Early morning sun glistening across the blue waters of North Wollongong beach, board riders bobbing up and down waiting for the next "set" to roll through, activity abounds both on and off the water. Cyclists speed along the bike track, walkers power in competition and the fitness fanatics yell whilst sweating through their workout, its these and other sights and sounds ...
I have pretty much lived in Wollongong all of my life, take out the time I lived in Europe and Sydney (about 6 years). No matter how long I have been away – 3 years or 3 days, the feeling of “homecoming” I get when driving down the escarpment and seeing the coastline is just great. Whenever I get out of ...
This was the title of an article in the Illawarra Mercury, which appeared on the 19 November 2002. The article discussed peoples perception of 'the gong' as the nickname of our city. Positive? Negative? Embarrassing...or something to be proud of? The article addressed these issues and opened up comments. Col Markham and Bob Carr wages the debate. As did locals, and ...
Scene: A hostel common room anywhere in the world. Random traveller (in Aussie accent): “Hi. Where you from?”. Me (fellow Australian, picking up on the accent): “Wollongong”. Random traveller (cheeky grin spreading across his face): “Ahhhh....the Gong!!!” Me: ~~cringe~~ This same conversation was replayed over and over on my recent 15 month backpacking trip through Latin America. To the non Aussies, I would say I ...
Tags: the gong, we love the gong, wollongong
