Luke Palmer - Busselton

Luke Palmer swimming in the waters of Busselton, where his great-great grandparents were pioneer farmers.

Meelup Beach, Dunsborough - Busselton

The crystal clear waters of Meelup Beach - one of Western Australia's favourite swimming spots. A long white sand beach is bordered on each side by a rocky outcrop extending into the ocean.

The shallow, sparkling waters make it a favourite spot for families and behind the beach proper are grassed areas and a host of shadey trees.

Western Australian Election Result - 2005

The likely result of the 2005 WA Election is that Labor will hold 32
seats and the Liberal/National coalition 23 and the remaining 2 seats
held by Independents and therefore returning the Gallop Labor
government for a second term.

In Bunbury the tussle between sitting Labor member Tony Dean and
Bunbury mayor John Castrilli is still neck and neck and may not be
decided for several days.

Bunbury real estate agent

The list of Bunbury real estate agents is as follows -

DAD Realty, Summit Realty, Gard and Associates, Ray White Real Estat,
SAS Realty, Just Property Management, Realty Executives, Bunbury,
Advance Realty Century 21, Raine & Horne Real Estate Bunbury, Elders
Real Estate Bunbury, Donnybrook First National Real Estate, Southern
Districts The Professionals Bunbury, The Professionals Bunbury -
Southern Districts Estate Agency, Barr and Standley Real Estate
Bunbury, Bunbury Land and Estate Agency, Commercial Realty Bunbury,
South West Property Solutions, Teede Realty Bunbury, VNW Independent
Donnybrook Real Estate, Bunbury real estate agent ..... Bunbury
property

Western Australian state election 2005

Today is voting day in Western Australia to elect a new state
government.

Polling looks to be very tight and we'll publish the result, as soon as
it is known, tonight.

This morning on the Bunbury Online website poll, there's a massive
swing to current Bunbury City Council mayor John Castrilli with 45% of
all poll votes cast. Sitting member Tony Dean has only polled 18% of
the vote and is on almost equal terms with a number of independents and
minor party candidates. The seat of Bunbury is crucial to the Labor
Party maintaining government but on the results of the Bunbury Online
poll there will be a massive swing to the Liberal Party.

Gary Lee or YankBloke

Gary Lee and Kristy Miller of Sunnyvale California joined WA Online founder Keith Palmer, family and WA Online shareholders Mike & Lesley Tunnecliffe in Singapore and Batam for the start of 2005.

Many people remember Gary for his time as CEO of Cutting Edge Technologies (Australia) Pty Ltd so here's the world's best ever photo of Gary, waiting patiently at Tanah Merah ferry terminal Singapore for the trip to Batam where Gary was impressed by Lucy's Oarhouse.

Indian Ocean - Bunbury beach

It is quite common to have a Bunbury beach to yourself and pretty much you can walk for miles along a sandy-white beach.

Bunbury Clay Target Club

The Bunbury Clay Target Club is located on South West Highway (Highway 1) just west of the Bunbury Airfield next to the Commercial Business Estate.

It is equipped with three Trap and Skeet Layouts using automatic target throwers, a Clubhouse, Toilets and showers, and a small camping area with powered sites for use by other visiting competitiors on weekend competitions.

The club has just completed it's 35th year of competition, and the major event on the calendar is the "Blue Manna Carnival" which runs over a two day program during the first weekend in March each year.

The club regularly conducts events each fortnight for competitors and welcome visitor and new members as well as members of other clubs. Bunbury is part of the South West Zone or Zone 6 for Western Australia.

The Club is affiliated with both the WA Clay Target Association and the parent body The Australian Clay Target Association and carried indemnity for all sanctioned events and members of the association.

Current membership fees include all costs of membership to the club,statebody, and the national assosciation. A nomination fee of $50 is payable on application for membership, and upon acceptance the membership fee of $150 is payable.

All firearms licence inquiries should be directed to the Firearms Officer at Bunbury Police Station.

The current Officers of the club for 2005 are: Abe Teune, Club President. Ross Silvester, Vice President. June Roach, Secretary. Bruce Whiteaker, Treasurer. For contact numbers ring Department of Sport and Recreation Bunbury.

Perth Theatre Company

Natalie Jenkins from the Perth Theatre Company will be adding content to this site shortly.

Roundabout sculptures - Bunbury Western Australia

These are the rather large stainless steel sculptures that welcome people to the entrance of the Bunbury CBD area. The sculptures are located on the roundabout.

Having just passed the Dolphin Discovery Centre and Koombana Bay, here you have the choice of turning left to the Bunbury Entertainment Centre and Centrepoint Shopping Centre; continuing onwards to the Cappucino Strip and the Indian Ocean or turning right to the Marlston Hill waterfront and the Bunbury port.

