President's Report Settled weather and the growing enthusiasm to join our activities have resulted in a bumper few months.  It has been wonderful to see such good turnouts for our walks, paddles and rides, and as is always the case, our trips away have been fully...

Leaders please note the changes At last week’s committee meeting there was a discussion about cancelled activities. It was decided that the cancellation of an activity, amendment or changes to an activity are to be made on the website by 6:00pm the day before. The...

The committee also discussed the fact that there is some confusion about pace versus grading, that leisurely does not necessarily mean easy or that energetic means hard. Leisurely, moderate, energetic all refer to pace; distinct from the Grade number which refers to...

Meetings and Parties!       When: 10.00 am Saturday 25 November 2023      Where: The Shelter,  Rhododendron Gardens, Mount Pleasant Directions:      From Princes Hwy in Fairy Meadow, turn into Balgownie Road, then left into Kembla St and right into New Mount Pleasant...

On September 23rd and 24th, there will be a festival featuring free community rides, free family rides, free all abilities rides, or competitive road races. Alongside cycling, the festival will also feature a community expo, food stalls, entertainment, all abilities...

Vale Ron Carvell Ron was born in Somerset, England in 1932 and left school at 14 to work at the steelworks in Corby.  He met Marj and they bought bicycles to ride the 10 miles to work. Ron did an apprenticeship in painting and decorating and spent all his working life...

Information on the number of walks, cycles, paddles, multi-day trips, cancellations and social activities has been summarised for three quarters from September 2022 to May 2023, covering spring, summer and autumn. Winter activities (June-August) have not been included...

Of the 291 current members at June 2023, over 2/3rds live in the Wollongong LGA, followed by 16% who live in Shellharbour LGA. Only 5% (N=15) of members live in Kiama LGA and 10% (N=27) live outside the Illawarra, including Shoalhaven, Eurobodalla and Greater Sydney...

Meet the member:  Robyn Sim, Illawarra Rambler member and occasional walk’s leader Interview conducted by Julie McDonald, Publicity Officer This is the start of a new segment in the newsletter: “meeting the member” where an Illawarra Rambler will be interviewed on...