Relief is on the way for stranded holidaymakers on Rottnest Island after a major ferry service decided to brave dubious weather conditions this weekend. Rottnest Express had cancelled services until Monday, after forecasts of gale-force winds. It left up to 200 people stranded on the island until at least Monday, after the other operator, Oceanic [...]
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Relief for stranded Rotto travellers
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Whales Wallowing in Western Australia
Posted in Local News, tagged 15, 1963, A$62 ($50), Albany, avoid, busy, capital, capital Perth, coast, come on board, Commercial whaling, crowds., cruises, decades, early, every year, faster, growing, head south, Hillarys, Hillarys Boat Harbour, hurry, Local News, numbers, Oz, perth, population, season, sightings, three-hour cruises, Tourism peeps, tourist, two-hour trip, underway, unlikely, WA, wallowing, West Oz, western australia, whale population, whale watching season, Whale watching trips, whale-watchers, whales, whales showing up. on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The coast of Western Australia is getting busy: the whale watching season is underway and early sightings suggest that not only has the season started early, but there are more whales than there’ve been in decades. Commercial whaling in Western Australia finished up in 1963 with just 500 humpback whales left in the waters, but [...]
Storms force cancellation of Rottnest ferry services
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Gale force winds tipped to hit Perth this weekend have forced two ferry operators to cancel all trips to Rottnest Island. The popular Rottnest Express confirmed it has cancelled all bookings from Friday to Sunday inclusive while Oceanic Cruises will not operate on Saturday or Sunday. The third company which operates ferry trips to the [...]
The mystery of the missing python
Posted in Local News, tagged "nasty bite", capable, cared, considered, dangerous, Department of Environment and Conservation, illness, Local News, long carpet python, northern suburbs, ordinarily, Perth's, Police, police hunt, python, sick., snake, sparking, spokeswoman, stolen, suburbs, two-metre, welfare, whereabouts, wildlife research centre, woodvale, young children on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A sick snake has been stolen from Perth’s northern suburbs, sparking a police hunt. The two-metre long carpet python was being cared for by the Department of Environment and Conservation at its wildlife research centre at Woodvale. The centre was broken into some time between Friday and yesterday morning and police believe the python was [...]
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$50 million revamp for Morley
Posted in Local News, tagged $50 million, 1000 people, arts, build, BUILT, cafes, Centro Galleria shopping mall, City of Bayswater, consultation, Coventry Square, crafts., creating, dedicated, development, development company, economy, fashion, finished, fresh food section, Greg Poland, heart of Morley, house, Hundreds, jobs, local, Local News, major, microbrewery, Morley, new, old Coventry’s warehouse, organic produce., period, plans, precinct, principal, project, public, public comment, public consultation, real shot, restaurants, revamp, selling, shopping precinct., six-week, slowing, slowing down, small businesses, start, stores, The Strzelecki Group, tourist, town centre, transforming, ultimate, warehouse on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Morley is set to get a revamp – with the $50 million Coventry Square development now out for public comment. “This is a great step forward for us,” said Greg Poland, the principal of The Strzelecki Group development company that plans to build the project. “Once the six-week public consultation period has finished we can [...]
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