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13/10/2025

SPRING SWIMS 🏊🏼‍♂️

Spoilt for choice, but Austi pool is one of our faves! 😍

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08/10/2025

MEET A NEIGHBOUR

She’s known around Figtree as Elsa or The Fairy Lady — but to her community, Carolynn Carpenter is pure magic.

After ten years in the Illawarra, Carolynn has built a fairytale life amongst the trees near Byarong Creek. By day, she runs Fairy Fantasy Parties and Fairytale Mail, bringing joy to kids across the region. By morning, you’ll catch her and her husband walking the Blue Mile with coffee in hand.

Follow Carolynn at https://www.instagram.com/fairyfantasyparties to book a visit or Fairytale Mail delivery from a character, or say hi at the upcoming Adorable Unicorn Festival in Calderwood this weekend!

Find the full interview in our latest issue or online via https://coalcoastmagazine.com/coal-coast-magazine/meet-carolynn-carpenter/

✍️ Coal Coast Mag

07/10/2025

BALLET BEAUTIES 🩰

What a bunch of cuties! 😍 Dancing divas get ready to assemble… Term 4 at and starts soon.

Contact Miss Sharna for more details!

01/10/2025

POST-GAME RECOVERY

It’s Hawks season — but what do the players get up to once the final buzzer sounds?

From ice baths and beach swims to BBQs, golf, family time, and even a few rounds of Among Us, we asked Wani Swaka Lo Buluk, Mason Peatling, Dan Grida, Todd Blanchfield, Sam Froling, and Tyler Harvey how they unwind after game day.

Catch the full player Q&As in our latest issue of Coal Coast Mag, out now or online via https://coalcoastmagazine.com/coal-coast-magazine/post-game-recovery/

✍️ Kate O’Mealley | 📸 Lisa Csapo

29/09/2025

CONTRIBUTOR CALLOUT ✍️📸

Are you a local creative? Have a passion for writing, interviewing or photography?

Come along this Wednesday, meet the team and find out how you can get involved!

Wed 1 October
10-11am
Thames St Studio
West Wollongong

Questions? Send us a DM 🙂

25/09/2025

BEACH DAYS AHEAD ⛱️

School holidays incoming. Warm weather around the corner. Hot chips for dinner?

We’ll meet you right here.

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24/09/2025

THE SEARCH FOR SOMETHING TRUE

From Sydney’s underground graffiti scene in the 80s to multidisciplinary works across collages, murals, oils and sculpture, Kiama artist Mikey Freedom has never stopped chasing what feels real.

His work adorns walls across the Illawarra — from Wonderwalls festival pieces to colourful murals in Kiama — but at the heart of it all is a deeper pursuit: connection, community, and the courage to keep searching.

We caught up with Mikey to talk art, meaning and the drive to follow resonance wherever it leads. Read the full story in our Spring issue or online via https://coalcoastmagazine.com/coal-coast-magazine/the-search-for-something-true

✍️ Lauren Pomphrey | 📸 courtesy of Mikey Freedom

23/09/2025

COAST BANKSIA 💛

Happy and hardy, beautifully captured by .rose.photos

17/09/2025

LOCAL TUNES TOO GOOD TO SKIP

From groove-driven indie and soulful folk-pop to acoustic vibes and rich cultural blends, Wollongong’s live music scene is thriving.

Local artists Kane Calcite, Joe Mungovan, Gracie Love and Blessie Pica are making waves with their unique sounds and performances that are simply too good to miss.

Catch them at pubs, markets and venues across the Illawarra — and dive into their stories in our latest issue or online via https://coalcoastmagazine.com/coal-coast-magazine/local-tunes-too-good-to-skip/

✍️ Emma Smith

15/09/2025

EARLY BIRD ALERT - SUMMER MAG

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14/09/2025

SPRING SWIMS 🏊‍♂️

Hands up in you’ve braved the waters for a Spring swim? It sure looks inviting 😍

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10/09/2025

TODAY’S TRENDS FOR TOMORROW’S HOMES

From tiny homes in East Corrimal to community-led electrification in the 2515, the way we live is changing — and the South Coast is showing what’s possible. Think functional outdoor spaces, sustainable design, and interiors that feel personal and grounded.

Read the full story in our Spring issue or online via ttps://coalcoastmagazine.com/coal-coast-magazine/todays-trends-for-tomorrows-homes/

✍️ Hayley Griffiths

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A quarterly lifestyle publication produced in the Illawarra, Coal Coast magazine keeps readers informed of local events and turns the spotlight on the region's many talents.

With diverse, carefully curated content and beautiful photography – including inspiring and informative editorials, and thought-provoking features – Coal Coast magazine is a true celebration of life in our little pocket of the world.

As a free, independent publication, we tell real stories with authenticity and passion. Coal Coast is designed to be read on the beach, displayed on a coffee table, lovingly stored on a bookshelf as part of a collection or passed onto a friend. In this fast-paced world we live in, we aim to feature timeless content that endures – we hope you take joy from each issue for many years to come.

Read our issues online https://www.coalcoastmagazine.com/issues/