Skydive the Beach secures lease of North Wollongong site and other top stories

Skydive the Beach secures lease of North Wollongong site

Wollongong Council has decided to directly negotiate with Skydive the Beach over the future lease of Stuart Park for skydiving activities, rather than open up the business to public tender. The owners say it's a move that supports businesses who have ... >> view original

Wollongong remembers: Anzac centenary: photos

By KATE McILWAIN. April 25, 2015, 7 a.m.. Despite the record numbers at Wollongong's Anzac Day dawn service, a reverent hush descended on Saturday morning as diggers, families and the catafalque party marched to mark Anzac Day's centenary. >> view original

Centenary of Anzac marches on in Wollongong: photos

Centenary of Anzac marches on in Wollongong: photos. Vietnam Veteran Eric Trezise at the Wollongong Anzac Day memorial march remembering the Gallipoli landing 100 years ago. Picture: ADAM McLEAN. Wollongong Anzac Day memorial march ... >> view original

'Human remains' found in external building of Wollongong unit block

Police have discovered what are believed to be human remains at a unit block in a suburb of Wollongong. Officers were called to the property on Crana Place in Mangerton, west of Wollongong's CBD, just before midnight on Thursday. They discovered the ... >> view original

37 years of service as Wollongong lifeguard Terry Hagan retires

You only have to ask Terry Hagan what's changed over his 37 years as a full time lifeguard with Wollongong Council to hear some extraordinary, and at times very funny stories. He started at Corrimal and then went full time in 1978 at Sandon Point, a ... >> view original

Wollongong trial probes new way of using an old drug

A decade ago, a trio of Wollongong University researchers — Professor Ranson, chemist John Bremner and oncologist Philip Clingan — devised a solution. “We mixed the 5-FU and its modulator with a sugar to allow them to be combined in one solution. >> view original

Wollongong wash-out

Travelled to Wollongong, taking my beautiful wife away for a week's holiday last week, took the surf rod, fishing gear, etc for a great week away. I had great expectations of reporting on big salmon and tailor that I had caught. Now I don't mind ... >> view original

Wild weather causes chaos in the Illawarra: photos

Seagulls weathering the storm at Bellambi beach today as wild weather hit the Illawarra. Picture: ADAM McLEAN. Large waves hitting Wollongong Harbour breakwall. Picture: ADAM McLEAN. Wild winds create havoc around Wollongong Harbour. Picture: ... >> view original

Wollongong man shot in face

The victim was taken to Wollongong Hospital in a critical but stable condition then transferred to another hospital. Officers from the Lake Illawarra Area Command approached a 41-year-old man on Northcliff Drive at Berkeley at around 9.30am. Police say ... >> view original

Anzac services for the Illawarra

Wollongong Council says traffic will be heavy on Saturday and are encouraging people to take public transport or plan their journey and parking arrangements prior to coming to the city. You can find out more on Wollongong CBD's road closures here. >> view original