Tourism
Bungle Bungle: Funding for upgrades
Bungle Bungle - Wikimedia Commons
Purnululu National Park is to have upgraded roads and facilities.
You can read a media release by Environment Minister Bill Marmion here:
FESA ‘not told’ of Racing the Planet
FESA said yesterday it had not been told Racing the Planet was to be staged at El Questro.
In a Kununurra hearing of an inquiry into the bushfire disaster that badly burned several runners, Police and the shire said they had also had serious concerns before the race began.
Shire CEO Gary Gaffney also provided a media release you can read here:
Opinion: Mark Day on Rowley Shoals
The government has now banned fishing at Rowley Shoals.
Mark Day says it is important to ban drilling as well.
The Australian [read this story]
Berkeley River: New resort open
Martin Peirson-Jones’ new resort has opened on remote coastline 170km from Wyndham, .
Mr Peirson-Jones’ stepson Cameron Hart and his bride Natsuko were married on the same day earlier this month.
The West Australian [read this story]
No prosecution over croc attack
Courtesy DEC
The owners of a luxury cruise boat will not be prosecuted after a crocodile attacked a stewardess.
The government agency WorkSafe has investigated the matter and found no breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Broome: Boom times ‘could kill tourism’
Tourism operators in Broome say the resources boom could kill their industry.
The West Australian [read this story]
Broome: Tourism down 20%
Graeme Campbell
The Herald Sun says Broome has had a 20 percent drop in tourist numbers.
Herald Sun [read this story]
Shire president Graeme Campbell has asked Qantas to reconsider its decision to reduce the number of direct return flights from Sydney and Melbourne.
You can read a shire media release here:
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