Family Day at the Broome Turf Club last Sunday was not only a great success for mums, dads and kids, but it also produced a great day’s racing. Jockey Simone Altieri scored a winning treble while quicksilver gelding Rogues Point bolted home for his third consecutive victory. Four-year-old Here No Cash won its Maiden race … [Read more…]
Researchers have discovered most of the endangered western Purple-crowned Fairy-wrens living in a central Kimberley wildlife sanctuary have survived the historic flooding event which devastated the region earlier this year. When the once-in-a-100-years floods hit the region, staff and researchers at the Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s Mornington-Marion Downs Wildlife Sanctuary were forced to evacuate by helicopter … [Read more…]
Hundred’s gathered in Broome last weekend to watch the region’s best netball teams go head-to-head in this year’s North West Championships, with Karratha reclaiming their title and bringing home gold from the competition. Taking place at the Broome Recreational and Aquatic Centre on June 16-18, more than 300 players and coaches from eight towns as … [Read more…]
Hundred’s gathered in Broome last weekend to watch the region’s best netball teams go head-to-head in this year’s North West Championships, with Karratha reclaiming their title and bringing home gold from the competition. Taking place at the Broome Recreational and Aquatic Centre on June 16-18, more than 300 players and coaches from eight towns as … [Read more…]
It was another action-packed round of WKFL at the Broome Recreation and Aquatic Centre on Saturday afternoon as the Cable Beach Greenbacks crushed the Looma Eagles in their round seven clash down at Nipper Roe Oval. Cable Beach took the first three goals of the game giving themselves a solid lead with Francis Winfield providing … [Read more…]
Hundred’s gathered in Broome last weekend to watch the region’s best netball teams go head-to-head in this year’s North West Championships, with Karratha reclaiming their title and bringing home gold from the competition. Taking place at the Broome Recreational and Aquatic Centre on June 16-18, more than 300 players and coaches from eight towns as … [Read more…]
Hundred’s gathered in Broome last weekend to watch the region’s best netball teams go head-to-head in this year’s North West Championships, with Karratha reclaiming their title and bringing home gold from the competition. Taking place at the Broome Recreational and Aquatic Centre on June 16-18, more than 300 players and coaches from eight towns as … [Read more…]
With the AFL midway through the 2023 season, Broome Advertiser journalist Cain Andrews analyses how the region’s homegrown football stars are performing in the competition so far. Ash Johnson Camera IconSport. AFL. West Coast Eagles v Collingwood Magpies at Optus Stadium in Perth. Magpie Ash Johnson. Credit: Jackson Flindell/The West Australian Home town: Halls Creek … [Read more…]
With the AFL midway through the 2023 season, Broome Advertiser journalist Cain Andrews analyses how the region’s homegrown football stars are performing in the competition so far. Ash Johnson Camera IconSport. AFL. West Coast Eagles v Collingwood Magpies at Optus Stadium in Perth. Magpie Ash Johnson. Credit: Jackson Flindell/The West Australian Home town: Halls Creek … [Read more…]
One of the most unique Indigenous art festivals that draws thousands to the Kimberley each year has been cancelled for the year after the death of a number of senior Aboriginal leaders. The Mowanjum Arts Festival, which is part of the Derby Boab Festival, was set to be held on June 6, but organisers have … [Read more…]