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Community members are invited to attend a free Festive Lights Competition bus tour on Tuesday 8 December 2020 from 6:30pm onwards, giving you and your family the opportunity to see this year’s Competition entrants without paying for petrol!

Improved community amenity and a new animal management facility will be delivered as part of the Town’s Depot Masterplan, with works having recently started at the site.

Jeremy’s latest video update for his 60 for 60 campaign talked about the importance of mateship, so we wanted to give you some more details here about why it’s important. Fostering mateship is a key focus of the national Movember campaign, seeking to raise awareness of the fact that we lose 60 men to suicide each hour, every hour across the world.

Professional Australian basketball player, Greg Hire, will be the special guest at SLAM basketball in Wanangkura Stadium, 4pm to 7pm Friday 20 November.

Work has commenced on the first stage of the Port Hedland Spoilbank Marina development - a project set to transform Port Hedland's waterfront.

You may have noticed a few more mos around the place this month. Wispy ones, thick ones, big ones, small ones, black ones, grey ones, maybe even some pink ones. Maybe you’ve caught yourself loving a Lampshade, or finding a Fu Manchu frightfully appealing at the footy. This phenomena isn’t a fluke: it’s due to Movember, the international movement committed to changing the face of men’s health.

Please be advised of the following car park closures will be in place on Friday 13 November 2020 due to the Sunset Food Market.

An Active Discovery Playground with improved accessibility and features will begin to be installed at the Gratwick Aquatic and Fitness Centre from Monday 16 November, with installation projected to take four to five weeks.

With the festive season fast approaching, it means it’s time to light up Hedland as part of the 2020 Festive Lights Competition. This year’s competition is made possible by Gold Sponsor Horizon Power and Media Partner the North West Telegraph.

Every year, approximately 1,200 people are killed and another 44,000 are seriously injured on Australian roads.

Community members are reminded that all dogs must be kept on a leash at all times in public, unless a sign specifically states off leash area.

Community members are advised that tree maintenance works will be carried out at Shay Gap Memorial Park, South Hedland from Monday 9 November until Friday 13 November.

Please be advised that works to fertilize the Colin Matheson Oval will begin Friday, 30 October and works to fertilize Kevin Scott Oval will begin on Monday, 2 November.

Community members are encouraged to nominate a young person in the 2021 Community Citizen of the Year Awards – Youth Category, recognising the positive impact those under 25 make in Hedland.

The Town will be implementing low sensory hours within the Wanangkura Stadium facility for an eight week trial period, starting today and running until Tuesday 22 December 2020.

Community members are invited to attend a special story time session from 10:30am to 11:30am on Thursday, 12 November in Gratwick Hall, Civic Centre. Care for Hedland Association’s Turtle Monitoring Coordinator, Ashlee Barrowcliff, will be the special guest.

Community members are invited to have their say to inform the development of the Town’s 2020 Library Strategy, with face to face consultation and an online survey set to uncover insights to guide the next five years of library service provision in the Hedland Local Government Area.

The Hedland Well Women’s Centre will be hosting the Australian premiere of Woman at the Matt Dann Theatre & Cinema on Saturday 28 November, via a special fundraising screening for the Hedland Women’s Refuge.

Membership organisation RAC will be providing a number of free vehicle health check sessions and caravan safety training sessions this October and November, helping Hedland residents explore WA safely.

The Pilbara's first giant interactive numbat puppet is coming to the Civic Centre Gardens this weekend!

Joining us for Puppet in the Pilbara this weekend? Find your event program below.

Peter Carter has been elected Mayor of the Town of Port Hedland in the Local Government Election.

Electors are advised that if they have not yet received their postal voting papers for the 2020 Port Hedland Local Government Election, they can apply for a replacement pack.

Community members are invited to attend a week of group fitness classes at Port Hedland Leisure’s Wanangkura Stadium to raise funds for the Pink Pilbara Breakfast.

Community members are invited to attend a special storytime reading this Saturday morning of “Santa’s Visit to Port Hedland”, an original children’s book written by local historian and author, Julie Arif, and illustrated by Agnes Ponco.

Hedland based residents, businesses and community groups will come together from Monday 12 to Friday 16 October 2020 to recognise Mental Health Week.

The detailed design for cyclists and pedestrians to safely travel between Port and South Hedland is being developed as part of the Wilson Street Shared Bike Path Project, which is being funded equally by the Town and through a Western Australia Bicycle Network (WABN) grant from the Department of Transport.

The Town is continuing to deliver the 2020/21 road reseal program, with a number of roads set to be upgraded this week.