South Coast not classified as a recovery region
To the surprise and dismay of our Federal and State Members of Parliament, the South Coast has been excluded from the Commonwealth’s Regional Recovery Grant fund. The fund was established […]
Category Archives: Bushfires
Clubhouse powering ahead for next season
Kiama Power’s clubhouse on Bonaira Oval has been demolished to make way for its new one. The club won a $666,000 grant to assist with its construction from the NSW […]
Fire season on again
With the Bureau of Meteorology predicting a wetter and warmer summer (known as a La Nina), the RFS District Officer for the Illawarra, Matt Reeves, is warning people not to […]
National finalists in top food awards
Kiama has scored a hat trick, with not only two of its artisan cheese producers again being selected as finalists in the Delicious Produce Awards, but the farmers’ market they […]
Change of guard at Gerringong RFS
Adam Walmsley has taken over from Andrew Downes as the Captain of the Gerringong RFS. He joined the brigade nine years ago, when he and his wife Fiona Weir moved […]
Year of challenge for new Gilmore MP
When Fiona Phillips was elected the Member for Gilmore last May, the national spotlight was on her for bringing home the only Labor win across the country. In the normal […]
Bus trips to help fire affected towns
Wanting to help businesses in fire affected communities survive, a number of local organisations have taken the Empty Eskies campaign to heart and organised bus trips down south to inject […]
Local Regrow: planting the seed
Elizabeth Burnett of Burnetts on Barney is hoping that an initiative of hers to help South Coast nurseries will spread to other fire and drought affected areas. “A whole lot […]
WCF suffers loss in the Nowra fires
In our December issue, we highlighted the resilience of Minnamurra’s Bill Campbell, who overcame a harrowing childhood and set up the William Campbell Foundation to help the next generation of […]
The Cunichs encourage Quiet Australians
Former Kiama residents Margot and Rod Cunich are delighted with the response to their first Quiet Australians Stand Up event. Margot, a GP, and Rod, a lawyer, lived in Kiama […]
