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Zane Finley (left) congratulates Taz Koorey after their Kiama PS Boys tennis Championship final.

Koorey and Bone win tennis championship

Kiama's Ali Day. Photo: SHANE MYERS

Day and Higgison excel at round three of Ocean6 Series

Tim Barrow

Gerringong Breakers' Luke Nolan. Photo: DAMIAN McGILL

Breakers looking for new wave of success

Courtney Ward

Zane Finley (left) congratulates Taz Koorey after their Kiama PS Boys tennis Championship final.

Koorey and Bone win tennis championship

Hockeyroos' Kalindi Commerford and Grace Stewart.

South Coast pair named in national senior women’s squad

Neive Campbell (second from right) with her victorious Illawarra South Coast under 18s team. Photo: ISC HOCKEY

Campbell named in NSW under 18s indoor team

Courtney Ward

Emily Wurramara.

Acclaimed NT singer Emily Wurramara to open Illawarra Folk Festival

Ann-Louise and Steve Clark view the stained glass windows in memorial to her great, great grandparents.

Little white church on the hill turns 160

Nippers, one of dozens of local community groups in the 2017 Gerringong Christmas Festival and Parade. Picture: Rebecca Fist

Eight things to do and see in Kiama

Emily Wurramara.

Acclaimed NT singer Emily Wurramara to open Illawarra Folk Festival

Kevin Skelsey sold a toy from his childhood at the 2018 Rotary Antique Fair. Picture: Rebecca Fist

Want to complete your antique collection? Here’s your chance

Hayley Warden

Art Bar plays host to ‘Golden Days’

A selection of dishes available at the hip and happening Lazy Su. Pic: OutInCanberra

Ten iconic Canberra haunts for the ultimate foodie bucket list

Emma Elsworthy

Canberra has never been hotter this summer season of fun

Emma Elsworthy

Sarah Mostyn, of Windella Farms

Five small businesses making their dreams come true

Emma Elsworthy

A selection of dishes available at the hip and happening Lazy Su. Pic: OutInCanberra

Ten iconic Canberra haunts for the ultimate foodie bucket list

Rebecca Stern, of Mustard Made.

Savvy business mums are doin' it for themselves in regional Australia

Emma Elsworthy

Aloha Zen’s Byron Bay Pillow, $107.00

Unique gift ideas for the hard-to-buy-guy in your life

Emma Elsworthy

22/9 Bong Bong Street, Kiama. Photo: realestate.com.au

Three-bedroom Kiama apartment sells for $2.27 million

Hayley Warden

ON THE HORIZON: Realtair managing director Peter Matthews says the real estate cliche, ‘location, location, location’ is ever present when water is concerned. Hot spots such as cafe strips and transport services are areas that provide lifestyle to add further value to the water.

Bringing alive your coastal dream

Lydia Roberts

First impressions: Using quality photos in real estate listings can make all the difference.

Are professional photos worth it?

Ruth Lewis

Christmas bonus: Kiama Makers and Growers Market will hold a special Christmas Market on Saturday, December 22.

Kiama Region Community Calendar

Kiama service club news

Kiama service club news

Christmas bonus: Kiama Makers and Growers Market will hold a special Christmas Market on Saturday, December 22.

Kiama Region Community Calendar

GLORY: Australia’s winning King’s Cup team, July 1919. Picture: AWM D00725

Road to Remembrance

Michael Grealy

STAR POWER: The legendary Captain Albert Jacka VC, from Victoria was the face of recruitment campaigns and later, the 1919 Peace Bonds. Picture: AWM ARTV00784

Road to Remembrance

Michael Grealy

Six fast facts on Australia’s latest Test win

Indian batsman Virat Kohli leaves the field at stumps on day two of the second Test.

15 facial expressions from the Perth Test

Australian opening batsman Marcus Harris (right) and Aaron Finch.

Aussies start well in Second Test

Mayah McIntosh, Murray and Julia O'Keefe.

Jamberoo turns out for Carols in the Park

A herd of pigs targetted in the aerial shoot.

Aerial cull takes out nearly 5000 feral pigs

John Ellicott

Just some of the stars on the red carpet on Wednesday night.

15 photos from the AACTA red carpet

Friends, families welcome summer rays, tunes at Fairgrounds Festival

Hayley Warden
Rebecca Fist

Glamorous photos from Kiama High School’s year 12 formal

Hayley Warden

PIC OF THE DAY: One of our journalists snapped this before surfing at Bombo Beach. If you have taken a photo around Kiama recently, then send your pic to john.hanscombe@fairfaxmedia.com.au

Letter to the Editor, July 20

PROSTATE: Research shows some men would prefer to sacrifice survival odds rather than suffer the side-effects of prostate cancer treatment.

Prostate cancer: men trade-off survival for quality of life

Eileen Wood

Labor accused of ‘milking’ self-funded retirees

HEALTH CONCERN: More older people are drinking to hazardous levels. Image Pixabay.

Boomers the new ‘risky’ drinkers

Eileen Wood

A replacement for Queensland's LNP state president Gary Spence will be chosen on Tuesday.

Qld LNP elects acting state president

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Former PM Kevin Rudd is congratulated by Bill Shorten during the carefully managed Labor conference.

Shorten wins carefully managed conference

AFL star Majak Daw is injured after falling from Melbourne's Bolte Bridge into the Yarra River.

AFL star Majak Daw fell from Bolte Bridge

The seven-year jail sentence imposed for killing Cole Miller has been increased.

Sentence increased for Cole Miller death

The offices of the NSW Labor party have been raided by ICAC in relation to a 2015 fundraising event.

ICAC raids NSW Labor's Sydney offices

Tom Rabe

Prakash Paudyal has pleaded guilty to assaulting an 82-year-old man with dementia.

Sydney aged care worker admits assault

Laura Polson

The trial of alleged serial killer Bradley Edwards has been pushed back by two months.

Accused Claremont killer kept 'stories'

Rebecca Le May

Senator Derryn Hinch has disendorsed newly-elected Victorian upper house MP Catherine Cumming.

Hinch's new Justice Party MP disendorsed

Kaitlyn Offer and Melissa Iaria

PRIZE: Judy Gibson will have the chance to cruise on beautiful Lake Wakatipu on the TSS Earnslaw as part of the ultimate New Zealand tour.

NZ tour competition winner announced

Live Music at Empire Control Room. Pic: Geoff Duncan for Visit Austin

Five unmissable things to do, see and taste in Texas

The Brahmaputra River … in the rarely visited Indian state of Assam.

River-cruising the mysterious kingdom of Bhutan

John Rozentals

“Treatment usually involves strategies with targeted physiotherapy to improve strength of the core and hip girdle.”

Hobbling with hip pain?

HealthShare

Hidden gems: Film critic David Stratton has released a new book, 101 Marvellous Movies You May Have Missed. Photo: Mark Rogers

David Stratton shines spotlight on hidden movie gems in new book

Damien Madigan

MUTED: Chalky hues will grow in popularity with green leading the charge, backed up by watermelon, subdued apricot and soft tans. Photo: Suzi Appel Photography

What will be trending in the new year