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Concrete marketing Australia

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innovate create, the new Australian concrete marketing and training service has been launched at Concrete marketing Australia - this australian concrete marketing service will soon transfer to its own domain name and more information on concrete and concrete marketing in Australia will follow.

Keith Palmer CV

2011-12-04T12:33:00.001+08:00

Keith Phillip Palmer

7 The Strand Bunbury 6230
Phone: 08 9791 5556, 0417 435 142
email: kppalmer@westnet.com.au

Summary

Keith Palmer has over 20 years success in business management, innovation andmarketing, particularly in the areas of construction and technology manufacturing –managing up to 45 staff in both Sydney and Western Australia.

For the past 5 years Mr Palmer has been with Holcim (Australia) Pty Ltd, most recentlyas Sales & Marketing Manager, and project managed various developments, beeninvolved with national marketing efforts and establishing an Architectural concretedivision as a national leader, both in revenue share and proactive Quality, sales andloyalty programmes.

In his time at Holcim he has won major commercial and infrastructure projects, growntheir merchandising business from a $100 annual profit to now over $130,000 andincreased their architectural concrete sales over 200% whilst at the same timeincreasing margins and profit.

Employing relentless marketing campaigns whilst combining the incorporation of qualityprocedures into all operations, Mr Palmer has grown local start-ups into national,award-winning operations and was hand-picked to directly consult to the President &CEO of a USA-based major multinational company.

His companies have been the winner of the WA Business Awards (Total QualityManagement) representing Western Australia at the national finals presented by thePrime Minister, a finalist at the WA Industry and Export Awards, Winner MostInnovative Business WA - South West, a bevy of other State and National awards andwas only the second south west WA company to achieve ISO Quality Assuranceaccreditation.

Mr Palmer played a key role in the urban redevelopment of the WA city of Bunbury,developing, constructing and managing the workforces of a number of the "landmark"multi-storey commercial and residential developments in the area. He also conceivedBunbury’s original short-stay accommodation business in which he not only specifieddesign and functionality, but also constructed and then managed these properties.

Keith Palmer is the 1987 WA winner of the Five Outstanding Australians, was criticalin establishing south west WA's first internet portal in the early 1990's and hasdeveloped a reputation in both his marketing and construction activities, that nearenough is NOT good enough, insisting on Quality at all levels whilst driving schedulesand maintaining budgets.

Crucial to all roles held by Mr Palmer has been his credo –
“Quality is not an occasional concern but a relentless dedication.”

Employment History

2006 – 2011 Holcim (Australia) Pty Ltd (formerly Readymix)Sales & Marketing Manager 2010 – 2011
Construction Services Manager 2006 – 2009

Financial:
Set and meet yearly budgets and attain ROI & EBITDA targets, review andcommunicate monthly
Communicate monthly to COO revised volume projections and update and explainthese weekly thereafter
Targeted strategy of key boutique and high performance concrete - infrastructuremarket aimed at reducing competition and increasing margins – result is budget EBITDAis achieved on lower local volume whist Average Selling Price has increased significantlybeyond budget
Improved COD account from debit $110,000 to typically credit $20,000+ at any time
Turned around a loss-making construction services division into a month in, month outprofit maker on lower turnover inside 1 year, rectifying problems and system failures inthis business
Achieved sales increases around a .002 reinvestment of concrete sales revenue intoadvertising charges
Increased margins on entire concrete business, developing cost and profit optimizationprogrammes that ensure industry-leading margins
Devised, wrote and presented the 2009 South West business strategies “On BoralledTime” and the “Money of Colour” – focus on financial history and market sharemaintenance
Designed and implemented premium trades programmes and refocused qualitystandards to the final consumer to drive down rectification costs whilst improvingproduct quality and reputation – rework costs and liabilities reduced by 90% resulting inequivalent EBITDA increase
Introduction of raw material by-products so as to increase product margin & EBITDAReview and negotiate product pricing & transport so as to contain costs

Business Improvements & Achievements:
Initiated and introduced Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) software into theHolcim south west business unit, ensuring organisational consistency, communicationand accountability throughout the geographically spread operation; presently assistingwith selection and rollout of CRM at a national level – has also reduced potential forliability by providing effective date-stamped historical and consistent records
Reviewed, rationalized & evolved staffing roles and responsibilities so as to improveeffectiveness of organizational structure
Achieved profits in excess of $132,000 on merchandising products (up from $125 profitfor full year, when started with Holcim)
Increased architectural concrete revenue to $6.5 million in 2008 (up from $3 million onjoining Holcim, an increase of 217%) with market share of 99% amongst 4 suppliers

Driving a targeted marketing campaign, has grown architectural concrete business to upto 39.9% of total concrete revenue (up from 17% in 2006)
Project managed various concrete construction projects including a 6 night project thatgenerated $70,000+ profit
Incorporate and lead on the introduction of Net Promoter Score (NPS) performancemeasurement within the local Holcim business and set up and delivered onlineCustomer Satisfaction Surveys for Holcim business
Focus on continual updating and accuracy of all customer database records reducingadmin time wastage and increasing business professionalism
Hired and supervised sales/marketing staff, Construction Services contractors and staff
Rationalised and improved product offerings including incorporation of improved andhealth and safety procedures – meeting or exceeding all Safety, Health andEnvironment targets
Expert concrete diagnostics and work practices including responsibilities for diagnosingconcrete issues and dealing with customer complaints – led and resolved all face-to-facepotential customer liability situations
Winner Holcim Outstanding Achievement in Sales award, 2009-2010

Marketing, Innovation & Sustainability:
Co-Champion for sustainable concrete development – directing Ecomax Green Starproduct launch, rollout & marketing including writing and devising all Ecomax productliterature for Western Australia and Northern Territory – presented to senior Holcimmanagement
Winner, major award – Innovation in Concrete (Cement Concrete AggregatesAustralia, 2010 & representing WA at national finals)
Developed and initiated Holcim Platinum Partner Programme defensive marketingstrategy together with South West Community Fund in partnership with WA RegionalNewspapers and City of Bunbury, obtaining major media commitments and raising over$60,000 to distribute within the community
Devised, directed and implemented 2009 Spring Marketing Programme that saw over700 incremental people/groups visit the Bunbury architectural concrete display and asurge in business turnover
Developed from scratch, including all written materials, a range of marketing materialsfor architectural products including colour sales brochures, media advertising, BestPractice Placement Guide, safety cards, product colour and style charts, websites anddatabase emailed newsletter campaigns
Devised, designed and implemented Holcim South West and Perth Metro websites(www.concretewa.com.au & perth.concretewa.com.au) & totally produced sales andmarketing multimedia DVD
Developed all web marketing to position concretewa website at the top of relevantsearches in all major search engines
Planned, implemented and hosted several public meetings promoting Holcim/Readymixproducts and services
Developed full commercial display centres in Busselton, Bunbury, Margaret River andManjimup where none existed previously
Set up mailing system and wrote/produced regular email newsletters

2005 - 2006
Specialist multi-storey Construction Consultant, BGC
Hired to problem-solve multi-storey construction issues and provide business andconstruction advice
Developed in-house training model and trades loyalty programme - "BGC Diamonds"
Developed Customer Service models & strategies, led “dealing with DifficultCustomers” seminar & frontline to difficult customer situations
Evaluated online warranty/maintenance and task software
Reporting & recommendations on structural & construction issues
Individual projects up to $1 million & concurrent projects of approximately $10 millionRecord construction completion of 9 weeks on BGC Display Home
Offered role of Business & Quality Manager 2006, left to take up role with Readymix

1995-2005
General Manager (Construction) - Western Edge Resorts, multi-storey construction anddevelopment, hands-on project management and supervision for up-marketcommercial, tourist and residential properties
Individual "landmark" and boutique projects up to $3 million (up to $5 millionconcurrently), organising multiple trades and construction stages on individualcommercial & multi-use sites
Developed in-house Quality systems, taking projects from design through to fit-out &commercial management, setting and meeting budgets
Worked closely from planning through construction with local government authorities
Contract management services including online services and marketing, e-commerceand record-breaking search engine web marketing – WA & NT

1988-1995:
General Manager - technology developer and marketer, Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd
Grew startup to a $1 million/month revenue, multi-award winning and internationallyrespected company within 5 years
Directed over 45 staff in Bunbury, Perth and Sydney
Winner WA Business Awards - Total Quality Management
Direct consultant to Al Shugart (dec), former founder, President & CEO, SeagateTechnologies (USA) - one of the world’s largest technology companies
Second south west WA company to attain ISO 9002 Quality Assurance; researched,planned, designed, developed, wrote, trained and implemented all ISO 9002 QualityAssurance procedures, manuals, policies and supporting documents for 40 staff in 3geographic locations
Represented Western Australia at Australian Business Awards presented by PrimeMinister Robert Hawke
Australia’s sole member Seagate Technology Group (14 companies worldwide) &SyQuest Technologies Strategic Partner (5 companies worldwide)

Winner Most Innovative Business WA - South West
Runner-Up, WA Industry and Export Awards (Best Regional Business), beaten byWoodside Petroleum
Twice Winner MacWorld Australia Awards - Best Peripheral Product
Winner MacWorld Australia Awards (Gold Award) - Best Customer Service(beating Apple)
World’s largest sales of Seagate hard drive - model ST3257N
Proposed and organised south west Western Australia’s first online internet presenceby partnering the Bunbury Tourist Bureau and Phoenix Media Labs to jointly producethe Bunbury Tourism Portal - guest speaker at the launch of this site - subsequentlyevolved to MySouthWest
Sole external invitee and participant to worldwide Seagate Plenary sessions for SeagateTechnologies executive and international directors – USA
Specified and contracted product or component manufacture with contractors both inAustralia and overseas and managed delivery timeframes, costs, quality, performanceand reliability (according to implemented ASA/ISO 9002 QA specifications)

1979-1988:
Education Head of Department, managed staff of 6 & TAFE lecturer
Created Mesh Youth Theatre group with a startup grant of $200 and then generatedrevenue of $345,000 within 12 months (including a $35,000 profit), organised “TheSentimental Bloke” tour of Singapore & Malaysia (Australia’s largest-ever overseastheatre tour) 1987 & WA tour “Grease" 1985
WA Winner, Five Outstanding Australians, 1987

Education
Bachelor of Arts (Comm), University of Western Australia 1987Diploma of Teaching, WASTC (Edith Cowan University) 1978
Various professional and management short courses including –Safety Management Training (2 day course, Holcim Australia, 2010)Green Star Professional training 2009
Financial Dynamics (2 day courses, 1997 & 2009)
Chairman, High Performance Concrete – Design & Applications: Current Practice &State-of-the-Art (Concrete Institute of Australia & Professor Priyan Mendis –Melbourne University, 2011)
Chairman, Reinforcing – Not Traditional (Concrete Institute of Australia, 2011)
Chairman, Concrete Innovations (2010)
Chairman, Concrete – A Sustainable Construction Product (2009)
Chairman, Concrete with Attitude – Architectural Concrete: Present & FutureApplications (2008)
Cement & Concrete Engineering - Technology & Practice (2 day intensive course,Cement & Concrete Services, 2008)
Concrete Liquid Retaining Structures Design & Construction Workshop (Cement &Concrete Services, 2011)
Concrete Repair & Protection Workshop (Cement & Concrete Services, 2011)
Tiltup & Precast Design Workshop (2 day intensive course, Cement & ConcreteServices, 2010)
Concrete Technology (1 week course, Cement & Concrete Association of Australia,2007)
Concrete Technology & Testing (1 week course, Holcim Australia, 2009)
Planning for Crack Control – Shrinkage, Cracking & Restraint (Concrete Institute ofAustralia, 2010)
Concrete 2011 (3 day conference, Concrete Institute of Australia, 2011)
Written & presented numerous courses for staff, architects, builders including “HighPerformance Concrete”, “Best Practice Concrete Placement” seminars (2007 – 2011),staff training modules and various trade and industry courses

Licenses
WA Builders’ Registration - S740
C Class WA drivers’ license
Tiltup Construction Supervisor (Worksafe Qualification)Forklift license
Senior First Aid certificate
Construction Safety Awareness
4WD & Defensive Driving, Gravel Roads (Drive Safe Australia)

Other Skills and Experience
Improves staff so that they are proud and confident of achieving beyond what theypreviously expected
Identifies critical personnel roles and incorporates these people into project“ownership” and “team” responsibilities
Experienced business manager - having managed staff, resources and materials, QA,product development and manufacturing in situations that have included up to 3simultaneous locations across Australia
Familiar with building codes, government and Occupational Health and Safetyregulations and laws
Conceived, researched, written and developed many business and marketing plans withthe aim of returning maximum benefit to stakeholders involved whilst providing new orimproved services and benefits to customers or the identified market
Worked closely with Presidents, Vice Presidents, Product Managers and NationalManagers of large multinational corporations
Planned, contracted and set up trade show exhibitions and sales displays in WA &NSW and participated in or attended trade shows/exhibitions in USA, Singapore andTaiwan
Highest level knowledge in all aspects of internet usage, issues and implementation ofInternet search engine marketing practices
Regular editorial contributor to several national and state-based magazines in late1970's to early 1980's
Served on various industry and community boards and committees including theConcrete Institute of Australia, Bunbury Enterprise Group and Bunbury Tourist Bureau

Referees
Max Andrews, Technical Manager Perth ConcreteHolcim (Australia)
phone: 08 9212 2132, 0419 477 594
email: max.andrews@holcim.com

Shaun Palfrey, General Manager
Scott Park Homes
phone: 08 9791 8888, 0409 084 389
email: shaun.palfrey@scottparkhomes.com.au

Paul Uno, Director (& former Readymix Concrete East Technical Director)Cement & Concrete Services
Phone: 02 9899 7447, 0413 998 031
email: info@cementandconcrete.com

Create and innovate marketing service to launch soon in Australia

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createinnovate is a new marketing service, soon to be launched by Keith Palmer in Australia.

The new Australian marketing service will focus on creating product and service value creation and improvement by employing customer service, quality and innovations not only in the product or service but also in the ways these goods are marketed.

Keith Palmer is a WA winner of the Five Outstanding Australians with numerous awards and credits for innovation and value creation for new, innovative and sometimes existing products and services.

