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Lesley Roulston

Lesley Roulston is a passionate writer who enjoys hearing the inspiring stories of the people of the Illawarra. Originally from Newcastle, Shellharbour has become her permanent home. She can be found walking her King Charles Spaniel most evenings around the Shellharbour Marina. Her interests include reading and listening to the many podcasts on health and ageing well.

News

Daniel shares his Waste2Wages success story at Reviva Dunmore

Resource Recovery Australia can offer stable and meaningful employment for people who face barriers to getting jobs through #WASTE2WAGES. Daniel Sommer, who works at Reviva Dunmore, is one of the initiative’s success stories. In 2013, Daniel...

Lesley Roulston

March 2025

News

Shellharbour social enterprise reinvents rubbish, helping people and planet

Resource Recovery Australia’s Shellharbour projects – the Reviva Reuse Shop and The Tinkerage – are part of a nationwide movement to change how people treat their waste. Working in conjunction with Shellharbour City Council, Resource Recovery...

Lesley Roulston

March 2025

Clubs & Community

Alchemy Chorus: Dementia-friendly choir sings for joy

The region’s only dementia-friendly choir, Alchemy Chorus South Coast is bringing great joy to local audiences, singers and carers. Christa Wood, whose partner Ray has dementia, founded the choir in Gerringong in 2022 after being approached by...

Lesley Roulston

March 2025

Clubs & Community

Learn, Laugh, Live with Shellharbour City U3A

Shellharbour City U3A (University of the Third Age) is a local community group that promotes life-long learning in the ‘Third Age’, (the third age being retirement or semi-retirement.) In keeping with their motto ‘Learn, Laugh, Live’ the...

Lesley Roulston

March 2025

Arts & culture

Shellharbour band Silvia Lane drum up support for new EP with live gigs

Once their EP lands later this year, it won’t be long before local band Silvia Lane featuring Shellharbour lads Jack Micallef and Jake Sutton perform to sold out crowds - if the buzz around them is anything to go by. While they have only been...

Lesley Roulston

March 2025

Partner content

Viking Skip Bin Recycling: Where does the waste go?

Viking Skip Bin Recycling processes and crushes concrete, bricks and tiles, which can then be resold to homeowners or the construction industry. It’s one of just three companies in the Illawarra to provide this service, says Glen Steggles, owner...

Lesley Roulston

March 2025

Sport & Leisure

Jones Co Tennis to host Kiama’s first Pickleball Social Comp this weekend

Kiama is set to host its first pickleball social competition this Saturday, January 11 at Kiama Leisure Centre from 2-4pm.

Lesley Roulston

January 2025

Sport & Leisure

Pickleball’s a hit!

Pickleball is taking off in the Illawarra but it’s not new – the game has been played in the US since the 1960s. The paddle and ball sport is played on a hard surface, either indoors or outdoors. According to Pickleball Australia, it’s an...

Lesley Roulston

December 2024

Sport & Leisure

Incredible swim: Three locals cross the English Channel

The English Channel is the busiest shipping lane in the world with hundreds of vessels moving from England to Europe and from the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean and vice versa, every day. So, it’s not sharks but water traffic, that is the biggest...

Lesley Roulston

December 2024

Arts & culture

Behind the Lens with Linda Fury, president of Kiama Shellharbour Camera Club

Although living on the South Coast means she is spoilt for choice when it comes to snapping spectacular landscapes, award-winning photographer, Linda Fury from Albion Park, says her extensive travels have definitely played a significant role in the...

Lesley Roulston

December 2024

Sport & Leisure

Start Sundays with Barefoot Yoga at the Farm

More info: Barefoot Yoga at the Farm on Facebook

Lesley Roulston

December 2024

Arts & culture

Claire Foxton’s colourful mural makes a splash at Shell Cove’s Waterfront Marina

Most of Illawarra would be familiar with local artist Claire Foxton’s spectacular 14m high mural of Shellharbour Matilda’s soccer star Caitlin Foord - located on a wall of Wollongong Central. It was unveiled to a flurry of media and public...

Lesley Roulston

December 2024

News

Windang Public School kids’ art features in new book

Nothing captures the imagination like an enchanting children’s picture book and Windang Public School have created one that is exactly that. ‘The Island and the Bridge’ is a spectacular children’s book written by former student and current...

Lesley Roulston

December 2024

Arts & culture

Meet Deborah Ellsmore of Shellharbour City Arts Society

Jamberoo-based creative Deborah Ellsmore has been “playing with clay”, as she describes her passion for ceramics, for about 10 years. Before she retired, Deborah was a textile and design teacher at Kiama High School

Lesley Roulston

December 2024