An entire species on the verge of extinction in the Illawarra

By Ben Langford
March 17 2018 - 4:30pm

When René Tummers closes his hardware store at Fairy Meadow, regulars will mourn more than one shop. There's an entire species on the verge of extinction.

CAN'T WIN: (Left) René Tummers is selling off the last of his stock at the Fairy Meadow Hardex store. Picture: SILVIA LIBER
CAN'T WIN: (Left) René Tummers is selling off the last of his stock at the Fairy Meadow Hardex store. Picture: SILVIA LIBER

Take a walk down Wentworth Street in Port Kembla, and let’s go back in time, down to Gino Chiodo’s hardware store, in the year 1987.

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