The Northern Illawarra community has gathered in the spirit of national unity on a walk for reconciliation. A gathering of 1000 people, including over 20 schools, participated in the Aboriginal Education Consultative Group’s community event, carrying flags and banners as they walked proudly from Holy Spirit College to Bellambi Public School. The president of the Northern Illawarra AECG, Julie Street Smith, is committed to advancing the community’s reconciliation process. “By walking together, we wanted to show the world that we can work together, we can be together, we are not that different from each other. We can all walk as…
Author: Kara Tuck
A bachelor group of fur seals now calls the Illawarra home after settling down on Five Islands, off Port Kembla. The owner of United Divers Wollongong, Suzanne Friend, has been diving with the Australian and New Zealand Fur Seals around Martin Island for five years. “There used to be only a few seals and then they started to stay permanently around Martin Island,” Ms Friend said. “From mid-June to October, there is about 150 to 200 seals in winter, and then they taper off to about 30 seals which stay all-year round.” The vice-president of the Organisation for the Rescue…