How Marine Rescue NSW volunteers help boaters in distress

Whether it’s plucking crews from sinking ships, finding missing kayakers or saving folks who’ve run out of petrol 20km offshore, helping boaters is all in a day’s work for Marine Rescue NSW Illawarra Inspector Stuart Massey. But as a paid...

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Visitors seize chance to hold a hose at NSW Fire and Rescue Open Day

On Saturday, May 10th, local fire stations welcomed families for NSW Fire and Rescue Open Day. Visitors were invited to grab a sausage sandwich, explore the firetrucks, have a turn on the hose, collect show bags and sign up for free fire detector...

‘We can definitely do better’: iBUG sees bright future for Ride Wollongong with broader appeal

Ride Wollongong Festival of Cycling has huge potential as an annual event with riders and businesses eager to celebrate the Gong’s status as Australia’s first Bike City. This year’s event – held last Sunday at Lang Park – featured a new...

Lost burials, babies and ‘one lonely grave that everyone parks on’: Why Helensburgh cemetery needs signage

Picture an old miner last century, one shivery night at the pub, saying, ‘Oh, it’s like someone just walked over my grave.’ Well, if his future lay at Helensburgh General Cemetery, he might have been right. But it wouldn’t only be people walking over his grave – it could be horses trotting over it or vehicles parking on top of it.

Meet the new Member for Whitlam, Carol Berry

Carol Berry is excited about the opportunity to represent Whitlam. “I spoke to the prime minister last night, and we’re just so thrilled that that vision and that program of work – which is about fairness and equal opportunity – has got such strong buy-in from the Australian public,” she told The Illawarra Flame after Labor’s landslide victory at the polls.