South West Life

The reality of the fire season was brought home to Busselton residents as a large fire, centred around the wetlands, south-west of the Light Industrial Area sprang into life again, on the afternoon of Tuesday 23 February 2010.

David and Diane Holland have lived in Witchcliffe (near Margaret River) for 8 years after moving from Perth with their two boys, Matthew and Michael, and David's parents, Frank and Beverley. During this time they have successfully established a tourism business providing farmstay accommodation

Meet the man behind the "Bunbury.....I Remember When" series, Dave Lindsay. Many of you will already know about the popular booklet series "Bunbury....I Remember When", a 6 part series of stories, poems, anecdotes, and photographs about the recent history of Bunbury

You’ll have noted that we like to write positive things at South West Life. The horrible things are covered well enough by other journalists, and a good job many of them are doing it too. So the good news in this story is - nobody died.

Well by now most of you know the rules, the story has to have a link to the South West. Normita lives in the Phillipines, and has done all her life, so what are we doing making her the people story?

Ashley Dillon is making his way as a mobile disc jockey, having left behind a fairly successful career in radio.  Along with DJ ing at weddings and parties, he is for hire to do voice overs and run other events like quiz nights.

The process for meeting someone in our people stories is usually to track them from an achievement or event they’ve been involved in.  It could be that we see them somewhere and think “that’s interesting”, and pursue it from there.

The South West seems to be able to deliver pretty much the best of everything.  Some things we’re known for, in other fields we seem to have one or two people beavering away, doing top quality work and getting recognition far from home, bringing credit to the region.

The close of the CDMA network seemed to have no upside, but at least there’s a way to get rid of the old handset with no environmental damage, and raise money for Princess Margaret Hospital.

Growing up in a city renowned for watchmakers and jewellery makers and taught by some of the best in the world it is not surprising that Rita Winkler has become the regions most renowned and accomplished example of jewellery making.

Exciting things are afoot at the Dolphin Discovery Centre on Koombana Bay.  The chance to interact with Dolphins is pretty special, and of late, it’s not a secret any more.