Our Community Project

27/08/2026

21/08/2026

21/08/2026

✨🏮 What a night! We certainly lit Up Port Kembla!
What an incredible evening! 💛

Our 2026 Port Kembla Lantern Parade was an absolute success, with record numbers coming along to celebrate, light up the streets and enjoy another fantastic community evening together. 🏮✨

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated, volunteered, supported and helped make the night so special. It truly takes a community to bring an event like this to life, and we are so grateful for every person who played a part. ❤️

A very special thank you to:
🙏 The authorities and emergency services who helped keep everyone safe throughout the evening
☕ for keeping everyone warm with delicious hot chocolates
🏦 for their generous sponsorship and support
🍕 for keeping everyone fed
📸 And everyone behind the scenes who helped plan, organise, coordinate and deliver such a wonderful event.

Most importantly, thank you to our amazing Port Kembla community and for turning out in such incredible numbers and making the 2026 Lantern Parade one to remember!

📸 We’ve attached a few photos from the evening, and watch this space! We’ll be sharing an album with MANY more photos from the event over the coming weeks.

19/08/2026

✨ IT'S TOMORROW! 🏮🎶

The countdown is OVER… TOMORROW is the 2026 Port Kembla Lantern Parade! 🎉🏮

Get your lanterns ready, grab the family and come along for a magical evening of lanterns, music, entertainment, food, fun and community connection as we make our way from Coomaditchie Lagoon to Port Kembla Public School.

☕🍫 BRING YOUR OWN MUG!
This is your reminder! Bring your own mug along and enjoy a FREE hot chocolate to warm you up on the night. ❤️ thank you

☕ All other hot drinks – gold coin donation
Tea and coffee will also be available, with gold coin donations helping support the event.

🍕 HUNGRY? WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED!
Our canteen will be open with snacks and drinks available for purchase, plus:

🌭 BBQ sausage sizzle & cake stall
🍕 Steve's Mobile Woodfire Pizza
☕ Tea & coffee – gold coin donation
🍫 FREE hot chocolate – bring your own mug!

🍕 Pizza Menu:
Cheese – $15
Ham & Pineapple – $18
Pepperoni – $18
Supreme – $18
BBQ Meat – $18

📅 Thursday, 20 August 2026
🕓 Event starts at 4:45pm
📍 Coomaditchie Lagoon → Port Kembla Public School

🏮 Lanterns | 🎶 Music | 🍕 Food | ☕ Warm drinks | 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family fun | ❤️ Community connection

TOMORROW! TOMORROW! TOMORROW! 🏮✨

Get your lanterns glowing, bring your own mug for a FREE hot chocolate, and come along to celebrate our wonderful community.

SEE YOU THERE! 👋🏮❤️

IGA Port Kembla Port Kembla Chamber of Commerce

18/08/2026

🌿🎶 THANK YOU – MUSIC JAM ‘N’ BREAD! 🎶🍞

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at The Foundery Café on Sunday for another wonderful Music Jam ‘N’ Bread session! 💛

A special thank you to John Spillane for leading us through a beautiful afternoon of Celtic tunes, music and culture. ☘️🎻

And thank you to everyone who shared their musical talents, joined in, listened, chatted and simply enjoyed a lovely afternoon together over a social cuppa. ☕️😊

It was wonderful to see people coming together, sharing music and enjoying each other’s company.. that’s what Jam ‘N’ Bread is all about! 🤝🎶

Thanks to everyone who helped make it such a warm and welcoming afternoon. We hope to see you all again at our next session on 20 September - Columbian Vibes with Anamaria & Mark!

Access Music Therapy Port Kembla Chamber of Commerce

17/08/2026

🎉🏮 ONLY 3 MORE SLEEPS! 🏮🎉

The countdown is ON! Get your lanterns ready and join us for the 2026 Port Kembla Lantern Parade! ✨

Bring the whole family along for an evening of lanterns, music, entertainment, community and fun as we make our way from Coomaditchie Lagoon to Port Kembla Public School. 🏮🎶💛

🍕 HUNGRY? WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED! 🌭☕
Our canteen will be open with light snacks and drinks available for purchase, plus:
🌭 BBQ sausage sizzle
🍕 Steve's Mobile Woodfire Pizza – fresh pizza available to purchase
☕ Tea & coffee to keep you warm

A HUGE thank you to Steve's Mobile Woodfire Pizza for supporting our Lantern Parade and helping make this a wonderful community event! 🙌❤️

🍕 Pizza menu:
Cheese – $15
Ham & Pineapple – $18
Pepperoni – $18
Supreme – $18
BBQ Meat – $18

