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Hawks finals mania growing: playoff opener sold out amid big moves at Beaton Park

After a history-making year in which the Illawarra Hawks finished the regular season on top of the NBL ladder, it’s now down to the business end as the playoffs begin on Friday, 28 February. The high-flying Hawks will go into the game against...

Jeremy Lasek

February 2025

Vietnamese community celebrates Year of the Snake with song and dance at Dapto

A celebration of Vietnamese Lunar New Year was held on February 15th at Dapto Ribbonwood Hall. Organisers Teresa Tran OAM and Hong Phong Le OAM say the family event was an important celebration for the Vietnamese community of Wollongong. “Everyone...

Tyneesha Williams

February 2025

Opinion

Lord Mayor’s Column: Time to get behind our finals-bound Illawarra Hawks

By Lord Mayor Councillor Tania Brown It would be an understatement to say being an Illawarra Hawks fan has been a roller coaster ride over the years, both on and off the court. When you’re a Hawks tragic like me, you ride every climb, drop and...

Wollongong City Council

February 2025

State, local politicians get behind the grand escarpment walk project

The grand vision for an epic Illawarra escarpment walk linking the Royal National Park to Wollongong’s north with Cambewarra Mountain in the Shoalhaven is gaining significant support. The proposal which was first proposed in the 1970s and has been...

Jeremy Lasek

February 2025