Dampier Peninsula
Djarindjin: Community has no by-laws
In a Dampier Peninsula community, hoons can do donuts outside peoples’ houses and police cannot stop them.
The ABC says Djarindjin has never been registered as a community, and therefore has no enforceable by-laws.
Cape Leveque: Prepare for flooding
DFES urges people in Cape Leveque and remote West Kimberley communities to expect flooding tomorrow and Monday.
Pender Bay: Whale survey
Andrew Bowles has founded an ongoing humpback whales survey at Pender Bay.
Volunteer monitors have established that whales mate and calve in the bay.
Wyalla News [read this story]
Man missing near Broome
Police are concerned about a 64-year-old man who has not been seen since early Monday morning.
Geoffrey Arthur Channing is believed to be somewhere between Dampier Peninsula and Bidyadanga.
He was driving a red 2001 Landcruiser utility registered number BM 23057 with a white fibreglass canopy on the rear.
WAToday [read this story]
Kuri Bay to Broome: Cyclone BLUE alert
A cyclone BLUE alert is in place for coastal areas between Kuri Bay and Broome.
This includes Derby and the Dampier Peninsula.
You can read DFES’ alert here:
Dampier Peninsula: Asylum seeker boat stopped
Authorities stopped a boat full of asylum seekers, most of whom are thought to be Vietnamese.
The boat was intercepted just 28 nautical miles from Dampier Peninsula and about 50 kilometres north of Broome.
The 84 asylum seekers have been transferred to Curtin Detention Centre.
West Kimberley: Fishing lessons for kids
Recfishwest is visiting Derby, Middle Lagoon and Broome to conduct fishing clinics for kids.
Participants will be given their own rod and reel, and taught to fish sustainably.