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Tyneesha Williams

Tyneesha Williams is a journalism student at University of Wollongong. Born and raised in Central West NSW, Tyneesha fell in love with the Illawarra’s stunning scenery and local community. She soon after began offering photography through her business Neesh Photography. In her spare time, Tyneesha enjoys taking pictures, attending local gigs and concerts, and going to the beach.

Clubs & Community

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

6 hours ago

Clubs & Community

Tea and seaweed bikkies? CWA shares benefits of eating marine plants

Bea Horacek joined Country Women’s Association Keiraville 5 years ago, as the Agriculture and Environment Officer. Alongside her group members, Bea has worked to support and inform the local community about all things environmental. “When I...

Tyneesha Williams

October 2024

Clubs & Community

Visit Imogen’s Verge Garden on Illawarra Edible Garden Trail

Austinmer local Imogen Ross has entered her garden for showing in the Edible Garden Trail hosted by Food Fairness Illawarra. Held from Saturday 9 - Sunday 10 November, this year’s event will give local gardening enthusiasts the chance to visit 31...

Tyneesha Williams

October 2024

Clubs & Community

Free swim lessons for refugees are back, thanks to award-winning lifesaver

Scarborough-Wombarra lifesaver Peter Rafferty is giving free swim lessons for refugees and asylum seekers again this year, with ocean pool classes starting in October.

Tyneesha Williams

October 2024

Arts & culture

Creative Wollongong Film Festival celebrated local talent at lakeside screening

On September 7, Creative Wollongong hosted the Wollongong Short Film Festival at Lakeside Reserve in Kanahooka. Festival goers enjoyed 8 locally made films, including the ‘best of’ Creative Wollongong’s Short Film competition, a handful of new films...

Tyneesha Williams

September 2024

Review

Jurrungu Ngan-ga/Straight Talk ends but the message stays with us

Marrugeku’s Jurrungu Ngan-ga/Straight Talk, which recently concluded its run at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, is a powerful and provocative dance production that confronts Australia’s treatment of First Nations people and refugees. Created by...

Tyneesha Williams

September 2024

Arts & culture

Catch Circadia at Open Street Festival in Port Kembla

Local band Circadia will return to Wentworth Street for Port Kembla’s Open Street Festival on Saturday, 5 October 2024. Guitarist and vocalist Robbie Gyngell says that the festival gives local families a great opportunity to get out and see live...

Tyneesha Williams

September 2024

Clubs & Community

Scouts helped Tullimbah Landcare plant trees

Tullimbah Landcare welcomed the next generation of volunteers – including 11 Albion Park Cub Scouts and three Scout leaders – at a belated National Tree Day celebration.

Tyneesha Williams

September 2024

Clubs & Community

Janice Puddle: 92 and still leading Bulli Hospital Auxiliary

The Bulli Hospital Auxiliary has recently welcomed five new members and 92-year-old president Janice Puddle says she is grateful for the increase in support. “This Auxiliary is a family auxiliary. Our new members range from teenagers to mature-age...

Tyneesha Williams

September 2024

Arts & culture

Look out for locals in BBC’s murder-mystery ‘Return to Paradise’

Screen Illawarra lent a helping hand to the BBC’s new locally filmed murder mystery, Return to Paradise. The six-part series will be released 7.30pm on September 8th on ABC iView and ABC TV as an Australian spin-off in the British Death in...

Tyneesha Williams

August 2024

News

Creative Kooks turns old surfboards into artworks

Kiama-based business Creative Kooks has repurposed 173 broken and discarded surfboards, with help from the Illawarra community. Owner Mathew King is aiming to save 300 surfboards from landfill. “I started Creative Kooks because I wanted to give...

Tyneesha Williams

August 2024

Arts & culture

Last chance to see dance show Jurrungu Ngan-ga

Theatre and dance production Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk] is set to perform at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC) from Thursday August 29th. Co-artistic director Rachael Swain says the show is an enlightening representation of Australia’s...

Tyneesha Williams

August 2024

Arts & culture

Hayley Scrivenor to launch new novel ‘Girl Falling’ in Thirroul

Wollongong-based author Hayley Scrivenor is set to launch her eagerly anticipated second novel, Girl Falling, on August 21st at Ryan’s Hotel in Thirroul. Following the success of her debut novel and bestseller Dirt Town, Hayley delves into complex...

Tyneesha Williams

August 2024

Arts & culture

Big questions take flight in Birdsong of Tomorrow

Emerging local playwright and performer Nathan Harrison will bring his thought-provoking show Birdsong of Tomorrow to Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC) from 22nd to 24th of August. Nathan says that the show aims to give Wollongong audiences...

Tyneesha Williams

August 2024