Artists Kerry Laws and Terhi Hakola ready to install a new work for Arts in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley.

WHAT’S ON

Grilled Woollamia Mussels, Bundanon Artisans Market and a Huskisson Tuna Masterclass

FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER | WHAT’S ON IN JERVIS BAY: Freshly grilled Woollamia mussels, long weekend art events and school holiday workshops set the pace across the Coast this week.
Bangalay Dining Executive Chef Simon Furley plates up the new spring menu.

FOOD & DRINK Restaurants

Spring Dining Series: Taste the Coast at Bangalay Dining

Welcome to our Spring Menu Series, where the changing season brings a fresh look at what is happening in our South Coast kitchens, starting at Bangalay Dining in Shoalhaven Heads.
Woebegone Dive takes scuba divers out into Jervis Bay.

NATURE THINGS TO DO

Back in the Blue: Rediscovering Jervis Bay with Woebegone Dive

Longtime local diver Jamie McAinsh steps aboard Woebe Two at Woollamia for a double-dive adventure north to Drum and Drumsticks. Beneath the surface, inquisitive Australian fur seals, drifting salpas and a surprise encounter with grey nurse sharks offer a vivid reminder of the marine wonderland sitting right on our doorstep.

THINGS TO DO CULTURE WELLBEING

Reflect And Replenish: Join Local Artist Duo Stitching An Artwork

Be what you are becoming, the first live art event and exhibition by longtime artist-friends, Barbara Dawson and Natalie McDonagh, opens on …
A seabird landing at Shoalhaven Heads by BirdLife Shoalhaven member Kim Touzel

NATURE Bird Watching THINGS TO DO

Bird Fest Lands on the International Bird Highway of the Shoalhaven

Experience the Bird Haven Festival along the Shoalhaven’s international bird highway with diverse species and field experts.
Jervis Bay is Teeming with Rescue Simulations This Weekend 

Jervis Bay is Teeming with Rescue Simulations This Weekend 

More than 70 Marine Rescue NSW volunteers and staff will take part in a major multi-agency search and rescue exercise at Jervis Bay on Saturday 12 September, including a first-of-its-kind live rescue scenario involving multiple people in a life raft.

Local Athlete Sam Stubbs Qualifies for World CrossFit Games

Local Athlete Sam Stubbs Qualifies for World CrossFit Games

UPDATE TUESDAY 28 JULY: Congratulations Sam Stubbs! The third fittest Adaptive Athlete in the world! We received a special message from Jodi and Team Sam, in San Jose, where Sam competed in the world championship Adaptive CrossFit Games. After three days of competition and six tough workouts, Sam stood up on the dais to receive his medal.

Winter Swimming with the Wobbegongs

Winter Swimming with the Wobbegongs

Swimmer and author Seana Smith shares what it’s like to be a member of this warm and welcoming community group. Read about the new Shark Bite Kit the Wobbegongs had installed. I’m standing in the sea at Huskisson Beach with three other swimmers, two on each side of our 50-metre lane rope. We’re waiting for


THINGS TO DO

Make A Woof To Keep: Get Hands On At Artfulmind Pop-up Gallery

Find family-friendly fun at Huskisson Artisans Market, Sunday 30 August, in a special, hands-on edition of Artfulmind Pop-up Gallery. Put on your thinking cap, get assembling and discover what was involved for Liane Wilcher to design and produce her ‘My Flat Mate’ series of 3D dog heads, cleverly constructed from flat wooden pieces. Imagine you …

Bioluminescence on the south coast at night

Three Winter Festivals Taking Over Huskisson This August

Relieve your winter “cabin fever” with these fascinating festivals taking over Huskisson this August. From glowing ocean science and indie cinema to hands-on art workshops, here is how to spend your weekends around the Bay this month.

Making Magic Happen: Conjuring Connection

When you immerse yourself in one of the 12 two-day Arts Muster Workshops—29-30 August, 2026—you will experience a very particular sort of magic that happens when we make things together. Beyond the magic of our minds and hands bringing a visible, physical thing into existence, making things together conjures myriad invisible, enriching connections with ourselves, …

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