Just sent in to Everything Geraldton:
"Just had our car window smashed at St George's beach"
"Everything was gone through. Money, wallets, handbags, cameras, gone"
A passport was also among the items stolen.
If you know anything the owners asked to be contacted on 0428526555
Geraldton police can be contacted on 9923 4555
Here is a quick snap of C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy - Pic: Geraldton Astronomy Group
The moon might be a little bright at the moment to see Comet Lovejoy, but in another week or so if you look up at night you'll be able to clearly see a very rare event.
Ken from Geraldton Astronomy Group tells us that Comet Lovejoy is quite visible with the naked eye, and he's taken some shots already.
But with a pair of binoculars or a telescope you're really in for a treat, especially if you can get slightly out of town where it is darker.
It's currently in Orion and heading to Taurus (if that helps at all.)
Below is a time lapse video of the comet, which appears green through a powerful enough lens.
To stay up with the latest from the Geraldton Astronomy Group head to their Facebook page here.
Volunteer firefighters from the Mullewa Central and Tenindewa Volunteer Bushfire Brigade extinguish a fire on Christmas Eve.
Bushfire season is upon us and City of Greater Geraldton Chief Bushfire Control Officer, Andy Darbyshire, says it’s the perfect time to remind the community to be bushfire safe.
Local fire authorities have been out in full force with several bushfires over the holiday period.
Mr Darbyshire has praised Volunteer firefighters from the Mullewa Central and Tenindewa Volunteer Bushfire Brigade for their tireless efforts in containing a fire which broke out on Christmas Eve.
The bushfire which was sparked by a lighting storm, south west of Mullewa, burnt fiercely for over seven hours until it was contained around1am on Christmas Day.
“The volunteer firefighters did an amazing job in hot and smoky conditions to bring the fast moving fire under control, ensuring it didn’t impact nearby farmland, roads and rail line,” Mr Darbyshire said.
“They worked in challenging conditions including rocky ground, gusty 45km winds and heavy fuel loads of dead scrub and dry grass.”
The firefighters worked in the early hours of Christmas Day to ensure the fire was thoroughly mopped up to prevent re-ignitions or escapes.
More recently, a blaze at an illegal campsite on Saturday caused close to five hectares of bushland to be destroyed and there was another bushfire in Mullewa on Sunday night.
While acknowledging the volunteers’ efforts, Mr Darbyshire reminded the community to be vigilant and safe this bushfire season.
“While our volunteers are well trained and ready to respond to bushfires, everyone needs to play their part by ensuring their family and property are well prepared,” he said.
The community are reminded to do have the correct fire breaks in place, reduce fuel loads around the home, cut long grass and dense scrub, remove all rubbish and rake up leaf litter, twigs, bark and material that may catch fire, maintain a two-metre gap between your house and tree branches and keep gutters free of leaves and other combustible materials.
For more information about how to prepare for bushfires visit www.dfes.wa.gov.au
The community is urged to contact local police if they see any suspicious activity relating to bushfires.
Sent in: Three fires burning north of Northampton, Kalbarri / Ajana roar closed. Another fire west binnu, another near murchison river bridge on n.w.c.h.
Thanks Allen for the heads up.
Around 9pm on Saturday (3/1/15) Police say they attended an address on Place Rd in Woorree, conducting inquiries into an unlicensed firearm.
There they found a short barrelled firearm wrapped inside a pillowcase and sheet, under a bush near the back patio.
A 23 year old man was arrested and charged with possessing a controlled weapon.
He will face the Geraldton Magistrates Court on Monday 5 Jan 2015.
Police say the replica firearm has been assembled from parts of other firearms.
WA Police have in the past expressed some of the dangers of replica firearms as they can with little effort be modified to fire a live round.
Under section 10 in schedule II of the WEAPONS REGULATIONS 1999, imitation firearms are "Controlled Weapons".
10. Imitation firearm
An article, not being an article that is clearly a toy, that has the appearance of being a firearm but is not capable of discharging a missile.
The Parkfalls Community this year have enjoyed a number of functions organised by the Parkfalls Residents Association (Inc) for the whole community whether they are members or not.
For the second year running the Parkfalls Residents Association had Santa in a fire truck doing the lolly run around the estate. There was a great turnout for this event with families and children waiting for Santa to arrive. We would like to say a big thank you to the Nabawa Bush Fire Brigade for supplying the Fire Truck for this event and Esky Kelly an employee of the Shire of Chapman Valley donating his time on a Saturday to drive Santa around. Esky was accompanied by his beautiful six year old daughter Melody who was so excited to be meeting Santa and help him distribute the lollies. We also need to thank Santa for coming all the way from the North Pole to visit our families! The lollies for this event are personally donated by a member of our community every year.
There have been a number of events this year - Sundowners, Christmas in July and the Annual Parkfalls Residents Association Christmas Party. Our residents offer to hold these events at their homes. These functions have been well attended and give all residents a chance to meet and chat with people in their community and form new friendships. They also bring donations/gifts which are given to the Salvation Army.
