Kiama councillors, the Minnamurra Progress Association and Friends of the Minnamurra River are urgently encouraging people to make submissions to the Department of Planning and Environment about Boral’s proposal to […]
Blue Haven Bonaira is a hive of activity as 250 workers focus on completing the project by October. The progress since The Bugle visited the site in in July last […]
At the time of going to print the identity of the incoming Member for Gilmore is still unknown. In this limbo brought on by our fortnightly deadlines, we can ponder […]
Kiama has come to prominence again nationally, with a report from property research group Propertyology saying our Local Government Area (LGA) has the third most expensive median house price in […]
After a couple of years’ break, Sharyn Tester is back raising funds for the Cancer Council by organising one of their Biggest Morning Teas. “We’ve all lost relatives, friends and […]
The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has approved Kiama Council’s application to increase rates by 16.42 per cent over the next two years. The cumulative increase includes a 9.83 […]
The Kiama & District Business Chamber has launched a campaign to encourage people to buy their goods and services locally over the quiet winter months. “We think this is a […]
As this is the last edition most people will read before the Federal Election on 18 May, we continue our tradition of giving the major party candidates an opportunity to […]
With their 60th anniversary under their belt, the hardworking members of CMRI Gerringong are not sitting on their laurels of having raised $2.25 million for the Children’s Medical Research Institute. […]
The smiles say it all. We are delighted to report that the painting missing from Kiama Hospital has been found safe and well. As a last resort, the organising committee […]
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 […]
After months of due diligence, the directors of Kiama Bowling & Recreation Club have decided that Kiama Leagues Club is its best merger option. At time of writing, a Memo […]
Six months after its launch, the Kiama-based initiative to make it easier to say no to disposable coffee cups has become free to use. The basic premise of the Green […]
At its first attempt, Gerringong’s Daily Grind coffee roasters have won Silver and Bronze medals at the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria’s 2019 Australian International Coffee Awards. The accolades are […]
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 […]
There are many people in our community keen to see a further reduction in the amount of waste we generate, and stop it ending up on our beaches and in […]
Having just returned from Madang, Rotary Kiama’s Trevor Phillis is exhausted but elated by what their small group of workers were able to achieve at Madang Hospital in just a […]
Three stallholders at the Kiama Farmers Market have been announced as State Winners in prestigious Delicious Produce Awards. The Delicious Awards are the only chef nominated awards in the country, […]
The Kiama Town City Study, soon to go on exhibition, contains a mixture of recommendations to improve the vitality, appearance and usability of the CBD area. Many of the ideas […]
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 […]
The founder of the Kiama Jamberoo First Light Horse Troop, Col Rathbone, has handed his uniform over to a new recruit. “I’ve got quite a lot of other commitments, so […]
The resignation of Ann Sudmalis as the Federal Member for Gilmore not only caused waves for the Liberal Party in choosing their candidate, but created the opportunity for the Nationals […]
The Chair of Bendigo Bank’s Oak Flats Community Bank, Geoff Egan, says that the decision to make Gerringong a sub-branch of the Oak Flats operation is the best way to […]
When news of the long term Al Jazeera undercover investigation of the US gun lobby broke, Kiama Farmers’ Market Manager Tricia Ashelford was more shock-ed than most. “I recognised Rodger […]
The Member for Kiama, Gareth Ward, has been sworn in as the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services, following the re-election of the Berejiklian Government. “It’s an enormous task […]
Charlie (Barrie) Cole has been made the first Life Member of the Kiama Men’s Shed. He helped with the establishment of the Shed in 2010, and has been an active […]
With the State election of 23 March out of the way, the fight for our marginal Federal seat of Gilmore will begin in earnest. Following the parachuting in of Warren […]
After being on extended leave since Christmas Eve, Council has now informed the public that its Director of Engineering & Works, Gino Belsito, is no longer working for them. The […]
Rather than establishing their own branch of Bendigo Bank, the Steering Committee for the initiative is now working towards the quicker option of opening a sub-branch of the Oak Flats […]
Initial work on developing a required 20 year vision for Kiama’s development has revealed consistent attitudes about what is most important about where we live. “I was astounded by how […]
Councillors have decided 7:1 not to support a request to prepare a Planning Proposal to rezone land bordered by Saddleback Mountain Road, the Princes Highway and Weir Street. The owners […]
After 12 years, at the heart of Kiama’s social scene, Sebel Harbourside Kiama’s Blue Diamond bar and bistro is closing on 24 March for an almost $1 million refurbishment. The […]
With the State Election on 23 March fast approaching, we are taking this opportunity of continuing our tradition of giving you an insight to the three main candidates. They may […]
Jamberoo’s Pippa Rendel has been made CEO of a community organisation founded to help refugees settle in the Illawarra. SCARF stands for Strategic Community Assistance for Refugee Families. It has […]
Bombo resident Eric McAuley is calling on the State Government to ensure that Boral is able to deliver the fill it needs to rehabilitate its Bombo quarry via the Sydney […]
A community consultation meeting by Council’s consultants on the Minnamurra River Boardwalk project, Cardno, did not satisfy the concerns of opponents to the overwater section of the track and revealed […]
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 […]
The local chapters of the international Slow Food movement, Slow Food Saddleback and Slow Food Berry to JB have launched their participation in the Snail of Approval recognition scheme. “It […]
A time capsule buried in 1969 to mark Kiama Bowling Club’s first fifty years has been removed in preparation for its opening at the first celebration to mark the Club’s […]
The annual Australian Coastal Councils Conference is a highlight of the year for representatives of Australia’s coastal councils, policy makers, researchers and others with a stake in the future of […]
Kiama Council has belatedly rejected a request to prepare a Planning Proposal to rezone 38ha of land on its western outskirts to yield 400 allotments. As the matter had not […]
The scale of Bombo Quarry can be appreciated by learning that it will take at least five years to rehabilitate less than half of it with clean fill. That timing […]
Council’s General Manager Kerry McMurray has advised councillors that, based on an analysis of the available information, he estimates the cost of the Minnamurra River Boardwalk project at $9.5 million. […]
The evolution of the Kiama Jazz & Blues Festival continues this year, with a refocusing of the activities in Hindmarsh Park. Rather than using the Orry Kelly Stage, where there […]
In March last year, Chris English was celebrating his 69th birthday with his loved ones when he had a fall resulting in devastating and permanent injuries. He suffered many facial […]
When Jen Hampshire moved to Kiama five years ago, one of the first community events she went to was the Kiama Show. “The Show embodies many of the things that […]
The day after the Liberal Party endorsed a candidate for Gilmore (see page 1), the Labor candidate Fiona Phillips was joined at Surf Beach by Deputy Shadow Leader Tanya Plibersek. […]
Ahead of next month’s State election, the State Planning & Development Minister, Anthony Roberts, has agreed to attend a Forum in Kiama focusing on his portfolio. He will join candidates […]
Warren Mundine freely admits he doesn’t yet know who the Mayor of Kiama is. He knows he has a lot to learn about Gilmore, the Federal seat he was parachuted […]
Members of Kiama Bowling Club and Leagues Club have been told the Leagues Club is interested in having discussions with the Bowls Club as to how it can help keep […]
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 […]
As previously reported, the future of Kiama’s CBD will be guided by the Town Centre Study once it is approved by Council. The draft currently on exhibition draws strongly on […]
Council has extended the exhibition period for its proposed changes to minimum lot sizes to 17 June. The amendments to the Kiama Local Environment Plan (LEP) are a response to […]
