South West Life

A close call for Yallingup resident Ray Datodi has inspired the development of an innovative bushfire warning system for use in the home.  The system uses satellite, then VHF radio transmissions and GPS technology to trigger household alarms in fire risk areas.

Bunbury will go OFF when the Perth based “screamo” band, We Are the Emergency hit town for another BANDiT hardcore concert on 27 March. We Are the Emergency will be supported by local bands The Distance Between and Valentina.

Thursday 11 March is Cup Day.  This is the main event on the South West Racing Calender and has been described as the South West’s biggest one-day party.

A time back we ran a story on a great walk to be experienced in the South West.  This month we’re introducing a guest writer, who has taken up residence in WA from Seattle in the USA.  Renee Bergere walked the trail and is giving us a day by day account.

There are great ways to spend your evening and I’d found one of them. Sitting with my parents who I don’t see as often as I’d like, I was drinking in the ambience of a Cafe’ and talking about nothing in particular. The owner came to check we were enjoying the fare, and we got talking about business. Turns out that as well as a cafe, Chris owns and runs “Rural Cinema”.

If you don’t live near the beach, it’s nice to know there’s still somewhere to cool down in the heat of summer. Brunswick Junction residents have just such a place: the Brunswick Pool.

Enter the draw to win a $75 Google Adwords voucher, to be used with any new Google Adwords account.

Enter the draw to win a Sherrin football personally signed by the West Coast Eagles 2008 players squad. This prize has been provided by the White Wreath Assocation, who do fantastic work in the south west and around Australia to help fight suicide and mental illness.