This year some of the residents got together and organised a Halloween event for the kids. Parents and kids alike went all out and there were some amazing costumes and the kids had a ball!
The biggest news is the Bill Hemsley Park. The whole community was surveyed by the Parkfalls Residents Association in 2013 as to what they would like to see in their park. The results were amazing! From this survey results were formulated and a Draft Concept plan was drawn up by the Association and presented and accepted in principle by the Shire of Chapman Valley. The draft concept plan has now gone to the architects to be drawn up professionally. Next year, around April the draft concept plan should be distributed to all residents of the Estate for comment and fine tuning. There are now over 100 children and increasing living in the Estate so a public open space tailored to the whole community will be a valuable and welcome addition.
At about 11.00am on 26 December 2014, police responded to a suspicious person call in the area of the Webberton Industrial Estate.
On arrival police located a male matching the description given and was spoken to on Place Rd, Webberton.
The male was searched, during which a MacBook Air laptop & Navman GPS system was located amongst other items. This property was subsequently reported and confirmed as being stolen from two vehicles which had been parked on Crawford Street, Webberton.
The 20 year old male from Waggrakine was charged with 2 x stealing and will face Geraldton Magistrates Court on 15 January 2015.
Around 11pm on Boxing Day (26/12/14) CCTV showed four male offenders entering a home in Karloo.
They stole alcohol from a fridge, and then used bolt cutters to cut a chain securing two motorbikes.
They stole the motorbikes, which were later found in bushland in Rangeway.
Brazenly, the youths returned with a fifth accomplice the following day (27/12/14). They were observed entering the rear yard where they stole gloves. They then broke into the home by smashing the rear glass sliding door.
All fives of the males entered the home, which was trashed and a bracelet and other items were stolen.
A 14 year old male from Rangeway was charged with
2 x Aggravated Burglary
2 x Steal Motor Vehicle
2 x Stealing.
He appeared before Geraldton Children’s Court on 29 December 2014.
A 13 year old male from Spalding was charged with
2 x Aggravated Burglary
2 x Steal Motor Vehicle
2 x Stealing.
He will appeared before Geraldton Children’s Court on 30 December 2014.
A 14 year old male from Northampton was charged with
1 x Aggravated Burglary
Stealing
He will appeared before Geraldton Children’s Court on 29 December 2014.
Police said inquiries are continuing in relation to this matter by officers of the burglary suppression team.
New Years Resolutions suggestions brought to you by Leeman Police.
Sent in: Just wanted to put a warning out to people. Hubby just got back from pulling his pots.
Whilst out there in front of Mitchell and brown, had a HUGE shark come up to dingy. Our dingy is 14ft and the shark was as long as it easy, didn't have any way of taking video, worst luck.
Yes yes , it's the ocean and of course there's sharks and all that ridicule that people will come back with, but this was huge and I would rather put a warning out just in case. - Dannielle
Pic Coralie Potter
Everything Geraldton was contacted several times last night following an unfortunate incident in Rangeway.
A motor home had rolled down a street and crashed into a fence.
The incident happened on Howes St in Rangeway.
According to reports from neighbours, this occurred around 10:30pm last night (1/1/15)
A nearby resident said they believed no-one was injured in the incident, and a crane and tow truck were required to remove the vehicle this morning.
It was all hands on deck last night for Geraldton's finest, and the notable Police presence was welcomed by the community.
But Police were still busy this morning after being called to Woolworths car park having receiving numerous reports of a white Commodore driving in a reckless manner.
This was around 7:30 am.
Police say that while en route, they observed a white Commodore sedan on Durlacher Street. They signalled to the driver to stop but she failed to do so, instead accelerating away at speed.
A brief 45 second pursuit followed, but ended abruptly when the vehicle lost control as it attempted to turn into Hermitage St.
The vehicle crashed through a limestone wall and into a house on Durlacher Street.
The impact caused substantial damage to the home.
A 22 year old male passenger who owned the vehicle and a 16 year old rear female passenger both sustained injuries and were taken by ambulance to the Geraldton Regional Hospital.
The female driver who was just 16 was taken to Geraldton Police Station.
It was established the vehicle was involved in a series of offences, which included burnouts in the car park at the front of the Geraldton Police Station and a fuel drive off at a service station in Wonthella.
The 16 year old female driver was charged with:
Fail to stop under circumstance of aggravation
Dangerous driving occasioning bodily harm x 2
No Authority to Drive
and stealing.
Police said that further inquiries are continuing by Mid West Gascoyne Traffic in relation to the series of offences reported overnight.
Video: White Commodore filmed doing burnouts at foreshore approx 4:30am New Year's Day.
Yesterday while my family and I were fishing at Southgates there was a few people there with a big brown Pit Bull looking dog which KILLED our little Maltese Shitzu.
The owner took off in a hurry without leaving any details whatsoever.
My fiancee and young children are devastated.
Please if you have any information ring me on 0423722488
This person needs to be spoken too.
