Vintage cars tour Wollongong: photos and other top stories.

• Vintage cars tour Wollongong: photos

  

  Dozens of beautiful, shiny Bentley's have made Wollongong their home this week: photos, video Vintage cars tour Wollongong: photos, video National Bentley Rally, Wollongong. Picture: Adam McLeanChairman of the Bentley Drivers Club NSW Garrath Will with his Bentley ute. National Bentley Rally, Wollongong. Picture: Adam McLeanDes Dillon with his 1925 3lt Bentley. National Bentley Rally, Wollongong. Picture: Adam McLeanNational Bentley Rally, Wollongong. Pictur..

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• A 'celebration of netball' on the beach

  

  Sarah Wall took no prisoners on the netball court in her heyday playing for the Melbourne Vixens and NSW Swifts. Sarah Wall took no prisoners on the netball court in her heyday playing for the Melbourne Vixens and NSW Swifts.But the elite netball player always played with a smile on her face.Sarah WallThis love of netball, competing and keeping active prompted Wall to set up NETFIT Netball, a grassroots national program offering a range of netball services to all ages and abilitie..

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• League looking into new clubs

  

  Wollongong’s A-League dream could be closer than expected with expansion of the competition believed to be back on the table. IN CHARGE: FFA chief executive David Gallop. Picture: MARINA NEILWollongong’s A-League dream could be closer than expected with expansion of the competition believed to be back on the table. Following a meeting between club chairmen and Football Federation Australia, the governing body labelled expansion a ‘strategic priority’ if financially sustainable.“Ev..

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• More shark nets for NSW: Why haven't we learned from WA's cull?

  

  More shark nets for NSW: Why haven't we learned from WA's cull? By Leah Gibbs, University of Wollongong Updated October 13, 2016 17:36:46 New South Wales Premier Mike Baird has this week announced a plan for a six-month trial of shark nets off the beaches of northern NSW. This would extend the state's shark net program from the 51 beaches currently netted between Wollongong and Newcastle.The announcement was triggered by Wednesday's shark accident, in which a sur..

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• Drafted Stanton ready to face giant AFL test

  

  At pick 33, Stanton’s supplied high school photo flashed up on the screen, confirming she would be part of the new AFL Women’s league, Big time: GWS Giants recruit Kate Stanton gets acquainted with the club's facilities in Sydney on Thursday. Picture: Ben TranterGOALKICKING ace Kate Stanton reckons the Women’s AFL draft was more nerve-racking than anything the HSC English exam could throw at her.The day before the Year 12 tests began, Stanton was sitting in her lounge room, surrou..

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• Cool hand Li ready for HSC

  

  HSC exam stress has been eased with assessment tasks spread throughout the year. Blue sky outlook: Elijah Li was doing some final study outside the library at The Illawarra Grammar School on Wednesday, before the final HSC exams begin. Picture: Sylvia LiberFinal-year student Elijah Li isn’t feeling the stress as he heads into the final exams of the Higher School Certificate starting today.In fact the 18-year-old international student at The Illawarra Grammar School is feeling good..

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• 'They're not clowns' - Wollongong Hospital clown doctor MJ slams ...

  

  It wasn't that long ago if you spied someone in a red fuzzy wig, giant oversized shoes and a red nose it would elicit at worst a harmless idiot savant-style grin.

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• Leadership graduates

  

  The Illawarra Connection’s October networking dinner at the Novotel Wollongong Northbeach recognised graduates from the 2014-2016 cohort of the Leadership Illawarra Program. The Illawarra Connection’s October networking dinner at the Novotel Wollongong Northbeach recognised graduates from the 2014-2016 cohort of the Leadership Illawarra Program.Leader graduation: Leadership Illawarra Program 2014-2016 cohort graduates with RDA Illawarra chief executive Debra Murphy and the program..

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• Illawarra Hawks vs Sydney Kings: Kings get first win of season by 4

  

  Match Results: The Sydney Kings have got their first win of the season in an fast paced, back and forth game at the WIN Entertainment Centre to get Round 2 underway, beating the Illawarra Hawks by just four points. The Kings looked for all money like they were going to blow their lead down the stretch of the match, as they fell into the same traps they did last week against the Brisbane Bullets at home. That of course, included missing a stack of easy lay-ups and generally having poor offensi..

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• NBL Round 2: Time for upset favourites to shine

  

  The first round of the 2016-17 NBL season is done and dusted with some fantastic on court action, and big crowds filling out the games. Round 2 though will be time for some beaten favourites to stand up and be counted, while others can look to continue building momentum after a strong start to the season. At the end of the first round, things no one expected to see included Melbourne United with a pair of losses, the Brisbane Bullets flying early without Cameron Bairstow, the Perth Wildcats lo..

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