Busselton-Dunsborough Times

communityLocals give spaces new lease of life

Community groups from Busselton and Dunsborough were among the top three groups from across WA to receive an RAC grant last weekend in Perth.

Jackson Lavell-LeeSenior Journalist

Dusborough Progress Association spokesperson Tony Sharp and Building Busselton‘s Lisa Skrypichayko accept grants from RAC sponsoship advisor Kendell Terrel

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Jackson Lavell-Lee

Dunsborough waterMove to drilling works first stage of WN Project

The Drilling of Quindalup’s Mewett Road bore will be whipped into action “as soon as possible” as part of the City’s expansion plan for Dunsborough’s non-potable Water Network Project

Catherine Massey

Open garden dayGarden opened up for a worthy cause

This Sunday the Bay Garden Group’s charity fundraiser Open Garden Day will welcome local and out-of-town visitors to Busselton for an afternoon of food, fertilisers and frivolity.

Catherine Massey

Car maintenance workshopCar maintenance for Capes youth

Capes young adults will be a shoo-in with car maintenance next week when a SHIFT Youth Crew gives them tips on maintaining and running vehicles.

Catherine Massey

Doctor retiresDoctor calls time after 40 years in medicine

Busselton Medical Practice staff will have to adapt to life without their beloved general practitioner Dr Geoff Taylor when he retires in December after more than 40 years in the industry.

Catherine Massey

indigenous tourismCapes trail to reconcile past

Wardandi Elder Bill Webb is calling for Indigenous massacres in the South West to be taught in outdoor learning experiences targeting students and tourists via the Busselton to Augusta trail.

Jackson Lavell-Lee

Water weekWorth of water highlighted in new book

To mark this week’s National Water Week, Busselton Water has released an educational children’s book — Hydro and Lily Save Busselton’s Water.

Jackson Lavell-Lee

exportsCheers all round as brewer sips a trade win

Eagle Bay Brewing Co is exporting for the first time after breaking into the Singapore market with assistance from the South West Development Commission’s TradeStart program.

hockeyBe part of summer social fun

Busselton Hockey Association seeks expressions of interest for its six-week Summer Hockey season which started yesterday.

origins marketMarket springs up

Origins Market will aim to “reel in” the region’s best producers and artisans when it opens in Busselton in spring 2021.

TennisHannah serves to aim high

Tennis ace Hannah Nichols, July’s rising sports star, has her sights set on playing for an American college when she graduates from high school.

Catherine Massey

ShelterAnticipation brewing

Patrons at Busselton foreshore are excited about the Shelter Brewery, which will open in the first two weeks of November, with artwork and signs installed this week.

Jackson Lavell-Lee

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Bush legendsThe decision that saved surf legend Dave Macaulay

Dave Macaulay looks from his balcony to his hometown cliffs that hold such great sadness and will always wonder what would have happened if, on a fateful day in 1996, he had made a different choice.

Steve Butler

Modern-day greatGribble heads Bush and ‘Burbs Top 30 of 2020

Bunbury stalwart Jesse Gribble was a no-brainer for the Bush and ‘Burbs top-30 of 2020 after completing his trophy cabinet with a premiership medallion and Pike Medal. See who else made the cut

Jordan McArdle

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11yo takes own life after her alleged rapist given bail

A family is desperate for answers as doctors switch off the life support of an 11-year-old girl who took her own life just weeks after her alleged predator was granted bail — free to roam the streets.

Annabel Hennessy

Regional News

Dust flies‘The trick is survival’: Kal Desert Race kicks off

Perth-based extreme 2WD class driver Chris Giles was among the race’s first-time competitors having previously made the pilgrimage out as a course car driver.

Tom Zaunmayr

Moment in timeKal COVID pic project to go on show

Locked in her car at a socially safe distance, Morrison photographed more than 500 families in their front yard — from dads dancing in the driveway to mums drinking their way through the madness

Indiana Lysaght

Bail opposedAlleged teen groper ‘exposed himself’ to cop

The 17-year-old, who cannot be named because he is a minor, was charged with indecently assaulting five women on six separate occasions in Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s Coles and Woolworths on August 11.

Taylar Amonini

Mental healthCounselling service to boost support for Kambalda women

The new service would be aimed at supporting women’s health and wellbeing will be starting on Wednesday

Minister’s commitmentShark tagging to ramp up off Esperance after fatality

Tagging numbers have so far lagged behind last year’s effort but WA Fisheries Minister Peter Tinley said next month — the best time to undertake tagging — the program would ramp up again.

“deplorable traffic history”Suspended driver jailed again

A magistrate has slammed a man for his “deplorable traffic history” after he told the police he was his brother when caught driving on a lifetime suspension — his 12th no-authority-to-drive offence.

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Bail refusedQuarantined FIFO worker ‘found drunk on footpath’

A Queensland man has been refused bail and will have to serve out his 14 day-isolation period behind bars after allegedly breaching WA's hotel quarantine laws four times.

Sarah Steger

Violent studentsHow we can fix problem of violence in WA schools

Serious mental health issues in young people manifest in different ways, but in schools they often result in violence towards staff and other students. Here’s how to address the problem.

Pat Byrne

EditorialWhen the going gets tough, WA gets behind Telethon

A global pandemic has ensured this weekend we’ll see a Telethon like no other but there is good reason to believe not even COVID-19 can dim WA’s generous spirit.

Bail reformMinister flags changes to stop ‘abusers’ going free

WA Police Minister Michelle Roberts says a proposal to change the law so those accused of child sex abuse crimes are not able to be bailed by police is ‘worth consideration’.

Worthy causeWoolies’ spooky Telethon fundraiser

Supermarket giant Woolworths is throwing its support behind Telethon 2020, offering $2 Halloween wall tokens to customers with all money raised going towards supporting children in need.

WA’s gift for giving53 years young, Telethon is still going strong

What started as an ambitious idea to turn TV into a force for good, Telethon has captured WA’s heart. We take a look at the five-decade history of the State’s most beloved charity event.

Brianna Dugan