Pure sandalwood oil

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Sandalwood Oil -
If you are interested in buying online 100% pure sandalwood oil, you can buy sandalwood oil and get information on sandalwood oil at Sandalwood Oil Australia. There's further information on sandalwood oil at www.sandalwood-oil.net

CEMEX concrete news and views

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Perth website launched
Why not take a peek at the new Perth decorative concrete website.
The new site joins our already successful South West website.
You can access information on all forms of decorative concrete, check the colour range, see the latest projects in action and download technical information, colour charts and guides.

Contact us now
You can always reach CEMEX sales staff on their mobile. Here's a list to help you out.
Metro
Pat McRobert - 0419 475 284
Yvonne Amphlett - 0429 791 351
Steve Maxwell - 0417 475 283
Julianne Marshall 0429 088 704
Kerry Wilkins - 0419 475 282
South West
Kurt Hislop - 0419 475 165
Neil Page - 0429 790 317
Keith Palmer - 0417 435 142
Decorative Concrete
1300 266 660
Darwin - 08 8981 9190
Geraldton - 08 9964 3888
Concrete Orders
13 11 88
Go to the concretewa website or simply email us now.

Slump for Residential House Slabs and Footings is now 100mm
The Australian Standard covering manufacture and supply of concrete, AS 1379, was recently amended to provide that unless otherwise specified, the nominal slump for concrete supplied to domestic house slabs and footings will be 100mm.
This requirement has now also been included in the Building Code of Australia (BCA), the code that specifies regulations for the construction of structures. Compliance with the code on this issue is something that we thought we should bring to your attention.
For more information about the change to the Standard and the BCA, please contact your CEMEX Account Manager, phone contacts listed above.

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Best Practice
We developed a "Best Practice Placement Guide" specifically for decorative concrete projects although many of the suggestions are true for all "on the ground" concrete placements.
If you are specifying, placing or contracting any decorative concrete project you should ensure that Best Practice is being followed on your site. The brochure is easy to follow and there's a checklist where you can easily see that the best possible job will be completed.
Download a copy of the "Best Practice Placement Guide" for decorative concrete here or if you'd like a full decorative concrete sales kit, simply send an email request by clicking here.

Sustainability and the environment
An important topic for us all.
At CEMEX we're committed to doing our part and you'll be hearing more about our goals and successes over the next few months.
In the meantime, we're about to release a new local leaflet entitled "Sustainability and Concrete".
If you'd like a copy you can simply send us an email request and we'll forward this on very shortly.
You are also welcome to download our Sustainable Development Report directly from this email.

Reader, have your say
Remember, in the next issue we'll be hosting an online survey where you can tell us how we're doing. If you have a question that you'd like us to ask please email your question through to us now.
See you next time.

Welcome Reader to concrete update

.... and our first emailed newsletter.

At CEMEX, we're committed to delivering to you the level of service you'd like to expect from your concrete supplier.

This newsletter is another step in enabling us to work closer with you, more frequently to stay in touch and to receive your immediate feedback.

We promise not to waste your time with unnecessary gimmicks or offers, we simply would like to quickly and simply to get to you the latest news, technical data and information and innovations or new technologies.

At the same time we're interested in your feedback, so you'll notice lots of email and "click here" highlights sprinkled throughout this newsletter to make it easy to get in touch with us about specific issues. We value your feedback and your views, needs and concerns - these are of the utmost importance to us.

So much so, we're really keen to know how we are performing .... and we're going to ask the Expert .... and that's you Reader.

We'll be running an online survey giving you the opportunity to provide feedback so that we can improve the service we provide you. Because we value your input and because you're the expert in rating our performance, we're inviting you to submit the questions for our online survey. If you have an answer for us, how about emailing us the question.

That is, if you think there's a question to rate our performance, that we should be asking our customers then please email us this question (by clicking here).

Any question we use will be rewarded with the author receiving from us a personally delivered CEMEX T-shirt.

So stay tuned for this survey - we really do appreciate your feedback Reader. In the meantime feel free to forward this newsletter to a friend or if you have friends or work colleagues who might benefit from receiving our email updates, they're welcome to sign up to our email list by clicking here.

Remember we won't share your details with anyone and we promise not to bombard you with useless information. Indeed we'd love to hear from you what you'd like to be included in this newsletter, so if you have a great idea please email us now.

Holcim buys CEMEX
You've probably read in the press that the Swiss construction materials company Holcim has made an offer to purchase CEMEX Australia.

Whilst due diligence is being carried out and we progress towards the sale, it's business as usual. Watch out for updates in this newsletter or if you'd like further information, why not give our sales staff a call?

Technical Update - Curing Concrete
Concrete develops strength and durability properties from the generation of calcium silicate hydrates when cement reacts, or hydrates, with water.

Low humidity, warm weather and strong winds all contribute to the moisture loss from concrete causing potential loss of strength and cracking, reducing the life of concrete.

Curing is the protection of fresh concrete from loss of moisture. If concrete is to gain its potential strength and durability, it must have sufficient water for the full hydration of the cement.

Concrete should be cured so as to ensure the development of full concrete strength, a hard wearing surface, water-tightness, durability properties, the reduction of drying shrinkage cracking and the reduction of surface defects such as dusting, crazing & scaling.

Not curing concrete can result in a strength reduction of about 35% compared with effectively curing of concrete for 7 days.

Start your curing operations as soon as possible after the concrete has been finished. Any delays will allow a loss in moisture - with a delay of 1 day allowing moisture loss of 700% greater than curing without delay. If you pond cure your concrete, apply the water as soon as possible after finishing, delaying only long enough to avoid damage to the surface.

Concrete curing techniques fall into two groups - water retainers, such as leaving the formwork on, covering with plastic sheeting, or impermeable membranes, and water suppliers such as ponding, fogging or the application of wet sand or hessian. Ask your CEMEX sales staff for our Technical Note entitled “Curing Methods” to explain these options further.

Cement type, temperature and the criticality of the structure all need to be considered to determine the concrete curing time. Curing guidelines are to cure until concrete has reached 50% of the specified strength or 70% for critical structures. At low temperatures, it takes more time for concrete to develop strength. Blended cement concrete takes more time for concrete to develop strength than GP cement concrete.

Important: Continuity in curing is a must. Intermittent wetting (and drying) of the concrete promotes the development of cracking - if during curing the concrete is allowed to dry out, as may happen in hot weather, the chemical reaction of water with cement stops when the concrete loses its moisture.

Remember, these curing tips DO NOT apply to decorative and coloured concrete. If you'd like to read the full Concrete Curing Technical Note, feel free to download it now.

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Decorative concrete in Australia

2009-06-27T22:03:00.001+08:00

Information on decorative concrete including exposed aggregate
concrete and polished concrete is available at -
http://www.concretewa.com.au

A new Perth decorative concrete website is at -
http://perth.concretewa.com.au

Exposed aggregate concrete

2007-11-17T10:12:00.000+09:00

Exposed aggregate concrete is available in Bunbury from the exposed aggregate concrete display by Readymix at Dodson Road.

There are 20 exposed aggregate concrete styles on display. Each panel is on the ground and can be walked over.

Exposed aggregate concrete can also be seen at the Readymix display in Strelly Street Busselton where there are exposed aggregate concrete styles including the new Close Shave style.

There's exposed aggregate concrete also on display in Albany and there's a new exposed aggregate concrete display centre at Readymix Manjimup.

Exposed aggregate concrete is available in 25 different colour op[tions.

Readymix ColourPave

2007-06-02T11:14:00.001+08:00

The new Readymix Bunbury, Busselton and Albany WA website is about to be launched.

The new Readymix site will feature information on the Readymix ColourPave architectural concrete range. Available in Bunbury, Busselton, Albany, Margaret River and throughout the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia, the Readymix site will feature exposed aggregate paving, polished concrete floors and other architectural concrete products.

The new Readymix concrete website will be located at -

http://www.concretewa.com.au

Fwd: Busselton Western Australia

2007-06-02T11:07:00.001+08:00

Readymix

Dodson Road Bunbury 6230

Busselton man in mine death

According to investigators, the Busselton man who was killed recently at a West Australian gold mine was believed to have been jump-starting a truck when he was crushed to death.

The 51-year-old Busselton man was working at Agincourt Resources' open-pit gold mine at Wiluna, in the north-eastern goldfields region, about 3pm last Friday when the incident occurred.

WA police were at the scene late on Friday, and mining inspectors from the Resources Safety Division flew to the scene from Kalgoorlie and Perth early Saturday morning. According to the the WA Department of Consumer and Employment Protection's (DOCEP) Resources Safety Division, the matter is still under investigation.

busselton

Welcome to Busselton Online, the new online resource for Busselton Western Australia.

This new Busselton website will be launched in the second half of July 2005 and will offer more information on Busselton than has previously ever existed.

There are modules on this Busselton site featuring both economic and social aspects of the Busselton, Dunsborough and Yallingup communities. You'll find a Busselton real estate guide with information and contact details on all the Busselton real estate agents and live Busselton property listings; there's an online Busselton accommodation booking service and a raft of other Busselton tourist guides and helpers.

Stay tuned for more information on Busselton Online and Busselton Western Australia.

busselton real estate

The Busselton Real Estate Guide will be live in late July 2005.

This Busselton property guide will feature information and contact details for Busselton real estate agents, live Busselton real estate listings with properties for sale in the Busselton, Dunsborough and Yallingup areas.

We trust you enjoy making use of the Busselton real estate guide.

busselton real estate agents

You'll find information on Busselton real estate agents on the new Busselton real estate guide.

There'll be zoom-in, zoom-out maps so you can locate all the Busselton estate agents and each real estate agent will be able to display all their staff with photos, direct phone contacts and their email addresses.

This will form part of the online Busselton property listings that can be searched from anywhere in the world. Properties will be listed from Busselton, Dunsborough and Yallingup.

busselton real estate agent

All the Busselton real estate agents will be included on the new Busselton real estate guide.

You'll find zoom-in, zoom-out maps enabling you to locate all the Busselton estate agents and each Busselton estate agency will be able to display all their staff with photos, direct phone contacts and their email addresses.

The Busselton real estate guide will feature Busselton property listings that can be searched from anywhere in the world. Properties will be listed from Busselton, Dunsborough and Yallingup.

busselton western australia

Busselton Western Australia is located 2.5 hours drive south of Perth and is one of Western Australia's favourite holiday destinations.

In Busselton there's plenty to do and see and all the best of these will be featured in the many tourist modules contained within this Busselton online website.

Welcome to Busselton Western Australia and Busselton Online.

busselton australia

The Shire covers an area of 1454 square kilometres and has much to offer visitors who can either enjoy the waters of Geographe Bay or explore the inland regions with its unspoilt bushland, caves, wildflowers, galleries and vineyards.

In the city centre there are Coles, Woolworths, Action and Bi-Lo supermarkets and there are a range of smaller supermarkets dotted around the residential and resort areas with a major shopping centre also located at Dunsborough.

All the major Australian banks have offices in Busselton and these are open 10am - 4pm Monday through Thursday and until 5pm on Fridays, although credit and building societies normally also open on Saturday mornings. Overseas visitors can withdraw cash from their savings accounts or get credit card cash advances from these ATM's in Australian dollars which greatly reduces the need for travellers' cheques or carrying large sums of cash whilst travelling.

In Australia it is possible to link credit, savings and cheque accounts onto a single card, so armed with a plastic card you should be both able to withdraw cash, pay bills and deposit cheques at automatic teller machines or retail outlets. Be warned that some establishments may (quite legally) add a credit card surcharge to their account although this is quite rare but do remember that your total bill does include Australia's 10% Goods and Services Tax.

To get around Busselton there are taxis and a public bus transport service (a timetable for which is in the Shire of Busselton Community Directory) but we'd recommend hiring your own vehicle or bringing your own car as many of the attractions are out of town.

The Busselton Library located in Stanley Street in the CBD area and the Dunsborough Library in Dunsborough Lakes Drive are open Monday to Saturday with membership not only available to residents but also to visitors in the Busselton area. Bookings for informational and research purposes may be made free of charge in 1 hour blocks, with a maximum booking time of 2 hours per day, while bookings for internet based e mail maybe made in half hour blocks with a maximum booking time of 1 hour per day, with a fee of $5.50 per half hour or $8.25 per hour.

There's a number of local real estate agents in Busselton, Dunsborough and Margaret River with local Busselton real estate listings on the internet at Busselton Online.

busselton property

The Busselton Shire covers an area of 1454 square kms and offers visitors access to the waters of Geographe Bay or the opportunity to explore the inland regions with its unspoilt bushland, caves, wildflowers, galleries and vineyards.

The Busselton area includes Dunsborough, Eagle Bay and Yallingup.

Be warned that some establishments may (quite legally) add a credit card surcharge to their account although this is quite rare but do remember that your total bill does include Australia's 10% Goods and Services Tax. To get around Busselton there are taxis and a public bus transport service (a timetable for which is in the Shire of Busselton Community Directory) but we'd recommend hiring your own vehicle or bringing your own car as many of the attractions are out of town.

Bookings, at the Shire of Busselton libraries in the town centre and at Dunsborough, for informational and research purposes may be made free of charge in 1 hour blocks, with a maximum booking time of 2 hours per day, while bookings for internet based e mail maybe made in half hour blocks with a maximum booking time of 1 hour per day, with a fee of $5.50 per half hour or $8.25 per hour.

busselton accommodation

You can book Busselton accommodation online at the new Busselton accommodation booking service.

Search the many Busselton accommodation options including acoomodation in Dunsbrough and Yallingup. Nowhere else will you find the range of features for Busselton accommodation bookings as you'll see at Busselton Online.

All Busselton hotel and accommodation bookings are completely live and confirmed online. Soon you'll be able to book tours and Busselton restaurants as well so stay tuned for more news on the Busselton tourism scene.

busselton tourism

Busselton tourists now have a new online resource available to them in the form of the Busselton Online business and tourist portal.

Busselton Online is the initial rollout site of WA Online, whose motto is -

"Building information bridges for Western Australian communities".

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Bunbury photo gift

2005-11-10T14:35:00.000+08:00

Bunbury photo gift, originally uploaded by kpp.

You can purchase Bunbury photo gifts such as this ceramic mug, photo t-shirts and a variety of other gift items and have these delivered to your friends or relations not only in Bunbury or anywhere in the world.

