh Cemetery, Wollongong City Council spent four months fixing it – but more needs to be done, says a leading member of the local historical society. Jenny Donohoe is the treasurer of Helensburgh and District...

Caitlin Sloan

October 2022

Local Business

We’ve got the scoop on the Gelato Man

Before he was affectionately dubbed Helensburgh’s Gelato Man, Massimo Bernardini lived in the picturesque town of Brescia, at the foot of the Alps in Lombardy, Italy. Naturally, it was while growing up in Italy that Massimo discovered a love for...

Caitlin Sloan

October 2022

Arts & culture

Scarborough Art Show is back!

Works by everyone from local children to art world luminaries will be on display when the popular school fundraiser returns this weekend. Caitlin Sloan reports.

Caitlin Sloan

October 2022

News

‘Jobs are going to be lost’

Bulli business owners fear that traffic improvements will ruin them, Caitlin Sloan reports Businesses in Bulli’s township have condemned Transport for NSW’s proposal to extend clearway hours along Princes Highway, citing concerns for pedestrian...

Caitlin Sloan

September 2022

Local Business

Come in, we’re Bike Friendly

Destination Wollongong has recognised more than 70 businesses as ‘Bike Friendly’ – meaning they offer services such as secure bike parking, accessibility, washroom and drinking water facilities, cycling maps and trail information.

Caitlin Sloan

September 2022

Arts & culture

Meet Tawny Port – band, not wine

It’s great news for the up-and-coming band, who only made their live debut in December 2020, at La La La’s in Wollongong. It was an opening slot for Shire local and Ruby Fields’ guitarist Adam Newling and came after Tawny Port released their...

Caitlin Sloan

February 2022