☕🍫 BRING YOUR OWN MUG! 🍫☕
We’ll be serving up FREE hot chocolate for the kids (and kids at heart! 😉). Just bring your own mug along and warm up with a delicious cup of hot chocolate while you enjoy the festivities! 💛🏮

📅 Thursday, 20 August 2026
🕓 Event starts at 4:45pm
📍 Coomaditchie Lagoon → Port Kembla Public School

🎶 Music | 🏮 Lanterns | 🍕 Food | ☕ Warm drinks | 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family fun | 💛 Community connection

👉 Please register your attendance using the QR code on the flyer or via the Humanitix event page: Register via Humanitix

📲 For further event information:
Port Kembla Lantern Parade Facebook Event

🏮 3 MORE SLEEPS… SEE YOU THERE! 🏮✨

15/08/2026

🎶 Join Us Tomorrow for Jam 'N' Bread! ☘️🍞

Looking for a fun and FREE family activity this weekend? Join us tomorrow for an afternoon of Celtic music, culture and community with the talented John Spillane!

Whether you love to sing, play an instrument, tap your feet to the music, or simply enjoy great company, everyone is welcome. Bring your family, invite your friends, and if you play an instrument, bring it along and join the jam!

📅 Tomorrow – Sunday 16 August
🕑 2:00pm – 4:00pm
📍 The Foundery Café, Port Kembla (temporary venue)

✨ FREE event
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families welcome
🎻 All ages and abilities encouraged to attend

Come and experience the warmth of Celtic music, enjoy afternoon tea, meet new people, and celebrate the wonderful diversity of our community.

We'd love to see you there! 💚🍞🎶

13/08/2026

🏮✨ ONE WEEK TO GO! ✨🏮

The Port Kembla Lantern Parade is just ONE WEEK away! 🎉

There’s still plenty of time to get creative and make your lantern ready to join us next Thursday 20 August! 🏮💛

Looking for some inspiration? Check out these ideas for decorating a round lantern – the type you can often find at your local nik-nak or discount shop. Turn yours into an owl, fish, bee, jellyfish, colourful character… or let your imagination run wild! 🌈🐝🐟🦉

You can also look back through our previous posts for ideas and YouTube clips showing you how to make your own lantern using simple supplies you may already have at home.

👉 Check out our previous lantern ideas here:
Lantern-making ideas

🏮 PORT KEMBLA LANTERN PARADE 🏮

📅 Thursday 20 August 2026
🕓 4:45pm – 7:00pm
📍 Starting at Coomaditchie Lagoon and making our way to Port Kembla Public School

Bring your lantern, family and friends and come along for an evening of music, entertainment, food, fun and community connection! 🎶✨

Whether you’ve made a fancy lantern, a simple lantern, or something completely unique — we want to see it glowing in the parade! 💛

🌟 Make a lantern. Bring a lantern. Be part of the parade! 🌟

👉 Register your attendance and help us spread the word!
🏮https://bit.ly/45J4P8p

12/08/2026

🎶 This Coming Sunday – Join Us for Jam 'N' Bread! ☘️🍞

Looking for something fun, welcoming and FREE to do this weekend?

Join us this coming Sunday, 16 August, for our next Jam 'N' Bread session as we celebrate Celtic music and culture with the wonderful John Spillane!

Whether you're a musician, music lover, or just looking to connect with your community, there's a place for you. Bring your instrument if you play, or simply come along to listen, sing, share a cuppa and enjoy some afternoon tea.

📅 This Sunday, 16 August
🕑 2:00pm – 4:00pm
📍 The Foundery Café, Port Kembla (temporary venue)

💚 FREE event
🎵 All ages and abilities welcome
🍞 Music • Culture • Community • Connection

Bring your family, invite your friends, and help us make another fantastic afternoon of music, culture and community.

📲 Register via the QR code on the flyer or here: https://bit.ly/4nQ8d3T

We can't wait to see you this Sunday! 🎻🎶🍞

12/08/2026

We’re so excited to welcome the Illawarra Toy Library as a new partner of Our Community Project! 💛

Strong communities are built through connection, collaboration and a willingness to share resources and this partnership is a wonderful example of that in action.

The Illawarra Toy Library does fantastic work helping families access quality toys, encouraging play, learning and connection while also making a positive difference for families across our community.

We’re looking forward to working together, supporting local families and creating even more opportunities for our community to connect, share and thrive.

Welcome to the Our Community Project family, Illawarra Toy Library! 🧸🎲💚

We’re proud to support this partnership and can’t wait to see what we can achieve together.