Musician Dave Mann returns to Broome
Soulful acoustics and a green-living philosophy keep Dave Mann humming to a good tune. You can almost set the calendar to Dave Mann arriving back in Broome, along with other nomads on the northern...
View ArticleDownsizing: the lure of collecting models
Gary Wilson loves collecting model machinery, particularly buses and Holden cars.
View ArticleBlooming Art 2012
Garden and gouache meet once more at the Bunbury Regional Art Galleries
View ArticleBuilding a fire resistant house
A Margaret River architect is designing a house to a budget which might be defended in the case of fire.
View ArticleThe essential guide to road tripping
It's summer holidays and as the main city roads empty out, the roads in regional towns may see a bit more traffic. A summer road trip is an almost mythical holiday adventure for many Australians.
View ArticleFrom pace to peace: a tree change from Perth to Northcliffe
Jim Sale and his wife left the family behind in Perth and paradoxically ended up closer to them than ever
View ArticleUnder my roof: the house that Dad built
Live in the shed, build the family house, lose the marriage.
View ArticlePeople love the Leschenault Estuary
A study into how much people value the Leschenault Estuary and inlet shows that everyone living near it values its natural beauty.
View ArticleShark patrols may keep you out of the water and not of out of danger
Aerial patrols might not reduce the risk of shark attack
View ArticleFears and facts about asbestos removal
Slowly but surely, asbestos is being cleared from the environment. What is the risk from the cleanup of the odd stray fibre?
View ArticleAny fresher and they'd blush: Bunbury Community Garden
There's nothing better than getting fruit and vegetables that are fresh. There's nothing fresher than growing your own.
View ArticleMonogamous bobtails look for their mate
Bobtails are busy fattening up and looking for their partners
View ArticleTwo minutes sun is all you need for vitamin D
The WA Cancer Council wants to reassure us that sun protection won't leave us at risk of vitamin D deficiency.
View ArticleUnderneath the engine: the Leschenault Lady stripped down
The Leschenault Lady steam engine is 115 on the 13th December. A bunch of blokes in Boyanup are busy bring her back to peak condition.
View ArticleThe Punchbowl Caravan Park Bunbury was both holiday home and hideaway
Ralph Stone welcomed everyone to his caravan park by the sea. Gypsies, women fleeing violence, shell shocked veterans.
View ArticleHard work pays off with happiness for a Margaret River surfing DJ
Blake McDonald is free surfer and DJ who is living his dream dividing his time between the South West and the tropics.
View ArticleEighty years camping at Busselton over Christmas
Ivan has eight decades of memories holidaying at a Busselton caravan park. His parents took the family there and he did the same with his children.
View ArticleJazz guitarist Martin Rotolo looks for an adventurous audience in Dunsborough
Eagle Bay is sun, surf, and jazz if Martin Rotolo has his way. The Melbourne musician headed down south for the surf and has linked up with other musicians to stir up the local contemporary music scene
View ArticleSouth West bushfire flare out of control, one threatening lives and homes
Firefighters are battling three bushfires in WA's South West, including one that is threatening lives and homes near Northcliffe, while a house was destroyed by one of the blazes in Waroona on Saturday.
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