#towradgi

Wollongong Lord Mayor Tania Brown has laid down a challenge. IT’S time to start (or keep) collecting those ‘scrunchable’ soft plastics! The next drop-off is on Saturday 25 October at Ray Robinson Oval, Towradgi. Residents are invited to collect and bring along clean, dry and empty soft plastic packaging — like plastic bags, snack and chip packets, pasta, bread and rice bags, cling and bubble…

A MAN is before the courts, following an alleged police pursuit through Fairy Meadow and North Wollongong on Thursday. Police Traffic and Highway Patrol officers were patrolling Squires way, Fairy Meadow when they allegedly detected an unregistered vehicle about 5.30pm on Thursday (26 June 2025). The driver pulled over the car on Innovation Way, North Wollongong, before allegedly performing a…

MOTORISTS are advised of changed traffic conditions on Towradgi Road at Towradgi between Memorial Drive and Carter’s Lane this weekend, as Sydney Trains carry out power pole replacements. Work will be carried out from 6am Saturday 7 December to 10pm Sunday 8 December with no access for vehicles, pedestrians, or cyclists. A detour will be in place via Railway Street to the north or Princes…

Towradgi Rock Pool is scheduled to be cleaned as soon as tide, sea and swell conditions permit.  AS locals know only too well, sand movement has been a major challenge at Towradgi Rock Pool over the past 12 months. Wollongong City Council’s specialised rock pool crew have needed to use heavy machinery three times in the past year to empty out the pools. Right now, Council is preparing to empty…

A MAN and woman have appeared in court charged with stealing offences following the alleged theft of copper from Russell Vale Colliery. Police will allege in court two drums of copper wiring was taken from a mine site about 4pm Sunday (2 June 2024). Following investigations, about 1.30pm on Monday 3 June, police went to a unit in Carters Lane, Towradgi. During a search of the property,…

TWO teenagers have been charged, following an alleged pursuit from Towradgi, along the M1 Motorway to Helensburgh, before the car ran out of petrol at Bulli Tops yesterday. Police were patrolling Towradgi Road, Towradgi, when they noticed a Subaru Forester, believed to be stolen about 3am on Thursday 18 April 2024. Officers activated their lights and sirens; however, the car allegedly failed to…

THIRROUL’S ‘pop-up’ cycleway will be retained, while Towradgi’s will be scrapped, after community feedback to Wollongong City Council. Council introduced the trial of pop-up cycleways in key locations across the city in early 2021 as a way to support people to consider active transport options like cycling for trips rather than relying on cars. The Thirroul pop-up cycleway is a shared path from…