Foreshore sea container café approved by Council

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An application to open a transportable sea container café on the Foreshore that will activate the area was approved by Council this week.

City of Greater Geraldton Mayor, Ian Carpenter, said the transportable café, cladded and roofed to resemble a beach shack, will have a positive impact on the entire Foreshore and CBD.

“To attract more people to the CBD and Foreshore you need a range of activities and amenities. The temporary sea container café, which will be located near the Foreshore Drive/Forrest Street intersection, will provide amenities in the area which residents and visitors alike have said would greatly enhance their Foreshore experience,” Mayor Carpenter said.

“The sea container café provides the essential third node of amenity and activity on the Foreshore that was identified more than 12 years ago during the design and development stage of the Foreshore Revitalisation Project. The other nodes include the West End where the Multi User Facility and Youth Precinct are currently being constructed and the middle portion of the Foreshore where the Dome Café is located.”

Activities and amenities on the Foreshore are also essential in attracting tourists to the City.

“The Foreshore is the jewel in our City’s crown and is absolutely instrumental in convincing tourists to stop at our City and even make the decision to stay in Geraldton.  It’s been our point of difference in comparison with other coastal towns and cities and our Council is keen to see brought to its full potential,” Mayor Carpenter said.

The side opening sea container café, which will be alfresco focused, will be provided with a three year lease for an 8m x 6m (48m2) parcel of land that comprises of a 24m2 sea container with concrete tie downs and 24m2 veranda containing universal access. It will provide some good temporary amenity to the area until the upcoming development of the Batavia Coast Marina, Stage 2 by the Public Transport Authority are completed in forthcoming years. 

The installation and fitting out of the sea container, construction and maintenance of the timber deck/universal access, the supply of tables and chairs and all costs related to the installation and connection of utility services for the leased area are the responsibility of the café owner.

Male Charged with Firearm Offences

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It will be alleged at about 9am on Wednesday 29 July 2015, police attended a residence in Deepdale in regards to another matter.

Whilst in attendance, it will be alleged, police located an unlicensed .22 calibre air rifle.

The 31 year old man was charged with failing to ensure safe keeping of a firearm and possessing an unlicensed firearm.

He will face Geraldton Magistrates Court at a later date.

Youths Charged with Property Offences

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At about 1.00am on Sunday 26 July 2015 it will be alleged, a group of youths attended an address on Frederick Street, Bluff Point and entered the premises, stealing a set of car keys.

As a result, the vehicle was stolen from the premises and driven to Spalding where another male youth was approached and advised the vehicle had been stolen. That male then drove in company with the others around the streets of Spalding, Wonthella and Rangeway in the stolen vehicle.

At about 9:20pm that night, the stolen vehicle was refuelled at a service station in Wonthella and subsequently left without paying.

Police conducted inquiries and on Wednesday 29 July 2015 several youths were arrested.

A 13 year old male from Spalding was charged with aggravated burglary, steal motor vehicle and 2 x stealing and a another 13 year old male from Spalding has been charged with steal motor vehicle and stealing. They will both appear before Geraldton Children’s Court on 11 August 2015.

A 14 year old male from Spalding has been charged with steal motor vehicle and stealing and will appear before Geraldton Children’s Court on 4 August 2015.

On Thursday 30 July 2015, a 16 year old male from Bluff Point was arrested and charged with Aggravated Burglary, Stealing, Steal Motor Vehicle, No drivers licence and breach of bail.

He was remanded in custody and will appear before Geraldton Children’s Court this morning,.

Glenfield Beach Drive - Access to Beach from Glenfield Beach Drive & Poseidon Way

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Please be advised that due to ongoing construction works at the Glenfield Beach Stage 1 land development site, access to Glenfield Beach will be restricted from Glenfield Beach Road and Poseidon Way. Beach users are urged to use an alternative access to Glenfield Beach. Temporary traffic signage and warning barriers will be put in place during the construction period. In the interest of public safety the general public are urged to obey the signage and barriers. August 2015 to December 2015.

Staff fear for their lives after witnessing assault

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Staff at a local business complex were distraught after witnessing a violent assault outside their premises yesterday (Thursday 30 July). 

Those that tried to intervene were threatened by the attacker with the same violence. 

The attacker walked away from the scene, and Police arrived around half an hour after the incident. 

