Each year thousands of Norwegians travel to Sydney to celebrate their national day, and the people from Wollongong are no exception. This years celebration saw about 30 Scandinavian students come together with the Norwegian student association, ANSA for short, for a champagne breakfast, and a sing along to the national anthem. The Sydney celebration gets a police escort through the streets from Hyde Park down to Circular Quay for a traditional parade. The 17th of May 2017 marks the 203rd celebration of the Norwegian constitutional laws, and the day is widely celebrated across the nation with massive parades, cakes,…
Author: Birthe Skingen
A hacker has successfully managed to get into one of Netlix’s partners and extracted 11 episodes of the new season of Orange is the New Black which, planned to air on the 9th of June.
The Early Start Discovery space at UOW are officially opening their new learning experience Crawlers Beach today. The launch will see academics talk about the importance of communication with babies and toddlers. Community Links Coordinator Judy Daunt says the feedback they have gotten from parents and other visitors has been great, and that it proves what they had already done through previous research. ‘’Understanding the development happening in the first early years of life is really complicated and there is significant research around that huge growth area in brain development’’. The intention of the experience is to encourage toddlers’ senses…
United Nation’s International Water Day in 22 March, and with heavy rainfall the last few weeks across Shoalhaven and the Illawarra, water has been on everyone’s mind. Local dams are overflowing and Shoalhaven Water Operations Manager Andrew McVey said he trusts the locals will be smart about their water usage, ’’Although you believe it’s very wet at this stage, it shouldn’t be a reason for people to waste,” he said. With sustainable and smart use of water, the dams of Shoalhaven contain enough water to provide for homes for about three months. Mr McVey said there has been a noticeable decrease in water…