The Bunbury community came in droves to the Koombana Bay foreshore for Skyfest 2025 on Australia Day.
Ezra Kaye
Southern Ports has achieved global certification becoming one of five port authorities in the world to receive asset management certification from the International Organisation for Standardisation.
Valued members of the Bunbury community were honoured at the Citizen of the Year awards on Australia Day at the Graham Bricknell Music Shell.
More than 1000 athletes and 400 volunteers from 21 WA surf lifesaving clubs descended on Bunbury’s Back Beach for Surf Life Saving WA’s annual Country Carnival over the weekend.
South West product Kyle Lee proved unstoppable at the Australian Open Water Swimming Championships in Busselton last week, winning three gold medals across the course of the event.
Josh Kempton, Caitlin Bassett & Jake Santa Maria
Bunbury’s two teams in the A-division of women’s country week experienced mixed fortunes, with the Bunbury Red side making the final and the Bunbury Blue team winning two games.
Josh Kempton
Tornadoes Red emerged as the winners of the Bunbury Senior Basketball League women’s A-grade table-toppers clash on Friday night, beating Tornadoes Black by two points.
The final round of the Bunbury Senior Basketball League men’s A-grade season saw Tornadoes Black extinguish Aces Sky’s hopes of jumping into the top five and secure their own finals place with a victory.
Bunbury’s B-section side was the best performed of their lower grade outfits at senior country week, making it through to the final.
Bunbury’s bid to win back the Boan Cup fell short last week, with the Blue Swans failing to make the senior country week A-section final.
The annual Jazz in the Jarrah concert will celebrate its 15th year, with the Manjimup Lions-hosted concert taking place on February 1.
Daniel Hocking
The Imperials Football Club in Manjimup is entering a new era with a young local couple, Matt Seymour and Sesha Dalton, at the helm
Melissa Pedelty
Families and descendants of lighthouse keepers descended on Cape Naturaliste on Tuesday for a very special occasion.
Warren Hately
Busselton-Margaret River Cricket Association has sent three teams to senior country week in Perth, competing in the top grade as well as D and E-sections.
A Busselton brewery is hoping to break into GABS Hottest 100 beer list this year with their newest IPA, after narrowly missing the list in 2023.
Elected members at the City of Busselton are poised to vote on the proposed Safer Speeds trial throughout the Capes region which would cut speeds on up to 1800 Capes local government roads.
A recent Christmas Lights winner has donated her prize towards a Rotary program she said meant a lot to her and her late husband.
Busselton community members can head to the foreshore on Sunday to celebrate Australia Day with a breakfast and awards ceremony, hosted by the Geographe Bay Rotary Club and City of Busselton
More volunteers are needed to support Busselton Hospice Care in providing end-of-life care and support.
Busselton women over the age of 40 will be able to have a free screening mammogram with the BreastScreen WA in town.
More funding is needed to help protect the South West region’s critically endangered hairy marron, an environmental management group says.
A murder is going to happen, and the only two people who can stop it are sworn enemies.
Amber Lilley
Labor WA has pledged to spend $1.6 million on new headquarters for the Argyle Irishtown Bush Fire Brigade if re-elected in March.
Sofia Fimognari
The City of Bunbury will create a Noongar arts space in the heart of the city, being the first area in the South West to have a hub for First Nations artwork.