If you are interested in choosing any of our Bunbury or Northern Territory photography, follow the link above to make send these great Australian photo souvenirs.

Alice Springs Photo

2005-11-10T13:29:00.000+08:00

Alice Springs Photo, originally uploaded by kpp.

This particular Alice Springs photo is of Sturt Desert Peas, a native flower of central Australia and the Northern Territory, just near the Alice Springs airport.

If you'd like to purchase Northern Territory photos or photos of Alice Springs and the Alice Springs - Central Australia area plus other Northern Territory locations including Darwin you can visit the Sky Australia online Northern Territory Art Store.

You'll find numerous Alice Springs photos and a range of photography and photo gifts in and around Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory.

Katherine Northern Territory Photo

2005-11-10T13:28:00.000+08:00

Katherine Northern Territory Photo, originally uploaded by kpp.

This photo in Katherine Northern Territory is of the original Katherine homestead built and occupied by the pioneering Giles family.

If you'd like to see more photos of Katherine Northern Territory or purchase Katherine stock photography or purchase Katherine photo gifts you can follow the link above to the online Sky Australia Photo Shop.

You'll find various Northern Territory photos including Katherine stock photography plus photos of Darwin and Alice Springs.

Darwin photo

2005-11-10T13:20:00.000+08:00

Darwin photo, originally uploaded by kpp.

If you need a Darwin photo or stock photography of Darwin, Katherine, Alice Springs and other Northern Territory locations you can obtain these at the online Sky Australia Photo Store.

You'll photos and photo gifts of Darwin Northern Territory and various locations around the Darwin area. This particular shot is of the Nightcliff area, a Darwin suburb on the beach north of Darwin. There are plenty of other shots of the Darwin area as well including Mindl Beach Marketys and Litchfield National Park.

Bunbury News

2005-11-09T10:58:00.000+08:00

You can find Bunbury news and in particular Bunbury business news on the Sky Australia website.

There are updates on Bunbury real estate and Bunbury property, Bunbury business reports, Bunbury accommodation, Bunbury travel and Bunbury tourism notes. You can also buy online Bunbury photos at the Sky website.

WA & NT photos

2005-10-28T08:43:00.000+08:00

You can now purchase photos of Western Australian and the Northern Territory at -
http://www.australia.photostockplus.com/

Apart from royalty free stock photography you can order prints, posters and a range of photo gifts - all featuring the photography of Sky Australia.

There are albums on Bunbury and Busselton in Western Australia and Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

Buy WA & NT photos online

2005-10-28T07:57:00.000+08:00

Buy WA & NT photos online, originally uploaded by kpp.

Pacific Princess in Bunbury

2005-10-27T07:57:00.000+08:00

Pacific Princess in Bunbury, originally uploaded by kpp.

Australian Photography

2005-10-14T10:44:00.000+08:00

You can now purchase Australian photos and photo gifts online at -
http://www.australia.photostockplus.com/

These photos are of landscapes, wildlife and people with a focus on regional Western Australia and Darwin, Alice Springs and Uluru (Ayers Rock) in the Northern Territory.

You can order prints, webphotos, royalty free useage and an array of novelty photo gift and display items.

If you are chasing some great Australian photos please take a peek.

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Collie Western Australia

2005-07-12T13:55:00.000+08:00

WA Online is readying its Collie Western Australia website ready for launch in August 2005.

Mandurah Western Australia

2005-07-12T13:53:00.000+08:00

WA Online is readying its Mandurah WA website ready for launch in August 2005.

Busselton Western Australia

2005-07-06T13:10:00.000+08:00

Busselton man in mine death

According to investigators, the Busselton man who was killed recently
at a West Australian gold mine was believed to have been jump-
starting a truck when he was crushed to death.

The 51-year-old Busselton man was working at Agincourt Resources'
open-pit gold mine at Wiluna, in the north-eastern goldfields region,
about 3pm last Friday when the incident occurred.

WA police were at the scene late on Friday, and mining inspectors
from the Resources Safety Division flew to the scene from Kalgoorlie
and Perth early Saturday morning. According to the the WA Department
of Consumer and Employment Protection's (DOCEP) Resources Safety
Division, the matter is still under investigation.

busselton

Welcome to Busselton Online, the new online resource for Busselton
Western Australia.

This new Busselton website will be launched in the second half of
July 2005 and will offer more information on Busselton than has
previously ever existed.

There are modules on this Busselton site featuring both economic and
social aspects of the Busselton, Dunsborough and Yallingup
communities. You'll find a Busselton real estate guide with
information and contact details on all the Busselton real estate
agents and live Busselton property listings; there's an online
Busselton accommodation booking service and a raft of other Busselton
tourist guides and helpers.

Stay tuned for more information on Busselton Online and Busselton
Western Australia.

busselton real estate

The Busselton Real Estate Guide will be live in late July 2005.

This Busselton property guide will feature information and contact
details for Busselton real estate agents, live Busselton real estate
listings with properties for sale in the Busselton, Dunsborough and
Yallingup areas.

We trust you enjoy making use of the Busselton real estate guide.

busselton real estate agents

You'll find information on Busselton real estate agents on the new
Busselton real estate guide.

There'll be zoom-in, zoom-out maps so you can locate all the
Busselton estate agents and each real estate agent will be able to
display all their staff with photos, direct phone contacts and their
email addresses.

This will form part of the online Busselton property listings that
can be searched from anywhere in the world. Properties will be
listed from Busselton, Dunsborough and Yallingup.

busselton real estate agent

All the Busselton real estate agents will be included on the new
Busselton real estate guide.

You'll find zoom-in, zoom-out maps enabling you to locate all the
Busselton estate agents and each Busselton estate agency will be able
to display all their staff with photos, direct phone contacts and
their email addresses.

The Busselton real estate guide will feature Busselton property
listings that can be searched from anywhere in the world. Properties
will be listed from Busselton, Dunsborough and Yallingup.

busselton western australia

Busselton Western Australia is located 2.5 hours drive south of Perth
and is one of Western Australia's favourite holiday destinations.

In Busselton there's plenty to do and see and all the best of these
will be featured in the many tourist modules contained within this
Busselton online website.

Welcome to Busselton Western Australia and Busselton Online.

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The Shire covers an area of 1454 square kilometres and has much to
offer visitors who can either enjoy the waters of Geographe Bay or
explore the inland regions with its unspoilt bushland, caves,
wildflowers, galleries and vineyards.

In the city centre there are Coles, Woolworths, Action and Bi-Lo
supermarkets and there are a range of smaller supermarkets dotted
around the residential and resort areas with a major shopping centre
also located at Dunsborough.

All the major Australian banks have offices in Busselton and these
are open 10am - 4pm Monday through Thursday and until 5pm on Fridays,
although credit and building societies normally also open on Saturday
mornings. Overseas visitors can withdraw cash from their savings
accounts or get credit card cash advances from these ATM's in
Australian dollars which greatly reduces the need for travellers'
cheques or carrying large sums of cash whilst travelling.

In Australia it is possible to link credit, savings and cheque
accounts onto a single card, so armed with a plastic card you should
be both able to withdraw cash, pay bills and deposit cheques at
automatic teller machines or retail outlets. Be warned that some
establishments may (quite legally) add a credit card surcharge to
their account although this is quite rare but do remember that your
total bill does include Australia's 10% Goods and Services Tax.

To get around Busselton there are taxis and a public bus transport
service (a timetable for which is in the Shire of Busselton Community
Directory) but we'd recommend hiring your own vehicle or bringing
your own car as many of the attractions are out of town.

The Busselton Library located in Stanley Street in the CBD area and
the Dunsborough Library in Dunsborough Lakes Drive are open Monday to
Saturday with membership not only available to residents but also to
visitors in the Busselton area. Bookings for informational and
research purposes may be made free of charge in 1 hour blocks, with a
maximum booking time of 2 hours per day, while bookings for internet
based e mail maybe made in half hour blocks with a maximum booking
time of 1 hour per day, with a fee of $5.50 per half hour or $8.25
per hour.

There's a number of local real estate agents in Busselton,
Dunsborough and Margaret River with local Busselton real estate
listings on the internet at Busselton Online.

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The Busselton Shire covers an area of 1454 square kms and offers
visitors access to the waters of Geographe Bay or the opportunity to
explore the inland regions with its unspoilt bushland, caves,
wildflowers, galleries and vineyards.

The Busselton area includes Dunsborough, Eagle Bay and Yallingup.

Be warned that some establishments may (quite legally) add a credit
card surcharge to their account although this is quite rare but do
remember that your total bill does include Australia's 10% Goods and
Services Tax. To get around Busselton there are taxis and a public
bus transport service (a timetable for which is in the Shire of
Busselton Community Directory) but we'd recommend hiring your own
vehicle or bringing your own car as many of the attractions are out
of town.

Bookings, at the Shire of Busselton libraries in the town centre and
at Dunsborough, for informational and research purposes may be made
free of charge in 1 hour blocks, with a maximum booking time of 2
hours per day, while bookings for internet based e mail maybe made in
half hour blocks with a maximum booking time of 1 hour per day, with
a fee of $5.50 per half hour or $8.25 per hour.

busselton accommodation

You can book Busselton accommodation online at the new Busselton
accommodation booking service.

Search the many Busselton accommodation options including
acoomodation in Dunsbrough and Yallingup. Nowhere else will you find
the range of features for Busselton accommodation bookings as you'll
see at Busselton Online.

All Busselton hotel and accommodation bookings are completely live
and confirmed online. Soon you'll be able to book tours and
Busselton restaurants as well so stay tuned for more news on the
Busselton tourism scene.

busselton tourism

Busselton tourists now have a new online resource available to them
in the form of the Busselton Online business and tourist portal.

Busselton Online is the initial rollout site of WA Online, whose
motto is -

"Building information bridges for Western Australian communities".

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Turquoise Bay, Near Exmouth

2005-06-17T22:02:00.000+08:00

Turquoise Bay, Near Exmouth, originally uploaded by kpp.

One of the photos of David Bettini that will feature on the upcoming Exmouth Online.

Busselton real estate

2005-06-05T07:28:00.000+08:00

Busselton real estate, originally uploaded by kpp.

The Busselton real estate and Busselton property guide at Busselton Online will be live this week.

If you'd like to enter your Busselton property just click on the subject heading above and you'll be taken directly to the Busselton real estate guide.

Busselton real estate owners can expect to see the Busselton real estate guide hit number 1 on all the major search engines in the same way as the Bunbury real estate guide is the number 1 result for all major search engine queries for Bunbury real estate, Bunbury real estate agent or Bunbury property. Indeed for Bunbury real estate on google.com, Bunbury Online holds the top 3 spots and 80% of page 1 google.com results for Bunbury property.

Already if you do a search for Busselton real estate on ninemsn the first 8 results are for Busselton Online or other WA Online sites. Busselton property returns 1, 2 & 3 and 6 of the top ten are WA Online sites. Busselton real estate agent returns 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 8 - also for 60% domination of page 1 results.

Mortlock River near Northam

2005-06-02T18:11:00.000+08:00

The Mortlock River near Northam.

WA Online is about to launch 3 wheatbelt WA websites including Northam Online, Moora Online and Narrogin Online.

WA Online management wishes to extend their thanks to the Wheatbelt Development Commission and the Shires of Moora and Northam for the wonderful assistance and support offered in the process of bring these sites to life.

Watch out shortly for our Moora, Narrogin and Northam websites.

Alice Springs

2005-06-02T18:09:00.000+08:00

WA Online is in the process of setting up two Northern Territory websites, Alice Springs Online and Darwin Online.

Both the Darwin and Alice Springs websites will be operational by August 2005.

Busselton Western Australia

2005-05-30T13:37:00.000+08:00

Busselton Western Australia is home to the stunning Bunker Bay Resort.

Bunker Bay (pictured here) is just short of Cape Naturaliste in the south west of Western Australia and approximately a 20 minute drive from Busselton.

Busselton Western Australia is home to numerous top flight resort hotels and apartments but the Bunker Bay Resort is on a scale largely not seen in Western Australia previously.

This photo of Bunker Bay is by David Bettini whose photography will feature on all WA Online websites including Busselton Online.

Busselton property

2005-05-30T13:36:00.001+08:00

Busselton property is some of Western Australia's hottest real estate with many Western Australians looking either to purchase returement or holiday properties in the Busselton area.

The photo above is of the new Vasse Newtown development between Busselton and Margaret River.

Busselton Australia

2005-05-30T13:36:00.000+08:00

Busselton Australia is on the south west coast of WA and is one of Western Australians favourite destinations. (This photo by Christian Fletcher is of Busselton's Geographe Bay and will feature on the new Busselton Online website.)

The Busselton area is often referred to by Perth residents as "down south", being located 232km south of Perth, Busselton has a population of over 25,000 and is one of Australia's fastest growing centres with an average annual growth rate of 4.5%.

The first recorded mapping of what is now Geographe Bay and the eventual town of Busselton, was in 1801 by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin, from the ships the Geographe and Naturaliste. The Bay was named after his ship whilst the river was named the Vasse after a sailor who was lost in the surf when a landing party was returning to the ship at night.

The area was settled in 1832 when families from the Augusta area, led by John Garrett Bussell, travelled north to farm the areas around the Vasse River after they found the Cape Leeuwin area to be largely infertile and difficult to reach by sea.

A growing port serviced the settlers and the subsequent local industries that developed which included the exportation of horses to India and a developing trade in beef, dairy and timber (which continue to be major exports of the Busselton area to this day). Construction of the Busselton jetty began in 1865 and by 1960 had reached out 2 kilometres from the shore.

Prior to white settlement, this area is the traditional land of the Noongar Aboriginal people with many Noongar names and travel routes still widely used today. The Noongar (which means "man") people have occupied the south west area of Western Australia for around 38,000 years and their traditional stories tell of the Waagle (or Rainbow Serpent) giving life and sustenance to their people who in return were the caretakers of the land.

Enjoying a mild Mediterranean climate, the town and suburbs have grown along the shores of Geographe Bay and naturally enough water sports, tourism as well as a growing seafoods industry, feature highly in the local lifestyle and economy.

Western Australia is Australia's largest state, comprising about one-third of Australia's land mass and occupying over 2.5 million square kilometres in area. WA is divided into 10 regional areas - the South West, Mid West, North West, Peel, Wheatbelt, Great Southern, Goldfields-Esperance, Pilbara, Gascoyne and Kimberley.