Thank You
Geraldton Police have announced on Twitter:
"Geraldton Police have commenced Operation Archipelago for NYE. Big police contingent through the mid-west. Welcome the new year safely."
Just sent in to Everything Geraldton:
"Hungry Jacks on fire, everyone evacuated outside building."
Sent in to Everything Geraldton:
"Hubby shot this video this morning when pulling pots. Just amateurs, hadn't even thrown any bait over the side either, the sharks just came swirling up with the pot as it was being winched up. The longest was about 8ft. Hubby said they don't normally do that and they seemed very hungry and angry today, and more so when the old bait was tossed overboard. He said he was glad he was safe in the boat."
A FEATURE race win is not that far away for Callum Williamson in the AHG Sprintcar Series given his form in recent meetings.
The young gun from Geraldton will head into the 11th Annual Sprintcar Muster at the Perth Motorplex this Saturday night with form on his side after collecting trophies at both events last weekend.
On Friday night at the Boxing Day Bonanza at the Perth Motorplex Williamson finished third behind Ryan Farrell and David Priolo.
And then on Saturday night he was second to Jason Kendrick (with Kye Scroop third) after starting from P8.
“We had the car speed and the setup,” Williamson said immediately after the Bunbury result.
He thanked his whole team, his parents and sponsors who put in “110 per cent”.
“This is really rewarding for us and I can’t thank them enough.”
Williamson said they had always been near the mark but now it was all coming together as a team and he is qualifying a lot better.
Only two seasons ago he was third to Cameron Gessner and Mark Wells in the overall points in the AHG Sprintcar Series.
He is currently sixth in the points and he is yet to play his Joker card where he will double his points for that round.
Drivers have until the January 24 round to play their Joker card at the drivers’ meeting at the start of the show.
There will be a family friendly feel on the Foreshore this New Year’s Eve with a fireworks display and family activities sponsored by the City of Greater Geraldton.
The young ones won’t have to stay up until midnight to bring in the New Year with the fireworks predicted to get underway around 9:30pm.
City of Greater Geraldton Mayor, Ian Carpenter, said the City was happy to support the event.
“Bringing in the New Year is something that everyone should celebrate, no matter what age,” he said.
“We’re glad that there is a community event that families can participate in to celebrate the New Year and we are proud to be part of it.”
In addition to the fireworks, the City is proud to present a broad range of family-friendly entertainment on the east side of Dome Café, including activities, a bouncy castle and rides, from 5.30pm until the fireworks at 9:30pm, on Wednesday, December 31.
Local woman Sandy Robson is kayaking from Germany to Australia.
It’s not every day that someone kayaks from Germany to Australia but local woman Sandy Robson is taking on the ultimate challenge.
Sandy commenced the journey in May of 2011 to kayak the famous historic route from Germany to Australia which was originally made by Oskar Speck in 1932 to 1939.
“I expect my trip to take around five years and I hope I can be paddling into Australian waters to Saibai Island in the Torres Strait by October 2016,” she said.
“That will be a momentous occasion.”
The former John Willcock Senior High School student will be making the journey in five stages and she had already travelled over 10,000kms when she hit Bangladesh last week.
In 2014, Sandy made world record as first person to circumnavigate Sri Lanka by Kayak and was also the first woman to kayak coast of India.
“To sea kayakers, this is a very famous kayak route as it is the longest kayak journey ever made,” she said.
“I am making kayak history by retracing the route and promoting non-motorised water sports and eco-travel.
“I think that by getting people involved in sports such as kayaking, surfing, snorkelling and kite-boarding those people then develop a good relationship with our ocean environments and want to take care of those environments.
“I also would like to encourage more women to get out there in the sea too.”
Sandy is part of Sea Kayak Club of Western Australia which has some regional members in Geraldton.
City of Greater Geraldton Mayor, Ian Carpenter, said Sandy’s journey was an inspiration to the community.
“Sandy’s voyage is nothing short of amazing,” he said.
“This is a huge inspiration to so many people and we commend Sandy on this epic journey she is taking.
“She has the full support of the Greater Geraldton community behind her.”
You can follow Sandy’s blog on her website www.sandy-robson.com and also donate to her journey. On conclusion of her trip she will write a travel book to include all of her incredible adventures.
“Living simply out of a kayak, I have found out that there are many things in life that we can do without, but dreams are not one of those things,” Sandy said on her website.
“Be inspired, conquer your fears and get out there in a sea kayak - and don’t think I haven’t noticed the lack of women out there on the water."
“If I can do it, you can do it too.”
The four young boys that were involved in a serious car crash three weeks ago are in need of ongoing medical care in PMH.
One in particular has serious injuries and has needed operations.
For anyone who would like to financially assist an account has been made in their name at the NAB.
Account name: The Berry Boys
BSB 086874
Acc No: 7314 26 080
Bank: NAB
You can donate online or in the branch.
Any enquiries to Jo 0428 384 692
Please give generously. Thank you.
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