Annual price increases for houses have slowed to their lowest yearly growth since the third quarter of 2022, despite an overall rise in combined capital house and unit prices.
Sofia Fimognari
The 2025 Karnidale circus festival is back and bigger than ever for it’s 17th edition this week on January 17 and 18.
Ezra Kaye
A Broadwater man who resisted arrest after police attended a domestic violence call out told the court he was “allowed to kick back and have a couple of beers” but his girlfriend didn’t agree.
Amber Lilley and Sofia Fimognari
The Smiths Beach Surf Life Saving Club has trained its first cadets who are now able to use inflatable rescue boats to perform rescues, undertake searches and navigate the ocean.
Daniel Hocking
The Festival of Busselton will be bringing its main event to life this weekend, with four hours of entertainment on the foreshore.
Busselton Margaret River Junior Cricket Association’s under-16 B gold side was the most successful of the association’s four teams competing at junior country week last week, taking out their division’s title.
Josh Kempton
The Busselton foreshore will be bringing a big splash with the Australian Open Water Swimming Championships making its return for it’s third year next week.
Picturesque Yallingup Beach will play host to WA’s premier junior surfing event for the 20th time this week, with Australasia’s best junior surfers coming to the South West to compete in Taj’s Small Fries.
South West pace ace Mahli Beardman made his long-awaited debut for Perth Scorchers in their 61-run loss to Sydney Thunder at ENGIE Stadium on Monday night.
The 67th Pelican State Championships are coming to a close at Geographe Bay Yacht Club with the last two races scheduled for Friday.
Swimmers were told to get out of the water at Bunker Bay Beach on Wednesday after a 3.5m tiger shark was spotted about 500m from shore.
Ezra Kaye and Oliver Lane
The City of Busselton is looking for community feedback on changes to its local planning policy for short-term rental accommodation.
Oliver Lane
As part of the 2025 Festival of Busselton, families took to the jetty foreshore armed with spades and buckets in order to build the best sandcastle
The first council meeting will be held on January 29
The City of Busselton has helped schools recognise students’ academic achievements at their end-of-year school awards
Anjelica Smilovitis
The Busselton Margaret River Junior Cricket Association has sent four sides to the ongoing junior country week in Perth.
Hundreds celebrated the end of 2024 at the Busselton Foreshore on New Year’s Eve, attending the Festival of Busselton’s concert and firework show during the evening.
A Yallingup art gallery featuring West Australian outback landscapes is showcasing WA artist Judy Prosser’s latest works of the “wild” Kimberley.
The Margaret River Wine Association is on the hunt for a new independent chair.
Warren Hately
The Dunn Bay Wailers, a shanty singing group from Dunsborough, raised $1000 to give back to the community this Christmas.
Southcamp in Dunsborough caught fire on Boxing Day evening forcing staff and customers to evacuate.
A free annual concert series will return to the Margaret River region this year, extending its sessions to Augusta by request after a popular local event was cancelled.
Melissa Pedelty
A team of scientists from the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation have been sharing their knowledge on the banks of South West waterways.
Craig Duncan
Busselton fashion designer Karen Ashcroft was thrilled to see her first range of sustainable fashion making its debut at Eco Fashion Week.
