Show Society looks to future
For most of its 172 year history, the Kiama Show Society’s Executive has been drawn from members of long-standing local farming families, but over recent years this has changed. “Fifty […]
Category Archives: Culture
Working to preserve Kiama’s history
Sue Eggins, President of the Kiama & District Historical Society, feels like she and a small team of other concerned residents are fighting a lot of spot fires as development […]
Weddings mean business
Vanessa Bragg of the Wedding Event Creators will be one of over 50 local wedding industry suppliers participating in this year’s Kiama I Do Wedding Trail, an initiative of Destination […]
SurfLife: capturing the spirit of Gerringong
Now in its fifth year, Gerringong’s SurfLife Festival has developed into the event that its instigator, Adam Loxley, always imagined it could become. “I was watching the Werri Slash, thinking […]
Look out for Snails
Local Slow Food groups, Slow Food Saddleback and Slow Food Berry to Jervis Bay, are hoping their new annual Snail of Approval awards will become a deciding factor in people’s […]
Our Sarah off to the Showgirl finals
Kiama’s Young Citizen of the Year in 2018, and this year’s Kiama Showgirl, Sarah Young, has been selected to represent our zone in the Showgirl finals at the Royal Sydney […]
Storm brewing on Seven Mile Beach
A sub-committee of the Gerroa Community Association (Roy Schmidt, Brian Pickett and Stephen Brazier) and the Werri Boardriders are calling on Council to remove Zone A, the area of the […]
Illawarra Folk Festival attracts 160 acts
Kiama’s 2019 Australia Day ambassador, Darren Coggan, is the opening act at this year’s Illawarra Folk Festival. The multi-award-winning country music star, who now calls Helensburgh home, is hailed as […]
Message aimed at two cultures
A new picture book by Kiama teacher Philippa Cleall has been created for readers in Australia and East Africa, as a result of her long standing connection with a school […]
Sudmalis resignation harms Liberal chances
Already held by a slender margin, the Liberal Party’s chances of holding Gilmore at the next Federal election were dealt a severe blow by Ann Sudmalis’ dramatic announcement she was […]