One witness, who asked not to be named for fear of retaliation, described what happened:

"We heard an argument between a man & woman outside of the (building) which began to escalate into loud verbal abuse followed by a violent physical attack of hitting, punching and later kicking when the victim was pushed to the ground. 
"We yelled out to the  attacker to stop - to which he threatened us with the same violence. 
"One of the staff members rang the police while we watched, unable to help. At this stage other people became aware and were trying to intervene and help as well.
"Police told us they were unable to send anyone at this stage because they did not have a vehicle to dispatch.
"The attacker walked away, I can only presume because of the amount of people who were now starting to stop.
"The police attended some 1/2 hr later - when we told them the woman was being attended to inside the building.
"This type of behaviour has been escalating since the (employment services organisation) opened in the building."
"(It's a) horrible situation, when you fear for you own life if you try to help someone else."

Another witness expressed her thanks towards the people who did intervene.  "I'd like to thank the two white men who ran to help an Aboriginal woman who was being belted to a pulp by her partner yesterday at the front of (.... ) and thanks to the other 4 white people who ran in to help her. It's good to know people do care about others whatever colour they are."

"I tried to help but 'cause I'm Aboriginal he was going to hit me but he sacked his panties when the white man came running in," she said. 

Police have advised that the woman who was attacked has not made any formal complaints at this point. 

Premier festival to hit Geraldton shores

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Festivals on the Foreshore is Geraldton’s newest premier event which will see a collaboration with the City of Greater Geraldton, Geraldton’s ever-popular Sunshine Festival and G-Fest, the only cutting edge Fringe festival in regional WA, in a new exciting waterfront location.

From October 2 through to October 11, the Geraldton Foreshore will be a sea of people, fun, colour and entertainment for the whole family!

Think awesome activities for the kids and family meets night happenings of fire twirlers and sword swallowing and the infamous De Parel Spiegeltent.

Set in a fabulous new waterfront location, the Spiegeltent offers a magical venue for intimate contemporary arts performances.

City of Greater Geraldton Mayor, Ian Carpenter, said the festival was a culmination of two of the City’s most popular events and the aim is to showcase the diversity and vibrancy of our region.

“We want to build capacity, pool our efforts, collaborate and create an event that will attract people to the Mid West region during the school holiday period,” he said.

“We plan to have something for everyone from the festival parade, children’s activities and workshops, contemporary arts performance, garden tours, art exhibition, water activities, music, astronomy, art markets, circus acts, a wide selection of food and drink and heaps more.

“We encourage everyone to invite their friends and family down to the event whether they are locals or from out of town.”

The ten-day event will be split into ‘sunshine’ activities and ‘moonlight’ activities to fit in with both the previous targets of the Sunshine Festival and G-Fest.

Sunshine activities will have a specified and increased focus on children and family activities while the moonlight activities will still be attractive to families but will also include some edgy adult-only activities.

Just one of the huge drawcards for the event will be the De Parel Spiegeltent. Purchased by Lotterywest as an asset for the entire State, this Belgian 'mirror tent' was built in Europe during the Art Deco era, and is beautifully decked out with velvet and brass booths, parquet floors, stained glass windows and thousands of reflecting mirrored surfaces. It dazzles and delights. Truly sensational. 

Renowned entertainer and singer Mojo Juju will be one of the headline acts for the event, and award-winning Aboriginal songstress Emma Donovan will bring her big soul sound home to her father's country for the first time.

Colourful raucous band Junkadelic will be performing, roving and offer a masterclass for budding performance musicians. Fringeworld winning stars Natural Wings Dance Theatre will lead a fabulous circus line-up with their show 'Tandem', while Cougar Morrison, 'the love child of David Bowie and Edith Piaf' returns from rave seasons at Melbourne and Sydney Fringe. 

Festival Director of G-Fest, Raina Savage, said they aimed to up the ante this year.

“Moving our fabulous Spiegeltent and Moonlight Pleasure Garden to the Foreshore to create an atmospheric playground of delight is just one of the big changes we’ve made,” she said.

“We have an amazing line-up, showcasing some of Australia's best music and most outrageous fringe arts performers; really living up to our motto of offering something to delight and offend just about everyone."

Sunshine Festival Director, Yvonne Marsden, said the team are very excited about the new waterfront location.

“This means the Sunshine Parade will start at QEII Seniors Centre, walk down Durlacher to the Foreshore, and it will be joined with the pet parade to add more colour and involvement,” she said.

“The theme this year is Sunshine – so we’re encouraging people and their pets to be dressed in bright yellows and this will take place on Sunday, 4 October at 2pm.

