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 Thursday 01 October 2026 in Erowal Bay. You are warmly invited to drop in, see an exhibition of new work by the artists, and join them in some mindful stitching as they create …

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Care For The Mind With A Dose Of Art

A visit to Artfulmind Pop-up Gallery in the curator’s studio is much more than an opportunity to browse and buy captivating works of art and crafts—it is an opportunity for considered care for your mind and wellbeing. Doctors across the world are now prescribing a dose of arts for their proven health enhancing benefits. Visiting …

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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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Winners! Giordana, Lani, Leanne and Bryce after their finals in the Wobbegongs winter swim races at Huskisson Beach. Photo Seana Smith

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 …

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A brand-new molecule: Dr Pia Winberg shows the fractions of SXRG84 to the Project NICE participants at the PhycoHealth factory in Woollamia Jervis Bay. Photo Samantha Tannous

How Local Seaweed is Rewriting Skin Science

An extraordinary collision of marine biology and medical innovation recently transformed Jervis Bay into a global hub for skin health. Project NICE (National Integrated Care for Epithelia) brought together diverse experts—from bioengineers to First Nations custodians—to unlock the secrets of a brand new molecule found right here in Jervis Bay waters with the potential to heal and protect the human body.

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Compose Yourself: Finding Calm In Arranging And Aesthetics

 ‘Compose yourself’ means to calm down, have emotional control, and settle oneself—particularly if we are upset, anxious, or overwhelmed. It also has a deeper, creative interpretation referring to actively shaping one’s own being. Read on for a simple, practical, pleasurable strategy to compose yourself using creative arranging of specially chosen objects. The arrangement of three …

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LOCAL FAVOURITES

Aerial overlooking Blenheim Beach, Vincentia. Photo: Destination NSW

The locals guide to Vincentia

Calalla Beach

Vincentia

Huskisson

Jervis Bay