The South West area of WA is one of the world's great places to live, with a Mediterranean climate, sandy-white beaches, beautiful native forests and all the infrastructure expected of a modern western society.

Busselton is the tourism hub in WA's "South West", an area that is home to the Margaret River wine region and major coal, alumina and mineral sands industries; a region that boasts around 8,000 businesses and a GDP of over $5 billion. Presently it is about a 2.5 hour drive from Perth to Bunbury, but this will be reduced by 30 minutes on the completion of the recently announced Bunbury Highway or Peel Deviation. Other Western Australian tourism towns in the South West are Bunbury, Margaret River, Donnybrook, Manjimup, Augusta, Pemberton, Collie, Harvey and Bridgetown.

Busselton is well known for its jetty (the longest wooden jetty in the southern hemisphere) and its surrounding beach area. The jetty was previously in 2 sections, the main jetty and the railway jetty that converged, but in 1978 the main jetty section was destroyed by Cyclone Alby.

The original jetty was built in the 1840’s for 80 pounds and was 528 feet long but it was extended 9 times over the next 36 years before the construction of the railway jetty in 1909 where the jetty eventually reached over a mile into the bay.

Today there is an ornamental train service that will ferry passengers the length of the jetty to a new underwater observatory on the sea floor. The underwater observatory is open 7 days and accommodates up to 40 persons.

The Busselton jetty is home to the world’s southernmost coral formations and host to over 300 individual marine species, being fed by the warm waters of the Leeuwin current from Indonesia. Busselton is also home to the world's last native Tuart forest, just north of the Busselton townsite at Wonnerup.

Another “underwater” feature is the HMAS Swan dive wreck, sunk in 30m waters off Point Piquet at Meelup in 1997. The Swan was the first ship in the southern hemisphere to be sunk as a dive wreck and is now a living artificial reef and home to King George Whiting, Bullseyes, Samson Fish, Dhufish as well as various plant and corals that are attaching themselves to and around the wreck.

Back on land, there are numerous property choices in the Busselton area ranging from small cottages to traditional suburban family homes and from beach retreats to rural or semi-rural properties.

There is a wide variety of attractions, with Busselton the home of many historic and often majestic historic homes and public buildings. One of these is Wonnerup House, at the south western end of the tuart forest.

Built by the pioneering Layman family from 1837 (the present Wonnerup House was built in 1859), George Layman, age 31, was killed after being speared by a local Aboriginal in 1841. Today Wonnerup House is a living museum, operated since 1972 by the National Trust of Australia.

The Trust also maintains the school and teacher’s house built in 1874-5 opposite Wonnerup House.

Caves House at Yallingup was built in 1901 after Ned Dawson and Fred Seymour explored what are now the Yallingup Caves and the Caves Board opened 13 caves outfitted with “the electric light”.

The Busselton Courthouse and Police/Jail complex today stand as a combined museum, arts workshop and café and represent some of Busselton’s oldest buildings. Built from 1860 to 1900 the complex in Queen Street near the Busselton jetty, the buildings were originally intended to house the town’s police and administration but grew to include a prison, court, post and telegraph office, police quarters, stables and customs house.

Other Busselton landmarks and places of interest are the Old Butter Factory, Millbrook Mill and Limekiln, Abbey Farm, Little Holland House, Sandilands Homestead, Lockeville Homestead, numerous craft centres and wineries and then the host of dazzling Busselton and Dunsborough beaches, coves and points.

John Bussell, who before emigrating to Australia, hoped to join the church, was a regular preacher at the St Mary’s church which was built in 1844 and still stands as a proud monument at the entry to Busselton.

Opposite St Mary’s church is the Ballarat Engine, the first steam locomotive to see service in Western Australia. The 15 horsepower Ballarat hauled up to 150 tons of timber at 10mph on a level track from 1871-1886 and today most children who have lived or visited the south west of Western Australia have played on this steam engine.

The Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse, 13km north-east of Dunsborough was constructed of limestone in 1904 30 metres above the sea. Many people, armed with binoculars use the vantage point to watch the mighration south of pods of whales. A timber lighthouse once also stood near the jetty at Queen Street.

There are 3 secondary schools in the Busselton area, several shopping centres, sporting grounds including great golf courses and a public hospital.

Shops are normally open 8.30am-5.30pm Monday to Friday and 8.30am-5.00pm Saturdays with late night shopping until 9pm on Thursday. Several shopping areas have extended trading hours 7 days a week. Banks only operate 10am - 4pm Monday through Thursday and until 5pm on Fridays, although credit and building societies normally also open on Saturday mornings. There are a host of automatic teller machines and bank agencies dotted in and around Busselton.

Many restaurants are open early and close late, with the remainder open in the evenings from around 6pm and for lunch around 12-2pm. There's a bevy of fast-food options both within the city area and heading south towards Dunsborough and Margaret River.

To get around Busselton there are ample modern taxis, a public bus transport service but we’d recommend hiring your own vehicle as many of the attractions are out of town. The Cape Naturaliste Tourism Association’s main base in Peel Terrace, opposite the Ballarat steam engine, will also assist with additional maps and local knowledge.

There are several Busselton medical practices and we have a listing of emergency medical contacts on our "Contact" page.

The main Post Office is in the CBD area near Bi-Lo, and postage stamps can also be purchased at local newsagencies. Postage for a standard letter, anywhere in Australia, is 50c.

Free to Air TV channels in Busselton are the ABC, GWN, WIN and SBS but many homes also receive the Perth networks 7, 9 and 10. Foxtel pay TV is also available. The electricity supply in Busselton, like the rest of Australia, is 240v. While you are travelling you can be updated on Busselton, Dunsborough and the South West region by turning to Western Tourist Radio. In Busselton turn to 96.5FM and in Dunsborough 98.4FM.

City and suburban locations in the Busselton area include Dunsborough, Yallingup, Jarrahwood, Vasse, Carbanup, Wonnerup, Broadwater, Geographe, Eagle Bay, West Busselton, Abbey, Quindalup and Bovell. There is a full listing of Busselton real estate in our Busselton real estate guide.

The Busselton and Dunsborough areas are also a popular retirement centre and the south west area is also now home to a substantial expat community from the USA, Canada, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Our Busselton real estate guide is of obvious benefit to business migrants, retirees and the local Busselton community.

Busselton tourism

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Busselton is one of Western Australia's favourite tourism towns.

Busselton is twice the winner of WA's best tourism town whilst the neighbouring Dunsborough has also picked up the same award.

Tourism is one of the major industries in the south west coastaql town of Busselton and Busselton tourism will be a major feature of the upcoming Busselton Online website.

This photo of Geographe Bay is by acclaimed Busselton photographer Christian Fletcher whose stunning Busselton photography will be available for purchase on the Busselton Online website.

Busselton accommodation

2005-05-30T13:33:00.000+08:00

Busselton accommodation ranges from bunk cottages right through to world-class resort hotels.

This photo is a direction sign within the stunning Bunker Bay Resort at Cape Naturaliste.

A Busselton accomodation booking service will be available at the upcoming Busselton Online website.

Busselton business

2005-05-30T13:32:00.001+08:00

Busselton business features prominantly on the new Busselton Online website.

You will be able to make numerous searches for Busselton business and there will be several Busselton businesses featured on the front page of Busselton Online.

One of the major Busselton businesses features around the Busselton tourism market.

Busselton Restaurant

2005-05-30T13:32:00.000+08:00

There are numerous Busselton restaurant choices in the south west WA town.

Busselton restaurants will be a prime feature of the Busselton Online website which will be launched this week.

To find out more about Busselton restaurant and eating out options take a look at the new Busselton website.

Yallingup

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Yallingup is the centre of Western Australia's favourite surfing district and is on the western side of Cape Naturaliste.
Yallingup apart from offering wonderful surf has a protected lagoon ideal for swimming and families.

This photo is of Canal Rocks, only a few minutes from Yallingup, by Busselton photographer Christian Fletcher.

Dunsborough

2005-05-30T13:31:00.000+08:00

This photo of Busselton bushl;and is by Christian Fletcher whose photography will be featured on the Busselton Online website.

Dunsborough is the pearl in the Busselton tourism oyster and is one of Western Australia's favourite destinations.

Dunsborough is about a 20 minute drive from Busselton, near Cape Naturaliste.

Narrogin WA

2005-05-28T01:46:00.000+08:00

Bunbury real estate

2005-05-28T01:35:00.000+08:00

The Bunbury real estate and Bunbury property guide is located at Bunbury Online.

If you need information on Bunbury property or are just looking to contact a Bunbury real estate agent click on the blue link above to go straight to the Bunbury real estate guide.

If you are looking for a Bunbury real estate agent here's a list -

Summit Realty Wittenoom Street Bunbury 6230
DAD Realty Clifton Street Bunbury 6230
Advance Realty Century 21 Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Allwest First National Mardo Road Australind 6233
Banks Realty Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Barr & Standley Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Bowler Hat Realty College Row Bunbury 6230
Bunbury City Realty 79 Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
Bunbury Land & Estate Agency Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Capel & Districts Realty Capel Drive Capel 6271
Combes Real Estate Uduc Road Harvey 6220
Commercial Realty Forrest Ave Bunbury 6230
CRT SAS Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
DAD Realty Clifton Street Bunbury 6230
Donnybrook First National South West Highway Donnybrook 6229
Elders Hennessey Road Bunbury 6230
Gard Realty Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Garnet Property Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Harvey District Agency Uduc Road Harvey 6220
Homes Plus Property Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Just Property Management Marlston Drive Bunbury 6230
Krank It Up Tingle Street Bunbury 6230
Landmark Wilson Road Bunbury 6230
Lighthouse Realty Marlston Drive Bunbury 6230
Lighthouse Commercial Realty Forrest Ave Bunbury 6230
LJ Hooker Bunbury Clifton Street Bunbury 6230
LJ Hooker Harvey Hayward Street Harvey 6220
Pindan Group Mitchell Crescent Bunbury 6230
Professionals Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Raine & Horne Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
Ray White Bunbury Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Ray White Eaton Australind Albatross Crescent Eaton 6232
Roy Weston Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Realty Executives Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
Southwest Property Solutions Minninup Road Bunbury 6230
Summit Realty Wittenoom Street Bunbury 6230
Teede Realty Blair Street Bunbury 6230
VNW Independent South West Hwy Donnybrook 6229

Summit Realty Wittenoom Street Bunbury 6230
DAD Realty Clifton Street Bunbury 6230
Advance Realty Century 21 Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Allwest First National Mardo Road Australind 6233
Banks Realty Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Barr & Standley Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Bowler Hat Realty College Row Bunbury 6230
Bunbury City Realty 79 Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
Bunbury Land & Estate Agency Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Capel & Districts Realty Capel Drive Capel 6271
Combes Real Estate Uduc Road Harvey 6220
Commercial Realty Forrest Ave Bunbury 6230
CRT SAS Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
DAD Realty Clifton Street Bunbury 6230
Donnybrook First National South West Highway Donnybrook 6229
Elders Hennessey Road Bunbury 6230
Gard Realty Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Garnet Property Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Harvey District Agency Uduc Road Harvey 6220
Homes Plus Property Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Just Property Management Marlston Drive Bunbury 6230
Krank It Up Tingle Street Bunbury 6230
Landmark Wilson Road Bunbury 6230
Lighthouse Realty Marlston Drive Bunbury 6230
Lighthouse Commercial Realty Forrest Ave Bunbury 6230
LJ Hooker Bunbury Clifton Street Bunbury 6230
LJ Hooker Harvey Hayward Street Harvey 6220
Pindan Group Mitchell Crescent Bunbury 6230
Professionals Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Raine & Horne Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
Ray White Bunbury Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Ray White Eaton Australind Albatross Crescent Eaton 6232
Roy Weston Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Realty Executives Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
Southwest Property Solutions Minninup Road Bunbury 6230
Summit Realty Wittenoom Street Bunbury 6230
Teede Realty Blair Street Bunbury 6230
VNW Independent South West Hwy Donnybrook 6229

Quairading, Wheatbelt

2005-05-27T10:38:00.000+08:00

A typical scene from the Western Australian wheatbelt region - this time at Quairading WA. This photo is courtesy of David Bettini and David's photos and books will be for sale on all WA Online websites including the wheatbelt sites of Moora, Northam and Narrogin.

Busselton real estate agent

2005-05-27T10:28:00.000+08:00

If you are searching for Busselton real estate agents use this guide below or alternatively visit the new Busselton real estate and Busselton property guide located at Busselton Online.

The Busselton real estate agents are as follows -

Busselton:
Bay Realty Busselton 102 Queen St Busselton
Bignell Real Estate 40 Queen St Busselton
Busselton First National Real Estate 100 Queen St Busselton
Bay Realty Busselton PO Box 467 Busselton
No Agent Property PO Box 5108 West Busselton
Busselton First National 100 Queen St Busselton
Busselton Land & Estate Agency 55 Queen St Busselton
Busselton Professionals 96 Queen St Busselton
Ellis & Son 55 Queen St Busselton
Harvey Grey & Associates 64 Prince St Busselton
LJ Hooker 86 Queen St Busselton
Ray White Busselton 102 Queen St Busselton
Roy Weston Coles Complex Kent St Busselton

Dunsborough:
LJ Hooker Dunsborough Naturaliste Forum Naturaliste Terrace Dunsborough
Valuation Partners (WA) Pty Ltd PO Box 696 Dunsborough Dunsborough
White McMullen Naturaliste Forum Dunsborough
Cape Naturaliste First National Dunsborough Village Dunsborough
Professionals Dunsborough Dunsborough Centrepoint Dunn Bay Rd Dunsborough
De Chiera & Co Dunsborough Centrepoint Dunn Bay Road Dunsborough
Dunsborough Holiday Homes 54 Dunn Bay Rd Dunsborough

Margaret River:
Prater Real Estate 18 Fearn Ave Margaret River
Roy Weston Bussell Hwy Margaret River
Stocker Preston 128 Bussell Hwy Margaret River
Margaret River Real Estate First National 126 Bussell Hwy Margaret River
Acton Margaret River 129 Bussell Hwy Margaret River
Leeuwin Realty, Professionals Margaret River 135 Bussell Hwy Margaret River
Margaret River Valuation Services 128 Bussell Hwy Margaret River

Busselton real estate

2005-05-27T10:23:00.000+08:00

Busselton real estate will be online at the new Busselton Online website commencing 1 June 2005.

