This weekend’s (Oct 24/25) hot weather has seen a jump in dugite and brown snake sightings around Lancelin. This one measured about 50cm and was looking for a way into this house yesterday morning but it eventually gave up and slithered back into the bush. Dugites and brown snakes are deadly so if you see one, and you should on the lookout for them at this time of year, they… Read More
Local Lancelinite Lara Scaddan looked a treat riding her 8 year old gelding, Slim, along the beach just north of the jetty on Saturday Oct 24th. A rich blue sky, turquoise water, white sand and a colourful parachute dress combined to provide a perfect photo opportunity. If you’re doing something spectacular in town and think it would make a great photo post on the Lancelin Facebook/Insta pages and website, feel… Read More
The Shire of Gingin is working on a new design for the Cunliffe Street beachfront as part of its commitment to a healthy local tourism industry. The north end of town has the splendid Harold Park (below)and the new lookout At present, there is a rarely used, unattractive and very large car park that overlooks the beach. It’s envisaged that some of this wasted space will be grassed, with perhaps… Read More
The Shire of Gingin were looking to close vehicular access to the Edwards Island Point for good at today’s (20/10/2020) monthly shire meeting. However, following a passionate presentation from LDCA member and local Lancelin resident, Tim Dawson and on the back of overwhelming public support for keeping the point open to cars, councillors today amended that motion. In short, the beach will remain open to traffic from September to April… Read More
Like a lot of people, Deborah Campbell (left) and Liz Jorrisen have embraced the new container deposit scheme returning their empties to the collection depot near the hardware store. They take all of their glass and plastic bottles, cans and 600ml flavoured milk cartons (not plain milk) to the return depot and receive 10c/item back in cash (amounts of $85 will be EFTed). It’s open Sundays and Tuesdays and… Read More
The RAC Rescue chopper is a regular sight in Lancelin and this afternoon it was called to the northern end of dunes to ferry an injured person back to Perth, a journey that takes about 25 mins…. Read More
Jet skiers love the Back Beach on a fine day and today (Oct 9th) was a ripper. This rider certainly impressed those watching from the beach. Tomorrow morning they’ll be back in action and if you have a couple of hours free, head down and take a look. These and more pics available for download at prostarpics.com, search “Jet ski”… Read More
Lancelin’s dunes were looking spectacular this afternoon with dark skies above. This weekend the dunes will be super busy as school holidays kick off with a long weekend so if you’re coming to town, remember you need to book your quad/buggy dune tours a day in advance on this website but you can book surfboards/SUPs and sandboards for same day use. The LDCA Buskers Festival is on on Saturday and… Read More
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