Reopening soon: First look at the Illawarra pub relaunch delayed by COVID-19

Kate McIlwain
Updated May 21 2020 - 9:29pm, first published 5:00pm
"Quintessential Australian pub": A reopening date for The Illawarra, which had been shut since January, is looming now that COVID-19 restrictions are easing. Picture: Adam McLean/Supplied.
"Quintessential Australian pub": A reopening date for The Illawarra, which had been shut since January, is looming now that COVID-19 restrictions are easing. Picture: Adam McLean/Supplied.

After closing for renovations at the start of the year, the Illawarra hotel was finally due to reopen at the end of March.

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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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