“Scitech will be there offering great hands on experiments and there will be many children’s workshops on offer, from cartooning to circus skills. Triple JJJ’s the Set List will also have an awesome band for youth.”

There will be music workshops, Jump and Bump, children’s workshops, the Toll Truck Pull and the Iluka Sunshine Parade plus a lot more.

A detailed program and more information will be released in the near future. Watch this space!

Letter to the editor: "Amazing tradies and suppliers we have here in town"

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Dear Everything Geraldton

I wanted to write this letter because I think many people in Geraldton don’t know how lucky we have it with the amazing tradies and suppliers we have here in town.

I have just had a large area at the top of my driveway paved, it was a challenging site with a slope and old lumps and bumps to be removed but the finished result is amazing and I want to publicly thank all the Geraldton businesses that made it happen. Jason from Geraldton Bobcat services on 0427 334 017 made the site ready and turned up when promised, did the job in very quick time and to an awesome standard. Patience Sandland in Place Road delivered the cracker dust and scooped the many extra loads I grabbed in my trailer (great price for topsoil and mulch), Amazzini and Son in Beaver Street supplied the pavers at 45c a paver less than Bunnings charge and with 8 colours to choose from, and finally the amazing paver Dale from Dale’s Brick Paving on 0459 479 528 finished the job. He met our very fussy expectations with ease and ensured the job was perfect inside the time he quoted, leaving two very happy customers.

Thanks to you all, what a great reflection of the Geraldton service industry you are. 

Regards
Christian Watters

Council explains what's happening to all the playground equipment

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Following several community enquiries regarding the missing playground equipment at parks around town, the City of Greater Geraldton has issued this press release: 

Play Equipment safety audit underway

 

Safety inspections of all play equipment located in public open spaces across the City are currently being undertaken.

Industry specialists are undertaking inspections of the play equipment to assess condition and level of compliance with current Australian standards. 

City of Greater Geraldton CEO Ken Diehm said the inspections are part of the City’s ongoing program of asset audits and renewals.

“In the past 18 months the City has been undertaking extensive audits of all the City’s assets which include play equipment in parks.  When the condition of the equipment raises concerns during the auditing process, fencing is erected around the play equipment to isolate it from the community and to ensure the safety of our residents and visitors is not compromised,” Mr Diehm said.

“Most recently the equipment at Pages Beach, Jenner Street Spalding and Back Beach has been removed along with partial closure and fencing of Glendinning Park Tarcoola Beach and Rundle Park Bluff Point as the installations have been found to be noncompliant.  Any further installations found to be noncompliant will be fenced or removed as required.

“After the inspections have been completed a detailed condition report will be presented to the City. The report will also include recommendations on the upgrade, or removal, of noncompliant play equipment.

“The City will then assess the level of play equipment use in parks and utilise this information to prioritise any upgrades or replacement of play equipment that hadn’t been previously identified for renewal this financial year.”

Should members of the community have any concerns about the condition of the play equipment in their area, they are encouraged to contact the City via email at council@cgg.wa.gov.au or by telephone on 9956 6600 .

Bad Weather Alert

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Take action with bad weather in parts of the Midwest Gascoyne, Goldfields Midlands and Perth Metropolitan regions 

Thursday 30 July 2015 - 4:34 PM

If you live in an area west of a line from Geraldton to Morawa to Southern Cross to Hyden to Mandurah you should take action and stay safe with bad weather to continue. 

This includes people in Geraldton, Jurien Bay, Dalwallinu, York, Southern Cross and the Perth Metropolitan region and surrounding areas. 

This is weather is not typical for this time of year and could cause damage to homes and make travel dangerous.  

WHAT TO DO: 

• If outside find safe shelter away from trees, powerlines, storm water drains and streams.

• Close your curtains and blinds, and stay inside away from windows. 

• Unplug electrical appliances and avoid using landline telephones if there is lightning. 

• If there is flooding, create your own sandbags by using pillow cases filled with sand and place them around doorways to protect your home. 

• If boating, swimming or surfing leave the water. 

IF DRIVING:

• Do not drive into water of unknown depth and current. 

• Slow down, turn your lights on and keep a safe distance from other drivers. 

• Be alert and watch for hazards on the road such as fallen powerlines and loose debris. 

• If it is raining heavily and you cannot see, pull over and park with your hazard lights on until the rain clears. 

