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Caitlin Sloan

Sport & Leisure

Sugartown Skate Club rolls into Helensburgh with a healthy dose of fun

Groove isn’t just in the heart but in Helensburgh now that Sugartown Skate Club has rolled on in.

Caitlin Sloan

June 2024

News

Firies’ flood training put to the test at Otford Causeway rescue

Just two months after their first flood training session, volunteer firefighters from Otford and Helensburgh Rural Fire Brigades tested their new skills amid the deluge on April 6. Local RFS crews helped out across the northern Illawarra, from controlling traffic after landslides to rescuing a driver from floodwaters.

Caitlin Sloan

April 2024

What's On

Second Paws4aCause set to get tails wagging in Wollongong

To purchase tickets for Sunday’s raffle or register your pup to compete, see the Paws4aCause website

Caitlin Sloan

April 2024

News

Otford Brigade hosts first flood-rescue training for local firies

On Sunday, February 11, Otford Rural Fire Brigade hosted the first flood rescue training session for the Northern Illawarra district’s Rural Fire Service members in a move deemed long overdue. Two dozen firefighters from Otford, Helensburgh...

Caitlin Sloan

February 2024

Clubs & Community

At Otford fire brigade, RFS volunteers who lunch together, stay together

At Otford Rural Fire Brigade, Saturday afternoon lunches are as much of an institution as the firefighting. Every week, when the trucks pull back into the station as general maintenance and training wraps up, the team sit down to a spread...

Caitlin Sloan

February 2024

News

City of Wollongong salutes volunteers at Coledale RSL Club

The hard-working volunteers behind a successful campaign to get Coledale RSL Club back in business have been acknowledged at the 2024 City of Wollongong Awards.

Caitlin Sloan

February 2024

News

At Austinmer RFS, volunteering is about more than fighting fires

It would be impossible for Austinmer Rural Fire Brigade’s senior deputy captain, Malcolm Bartrop, to put a number on the callouts he’s attended during his 45 years of service. But when asked about a callout he considers most fulfilling, it’s not a bushfire that comes to mind.

Caitlin Sloan

January 2024

News

Help award-winning Helensburgh Landcare leader Merilyn House Clean Up Australia

Clean Up Australia Day will be held on Sunday, March 3. To join Helensburgh and District Landcare’s clean-up or to become a member, see their website

Caitlin Sloan

January 2024

Clubs & Community

Santa Run shares sweet rewards of volunteering with Waterfall Rural Fire Brigade

As well as preparing for the hot, dry summer ahead, the firefighters at Waterfall Rural Fire Station are gearing up for the suburb’s annual Christmas Eve tradition, the Santa Claus run. After a scorching December Saturday where there were...

Caitlin Sloan

December 2023

News

Boris is home: Lost dog found after 105 days

Boris was lost for 105 days but now he’s found. A Barrack Heights family are celebrating their Christmas miracle after a huge Facebook awareness campaign paid off and their dog was spotted hiding under a house last week.

Caitlin Sloan

December 2023

Sport & Leisure

Welcome to the club: Scarborough Wombarra SLSC to hold multicultural nippers session

In 2022, the club fielded its first all-female patrol. Last season, it was among the first clubs to put a hand up to receive a Pride Surf Rescue Board. Now this Sunday, December 10, in conjunction with Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra (MCCI), Scarborough Wombarra will hold an information session aimed at migrants interested in learning about their nippers’ program.

Caitlin Sloan

December 2023

Clubs & Community

Graham ‘Eggs’ Williams: Heading for half-century of service with Helensburgh Rural Fire Brigade

Helensburgh Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade’s former captain Graham ‘Eggs’ Williams has dedicated 48 years of his life to serving the community. Eggs moved from Mortdale to Helensburgh in 1971, after returning from military service in Vietnam. As bushfire swept through the township in the summer of 1974-75, he hurried to the station to lend a hand and, as he says, “I’ve been here ever since.”

Caitlin Sloan

December 2023

Sport & Leisure

Warilla-Barrack Point and Bulli athletes win Sydney Water Surf Series titles

Back on the sand, Australian champion and national representative Sam Zustovich of Mollymook Surf Life Saving Club claimed both the beach sprint and beach flags title with solid performances since the first round of the series

Caitlin Sloan

November 2023

Sport & Leisure

Veterans league success proves women’s cricket has bright future

There was no shortage of excitement at the grounds of North Dalton Park last week as Veterans Cricket Australia staged the second annual Women’s National Championships in Wollongong. The five-day tournament wrapped up on Thursday, November 23...

Caitlin Sloan

November 2023