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Get outdoors these School Holidays at Treetops Adventure Nowra!
We climb high so you don’t have to with Kids Club, at Treetops Adventure Nowra!
July 7, 2025 - July 21, 2025
New Exhibtion/Opening Weekend at Bundanon: Betty Kuntiwa Pumani: maḻatja-maḻatja (those who come after) & David Sequeira: The Shape of Music.
Bundanon celebrates the work of two leading Australian artists
- Bundanon 170 Riversdale Road Illaroo New South Wales 2540
June 28, 2025 - October 5, 2025
3-Course $45 Winter Menu - Steamers Bar & Grill
Pick 3 dishes for only $45pp
- Steamers Bar & Grill 1 Marine Drive Wollongong New South Wales 2500
May 23, 2025 - December 31, 2025
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Featured Events and Activities picked by our What’s On in Wollongong & Illawarra team
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Holiday Island
Merrigong Theatre Company presents
- Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli St Wollongong New South Wales 2500
October 8, 2025 - October 9, 2025
A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen
Merrigong Theatre Company presents
- Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli St Wollongong New South Wales 2500
August 20, 2025 - August 23, 2025
Duck Pond
Merrigong Theatre Company presents a Circa production
- Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli St Wollongong New South Wales 2500
October 22, 2025 - October 25, 2025
The Seven
A Merrigong Theatre Company production in association with The Disability Trust
- Wollongong Town Hall Wollongong New South Wales 2500
November 21, 2025 - November 29, 2025
At-Home Cooking Classes with Dine In by Brooke Silk
Private chef and cooking classes
February 12, 2025 - December 31, 2026
Social Sports Club for Kids 2025 Enrolments OPEN NOW - Jamboree by Urban Rec
2025 Enrolments OPEN NOW!
- Across Wollongong and the Illawarra
January 30, 2025 - February 28, 2025
Urban Rec Wollongong - Social Sports for Adults + Winter Sports on offer NOW!
Get fit, social, active & have FUN in 2025!
- Wollongong
January 30, 2025 - March 31, 2025
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