• Take care in areas that have been flooded and be careful driving on gravel roads as surfaces will be slippery and muddy, and vehicles could become bogged. 

STORM/THUNDERSTORM/WEATHER DETAILS:

As at 4.05pm on 30 July 2015 the Bureau of Meteorology advises a rain band with embedded thunderstorms currently lies across northern parts of the warning area. At 3:30 pm, satellite and radar imagery showed areas of moderate to heavy rain between Geraldton and Lancelin, extending eastwards towards Southern Cross. 

Areas of heavy rain will extend southwards during Thursday evening and will lie close to or over the Perth Metropolitan area. Heavy rainfall is more likely over areas to the north of Perth but there remains a risk that Perth will receive rainfall heavy enough to cause FLASH FLOODING. The period of greatest risk for the Perth Metropolitan area is from about 8pm Thursday through to about 2am Friday morning.

The rain band is expected to produce HEAVY RAINFALL that may cause FLASH FLOODING through parts of the warning area. The rain will ease during Friday morning and contract eastwards.

Flood Watches have been issued for the Central West, Central Wheat Belt and Lower West Districts. For further details please refer to http://www.bom.gov.au/wa/warnings/.

There is also the slight risk that thunderstorms with DAMAGING WINDS in excess of 90 kilometres per hour could cause DAMAGE TO HOMES AND PROPERTY during late Thursday afternoon and evening northwest of a line from Lancelin to Wongan Hills to Morawa to Geraldton. This risk of DAMAGING WINDS will ease during Thursday evening. Damaging winds are not expected in the Perth Metropolitan area.

Between 9am and 3:00pm Thursday, the following rainfall totals have been

recorded:

Watheroo (DAFWA): 24.8 millimetres.

Three Springs (DAFWA): 24.2 millimetres.

Warradarge East (DAFWA): 20.8 millimetres.

IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE:

• If your home has been badly damaged by a storm, call the SES on 132 500 

• In a life threatening situation call 000

After a storm State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers make temporary repairs to homes that have been badly damaged, such as roofs that have been ripped off or large fallen trees on homes and cars. Please contact your insurance company to organise permanent repairs. 

KEEP UP TO DATE:

Visit www.dfes.wa.gov.au, call 13 DFES (13 3337), follow DFES on Twitter @dfes_wa or listen to news bulletins.

For the latest weather warnings visit www.bom.gov.au/wa/warnings or call 1300 659 213.

Nearly every Android phone can be hacked with a single text message

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In case you hadn't heard yet, the Internet exploded yesterday with the news of a bug (more of a security vulnerability) called Stagefright that affects about 90% of Android devices. It's actually existed for about 5 years, and gives attackers a simple way to access everything on your device using MMS (picture messages).  

For those of you who are REALLY not tech savvy and don't actually know if you have an Android phone... If your phone has a touch screen and doesn't have an Apple logo on the back, it's probably an Android.  

Fortune has a good Q and A article on the whole debacle. Click here to check it out. 

Long story short-  

It's extremely serious. Google (who makes Android) have already patched it... But the way Android works is it's up to the handset manufacturers and telcos to get updates to you (for example Samsung or Telstra). Good luck waiting for Telstra. 

So what to do until an update is released?  

Click here to visit Twillio and read their instructions for protecting your device.   

 

What to do if you own an iPhone? 

If you own an Apple iPhone this bug doesn't affect you, so you can act smug around anyone with an Android device and make them hate you. 

 

Clear Out Sale @ Scrapbooking in Geraldton!

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Clear Out Sale @ Scrapbooking in Geraldton!

Friday, Saturday and Sunday 9a.m. ‘til 1p.m.

We are cleaning out the shelves for new stock.

Come in now and get 20-80% markdowns on:

  • DIY home décor items
  • Ink pads
  • Papers
  • Stickers
  • Kits
  • Flowers
  • Scrapbooks
  • Paints 
  • Mixed media
  • Beads
  • Canvasses
  • Heaps more!

Scrapbooking in Geraldton
11/65 Chapman Road
(Old Railway Building)

 

Mother accused of murdering baby has case adjourned→

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Tamara Thompson. Pic: Facebook

ABC is reporting that Tamara Louise Thompson has had her case adjourned until October so her lawyer can be provided with as much evidence as possible by the prosecutors.  

Click here to read article.  

Mastering the art of puppetry, papermaking and sculpture

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A giant puppet that Kalbarri residents helped make and operate under the guidance of a professional artist at last year’s Kalbarri Zest Festival.

