The Governor-General comes to town
On his first official visit to Kiama, Australia’s Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove, and his wife Lady Lynne Cosgrove, focused their attention on youth, the success of Dementia Friendly Kiama and […]
Category Archives: Aged care
Croft St safety fears
Local residents surrounding Gerringong Public School and Preschool are coming together to make a joint submission to Kiama Council objecting to aspects of the proposed demolition and reconstruction of Uniting […]
Millennials to the rescue
As the saying goes, if you want to find out how to use technology, ask a young person. Kiama Library has formalised a way for this to happen if you […]
Blue Haven Bonaira: the vision emerges
The groundwork at the old hospital site, necessary to convert it into Blue Haven Bonaira, is virtually at an end and the new structures are rising quickly. Kiama Council is […]
Time to shuffle on your ipods
It’s sad but true that many of us have a drawer full of technology we no longer use, but is ‘too good to throw away’. If you’ve got an ipod […]
Construction begins on old Hospital site
Construction has started on the $103 million Blue Haven Bonaira aged care centre (formerly known as the Kiama Aged Care Centre of Excellence) at the site of the old Kiama […]
Dementia Friendly Kiama celebrated
Kiama is leading the world in putting people with dementia front and centre in its quest to become dementia-friendly. This was the message celebrated at a gathering to mark this […]
Share your views on voluntary assisted dying
Local Liberal Party branches are hosting a series of forums, open to the general public and attended by Gareth Ward MP, to gauge the Kiama Electorate’s opinions about a Bill […]
Let’s talk about death
As his contribution to this year’s Dying to Know Day, retired palliative care doctor Michael Barbato is organising Kiama’s first Death Café, to give people a space to talk about […]
Blue Haven Care seeks more volunteers
Rosie Dawne never thought of she’d be a volunteer, but after four years working as one with Blue Haven Care, she’s so pleased she gave it a go. “It has […]
