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MY FIRST POST FROM BROOME – POSTCARDS FROM THE KIMBERLEY
Well – here I am. I’ve made it to Broome and had my first look around the beautiful Kimberley region of Western Australia. It’s been a huge move from Cairns – I’m still setting up camp just off the...
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THE KIMBERLEY MOON – I’VE BEEN LOOKING UP A LOT THIS WEEK
There’s quite a few songs about the Kimberley moon – and now I know why. I’ve been looking to the heavens every night this week as the moon grew full – and last night I saw the lunar eclipse, the blood...
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THE LOST BEAUFIGHTER OF BROOME HAS BEEN FOUND AFTER 70 YEARS
BEAUFIGHTER MEMORIAL CABLE BEACH My first official duty with ABC Kimberley in Broome was to MC the unveiling of a memorial to an RAAF crew lost 70 years ago to the day. Flight Sergeants Ronald Smith...
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TEACHING AT A REMOTE INDIGENOUS SCHOOL – JARLMADANGAH BURRU IN THE WA WEST...
CARMEL (L) & EMMA AT JARLMADANGAH We hear so often about the importance of delivering relevant education to kids in remote indigenous communities. It’s one of the biggest challenges we face as a...
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LOOKING AFTER SEAGRASS – KIMBERLEY STYLE
This morning I met the volunteers working on the Broome Community Seagrass Monitoring Project as they came ashore at Town Beach. They’d just finished almost four hours looking at the seagrass that is...
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THE ABC KIMBERLEY CRAB DASH CUP – A BRAND NEW VENERABLE TRADITION
It’s a historic day at ABC Kimberley – with the running (or is that scuttling) of the first ever Kimberley Crab Dash Cup. They call it the race that stops the crustacean nation. Hermit crabs named for...
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A NEW APPROACH TO INDIGENOUS HOUSING IN THE WA KIMBERLEY REGION
RICHARD & VIC AT THE DISPLAY HOUSE IN BROOME Anyone who’s spent time in remote parts of Australia knows it’s expensive to build houses here. And that’s just the start. The rigours of tropical...
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TIME FOR AUSTRALIA TO END THE NORTH SOUTH CULTURE WAR
It happens at least once a week, sometimes more often, and it usually makes me cranky. I’m listening to radio news, and someone makes a pronouncement about the future of “northern Australia“. More...
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MORE PICTURES FROM THE KIMBERLEY
A few more pictures from my new home – Broome and surrounds. I’ll be heading over to the east Kimberley in a couple of weeks, stay tuned for the photos. Click to view slideshow.
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DRIVING FROM CAIRNS TO BROOME – PICTURES FROM A GREAT ROAD TRIP
I’ve just spent a week in my car – driving from Cairns to Broome. It’s an epic road trip, almost an odyssey. A bit late in the year for it, so I ran into storms most afternoons, but it was a great...
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MEET SANTA, DODGE POLAR BEARS. KIMBERLEY INDIGENOUS RUNNER AT THE NORTH POLE...
Broome marathon runner Adrian Dodson-Shaw braved minus 60 temperatures and polar bears to run the North Pole Marathon Adrian loves a challenge – and many have come his way since he joined Robert de...
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POSTCARDS FROM THE KIMBERLEY
I moved across the top of Australia, from Cairns to Broome in September 2014. Here’s the photo collection from my first weeks in the remote north-west, where I had the unusual experience of watching...
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