Kalbarri visitors and residents are invited to try their hand at creating puppets, paper, origami and sand sculptures in the lead up to the Kalbarri Zest Festival on September 19 and 20.

Following the extremely popular puppet making workshops held in the lead up to last year’s Zest Festival, professional artist Karen Hethey will return to Kalbarri to run workshops teaching adults and kids how to construct and operate Japanese Bunraku puppets.

She will operate a ‘drop-in’ workshop for people of all ages between August 15 and September 18, at the old St John Ambulance Sub Centre building on Kaiber Street.

Interested people should try to arrive for the first session at 10am on August 15.

Ms Hethey will also be calling for about 15 volunteer puppeteers to learn the art of operating the puppets in preparation for their use in the Zest Festival’s Chamber of Rhetoric performance on Saturday September 19.

The performance will bring together music, dance, acting and poetry to create a mesmerising performance at sunset in the glow of a giant bonfire on Chinaman’s Beach.

Zest Festival director Rebecca Millar said the puppetry workshops and performance at last year’s festival had captured the hearts of the township.

“These workshops were just amazing – not only for the way we learnt how to make these incredible and enormous puppets but also for the way they brought people together in a really informal setting.

“It was just beautiful to watch young and old and the impromptu conversations that unfolded as these people worked side by side on their craft.

“And then, to see the puppets come to life at the performance was spellbinding.”

In other activitiesartist Marianne Penberthy will conduct a papermaking workshop for interested residents at Kalbarri’s Art and Craft Centre on August 15 from 1pm to 4pm.

In addition, another artist, Marina Baker, is calling for volunteers to learn the art of sand sculpting at 10am on Wednesday September 16.

She will enlist locals to help her create a giant Buddha sand sculpture for show at the Zest Festival. On the festival weekend, festival-goers will be able to witness the sculpture while watching an attendant gracefully rake the sand.

Festival goers will also have the chance to view large origami sculptures up to one metre high, situated on the Kalbarri foreshore. Some of the sculptures will have been dissembled, in the hope of enticing the brave and patient to return them to form.

Other festival weekend cultural activities will include making theatre masks, flying box kites, learning tea ceremonies, and reading calligraphy and poems.

This year’s Zest Festival focuses on the cultures of China and Japan in the fourth year of a five-year festival commemorating the 300th anniversary of the sinking of the Dutch East India merchant ship the Zuytdorp on the cliffs north of Kalbarri.

The festival is funded by the Community Arts Network WA, Catalyst Community Arts Fund and the State Government through Tourism WA’s Regional Events Scheme, which is jointly funded by Royalties for Regions.

The Zest Festival is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

For more information visit the website www.zestfest.com.au.

Video: Spear fishing and diving at Abrolhos and Dirk Hartog

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Everything Geraldton reader Denzel Wellington shared this awesome video he put together of himself and friends diving and spearfishing at the Abrolhos Islands and Dirk Hartog Island. It's well worth a few minutes of your time. 

Its All Sorted presents Ladies indulgence for a good cause

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Ladies it’s time to bring our your favourite cocktail dress and gather the girls for a good time and a good cause. The annual Ladies Indulgence Evening is back and will be held on Saturday 22 August 2015 at a very exciting, very exclusive new venue.

“We just can’t wait for it to be here already! With a vintage theme and this awesome venue, it’s going to be the best one yet” says local Event Management company Its All Sorted’s Emma Howell.

The 2015 Ladies Indulgence Evening will be held in the usually unnoticed 149 Marine Terrace building. Next to the antique pop up store on the corner of Marine Terrace and Cathedral Avenue, is an unobtrusive door ­ through which is a beautiful old building full of gorgeous rooms, topped off with a dance hall overlooking Champion Bay.

“This year we’ve added the event into the Good Fun section of the Goodness Festival, so we’re lucky enough to have a bunch of generous locals willing to help us get in and give the building a spruce up before we move in for the week”, explains Howell.

Once it’s all dressed up, local ladies will be invited to join in for an evening of glamour, indulgence, entertainment and fundraising. A welcome drink on arrival served by handsome waiters, Josh Phillips serenading the ladies throughout the evening, a well stocked bar, gourmet canapes and gifts on hand; what more could you ask for a night out?