Busselton real estate agents will have the opportunity to showcase all their Busselton, Dunsborough, Eagle Bay and Yallingup properties on the new Busselton real estate and property guide.

If you are a visitor to the new Busselton real estate guide you'll be able to search for Busselton property by price, location and many other choices.

There will be photos of Busselton properties and in many cases these properties will feature a virtual tour.

So if you need to know more about Busselton real estate and Busselton property take a look at Busselton Online.

Black Rock Falls, Kimberley

2005-05-27T08:41:00.000+08:00

Black Rock Falls in the Kimberley - a graceful veil of water cascades into a tranquil emerald pool, hidden within the ranges near Kununurra, to provide welcome relief from the unrelenting tropical heat. Black Rock Falls is one of the thousands of waterfalls that spill into the Kimberley's magnificent gorges throughout the wet season October to April.

To see more of the photography of David Bettini visit the upcoming Kununurra Online.

Rainstorm, Gascoyne

2005-05-26T22:34:00.000+08:00

A precious thunderstorm transforms the Gascoyne's cracked landscape baked dry from months of relentless sunshine.

The wildlife inhabiting this environment take full advantage of such rare downpours, including the thousands of frenetic frogs that suddenly emerge from undergound hibernation to reproduce.

Their croaking chorus can be heard across the inundated landscape for many nights following the welcome rain.

This photo by David Bettini will feature in the upcoming Carnarvon Online and will be available for purchase from this website.

Lucky Bay WA

2005-05-25T19:34:00.000+08:00

This photo of Lucky Bay is another stunning image from the David Bettini collection that will feature on all WA Online websites.

Kalamina Falls, Kimberley

2005-05-24T19:47:00.000+08:00

Kalamina Falls in the West Australian Kimberley region.

Another of the spectacular photos of David Bettini that will be a highlight of the upcoming Kimberley WA websites.

WA Online is about to launch the following Kimberley WA websites and will soon be looking for site administrators in the following areas -

http://www.broomeonline.com.au
http://www.derbyonline.com.au
http://www.kununurraonline.com.au

David Bettini's "The Colours of Western Australia" which includes this shot of Kalamina Falls, will be available for purchase on these sites.

Carr Boyd Range, Kimberley

2005-05-24T19:44:00.000+08:00

A spectacular shot of the Carr Boyd Range in WA's Kimberley.

This is one of the David Bettini photos that will feature on all WA Online websites. Soon you will be able to purchase David Bettini's photos and books on all WA Online websites.

Bunbury real estate

2005-05-24T09:02:00.000+08:00

Bunbury real estate prices have soared 34% over the last 12 months making Bunbury real estate some of the hottest property in Australia.

Massive development and infrastructure projects in the area have placed a huge strain on the Bunbury property market sending prices, that were already rising steadily, skyrocketing.

People wishing to build new homes are often placed in a queue and asked to wait sometimes a year for construction to begin after signing contracts.

Bunbury real estate agents predict the market to continue to perform steadily with no flattening of the market for at l;east a couple of years.

Bunbury Orchid Show

2005-05-24T08:48:00.001+08:00

The major prize winners at the Bunbury Orchid Show held at Bunbury Forum Shopping Centre.

The Bunbury Orchid Society will be featured in the new Bunbury Online due on 1 July 2005.

WA Online WARIS application

2005-05-24T08:48:00.000+08:00

A photo of the significant grant application by WA Online to the Department of Local Government and Regional Development for WARIS or Western Australian Regional Initiatives Scheme.

Some sample information of the WA Online WARIS application is below.

Bunbury population growth

2005-05-24T08:43:00.000+08:00

Popular regional areas in WA are among the fastest growing population centres in Australia.

In the 8 years to 2004 the fastest growing centres in Australia are (in order of % growth) - Mandurah, Hervey Bay, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast - Tweed, Busselton, Yeppoon, Brisbane, Mt Barker, Cairns, Port Macquarie, Townsville, Coffs Harbour, Gladstone, Forster, Narooma, Nowra, Toowoomba, Mackay, Bendigo and Bunbury.

So of the top 20 fastest growing areas in Australia, WA can lay claim to 4 of these - Mandurah, Busselton, Mt Barker and Bunbury.

WARIS grant application

2005-05-22T08:44:00.000+08:00

This week WA Online submitted its WARIS - Western Australian Regional Initiatives Scheme - grant application to assist with the staffing of site administrators within regional Western Australia.

Some of the supporting statememts for the WARIS application are attached.

WARIS Western Australian Regional Initiatives Scheme
The real winners from the uptake of the Internet in regional Australia will be those that maximise the opportunities that e-commerce and the Internet can deliver. The losers will be those communities who passively adopt the technology without harnessing it to assist their communities to grow.

– From “The Internet and Regional Australia: How rural communities can address the impact of the Internet”; Rosie Simpson and Andrew Hunter, a report for the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

This closing paragraph to Rosie Simpson and Andrew Hunter’s report epitomises the rationale behind how WA Online came to be.

A veteran of e-commerce and online marketing, WA Online founder Keith Palmer identified a deficiency in the information available online for WA towns and the absence of tools that might redress the drain of social and economic infrastructure in regional areas.

Many years earlier he was the instigator of a Bunbury information and tourism portal that eventually grew into a region-based portal. However, this and other portals, whilst fulfilling community, training and support needs failed to provide substantial or professional-level online tools that might assist a community in the following ways –

1. Provide local information for local people including news, local events, education, local polling and discussion forums. Traditional media is increasingly regionalised, nationalised and internationalised and slowly local communities are losing their voice and their platforms to discuss and be informed about local issues.

2. Provide a pivotal source of information on and for this community. All too often information is either incomplete or fragmented across multiple sources, buried within larger regional or national archives and not marketed correctly or effectively so it can be readily found and accessed via internet search engines.

3. Provide world-class e-commerce modules and tools that genuinely redress the infrastructure and people drain in small and often remote communities. These tools collectively should allow anyone in the world to effectively and widely research the community and its benefits. Further this person should also be able to physically travel to the area, secure accommodation, local transport, meals, purchase products, and if they wish migrate, purchase property retire or set up a business in this area – and it is crucial that all such services be available in a single location. All too often there have been random attempts to provide parts of an overall package but these have been specified by people with little background in e-commerce activity and coded by programmers without the relevant experience or expertise resulting in a “clunky” partial solution to what otherwise was a good idea.

At this stage Mr Palmer began speaking with people in his own local regional community as to what services and facilities they’d like to see in one community internet presence upon which the WA Online catchphrase – “Building information bridges for Western Australian communities” was coined.

The concept of an information bridge metaphor to describe the WA Online Project came from the real bridge that such a service would provide between a local community, no matter how isolated, and the rest of the world.

… and an information bridge, like a traditional bridge would have 2 sides.

On one side of the bridge there is entry for local people wishing to communicate within their community and be continually informed and updated with issues and local information and resources that affect their daily lives. The other side of the bridge allows simple and efficient access, by those elsewhere in Australia (or the world), to the particular town.

Whilst designing a framework to deliver on this promise Mr Palmer began a search both in Australia and internationally for the programming talent required to deliver a world-class package of online information and e-commerce tools and resources.

Eventually Mr Palmer selected a small programming and design team based in regional NSW and paid for a mini-site to be be coded and launched. Bunbury Online was born in October 2004 as primarily a demonstration site for elements of the online resources and tools that would be developed by the middle of 2005 and would be launched in Busselton Online.

After the launch of Bunbury Online, Mr Palmer sought local WA investors to assist in funding the coding and launch of Busselton Online and then 25 other initial sites across Western Australia and a further 2 sites in the Northern Territory. This funding also allowed for a 25% equity purchase in all the Intellectual Property involved in the coding of these sites, a 49% purchase of the sales and deployment of similar sites across the rest of Australia and possibly internationally, plus an 8% stake in a national travel agent business that would be used to partner and provide tourist-related call centres and services Australia-wide.

Currently there is a team of around 20 people working on rolling out Busselton Online and the subsequent other WA Online sites, several of whom work full-time in building search engine marketing technologies with the aim of WA Online sites dominating all internet searches affecting terms associated with WA towns.

In planning in partnership for a sustainable future, WA Online facilitates communities to achieve improved economic development by providing state of the art web services. Local communities can now be more “visible” in the virtual world.

The introduction of e-commerce facilities allows small business to access the best services at the least cost. People wishing to relocate can get more information from WA Online than anywhere else. Members of the local community can update information without having to engage the services of others.

The many components that make up a WA Online site have been identified and included as a result of a feedback process. Once deployed, this process begins over, in that modules are perpetually modified and redeveloped based on need and feedback. At this stage new information and e-commerce modules and tools will be developed as a result of local community feedback. Additionally each site is built to promote and discuss regional issues and opportunities and will be administered by a local person within the community. This person will effectively become the local “journalist” providing a real interface between the technology WA Online deploys and the local people and their community.

The Town Online website provides a regional community (including Indigenous communities) with a tangible means to plan and manage their futures.

In helping to develop skilled communities, WA Online allows local communities to be actively involved in portraying all aspects of their community. Additionally, the purpose of this application is to enable local community members to be employed and trained to assist and support local communities in taking full advantage of the various modules of each site. Directly then, WA Online will contribute to the skill level of the local community.

For example the local website will provide, in addition to modules designed to increase the economic wealth of the community, such items as polling of local issues, local news feeds, an updated calendar of events, photo gallery and other pertinent local information with the aim of improving access to, and particaption in, arts and cultural activities, physical activity, sporting activities and recreational events. The activities and issues of each town will not be hidden amongst those of the wider region or ignored in an increasingly regionalised, nationalised or internationalised traditional media, but will be continually updated and maintained by people living within this community.

The websites will also bring together the various medical services and resources available in a particular area so that local people can choose the appropriate service to contact rather than being bounced around a range of offices or services. These pages would show photos of the various staff so that potential users of these services would recognise a person on attending the service in person. (This request came from an Aboriginal community with the aim to break down some of the barriers that occur for Aboriginal users of the medical system.)

Beyond the initial rollout towns WA Online hopes to deploy equivalent sites to smaller towns on a contract basis. Typically this would be done with a business or community group who would be assisted with access to business guidance and training, whether they be a start-up or established business.

In improving regional infrastructure, WA Online facilitates the development of the virtual infrastructure of the state. Local people can easily locate information directly relevant to their daily lives and are able to share with and showcase to a worldwide audience the positive aspects of their lives and community.

WA Online allows even small and medium sized businesses to access world’s-best in internet search technologies as well as a raft of online e-commerce tools and modules that would normally be out of a community or individual business or organisation’s reach.

In assisting in diversifying regional economies, WA Online provides a bevy of online tools aimed solely at bringing incremental revenue to both an individual business and community, no matter how remote or isolated they might be. The project enables the effective global marketing of tourism potential, property and other economic or social benefits of the area. The WA Online project empowers niche markets (for example a wine produced from grapes grown in a “desert” region) and every single community group will be able to have a significant web presence, with the ability to continually grow, update and inform, at little or no cost.
Such groups as schools, sports clubs, arts organisations, volunteer groups can all be “visible” and found in one place.

In the draft State Communications Policy: “WA – A Connected Community”, we see that “the ability of individuals and organisations to access, process and communicate information is essential for economic growth, business activity and job creation.

The communications network is a critical factor in providing access to resources, markets and trade opportunities, including the rapidly developing opportunities of electronic commerce. It also represents a significant competitive advantage that affects the capacity of existing businesses to grow and the ability of the State to attract new industries, businesses and professionals as the traditional barriers of geographic distance and low-density population are significantly reduced or eliminated.

In this regard, access to advanced communications services, facilities and infrastructure is as important to the ongoing development of Western Australia as other infrastructure requirements, such as water, electricity, gas, roads, rail and ports.”

As mentioned elsewhere in this document, many of the design features included are mindful or are at the request of the Aboriginal community and their culture. A completely separate project is to build Aboriginal owned and run e-commerce stores, promoting ethical purchases of Aboriginal products (especially art) which provide training and jobs for local artists, administrators and other workers in the e-commerce business and 100% of revenue being returned to the Aboriginal community.

In enhancing regional investment, WA Online will encourage local purchasing. By providing extensive information about moving a business to each community or retiring or moving to this community will also directly encourage investment. Individual communities can promote themselves as attractive places to live and work as well as showcasing the range of recreational and social opportunities available.

WA Online also assists in ensuring fair pricing for regional residents and businesses in that the internet helps break down these barriers, and WA Online is committed to supporting regional Australia because we live here. In that local businesses will now be able to cheaply market their product on the internet and be present in one, easy-to-find location will also assist local people in shopping locally. Additionally we also include information such as Fuel Watch on our websites.

WA Online helps to address the issue of life long learning at a local level. All educational services will be profiled on each web site, as well as services such as libraries, education services and other resources.

The WA Online Projects directly assists in enhancing the quality of regional lifestyles with every local organization being profiled on the local website. Additionally each group would have a mini-site set up so they can freely and continuously build and update their information, advertise their functions and communicate with the local community.

The Project also aids in effective health service delivery in locating all services and resources in one central, easy to locate online repository. This project removes the need to search by phone, over the internet or in person for information on such services.

Further, the draft State Communications Policy: “WA – A Connected Community” highlights the desire that all West Australians should have access to affordable, functional, reliable and secure communications infrastructure and services regardless of location, income or disability and increasing the use of communications technology to deliver government services more effectively to individuals, business and the community.

Indeed the policy document’s vision statement reads –
Western Australians will have access to functional and affordable communications services, allowing them to fully participate in the opportunities available.

In summary, the local WA Online information and e-commerce websites can be a major factor in providing the “glue” in providing a cohesive local community.

The findings of the Kimberley Development Commission Annual Report 30 June 2004: Regional Development Activities 2003/2004 – Better Planning: Better Services, provide further substantiation of the need of a project such as that being pursued by WA Online as does Gail Short’s report on The Western Australia Telecentre Network.

