2515 Coast News

‘Burnt out’ after 45 years of service

Thirroul’s Ian Hamilton recently retired after more than four decades on call as part of the Thirroul Fire & Rescue team. In 1975, when Ian Hamilton started out as a retained firefighter with NSW Fire Brigade, he was issued a helmet, an axe...

South Coaster

December 2020

Science & Nature

On Board with Surfrider

Heading to the beach at any time of year is one of our nation’s favourite pastimes, and our South Coast beaches are amongst the best in the world! The variety on offer along this stretch of NSW provides a wonderful playground for swimmers...

Susie Crick

December 2020

Food & Travel

Merry Christmas from Darkes Glenbernie Orchard

To our sensational community – we wish you all an amazing festive season. We hope you are able to spend time face to face with friends and relatives in celebration. After such a challenging year, everyone deserves to be able to sit with friends...

Jo Fahey

December 2020

Opinion

Thirroul Village – Paradise Lost

Considering the tumultuous times in which we find ourselves, it is not surprising that even Thirroul has not been spared. Our home has always remained a bastion of old-town values, unprecedented lineage and a deep love...

Rob Knight

December 2020

Sport & Leisure

New volunteers join Bronze Medallion course

In November’s cover story, 2515 Coast News reported on how Scarborough Wombarra Surf Life Saving Club started the 2020/21 season with just 17 patrolling members and had to call on Surf Life Saving Illawarra for help to cover one full Sunday patrol...

South Coaster

December 2020

Obituary

Peter James Stein 1957-2020

An abridged version of the eulogy Elliot Stein delivered at St Michael’s in Thirroul last month. For a bunch of Catholics my family is a bit hippy. We believe in symbols and signs. We believe that happenstance means a little more than random...

South Coaster

December 2020

Arts & culture

Gala launch at Writers Centre

Have you got your tickets yet? Our stage is newly draped in red velvet, the stage lights are up and our mics are ready to go! The first of our Coledale events is the South Coast Writers Centre gala launch. On Saturday, 5th December we’ll be...

Sarah Nicholson

December 2020

Arts & culture

Time to play bluegrass

At 58, Mark Ballesi stands tall in the local bluegrass community. His world is filled with music and with the aid of wife, Shooshi, and another bluegrass music talent, Bruce Fumini, they bring the world of bluegrass to Thirroul. The Railway...

Janice Creenaune

December 2020

Letters to the Editor

160-million-year-old drop stones exposed

In the November 2020 2515 issue, Dr Rip gave an explanation about the moving sands on our beaches in the recent stormy weather. Where we live at Sharkey’s Beach we recently saw the loss of a lot of sand on our beach, particularly at the southern...

South Coaster

December 2020

Local history

Historic sandstone wall saved

For those of us fortunate to live in or around Thirroul there is an appreciation of how wonderful the village is. There are a number of magnificent old buildings that remain, for example the buildings on Thirroul Railway Station and the neighbouring...

Annette Jones

December 2020

Education news

Support Scarborough students: buy a tea towel

Small school Scarborough Public is saving its Art Education one Tea Towel at a Time! Scarborough Public School P&C’s Michelle McCosker reports. The Scarborough Art Show has been a highlight of the Northern Illawarra events calendar for more...

Michelle McCosker

December 2020

Sport & Leisure

Juniors rip through heats in penultimate pointscore

Bit of an epic boardriders, second last one for the year. With Covid restrictions partially lifted it was back to quarters and semis for some, making it a much longer day. But the waves were pumping, till the southerly hit, the weather was warm...

Ian Pepper

November 2020

Arts & culture

Helen Garner and Tara June Winch headline star-studded Wollongong Writers Festival

Other dynamic writers exploring the theme include: Paul Dalgarno (Poly); Dervla McTiernan, bestselling author of the Cormac Reilly series; Jessie Tu (A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing); Griffith Review editor Ashley Hay (A Hundred Small Lessons)...

Sarah McKenzie

November 2020

Arts & culture

Keeping culture alive: two must-see exhibitions at Wollongong Art Gallery.

Naidoc Week is on this month from November 8-15 – and what better way to celebrate than by taking in these two amazing exhibitions at Wollongong Art Gallery. COOMADITCHIE: KEEPING CULTURE ALIVE Opened October 30, on show until March 21 Curated by...

Pagemasters Admin

November 2020