Over the next 5 weeks or so, you’ll find there’ll be a fair bit of activity on the vacant block next to the tavern. The site was once a fish processing facility constructed using asbestos material. These buildings were demolished a while back but some debris and contaminated soils remained on site. Today, remediation works started in accordance with all state and national asbestos legislation, regulations and standards. In 4… Read More
Get your order in for $25 live crays/lobsters – https://www.lancelin.com.au/product/live-lancelin-lobsters/ – and collect them from the boat at Lancelin jetty next Tuesday, Nov 24th. These are 350-450 gram crays and they will have been pulled from the ocean mere hours before you take them home. You won’t get better of fresher anywhere and they’re sensational when cooked on the BBQ with butter and garlic. Mmm, mmm! And if you want… Read More
Under the new state government’s Back of the Boat (BOB) scheme, participating fishers can sell 100 lobsters/crayfish from the Lancelin jetty. These are ordered on this website – https://www.lancelin.com.au/product/live-lancelin-lobsters/ and collected from the jetty as the boat docks. Here’s what it looks like. … Read More
With the Chinese suspending imports of WA lobsters some local fishermen have turned their attention to local sales under the recently introduced Back of Boat program. These crays are offered via the “SHOP” on the www.Lancelin.com.au website and yesterday there was a gaggle of happy seafood lovers on the jetty waiting for the boat. The mechanics of the scheme mean that when the boat docks, the sealed baskets of lobsters… Read More
If you look at this diagram you will see that most of Lancelin’s dunes are the subject of mining tenements (green outline). Even the off-road area which is administered by the Shire is included. BUT, it is unlikely that the off-road area would ever be mined as it would take all stake holders, shire, residents etc. to agree to it and there is no appetite for that. So what is… Read More
Over the next couple of months you’ll find 66 of these signs along our coast. What are they? They are BEN (Beach Emergency Number) signs, and here’s how they work. Let’s say you’re on the beach in Lancelin or Guilderton, and someone needs urgent help. Assuming you’ve noted the nearest BEN sign number, you’d simply quote that to the emergency services and they will know where you are. At present,… Read More
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
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