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“ People in Wollongong smile more than anyone else in the country, according to an Instagram study . It’s not hard to see why…” An article got tweeted the other day, “16 reasons why Wollongong is the happiest city in Australia ”. I could probably tell you a few more than 16. For those that don’t know, Wollongong is on the south coast of New South Wales. About a hour drive from Sydney and about 40 minutes from my home in Campbelltown. Most people wouldn’t know, but Wollongong is the third largest city in NSW. Wollongong for the past 4 years for me has been my training base from the end of January till mid May when we go overseas. One of the great things is that Wollongong is situated on a harbour which used, among other things, for an Australia Day Aquathon and by us on the rare occasion that the waves are too big at North beach. The Aquathon has grown over the years that I have competing in it and that’s a massive credit to Rob Battocchio for staging...