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The Servo in Port Kembla.

The Servo

Find live music, street food and drinks at this former petrol station in Port Kembla.

  • Isabel Cant

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Fish of the day and chips at Rosie’s in Coledale.

The Good Food Guide to a summer road trip through Wollongong and surrounds

You’ll find a contender for the best fish and chips in the country, a retro servo with snacks and a fun vibe, outstanding baked goods and more.

  • Isabel Cant
Port Kembla bar and restaurant The Iron Yampi.
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The Iron Yampi

Country pub favourites at the top of a historic town.

This retro servo draws crowds with live music, fire pits and deep-fried lasagne sangas

Crackerjack snacks including pork cordon bleu buns and fried fish sandwiches are among the fleeting specials at this laid-back community spot.

  • Lenny Ann Low
City Extra at Circular Quay is one of Sydney’s late-night diners.

Coffee at 3am? The plan to make NSW more convenient for shift workers

Sydney’s “night mayor” has been focused on reviving the city’s nightlife. Now he is shifting his attention to the state’s growing 24-hour workforce.

  • Megan Gorrey
A bridge on the incomplete Maldon to Dombarton railway line.

Why Sydney needs to bring back this abandoned ‘missing train link’ from the ’80s

The government has been urged to resuscitate a long-lost railway line from Port Kembla to south-west Sydney or risk wasting the potential of the city’s new airport.

  • Michael Koziol
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The Iron Yampi is a “highly enjoyable place to spend a few hours” in Port Kembla.
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The Iron Yampi pub brings new life to an old industrial town

Port Kembla is a town that really could – and should – be pumping, and this modern pub, serving slightly elevated counter-meal favourites and terrific cocktails, is a great start.

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Marine Rescue NSW volunteers are helping free a whale on Saturday.

Authorities free whale entangled off Port Kembla

It comes as more than 40,000 humpback whales are expected to travel along Australia’s east coast this migration season.

  • Mibenge Nsenduluka and Samantha Lock
Imported cars at the Melbourne International RoRo and Auto Terminal in Port Melbourne.

Labor tells car makers not to import pest-ridden cars amid biosecurity backlog

Australians are being made to wait up to a year for new cars after the number of vehicles held up at Australian ports over biosecurity threats almost doubled.

  • Anthony Galloway and Benjamin Preiss
Port Kembla has a proud steelmaking and stevedoring history.

‘It’s not Fort Kembla’: Protesters plan May Day march against AUKUS

Union groups and labour organisers will move the big annual workers’ march from Wollongong to Port Kembla to oppose its use as a base for a future submarine fleet.

  • David Crowe and Matthew Knott