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Council welcomes 2025 World Triathlon Championship Finals

Wollongong City Council media release: 15 October 2025 Have you seen the uptick in lycra and athletes around Wollongong? From today, more than 5,000 athletes and supporters will be in Wollongong for the 2025 World Triathlon Championship Finals. And...

Wollongong City Council
5 hours ago
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Gong’s tourism chief plans to relocate our visitors’ centre back to the city

It has taken well over a decade and a change in leadership at Wollongong’s peak tourism body, but the city will again have its main tourist and visitors’ centre “where the people are”, close to the centre of town. The search is now on for...

Jeremy Lasek
October 2025
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Our Yes campaign story is more than a book, it’s ‘an artefact, a piece of living history’

To loud chants of “YES”, an Australian-first book documenting the 2023 Voice referendum campaign through the eyes of a local community has just been launched. WE Voted YES: The Wollongong Voice Referendum Story was 12 months in the making and was...

Jeremy Lasek
October 2025
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Road closures and Special Event Clearways in place for 2025 World Triathlon Championship finals

There will also be a number of side streets closed with access for residents only. Detailed road closure and clearway times are available on the event website https://wollongongtriathlon. com/local-access/

Transport For NSW
October 2025