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Kyle is riding a skateboard from Melbourne to Perth to Bulli - to save his own life
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (842+ words) Warning: this story discusses suicide. Kyle Buchanan is embarking on the kind of journey that seems close to impossible, riding a skateboard 8000km from Melbourne, to Perth, to Bulli. But he's doing it to save his own life - and maybe someone…...
Critical care paramedic with abseiler who suffered head injuries in fall
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (183+ words) A paramedic from a rescue helicopter has been winched down a sheer cliff face in the Illawarra Escarpment to help an abseiler with head injuries. A woman aged in her 20s was climbing in an area off Forest Walking Track when…...
'They deserve so much better': bed block levels 'unsustainable' in Illawarra hospitals
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (535+ words) As the quality of life for people left stranded in hospitals hits an "unsustainable" level, the health minister has praised emergency staff for their improved performance. Right now 133 hospital beds across the Illawarra region are unable to be used due…...
Flu cases spike in Illawarra, but a free vaccine for children has run out
1+ week, 3+ day ago (393+ words) The Illawarra has recorded a surge in cases of the flu, but the supply of the free needleless vaccine for children has run out. Recorded cases of influenza in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) tripled from July to…...
Another bird flu case found in Wollongong, biosecurity warning signs erected
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1130+ words) Wollongong has recorded its second case of H5 avian influenza, a greater crested tern that was found on the jetty near the southern breakwater of Port Kembla harbour. Biosecurity signage has been erected to warn people a positive case was found…...
'It breaks my heart': Volunteer dreads the impact of bird flu on Lake Illawarra
2+ week, 4+ day ago (701+ words) As a bushcare volunteer who spends many of her days on the edges of Lake Illawarra, Annie Marlow says she "lives with dread" about what she might find when bird flu takes hold in the region. The lake's famed pelicans…...
How this strange smell became a sinister warning sign for a Fairy Meadow hairdresser
2+ week, 5+ day ago (676+ words) When she moved into a new apartment in 2025, Briana Garato started smelling what she described as a chemical odour while getting ready for bed. "Once I kind of smelt it, I'd sit up really quickly, and then it would make…...
If you build a hospital in Shellharbour, make sure you don't forget the roads
2+ week, 5+ day ago (282+ words) The NSW government needs to fix the main road leading to Shellharbour Hospital before it is "completely overwhelmed", council deputy mayor Kellie Marsh said. At Tuesday night's Shellharbour City Council meeting, councillors were debating a report listing the five infrastructure…...
The wet nose and waggy tail that had 6yo Zara begging to stay longer in hospital
2+ week, 6+ day ago (795+ words) Amid beeping machines keeping people alive, stark white walls and a sterile environment, a vital hospital program is helping to ease childhood trauma in the Illawarra. Zara Dimovski, 6, had been in Wollongong Hospital in severe pain for five days as…...
Dead seal found on Wollongong beach to be tested for H5 bird flu
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (491+ words) Warning: this story contains distressing images A deceased juvenile seal found on Coniston Beach will be tested for the deadly strain of bird flu that is responsible for mass wildlife deaths around the world. Wollongong resident Dr Rob Goodfellow found…...