Studies or projects that further demonstrate the priority of this project are –

Project Code Project Name Proponent Description
WA1997/12 Esperance Community College Project Esperance Community College Steering Committee (Inc.) A Wide Area Network was built and a Point of Presence established that enabled the flexible delivery of education and training and Internet access as a part of a larger Esperance Community College project for Esperance, Ravensthorpe, and Dundas (Norseman) Shires.
WA1997/26 Electronic Commerce in the Peel Region Peel Development Commisssion The project provided for the development of the Peel eMarketplace and Peel eCommunity web sites to form the foundation for a single point of contact for online services and information for the region, including an education and awareness raising program.
WA1998/32 TeleYOUTH WA Department of Local Government and Regional Development The project used telecommunications to meet identified needs of rural youth and helped overcome remoteness in four Telecentres - Denmark, Walpole, Augusta and Katanning.
WA1998/35 Business Incubator for Wheatbelt Western Australia Wheatbelt Area Consultative Committee Establish a business incubator for the Wheatbelt area.
WA1998/36 TeleSENIOR WA Department Local Government and Regional Development Introduce seniors and retired people living in rural and remote locations to new opportunities available through the use of the Internet and email, through Telecentres at Greenbushes, Nannup, Narembeen, Ravensthorpe, Darkan, York and Wongan Hills.
WA1999/77 Telecentre Access Points WA Department of Local Government and Regional Development Provide stand alone Internet connected coin operated units to some 75 communities of less than 200 people, hitherto unserved by the West Australian Telecentres Network, to improve access to online transactions, information and services, and education and training.
WA2000/132 Community Access to the Information Age Western Australian Municipal Association To provide public access to the Internet, online services and information in selected regional libraries.
WA2000/134 Goldfields-Esperance Regional Internet/E-commerce Portal (WA) Kalgoorlie-Boulder Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc. To create an electronic portal/interactive community website for the Goldfields-Esperance Region of South-East Western Australia.
WA2000/138 Linking Councils and Communities Western Australian Local Government Association To enhance and enable delivery of online local government and associated community services.
WA2000/97 Wired Wide West Project (for Mid West WA) Mid West Development Commission To establish an interactive and viable community e-commerce portal/website for the Mid West Region of Western Australia, including a Business and Marketing Plan and associated training in the use of online services.
WA2001/145 Albany GateWAy: E-GateWAy The next phase Albany GateWAy Cooperative Ltd To provide an online presence and e-commerce for the Albany GateWAy including training and associated assistance for the community and businesses in the Great Southern Region.
WA2001/146 Denmark Telecentre Training Project Denmark Telecentre Inc To provide training for IT and Internet support services for the Shire of Denmark located in the Great Southern region.
WA2001/150 mysouthweSt internet portal The Bunbury Chamber of Commerce & Industries Inc To build the 'mysouthwest' portal with e-commerce functions, and including training and assistance for business and the community.

WARIS Western Australian Regional Initiatives Scheme

Western Australia

2005-05-22T08:42:00.000+08:00

If you are chasing an exhaustive list of WA town names here's an update. I think we've now got every WA town in existance.

Here's a list of WA towns categorised in alphabetical order -

A
Abbotts, Agnew, Ajana, Albany, Aldersyde, Allanson, Amery, Amphion, Ardath, Armadale, Arrino, Arthur River, Arumvale, Attadale, Augusta, Australind,

B
Baandee, Babakin, Baddera, Badgebup, Badjaling, Bakers Hill, Baladjie, Balbarrup, Balgarri, Balgo, Balgo Hill, Balingup, Balkuling, Ballaying, Ballidu, Bally Bally, Bamboo, Bamboo Creek, Bamboo Mining Centre, Bangemall, Bangemall Mining Centre, Banksiadale, Bannister North, Barbalin, Barberton, Bardoc, Barrambie, Barronhurst, Bartons Mill, Bassendean, Beacon, Bedfordale, Beechina, Beelerup, Beenong, Beermullah, Beete, Bejoording, Belka, Bellevue, Belmunging, Bencubbin, Bendering, Bendering West, Benger, Benjinup, Bentley, Berakin, Beraking, Berkshire Valley, Beverley, Bickley, Bicton, Big Bell, Billaricay, Bindi Bindi, Binningup, Binnu, Black Flag, Blue Spec, Bodallin, Boddalin, Boddington, Bokal, Bolgart, Bonnie Rock, Bonnie Vale, Boodarockin, Boogardie, Boondi, Booraan, Boorabbin, Boorara, Bootenal, Borden, Bornholm, Boscabel, Botherling, Boulder, Boundain, Bowelling, Bowes, Bowgada, Boya, Boyanup, Boyup Brook, Bramley, Bridgetown, Bringo, Broad Arrow, Bromus, Brookdale, Brookton, Broome, Broomehill, Brown Hill, Bruce Rock, Brunswick Junction, Buckingham, Buckinghams Mill, Bulading, Bullabulling, Bullaring, Bullfinch, Bullsbrook, Bulong, Bulyee, Bunbury, Bundera Bundera, Bungulluping, Buniche, Bunjil, Bunketch, Buntine, Burabadji, Burakin, Burbanks, Burbidge, Burekup, Burges, Burngup, Burracoppin, Burran Rock, Burtville, Busselton, Byford

C
Cadoux, Caitup, Calcarra, Calingiri, Campion, Cancanning, Canna, Cannington, Capel, Capercup, Carani, Carbarup, Carbine, Carbunup, Cardup, Carilla, Carinyah, Carlecatup, Carmel, Carnage, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Caroling, Caron, Carrabin, Carrolup, Cartacup, Cartmeticup, Caversham, Celebration, Cervantes, Chadoora, Chedaring, Cheritons Find, Cherry Tree Pool, Chillilup, Chinocup, Chinokup, Chittering, Chorkerup, Chowerup, Circle Valley, Clackline, Clampton, Claremont, Cleary, Coates, Collanilling, Collgar, Collie, Collie Burn, Collie Cardiff, Comet, Comet Vale, Condon, Congelin, Contine, Coogee, Cooglegong, Cookernup, Coolboogin, Coolgardie, Coolimba, Coolup, Coomberdale, Coonana, Coondle, Coorow, Cordering, Corinthian, Corrigin, Cosmo Newberry, Cosmo Newbery, Cossack, Cottesloe, Courtlea, Cowaramup, Cowcowing, Cowerdup, Cramphorne, Crampthorne, Cranbrook, Cranbrook, Crawley-Nedlands, Crossman, Cuballing, Cuddingwarra, Cue, Culbin, Culham, Cunderdin, Cunderdin North, Cunjardine, Curara, Cuthbert

D
Daadenning Creek, Dale Bridge, Dalkeith, Dalton, Dalton Mining Centre, Dalwallinu, Damboring, Dampier, Dandaragan, Dandarragan, Dangin, Daniell, Dardadine, Dardanup, Darkan, Darkin, Darlington, Datatine, Daveyhurst, Davyhurst, Day Dawn, Deanmill, Deeside, Deeside Homestead, Denham, Denison, Denmark, Derby, Desmond, Devan Find Mining Centre, Devans Find, Devans Find Mining Centre, Dewars Pool, Dindiloa, Dinninup, Doconing, Dongara, Dongarra, Dongolocking, Donnybrook, Doodenanning, Doodlakine, Doombup, Dornock, Dowak, Dowerin, Drummond Cove, Dryandra, Dudawa, Dudinin, Duggan, Dukin, Dulbelling, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Dunnsville, Dunsborough, Dunsborough, Duranillin, Duranilling, Duri, Dwarda, Dwellingup

E
East Arthur, East Beverley, Eastbrook, Eastern Creek, Eastern Creek Mining Centre, East Fremantle, East Kirup Mill, East Knodut, East Popanyinning, East Wickepin, East Witchcliffe, Eaton, Ejanding, Elabbin, Elleker, Elphin, Emu Hill, Emu Point, Esperance, Eucla, Eucla Telegraph Office, Eujinyn, Eundyne, Eundynie, Ewlyamartup, Exmouth, Eyre, Falcondale, Field Finds, Fields Find, Fitzroy, Fitzroy Crossing, Flat Rocks, Flinders Bay, Forest Grove, Formby, Forrest, Frankland, Fremantle, Gabalong, Gabanintha, Gabbin, Galena, Garden Gully, Garratt, Gascoyne Junction, Geeralying, Geraldton, Ghooli, Gibson, Gilgai, Gilgering, Gillingarra, Gingin, Gladstone, Glen Iris, Glenlynn, Gnarming, Gnowangerup, Gnows Nest, Goldsworthy, Goodia, Goomalling, Goomarin, Goongarrie, Gooseberry Hill, Gorge Rock, Gosnells, Graball, Gramphorne, Grants Patch, Grasmere, Grassmere, Grass Patch, Grass Valley, Greenbushes, Green Head, Greenhills, Greenmount, Greenough, Greylands, Gudarra, Guilderton, Guildford, Gunyidi, Gutha, Gwambygine

H
Haig, Hakea, Halls Creek, Hamel, Hamelin Bay, Hamersley, Harewood, Harrismith, Harvey, Haynesdale, Hedges, Herne Hill, Hester, Higginsville, Highbury, Hines Hill, Hoddy Well, Hoffmans Mill, Holdens Find, Holleton, Holly, Holt Rock, Holyoake, Hopes Hill, Hopetoun, Hopetown, Horrocks, Horse Shoe, Hotham, Hovea, Howatharra, Huntly, Hutt, Hyden

I
Illawong, Inglehope, Irwin, Isseka, Ives, Ives Find

J
Jacobs Well, Jacup, Jaloran, Jardee, Jarrahdale, Jarrahwood, Jaurdi, Jennaberring, Jennacubbine, Jennapullin, Jilakin, Jimblebar, Jimble Bar Mining Centre, Jingalup, Jingymia, Jitarning, Juendine, Jura, Juradine, Jurien, Kalannie, Kalbarri, Kalgan, Kalgoorlie, Kalguddering, Kambalda, Kanowna, Karlgarin, Karnilbinia, Karnup, Karonie, Karping, Karragullen, Karranadgin, Karranadjin, Karridale, Katanning, Keane, Kebaringup, Kellandi, Kellerberrin, Kelmscott, Kendenup, Kennyville, Kentdale, Kent River, Kenwick, Key Farm, Keysbrook, King River, Kings Find, Kintore, Kirup, Kirwan, Kitchener, Kodj Kodjin, Kojarena, Kojonup, Kokardine, Kondinin, Kondut, Kondut East, Konnongorring, Koojan, Koojedda, Kookynie, Koolanooka, Koomberkine, Koonadgin, Koorarawalyee, Koorda, Korbel, Korraling, Korrelocking, Kronkup, Kudardup, Kuender, Kukerin, Kuliba, Kulikup, Kulin, Kulja, Kumarina, Kumarina Mining Centre, Kumarl, Kunanalling, Kundana, Kundip, Kunjin, Kununurra, Kuringup, Kurnalpi, Kurrawang, Kurrenkutten, Kweda, Kwobrup, Kwolyin, Kybelup, Kybulup

L
Lake Biddy, Lake Brown, Lake Camm, Lake Grace, Lake King, Lake Varley, Lakewood, Lalla Rookh, Lalla Rookh Mining Centre, Lancelin, Lancing, Larkinville, Latham, Laurier, Laverton, Lawlers, Lawnswood, Learmonth, Leeman, Lennonville, Leonora, Lilliginni, Linden, Lionel, Lloyd Crossing, Logans Find, Lomos, Londonderry, Loongana, Lowden, Lower Chittering, Lower Chittertering, Lower King, Ludlow, Lumeah, Lyons Camp

M
Mackies Crossing, Maddington, Mahogany Creek, Mainland, Mainnerup, Malcolm, Malyalling, Mambenup, Mandiga, Mandurah, Manjimup, Manmanning, Manning, Manxman, Manypeaks, Marbellup, Marbelup, Marble Bar, Marchagee, Marda, Mardella, Margaret River, Marindo, Marks, Marracoonda, Marradong, Marrinup, Marvel Loch, Marvel Lock, Maya, Mayanup, Maylands, McPhees Patch, McPhees Patch Mining Centre, Meckering, Medina, Meekatharra, Meelon, Meenar, Melville, Menzies, Merilup, Merredin, Metricup, Metzke Find, Middle Creek, Middle Creek Mining Centre, Middle Swan, Midland Junction, Miling, Millendon, Mingenew, Minniging, Minnivale, Mobrup, Mobrup Homestead, Mogumber, Mollerin, Monkey Mia, Mooliabeenee, Mooliabeenie, Moolyella, Moolyella Tin Field, Moondon, Moonies Hill, Moonijin, Moonyoonooka, Moora, Moorine Rock, Moornaming, Mooterdine, Morawa, Morbinning, Morgans, Mornington Mills, Morowa, Mortigallup, Mosman Park, Mosquito Creek, Mosquito Creek Mining Centre, Moulyinning, Mounena, Mount Barker, Mount Hardey, Mount Helena, Mount Ida, Mount Kokeby, Mount Madden, Mount Magnet, Mount Morgans, Mount Newman, Mount Palmer, Muchea, Mudiarrup, Mukinbudin, Mulgarrie, Mullalloo Beach, Mullalyup, Mullewa, Mummballup, Mundaring, Mundaring Weir, Mundawindi, Mundijong, Mundiwindi, Muntadgin, Muradup, Muresk, Murrin Murrin

N
Nabawa, Namban, Nambling, Nanamoolan, Nanga Brook, Nangeenan, Nannine, Nannup, Nannup Mill, Nanson, Napier, Naraling, Narembeen, Naretha, Narngulu, Narra Tarra, Narrikup, Narrogin, Nedlands, Nedlands, Needilup, Neendaling, Netherwood, Nevoria, Newdegate, Newdgate, Newlands, Newman, New Norcia, Nippering, Noggerup, Nokaning, Nolba, Nomans Lake, Noongaar, Noongar, Nornakin, Nornalup, Norpa, Norseman, Northam, Northampton, North Banister, North Bannister, North Beach, Northcliffe, North Cunderdin, North Dandalup, Northern Gully, North Fremantle, North Karlgarin, North Kellerberrin, North Kununoppin, North Lake Grace, North Pole, North Pole Mining Centre, North Shaw, North Shaw Mining Centre, North Walgoolan, Notting, Nugadong, Nukarni, Nullagine, Nulla Nulla, Nungarin, Nunngarra, Nunyle, Nunyle Hall, Nyabing, Nyannia

