Just the tonic for Gingin
The town of Gingin has a passionate new ally in James Young, founder of Old Young’s Distillery and creator of the just-begging-to-be-made Gingin Gin.
Winner...
Folking fabulous Fringe
Our local songbird Ezereve stretched her folk wings for the first time at the Fringe World Festival on 15-16 January to sold out audiences...
Dr Rhys joins the Proactive Health Chiropractic team
Dr Keith Brown is welcoming a new chiropractor to his Bullsbrook practice this month with Dr Rhys Hartmann joining the team.
“As more locals have...
Our love of Mitchell Martin
He heralds from the south west but the Northern Valleys have been quick to adopt Mitchell Martin as their own. The 23-year-old singer, songwriter...
Hay history reaps rewards
In the Bible, chaff is considered the most humble of wheat products, containing little to no value. Yet for the Turner family – the...
Celebrating 100 years of women in local government
2020 marked 100 years since the first woman was elected to local government – Elizabeth Clapham for the Town of Cottesloe. The Shires in...
Bright future for Red Hill
On Thursday 18 February the steering committee for the proposed Bindoon mountain bike trail met on site to hear the very latest on this...
What’s your bushfire plan?
Bushfire plan: stay and defend
For volunteer firefighter and seasoned Shady Hills resident Shirley Routley, the decision to stay and defend her property in the...
Pass the salt
When Russell Bradshaw first sighted the brackish marshlands of Maldon, the British birthplace of the world-renowned sea salt of the same name, he was...
60th anniversary of NASA Tracking Station at Muchea
2021 marks sixty years since the Muchea Tracking Station was officially opened on 24 March 1961.
The station, known as ‘Project Mercury Tracking Station No...
A land of olive trees
The harvest of olives begins throughout the Northern Valleys this month, with producers large and small collecting fruit for preserving and pressing into olive...
10 Years of the Northern Valleys News!
It’s quite the challenge to come up with words to mark the occasion of the ten-year anniversary of Northern Valleys News. What to focus...