How about a handful of local product and service showcases ­ with things like jewellery, candles, beauty therapy, skin consultations, romance products and more; on display and on sale. Plus a selection of these up for grabs in the raffles and door prizes. Topped off by the fact that all of the proceeds go to a number of local charities, including the Women's Health Resource Centre, Chrysalis Support Services and Soroptomist International, who will also be on display on the night.

“Last year we raised over $4000 at the Ladies Indulgence Evening. We’d love to top that so we can gift these three crucial charities more than $1500 each”, says Howell. “All of the Community Events that we run, like this one, are possible thanks to the generous support of our major sponsors; the Abrolhos Group and Dr Kim Pedlow. Without them we couldn’t keep giving, so why not come along and give back too?”

For just $70 you can be part of this exciting evening and spoil yourself and your friends. Head to www.itsallsorted.com.au for tickets before they run out. 

Sleep In Your Car 2015

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Dozens to Sleep in Their Cars for the Homeless 

Fusion Australia will be hosting ‘Sleep in Your Car 2015’ in August to raise awareness and funds for homelessness in Australia.

Held during or just after Homelessness Prevention Week, the event hopes to create understanding of the plight of those living without a home by having participants experience homelessness first hand.

In Geraldton on August 15 from 7pm participants will spend the night sleeping in their cars at 225 Lester Ave.

There are over a hundred thousand people who are homeless every night in Australia - 48% of these are under 25 years old. ‘Sleep In Your Car’ aims to raise funds and increase awareness about the homeless.

For the first time, Fusion, in partnership with GRC and GRCEC, will run the event in Geraldton “We are so excited about the opportunity for people to sleep out and make a real difference for the thousands of people that don’t have a home or a bed tonight,” said event organiser Alison Hilton.

So far 14 individuals have volunteered to give up their bed and sleep rough on August 15. The Geraldton team hopes to have 30 participants sleeping outand to raise at least $3000 from this local event.  Money raised supports Fusion’s homelessness programs, GRC (Geraldton Resource Centre) and GRCEC (Geraldton Regional Community Education Centre).

Activities on the night will include games, a sausage sizzleand the sharing of information about homelessnessin the Midwest and beyond. 

Participants over 18 raise a minimum of $100(under 18 raise a minimum of $50). The reason for this minimum is that we want people to do this that are committed to raising funds and creating awareness for homelessness.Fusion is running the event nationwide, with people participating in at least nine different locations.

For further information or to register, visit http://www.sleepinyourcar.com.au or call 0423 895 979.

White Elephant Bridge (to be known as Abraham Street Bridge)

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Were ratepayers aware that Council have just awarded a tender for almost $8.2M + GST to build another bridge over the southern transport corridor within a few hundred metres of an existing bridge (top end of Highbury Street by John Willcock College)?  The new bridge achieves nothing more than is already being achieved by the Highbury Street bridge/

4 serious issues

1.      The bridge is not needed and in fact serves no useful purpose.

2.      Council continually tell us they’re strapped for funds to bring our assets up to an acceptable level of repair and yet they can spend $8.171M plus GST on an unnecessary bridge when the original tender was for $8.2M inclusive of GST.

3.      There was a much cheaper tender ($835,000) from a fully qualified bridge building company whose tender included a large local component and yet Council went with a much more expensive Perth based option at ratepayers expense.    Why do we put up with this incompetence?

4.      Council delegated the CEO to complete negotiations with a tenderer Georgiou Pty Ltd last October 2014 at $8.2M including GST.  After 7 months the CEO awarded the contract to Georgiou at $8.171M plus GST – or in other words $817,000 more than the tendered price.

Ratepayers it’s your money that’s being squandered by incompetent tendering procedures and staff spending other peoples money (OPM).  Are you happy to be paying $9M approximately for a bridge that serves no useful purpose while Council chop funds from small community service groups and sporting bodies that are the life blood and fabric of this City?

Max Correy – Concerned Ratepayer

This car hit by a rock was a celebration of a final cancer checkup

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Everything Geraldton reader "Nicki" has shared a bit of info following her vehicle being hit by a large rock while driving on Friday: 

"Just been hit by something thrown at bridge near brigades. Be careful someone going to die if this keeps happening in Geraldton"

"As you can see it was not just a small stone by the damage done. Since this happened to us so many people have contacted us saying it has happened to them... If the object had of come through the window in our car I would of hated to see what would have happened to me."

"We got that car two weeks ago to celebrate our 16 year old daughters last cancer check up in Perth, but really even though it is our new car I am really more worried about someone dying from getting hit."