40+ min ago  (434+ words) Shellharbour City Council will soon decide on amending its zoning rules so the Greenvalleys mountain bike park can continue to operate. The popular Greenvalleys has been hosting riders and competitions for more than a decade but does not have permission…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (411+ words) Much of the Royal National Park north of Wollongong will be closed next week for a National Parks operation shooting feral deer from the air. Licensed professional shooters will cull the deer from helicopters across the national park over three…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (20+ words) Illawarra Mercury Northern lights to polar bears: the wonders of Churchill...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (506+ words) Thailand is one of Southeast Asia's richest palaeontological zones with scattered fossil sites and museums revealing remains over 100 million years old, but if you're looking to revisit scenes from the cinematic world of dinosaurs, nine set locations in Krabi range…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (290+ words) A new generation of shark-repellent surfboard fins will have to perform just as well on a wave as everyday fins, a University of Wollongong professor said. UOW researchers are part of a new project to use advanced composite manufacturing to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (444+ words) It might have involved pedicures, washes and blow-drys, but this was no typical beauty parlour. Those receiving the pampering treatments were six Hy-Line chickens, raised and cared for by the agriculture students at Oak Flats High School, who are entering…...

2+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (1006+ words) Carrying some 14 trillion litres of water a year, the Murray River eventually empties into the Southern Ocean south of Adelaide via a vast network of estuaries and lagoons. Two-and-a-half thousand kilometres away, trickling rivulets of melted snow are modest enough…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (427+ words) Bushfires in 2025 razed much of the habitat of one of few remaining brush-tailed rock wallaby colonies. While the marsupials in the Grampians National Park were able to cower safely in their rocky caves, the blaze left behind little foliage to…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (278+ words) A Windang block of land a stone's throw from Lake Illawarra has defied attempts to build on it for more than 20 years. But a developer is hoping to break that curse, lodging a development application with Wollongong City Council. The…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (71+ words) Number of native animal and plant species in the Yukon. In Canada's far north, this is the easiest way to meet the wild locals. These must-see cultural attractions never go out of fashion. 2026, we're ready for you, with a bumper…...