Margaret River, Western Australia

The Margaret River Online website is expected to be live in June-July
this year.

The Margaret River site will be modeled on Busselton Online and will
have a live Margaret River accommodation booking service, restaurant
reservations and menu selection, hire car bookings, tours and
destinations bookings online and domestic and international flights.
Additionally there will be features on shifting or retiring to Margaret
River, shifting your business to Margaret River, local schools,
churches, businesses and sporting clubs, weather and a full Margaret
River real estate guide .... all online.

Margaret River Online

Bunkers Bay Resort, Busselton - Dunsborough area

A view through some of the villas at the Bunkers Bay Resort.

The villas run across and down the hillside towards the bay and the pool, restaurant and reception areas are to the right of this shot.

Busselton Online will soon feature full details on the Bunkers Bay Resort and allow you to book this and other Busselton accommodation online.

Bunkers Bay, Busselton - Dunsborough area

A shot of Bunkers Bay looking towards the Cape. On the other side of the point is a larger bay where the Bunkers Bay Resort is located.

Landcorp Bunbury outer harbour redevelopment - alternative proposal

This is the alternative proposal for the Bunbury outer harbour development being proposed by Griffin Coal consultant Clive Pearson.

Landcorp Bunbury outer harbour redevelopment - submission

The following is Keith Palmer's short submission to Landcorp on the proposed Bunbury outer harbour redevelopment plan.

Landcorp has an internet submissions page but after several attemps it is my experience that the submitting engine produces an error 100% of the time. Therefore phone 1300 730 594 or email kmcneill@pprwa.com.au to submit your thoughts.

Whilst I support the redevelopment of the Bunbury outer harbour the plan put forward by Landcorp seems rash and ill-conceived.

To me the plan being proposed displays all the hallmarks of a rushed design that has been motivated by factors other than producing an optimal project for Bunbury and its people.

Already the Jetty Baths beach is muddy and poluted from a combination of industry and restricted flushing. The Landcorp plan will further restrict the natural flushing of this beach and will directly contribute to this potentially pristine, public beach being a mud and slush pool.

Rather than return the area more to its natural state the Landcorp proposal aims to constrict and bottle up the waterway and boating passages around the development. It seems illogical that a concept plan should work against nature and history.

To me the Landcorp plan aims to produce maximum revenue for the agency with little regard to natural, historical and ecological factors. There have been no alternatives suggested nor have any been sought and the Bunbury City Council and Bunbury Port Authority have been locked out of the planning due to political considerations.

That a plan that has been clearly expediently produced should be the sole development plan for comment is both short sighted and insulting to the people of Bunbury and the future they deserve.

Footnote: It is further disappointing that the Landcorp feedback page produces errors and fails to submit people's feedback on this matter. Once again this indicates a lack of planning and ill-conceived and poorly maintained systems and implementation.

Bunbury Council & high rise development

Courtesy Bunbury Herald:

According to the City of Bunbury, it should be the Bunbury City Council
and not the Western Australian government that controls high rise
development along the Bunbury coastline.

Bunbury City Council development executive Tony Brun said it was
dangerous enforcing blanket approaches to building heights. "Planning
should be about the best needs for a community. It is dangerous to
become prescriptive about planning on a statewide basis."

The issue is in the news because of a proposal by Valeque to build a
six storey residential development on Koombana Drive and has been
fueled by opposing political parties.

Bunbury outer harbour redevelopment concept

Bunbury harbour update

The images above show the Bunbury outer harbour prior to the Marlston Hill development and then an artist's impression of the outer harbour redevelopment plan.

Last week Bunbury mayor and Western Australian government aspirant John Castrilli said that he could not promise that a Liberal government, if elected, would continue with the harbour redevelopment plan. This week the coalition parties have confirmed they will support the planned redevelopment.

Bunbury Spycam

The South West Development Commission has made a grant available to the Bunbury police to expand their surveillance via CCTV of the Bunbury city areas.

These camera views are not available to the public but there is a live, public Bunbury webcam at Bunbury Online.

Grand Canals housing - Bunbury

The Grand Canals is one of the newer residential developments in Bunbury. As the name would imply much of the development is based around several canals - nothing on the scale of those in Mandurah - and there are typically double storey executive homes in the area. Along with Marlston Hill, the Grand Canals have become one of Bunbury's premium real estate areas.

The canals open onto the Collie River, opposite the Eaton foreshore and adjacent to the Collie River bridge. For more information on the Grand Canals and Bunbury real estate please see the Bunbury Real Estate and Bunbury property guide at Bunbury Online.