General

Residents and homeowners are reminded that most works: building a fence, erecting a shade sail, re-roofing, structural refurbishments and more, require a building permit from the Town prior to commencement.

Community members are invited to attend the screening of Monsters University, this Saturday 16 January in the Civic Centre Gardens, Port Hedland. Food vans will be on site from 6:00pm, with the screening starting at 7:00pm.

Council has approved the allocation of $2,256,108 from the Town’s Strategic Reserve to fund the JDHYCH multi-use courts, securing the delivery of improved sporting and recreation amenity at the facility.

Community members are advised that noise levels will be elevated at the Wedgefield Depot site at 2-4 Cajarina Road on Wednesday, 16 December from 12am to 7am.

The winners of this year’s Festive Lights Competition have been announced, made possible by Gold Sponsor Horizon Power and Media Partner the North West Telegraph

Community members are advised to take action around their properties following recent rain, to help prevent and reduce mosquito breeding.

Please be advised of the following roads impacted by restrictions due to the current weather conditions

Community members are invited to have a say in the Town’s community childcare survey, seeking to gauge the Town’s progress in this space over the last two years. The online survey closes at 11:59pm Monday 21 December.

Community members are encouraged to download the free SafeWA app from the Apple App Store or Google Play, for the purpose of assisting local businesses and community groups to comply with mandatory contact registering from Saturday 5 December.

Hedland based businesses, community groups and residents are advised that mandatory contact registers will be required at particular locations from Saturday 5 December. This is a WA Government mandate to help contact tracing efforts in the event of a potential COVID-19 outbreak in the state.

A fly through video has been produced to showcase the future pavilion at the South Hedland Integrated Sports Hub (SHISH) precinct, envisioning local residents enjoying a new standard of sporting and recreational amenity.

Community Members are advised that registrations for the 2020 Festive Lights Competition close 5pm, Wednesday 2 December.

Hedland based creatives are invited to submit a concept design for future perforated metal shade structures at the JD Hardie Youth and Community Hub (JDHYCH) site. The chosen design will be translated into dot formation and fabricated onto six trapezoid shaped shade structures, adjacent to the site’s eventual stage 2 multi-use sports courts.

Council has approved amendments to the Planning Application 2011/308.02 on Lot 2 & 3 Great Northern Highway, effectively green lighting significant planned upgrades for The Landing Resort site.

Community members are advised that lighting upgrade works at Koombana Park in South Hedland will commence on Tuesday 25 November 2020, with a projected works duration of two weeks.

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.