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Wollongong’s Bicycle Mayor compares cycling in Australia and Indonesia

By Edward Birt, President of the Illawarra Bicycle Users Group & Bicycle Mayor of Wollongong “Was it much more dangerous than Australia?” asked a friend, one of many people to enquire about the road safety of riding a bicycle in Indonesi...

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Lawrence Hargrave Society to re-enact 1894’s box-kite flight at Stanwell Park Beach

By Rob Deacon, president of the Lawrence Hargrave Society As I sit here on Stanwell Park Beach and watch another massive airliner heading towards Sydney airport to deliver hundreds of passengers from some far-flung place on the planet, I am reminded...

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Quick Quiz: 6 Nov 2024

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