O
Oakabella, Oak Park, O'Connor, Ogilvie, Old Napier Downs, Ongerup, Onslow, Ora Banda

P
Paddington, Palgarup, Parker Range, Parkers Range, Parkerville, Paroo, Parryville, Paynes Find, Peak Hill, Pearce, Pederah, Pemberton, Peppermint Grove, Perenjori, Perilya, Perth, Perth City, Piawaning, Pickering Brook, Picton, Picton Junction, Piesseville, Pilbara, Pilbara Mining Centre, Pindalup, Pindar, Pingaring, Pingelly, Pingrup, Pinjarra, Pintharuka, Pioneer, Pithara, Point Samson, Popanyinning, Popes Landing, Porongorup, Porongorups, Porongurup, Porongurups, Portagabra, Port Denison, Port Hedland, Princess Royal

Q
Quagitup, Quairading, Qualen, Qualeup, Quarram, Quindalup, Quindanning, Quins Castle

R
Rams Head, Ranford, Ravensthorpe, Rawlinna, Red Lake, Redmond, Reedy, Ridge Hill, Ringa, Rockingham, Rockwell, Roebourne, Roelands, Roleystone, Rosa Brook, Rothsay, Round Hill, Rushy Pool

S
Safety Bay, Saint Ives, Salgash, Salgash Mining Centre, Salmon Gums, Salmon Guns, Sandstone, Sawyers Valley, Scaddan, Scarborough, Scarborough Beach, Seabird, Serpentine, Shackleton, Shark Bay, Shellborough, Shenton Park, Shotts, Siberia, Smailes Mill, Soansville, Soansville Mining Centre, South Burracoppin, Southern Brook, Southern Cross, South Kalamunda, South Kulin, South Kumminin, South Lake Vasley, South Quaisading, South Tammin, South Trayning, South Walgoolan, Spargoville, Spearwood, Speddingup, Spencers Brook, Spring Hill, Stathams, Station Peak, Station Peak Mining Centre, Stoneville, Stoneville, Strelley Gorge, Strelly Gorge, Subiaco, Sussex Mill, Swanbourne, Swan View

T
Talbot Brook, Talga Talga, Talga Talga Mining Centre, Tallanalla, Tambellup, Tambourah, Tambourah Mining Centre, Tammin, Tandagin, Tardun, Tarin Rock, Tennessee, Tenterden, Thevenard, Three Springs, Thundulda, Timberfield, Tinkurrin, Toodyay, Toolbrunup, Toolibin, Toompup, Torbay, Torbay Junction, Toweranna, Trafalgar, Trayning, Trayning South, Treesville, Treslove, Trigg Island, Truslove, Tuckanarra, Tuckannarra, Tullis, Turkey Creek, Twenty Ounce Gully, Twenty Ounce Gully Mining Centre, Two Rocks

U
Udialla, Ulva, Upper Swan, Urakarra, Utakarra

V
Vasse, Venn, Vurakin

B
Wadderin, Wadderin Hill, Waddi Forest, Waddington, Wagerup, Waggrakine, Wagin, Walebing, Walgoolan, Walkaway, Wallaberi, Walliston, Walpole, Wamenusking, Wandering, Wannamal, Wanneroo, Wanneru, Wansbrough, Warburton, Wardercarrin, Warnbro, Waroona, Warrachuppin, Warralackin, Warralakin, Warup, Watheroo, Wattening, Wattleup, Wedin, Weira, Welbungin, Welcome Hill, Weld, Wellard, Wellington Mill, Wellington Mills, Wembley, Werribee, West Bendering, Western Shaw, Western Shaw Mining Centre, Westfield, Westonia, West Toodyay, West Westonia, West Yorkrakine, Whelarra, Whim Creek, Whitehead, Whitehead Find, Whiteheads Find, Wialki, Wickepin, Widgemooltha, Widgiemooltha, Wilga, Williams, Williamstown, Wilroy, Wiluna, Winchester, Windanya, Windy Harbour, Witchcliffe, Wodgina, Wodgina Mining Centre, Wogarl, Wokalup, Wongamine, Wongan Hills, Wongong, Wonnerup, Wonyil, Woodanilling, Wooganup, Woogenellup, Woolgangie, Wooroloo, Worsley, Wubin, Wundowie, Wungong, Wuraming, Wurarga, Wyalkatchem, Wyening, Wyndham

X
Xantippe, Xantippe Telegraph Office

Y
Yalbarrin, Yalgoo, Yallingup, Yallingup, Yallingup Caves, Yanchep, Yancher, Yandacoogina Mining Centre, Yandanooka, Yandicoogina, Yandicoogina Mining Centre, Yanmah, Yarloop, Yarri, Yealering, Yelbeni, Yellowdine, Yelverton, Yerangatup, Yerbillon, Yericoin, Yetna, Yilliminning, Yoongarilup, York, Yorkrakine, Yornaning, Yornup, Yoting, Youanmi, Youndegin, Youngs, Young's Siding, Youraling, Yoweragabbie, Yuna, Yundamindera, Yunndaga

Z
Zamia, Zanthus

Vasse, near Busselton

2005-05-20T07:41:00.000+08:00

A sketch of the Vasse Newtown development currently underway near Busselton.

Vasse was the original settlement site for Busselton but in recent years has been only a sleepy village.

The Vasse Newtown scheme is a major new residential development with shopping and commercial and education precincts and blocks are in heavy demand.

The latest news is that the Shire of Busselton is looking to shift their entire operation from the Busselton town centre to the new Vasse Newtown development.

More Bunbury storm havoc photos

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More Bunbury storm havoc photos

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More Bunbury storm havoc photos

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More Bunbury storm havoc photos

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More Bunbury storm havoc photos

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More Bunbury storm havoc photos

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More Bunbury storm havoc photos

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Bunbury storm (17)

2005-05-16T16:10:00.009+08:00

There was massive damage throughout Bunbury today as a result of the storm that hit the city at 6.10am today.

This series gives just an example of the damage with trees uprooted, powerlines felled and buildings demolished. The replacement cost is sure to run into many millions of dollars.

The worst affected areas seemed to be from the central business area through Spencer Street and along Blair Street through to Picton.

Bunbury storm (16)

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Bunbury storm (15)

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Bunbury storm (14)

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Bunbury storm (13)

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Bunbury storm (12)

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Bunbury storm (11)

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Bunbury storm (10)

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Bunbury storm (9)

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Bunbury storm (8)

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Bunbury storm (7)

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Bunbury storm (6)

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Bunbury storm (5)

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Bunbury storm (4)

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Bunbury storm (3)

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Bunbury storm (2)

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Bunbury storm (1)

2005-05-16T11:41:00.000+08:00

Wild storms lashed the south west WA coast overnight. Here is a series of shots from Bunbury WA showing some of the storm damage.

Busselton jetty - aerial shot

2005-05-11T21:00:00.000+08:00

The Busselton jetty is the longest jetty in the southern hemisphere at just under 2 kilometres in length.

This shot is of the recent Busselton jetty swim - you'll notice the crystal clear waters that Busselton is famed for in this shot. Despite being around a kilometre offshore you can see straight to the sandy bottom of Geographe Bay.

There's a full history of both Busselton and the Busselton jetty at Busselton Online so if you are interested why not visit the new Busselton WA site now.

Bunbury sunrise # 8 of 8, 10 May 2005

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Bunbury sunrise # 7 of 8, 10 May 2005

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Bunbury sunrise # 6 of 8, 10 May 2005

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Bunbury sunrise # 5 of 8, 10 May 2005

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Bunbury sunrise #4 of 8, 10 May 2005

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Bunbury sunrise # 3 of 8, 10 May 2005

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Bunbury sunrise # 2 of 8, 10 May 2005

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Bunbury sunrise # 1 of 8, 10 May 2005

2005-05-10T08:04:00.000+08:00

The following 8 photos are a series of sunrise and pre-sunrise photos taken today across Koombana Bay looking towards the Roeland hills.

Bunbury beach

2005-05-07T08:34:00.000+08:00

A typical scene at a Bunbury beach.

One of the great things about beaches along the Bunbury coast is that generally they are deserted. There's a wide area of flat white sand before reaching any sandhills and for much of the year the Indian Ocean is flat and picturesque.

The Bunbury "backbeach" is currently undergoing a long overdue makeover and we'll post photos of this area once the construction and landscaping has been completed.

There will be a complete feature on Bunbury beaches in the upcoming (new) Bunbury Online.

Bunbury Roundabout Sculptures

2005-05-07T08:31:00.000+08:00

The city of Bunbury is well known for its public art and none better than thje towering stainless steel sculptures at the entrance to the Bunbury CBD.

Australian Currency

2005-05-07T08:27:00.000+08:00

Australian notes come in denominations of $100, $50, $20, $10 and $5. The thing that sets these notes apart from other currencies is that they are made from plastic.

Western Australia Regions Map

2005-05-06T16:19:00.002+08:00

Western Australia is officially broken up into 9 Regional Development regions and each of these regions is supported by a regional Development Commission.

The regional development commisions are as follows -

Gascoyne Development Commission based in Carnarvon
Goldfields Esperance Development Commission based in Kalgoorlie with offices also in Esperance, Leonora and Ravensthorpe
Great Southern Development Commission based in Albany with offices also in Katanning
Kimberley Development Commission based in Kununurra with offices in Broome and Derby
Mid West Development Commission based in Geraldton
Peel Development Commission based in Mandurah
Pilbara Development Commission based in Port Hedland with an office in Karratha
South West Development Commission based in Bunbury with offices in Collie, Manjimup and Vasse
Wheatbelt Development Commission based in Northam with offices in Merredin, Moora, Narrogin and Jurien Bay

Busselton Jetty - Historical

2005-05-06T16:19:00.001+08:00

An old photo of ships taking on timber and wool at the Busselton jetty.

Late Afternoon on Bunbury Marina

2005-05-06T16:19:00.000+08:00

A shot of part of the domestic yachts moored at the Bunbury marina within the Bunbury Outer Harbour area at Koombana Bay.

Listing of Western Australian Towns

2005-05-06T16:15:00.000+08:00

If you'd like a list of Western Australian towns this is it (in alphabetical groupings) -

A
Abbotts, Agnew, Ajana, Albany, Aldersyde, Allanson, Amery, Amphion, Ardath, Armadale, Arrino, Arthur River, Arumvale, Attadale, Augusta, Australind

B
Baandee, Babakin, Baddera, Badgebup, Badjaling, Bakers Hill, Baladjie, Balbarrup, Balgarri, Balgo, Balgo Hill, Balingup, Balkuling, Ballaying, Ballidu, Bally Bally, Bamboo, Bamboo Creek, Bamboo Mining Centre, Bangemall, Bangemall Mining Centre, Banksiadale, Bannister North, Barbalin, Barberton, Bardoc, Barrambie, Barronhurst, Bartons Mill, Bassendean, Beacon, Bedfordale, Beechina, Beelerup, Beenong, Beermullah, Beete, Bejoording, Belka, Bellevue, Belmunging, Bencubbin, Bendering, Bendering West, Benger, Benjinup, Bentley, Berakin, Beraking, Berkshire Valley, Beverley, Bickley, Bicton, Big Bell, Billaricay, Bindi Bindi, Binningup, Binnu, Black Flag, Blue Spec, Bodallin, Boddalin, Boddington, Bokal, Bolgart, Bonnie Rock, Bonnie Vale, Boodarockin, Boogardie, Boondi, Booraan, Boorabbin, Boorara, Bootenal, Borden, Bornholm, Boscabel, Botherling, Boulder, Boundain, Bowelling, Bowes, Bowgada, Boya, Boyanup, Boyup Brook, Bramley, Bridgetown, Bringo, Broad Arrow, Bromus, Brookdale, Brookton, Broome, Broomehill, Brown Hill, Bruce Rock, Brunswick Junction, Buckingham, Buckinghams Mill, Bulading, Bullabulling, Bullaring, Bullfinch, Bullsbrook, Bulong, Bulyee, Bunbury, Bundera Bundera, Bungulluping, Buniche, Bunjil, Bunketch, Buntine, Burabadji, Burakin, Burbanks, Burbidge, Burekup, Burges, Burngup, Burracoppin, Burran Rock, Burtville, Busselton, Byford

C
Cadoux, Caitup, Calcarra, Calingiri, Campion, Cancanning, Canna, Cannington, Capel, Capercup, Carani, Carbarup, Carbine, Carbunup, Cardup, Carilla, Carinyah, Carlecatup, Carmel, Carnage, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Caroling, Caron, Carrabin, Carrolup, Cartacup, Cartmeticup, Caversham, Celebration, Cervantes, Chadoora, Chedaring, Cheritons Find, Cherry Tree Pool, Chillilup, Chinocup, Chinokup, Chittering, Chorkerup, Chowerup, Circle Valley, Clackline, Clampton, Claremont, Cleary, Coates, Collanilling, Collgar, Collie, Collie Burn, Collie Cardiff, Comet, Comet Vale, Condon, Congelin, Contine, Coogee, Cooglegong, Cookernup, Coolboogin, Coolgardie, Coolimba, Coolup, Coomberdale, Coonana, Coondle, Coorow, Cordering, Corinthian, Corrigin, Cosmo Newberry, Cosmo Newbery, Cossack, Cottesloe, Courtlea, Cowaramup, Cowcowing, Cowerdup, Cramphorne, Crampthorne, Cranbrook, Cranbrook, Crawley-Nedlands, Crossman, Cuballing, Cuddingwarra, Cue, Culbin, Culham, Cunderdin, Cunderdin North, Cunjardine, Curara, Cuthbert

D
Daadenning Creek, Dale Bridge, Dalkeith, Dalton, Dalton Mining Centre, Dalwallinu, Damboring, Dampier, Dandaragan, Dandarragan, Dangin, Daniell, Dardadine, Dardanup, Darkan, Darkin, Darlington, Datatine, Daveyhurst, Davyhurst, Day Dawn, Deanmill, Deeside, Deeside Homestead, Denham, Denison, Denmark, Derby, Desmond, Devan Find Mining Centre, Devans Find, Devans Find Mining Centre, Dewars Pool, Dindiloa, Dinninup, Doconing, Dongara, Dongarra, Dongolocking, Donnybrook, Doodenanning, Doodlakine, Doombup, Dornock, Dowak, Dowerin, Drummond Cove, Dryandra, Dudawa, Dudinin, Duggan, Dukin, Dulbelling, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Dunnsville, Dunsborough, Dunsborough, Duranillin, Duranilling, Duri, Dwarda, Dwellingup

