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For almost two years, we’ve trialled pop-up cycleways in key streets in Thirroul, Towradgi, Wollongong, and Port Kembla.
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An evening of entertainment, food and fireworks will mark the Australia Day public holiday at Wollongong Harbour.
Is moving to Wollongong one of your New Year resolutions? Or are you still in the process of unpacking moving boxes? If you’re new in town, we’d like to say welcome to our beautiful city on Dharawal Country!
Although Wollongong’s beautiful coastline gets most of the fanfare (and rightly so!) in the summertime, it’s not the only place for fun by the water.
While New Year celebrations are fresh in our memory, we’re taking a moment to get excited for the year ahead!
With activities such as cosplay workshops, lizard and snake meet and greets, movies, dance classes, visits to the pool and Dungeons and Dragons campaign days, there is loads happening in Wollongong these school holidays.
For the past 10 years, Wollongong City Council and Wollondilly Shire Council have been working together to make sure our friends from the Shire know how to keep safe at the beach.
It’s been another big year for book lovers here in the ‘Gong and to celebrate our city’s love of reading, we’re sharing the topmost borrowed books (and ebooks) for 2022.
We’re wishing our community a safe and happy holiday break this Christmas and New Year, especially to those who are planning on going for a swim at one of our patrolled beaches, pools, or unpatrolled rock pools.
We’re ready to say goodbye to 2022 with a fantastic fireworks display over Wollongong Harbour!
