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• Patrols 17 beaches
• Manages nine swimming pools (including three heated and two solar heated) and nine tidal rock pools
• Looks after 427 parks, and 65 sportsgrounds for you to enjoy
• Owns two leisure centres at Beaton Park and Lakeside
• Has a golf course at Russell Vale
• Manages three beachside tourist parks
• Provides kerbside garbage, recycling and green waste collection services to over 77,000 homes a week
• Provides two waste depots at Whytes Gully and Helensburgh
• Processes around 1,800 development applications a year
• Rangers monitor parking, food hygiene and animal welfare
• Plants around 36,000 trees a year together with our volunteers
• Provides and maintains five breathtaking lookouts and facilities
• Looks after 880km of local roads
• Builds and maintains 330km of footpaths and 80km of cycle ways
• Takes around 750 calls every day from locals
• Maintains 26 community centres
• Provides collections and activities at seven libraries, from Helensburgh to Warrawong
• Offer older residents services such as community transport and social support
• Celebrates our cultural diversity through events and public art
• Runs a free regional art gallery
• Holds popular community events like Australia Day and New Year’s Eve
• Works closely and provides funding to Tourism Wollongong and Illawarra Performing Arts Centre
• Works with business and government to showcase our spectacular city