Making 2515 Coast News back in May 2018

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Making 2515 Coast News back in May 2018

The Illawarra Flame

May 29 2024

Council says 440,000 new trees in the ground as native plant experts call for even more to be done

Despite Wollongong Council planting hundreds of thousands of new trees in recent years, two leading advocates for a native tree planting blitz in our suburbs have called for more to be done to prepare the city for future global warming. While...

Jeremy Lasek

22 hours ago

The Illawarra Flame

Volunteers have a whale of a time at ORRCA Census

ORRCA volunteers celebrated an exciting 26th annual whale Census in 2025, writes Phebe Fidge. It’s another day in paradise, and these volunteers won’t waste a minute! As the sun rises, Jody, Lyndell and Khynan from the Organisation for the...

Phebe Fidge

July 2025

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Lightbulb moment: How the Illawarra Urban REZ is leading a quiet revolution

“The huge advantage of operating a system like that is – if done right – it could democratise equitable access to locally generated, low-cost renewable energy,” Ty Christopher says.

Genevieve Swart

July 2025

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Use of toilet paper and mobile phones spell doom for this suburban toilet block

The battle by locals to save a small toilet block in a small suburban park in Gwynneville appears to be over. Using a combination of mobile phone data technology and toilet paper use, Wollongong Council has decided the toilets must go. Lord Mayor Cr...

Jeremy Lasek

July 2025