E
East Arthur, East Beverley, Eastbrook, Eastern Creek, Eastern Creek Mining Centre, East Fremantle, East Kirup Mill, East Knodut, East Popanyinning, East Wickepin, East Witchcliffe, Eaton, Ejanding, Elabbin, Elleker, Elphin, Emu Hill, Emu Point, Esperance, Eucla, Eucla Telegraph Office, Eujinyn, Eundyne, Eundynie, Ewlyamartup, Exmouth, Eyre, Falcondale, Field Finds, Fields Find, Fitzroy, Fitzroy Crossing, Flat Rocks, Flinders Bay, Forest Grove, Formby, Forrest, Frankland, Fremantle, Gabalong, Gabanintha, Gabbin, Galena, Garden Gully, Garratt, Gascoyne Junction, Geeralying, Geraldton, Ghooli, Gibson, Gilgai, Gilgering, Gillingarra, Gingin, Gladstone, Glen Iris, Glenlynn, Gnarming, Gnowangerup, Gnows Nest, Goldsworthy, Goodia, Goomalling, Goomarin, Goongarrie, Gooseberry Hill, Gorge Rock, Gosnells, Graball, Gramphorne, Grants Patch, Grasmere, Grassmere, Grass Patch, Grass Valley, Greenbushes, Green Head, Greenhills, Greenmount, Greenough, Greylands, Gudarra, Guilderton, Guildford, Gunyidi, Gutha, Gwambygine

H
Haig, Hakea, Halls Creek, Hamel, Hamelin Bay, Hamersley, Harewood, Harrismith, Harvey, Haynesdale, Hedges, Herne Hill, Hester, Higginsville, Highbury, Hines Hill, Hoddy Well, Hoffmans Mill, Holdens Find, Holleton, Holly, Holt Rock, Holyoake, Hopes Hill, Hopetoun, Hopetown, Horrocks, Horse Shoe, Hotham, Hovea, Howatharra, Huntly, Hutt, Hyden

I
Illawong, Inglehope, Irwin, Isseka, Ives, Ives Find

J
Jacobs Well, Jacup, Jaloran, Jardee, Jarrahdale, Jarrahwood, Jaurdi, Jennaberring, Jennacubbine, Jennapullin, Jilakin, Jimblebar, Jimble Bar Mining Centre, Jingalup, Jingymia, Jitarning, Juendine, Jura, Juradine, Jurien, Kalannie, Kalbarri, Kalgan, Kalgoorlie, Kalguddering, Kambalda, Kanowna, Karlgarin, Karnilbinia, Karnup, Karonie, Karping, Karragullen, Karranadgin, Karranadjin, Karridale, Katanning, Keane, Kebaringup, Kellandi, Kellerberrin, Kelmscott, Kendenup, Kennyville, Kentdale, Kent River, Kenwick, Key Farm, Keysbrook, King River, Kings Find, Kintore, Kirup, Kirwan, Kitchener, Kodj Kodjin, Kojarena, Kojonup, Kokardine, Kondinin, Kondut, Kondut East, Konnongorring, Koojan, Koojedda, Kookynie, Koolanooka, Koomberkine, Koonadgin, Koorarawalyee, Koorda, Korbel, Korraling, Korrelocking, Kronkup, Kudardup, Kuender, Kukerin, Kuliba, Kulikup, Kulin, Kulja, Kumarina, Kumarina Mining Centre, Kumarl, Kunanalling, Kundana, Kundip, Kunjin, Kununurra, Kuringup, Kurnalpi, Kurrawang, Kurrenkutten, Kweda, Kwobrup, Kwolyin, Kybelup, Kybulup

L
Lake Biddy, Lake Brown, Lake Camm, Lake Grace, Lake King, Lake Varley, Lakewood, Lalla Rookh, Lalla Rookh Mining Centre, Lancelin, Lancing, Larkinville, Latham, Laurier, Laverton, Lawlers, Lawnswood, Learmonth, Leeman, Lennonville, Leonora, Lilliginni, Linden, Lionel, Lloyd Crossing, Logans Find, Lomos, Londonderry, Loongana, Lowden, Lower Chittering, Lower Chittertering, Lower King, Ludlow, Lumeah, Lyons Camp

M
Mackies Crossing, Maddington, Mahogany Creek, Mainland, Mainnerup, Malcolm, Malyalling, Mambenup, Mandiga, Mandurah, Manjimup, Manmanning, Manning, Manxman, Manypeaks, Marbellup, Marbelup, Marble Bar, Marchagee, Marda, Mardella, Margaret River, Marindo, Marks, Marracoonda, Marradong, Marrinup, Marvel Loch, Marvel Lock, Maya, Mayanup, Maylands, McPhees Patch, McPhees Patch Mining Centre, Meckering, Medina, Meekatharra, Meelon, Meenar, Melville, Menzies, Merilup, Merredin, Metricup, Metzke Find, Middle Creek, Middle Creek Mining Centre, Middle Swan, Midland Junction, Miling, Millendon, Mingenew, Minniging, Minnivale, Mobrup, Mobrup Homestead, Mogumber, Mollerin, Monkey Mia, Mooliabeenee, Mooliabeenie, Moolyella, Moolyella Tin Field, Moondon, Moonies Hill, Moonijin, Moonyoonooka, Moora, Moorine Rock, Moornaming, Mooterdine, Morawa, Morbinning, Morgans, Mornington Mills, Morowa, Mortigallup, Mosman Park, Mosquito Creek, Mosquito Creek Mining Centre, Moulyinning, Mounena, Mount Barker, Mount Hardey, Mount Helena, Mount Ida, Mount Kokeby, Mount Madden, Mount Magnet, Mount Morgans, Mount Newman, Mount Palmer, Muchea, Mudiarrup, Mukinbudin, Mulgarrie, Mullalloo Beach, Mullalyup, Mullewa, Mummballup, Mundaring, Mundaring Weir, Mundawindi, Mundijong, Mundiwindi, Muntadgin, Muradup, Muresk, Murrin Murrin

N
Nabawa, Namban, Nambling, Nanamoolan, Nanga Brook, Nangeenan, Nannine, Nannup, Nannup Mill, Nanson, Napier, Naraling, Narembeen, Naretha, Narngulu, Narra Tarra, Narrikup, Narrogin, Nedlands, Nedlands, Needilup, Neendaling, Netherwood, Nevoria, Newdegate, Newdgate, Newlands, Newman, New Norcia, Nippering, Noggerup, Nokaning, Nolba, Nomans Lake, Noongaar, Noongar, Nornakin, Nornalup, Norpa, Norseman, Northam, Northampton, North Banister, North Bannister, North Beach, Northcliffe, North Cunderdin, North Dandalup, Northern Gully, North Fremantle, North Karlgarin, North Kellerberrin, North Kununoppin, North Lake Grace, North Pole, North Pole Mining Centre, North Shaw, North Shaw Mining Centre, North Walgoolan, Notting, Nugadong, Nukarni, Nullagine, Nulla Nulla, Nungarin, Nunngarra, Nunyle, Nunyle Hall, Nyabing, Nyannia

O
Oakabella, Oak Park, O'Connor, Ogilvie, Old Napier Downs, Ongerup, Onslow, Ora Banda

P
Paddington, Palgarup, Parker Range, Parkers Range, Parkerville, Paroo, Parryville, Paynes Find, Peak Hill, Pearce, Pederah, Pemberton, Peppermint Grove, Perenjori, Perilya, Perth, Perth City, Piawaning, Pickering Brook, Picton, Picton Junction, Piesseville, Pilbara, Pilbara Mining Centre, Pindalup, Pindar, Pingaring, Pingelly, Pingrup, Pinjarra, Pintharuka, Pioneer, Pithara, Point Samson, Popanyinning, Popes Landing, Porongorup, Porongorups, Porongurup, Porongurups, Portagabra, Port Denison, Port Hedland, Princess Royal

Q
Quagitup, Quairading, Qualen, Qualeup, Quarram, Quindalup, Quindanning, Quins Castle

R
Rams Head, Ranford, Ravensthorpe, Rawlinna, Red Lake, Redmond, Reedy, Ridge Hill, Ringa, Rockingham, Rockwell, Roebourne, Roelands, Roleystone, Rosa Brook, Rothsay, Round Hill, Rushy Pool

S
Safety Bay, Saint Ives, Salgash, Salgash Mining Centre, Salmon Gums, Salmon Guns, Sandstone, Sawyers Valley, Scaddan, Scarborough, Scarborough Beach, Seabird, Serpentine, Shackleton, Shark Bay, Shellborough, Shenton Park, Shotts, Siberia, Smailes Mill, Soansville, Soansville Mining Centre, South Burracoppin, Southern Brook, Southern Cross, South Kalamunda, South Kulin, South Kumminin, South Lake Vasley, South Quaisading, South Tammin, South Trayning, South Walgoolan, Spargoville, Spearwood, Speddingup, Spencers Brook, Spring Hill, Stathams, Station Peak, Station Peak Mining Centre, Stoneville, Stoneville, Strelley Gorge, Strelly Gorge, Subiaco, Sussex Mill, Swanbourne, Swan View

T
Talbot Brook, Talga Talga, Talga Talga Mining Centre, Tallanalla, Tambellup, Tambourah, Tambourah Mining Centre, Tammin, Tandagin, Tardun, Tarin Rock, Tennessee, Tenterden, Thevenard, Three Springs, Thundulda, Timberfield, Tinkurrin, Toodyay, Toolbrunup, Toolibin, Toompup, Torbay, Torbay Junction, Toweranna, Trafalgar, Trayning, Trayning South, Treesville, Treslove, Trigg Island, Truslove, Tuckanarra, Tuckannarra, Tullis, Turkey Creek, Twenty Ounce Gully, Twenty Ounce Gully Mining Centre, Two Rocks

U
Udialla, Ulva, Upper Swan, Urakarra, Utakarra

V
Vasse, Venn, Vurakin

B
Wadderin, Wadderin Hill, Waddi Forest, Waddington, Wagerup, Waggrakine, Wagin, Walebing, Walgoolan, Walkaway, Wallaberi, Walliston, Walpole, Wamenusking, Wandering, Wannamal, Wanneroo, Wanneru, Wansbrough, Warburton, Wardercarrin, Warnbro, Waroona, Warrachuppin, Warralackin, Warralakin, Warup, Watheroo, Wattening, Wattleup, Wedin, Weira, Welbungin, Welcome Hill, Weld, Wellard, Wellington Mill, Wellington Mills, Wembley, Werribee, West Bendering, Western Shaw, Western Shaw Mining Centre, Westfield, Westonia, West Toodyay, West Westonia, West Yorkrakine, Whelarra, Whim Creek, Whitehead, Whitehead Find, Whiteheads Find, Wialki, Wickepin, Widgemooltha, Widgiemooltha, Wilga, Williams, Williamstown, Wilroy, Wiluna, Winchester, Windanya, Windy Harbour, Witchcliffe, Wodgina, Wodgina Mining Centre, Wogarl, Wokalup, Wongamine, Wongan Hills, Wongong, Wonnerup, Wonyil, Woodanilling, Wooganup, Woogenellup, Woolgangie, Wooroloo, Worsley, Wubin, Wundowie, Wungong, Wuraming, Wurarga, Wyalkatchem, Wyening, Wyndham

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Xantippe, Xantippe Telegraph Office

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Yalbarrin, Yalgoo, Yallingup, Yallingup, Yallingup Caves, Yanchep, Yancher, Yandacoogina Mining Centre, Yandanooka, Yandicoogina, Yandicoogina Mining Centre, Yanmah, Yarloop, Yarri, Yealering, Yelbeni, Yellowdine, Yelverton, Yerangatup, Yerbillon, Yericoin, Yetna, Yilliminning, Yoongarilup, York, Yorkrakine, Yornaning, Yornup, Yoting, Youanmi, Youndegin, Youngs, Young's Siding, Youraling, Yoweragabbie, Yuna, Yundamindera, Yunndaga

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Zamia, Zanthus

Australian power plug

2005-05-06T16:12:00.000+08:00

Many people have asked for information on Australian power plugs and sockets so we've published a photo for your benefit.

Australia uses a 3 pin plug and 240v.

Busselton real estate

2005-05-06T16:01:00.000+08:00

The new Busselton real estate and Busselton property guide is almost ready to go live.

Based on the Bunbury real estate guide, the Busselton real estate service has been completely recoded and redesigned making it superior to any online real estate guide in Australia. The new Busselton real estate guide will now be copied to Bunbury Online and then introduced on all 26 WA Online websites around Western Australia.

The Busselton real estate guide will be run by Mike Davies, former principal of DAD Realty in Bunbury and a veteran of the south west real estate industry.

Mike Davies was formerly the real estate lecturer at Bunbury TAFE and most of the current Busselton real estate agents trained under Mike during his many years at Bunbury TAFE.

Presently most real estate agents in Western Australia pay licensing fees totally tens of millions of dollars a month to real estate software providers in Sydney and Melbourne and software modules such as the one being introduced at Busselton Online affords Busselton real estate agents the opportunity of keeping their money in western Australia.

Busselton jetty

2005-05-05T14:17:00.000+08:00

The "boathouses" at the start of the Busselton Jetty. The jetty at Busselton is the longest jetty in the southern hemisphere.

WA Online

2005-05-04T14:46:00.000+08:00

Chief programmer for the WA Online project, Nitzan Karni, pictured opposite the outer harbour in Bunbury.

David Bettini Photography

2005-05-04T14:45:00.000+08:00

As WA Online Pty Ltd prepares to roll out 26 town websites across Western Australia, it is proud to announce that it will feature the photography of David Bettini on all its websites.

David Bettini has a collection of stunning landscape images shot across the length and breadth of Western Australia.

David Bettini has published 2 "coffee table" books with The Colours of Western Australia by David Bettini available for $60 at good bookshops. David's books and photos will also be available for purchase on WA Online websites.

Dunsborough Beach, Busselton

2005-05-03T12:00:00.000+08:00

More Christian Fletcher Photography

2005-05-03T11:15:00.000+08:00

Meelup Beach, Dunsborough

2005-05-03T10:44:00.000+08:00