Stiff Person Syndrome: Ben’s Great Race

Stiff Person Syndrome: Ben’s Great Race

  Benjamin Oakley is a Towradgi local who has Stiff Person Syndrome, a condition which causes intense muscle spasms and affects 1 in a million people. The Starlight Foundation have granted this racing fanatic a trip of a lifetime, Sarah Navin reports. Follow...
GPT’s New Wollongong Central Opening

GPT’s New Wollongong Central Opening

Well kids, we didn’t think we’d see the day the mall opened, after dodging orange cones and being shuffled through fencing for years, but yesterday the new Wollongong Central flung open its doors for the first day of trading. Good riddance to the...
In Focus: Childless by Choice

In Focus: Childless by Choice

For some of us, teeny-tiny toes, sloppy chins, cute little knuckle dimples and endless peekaboos are all something we want, hopeful at the prospect of creating new life. But for others having a baby is not on the cards and, fertility struggles aside, that maternal...
Conversation key on R U OK Day

Conversation key on R U OK Day

Today is R U OK Day, a chance to check-in with mates to make sure life isn’t getting them down. The big yellow bus has spent five weeks travelling 12,000 kilometres across the country to send this simple, powerful message. Also known as World Suicide Prevention...