'Don't expect them be open this weekend': mayors' warning over pools, playgrounds

Kate McIlwain
Updated May 12 2020 - 9:01pm, first published 5:00pm
'Problematic': Wollongong and Shellharbour's mayors have both urged caution as playgrounds and pools reopen. Pictures: Adam McLean.
'Problematic': Wollongong and Shellharbour's mayors have both urged caution as playgrounds and pools reopen. Pictures: Adam McLean.

Wollongong residents should not expect all public pools and outdoor equipment to be reopened by this weekend despite a change in some NSW COVID-19 restrictions, Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery has warned.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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