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Keen eyes will have noticed a splash of colour weaving its way throughout the Foreshore and Marine Terrace as part of a local community group’s mission to ‘yarn bomb’ Geraldton with more than 29,549 pieces of knitted and crochet works.

Local childcare centres have claimed five out of five stars in a recent routine food inspection conducted by the City of Greater Geraldton’s Environmental Health team.

The City of Greater Geraldton is committed to reconciliation and wants your feedback on closing the gap initiatives the organisation has delivered in the past three years.

With the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic still being felt, the City of Greater Geraldton continues to make necessary changes and adaptions to adhere to current restrictions.

A recent survey by the Department of Communities has revealed that customer satisfaction at the QEII Seniors and Community Centre remains at an all-time high.

Councillors have voiced the importance of sport and recreation in the community and supported three applications for state grant funding.

Geraldton’s CBD is about to receive a boost of technology and innovation as RAC’s ground-breaking driverless vehicle demonstration pulls into town this September.

Local organisations, businesses and individuals are invited to submit an expression of interest (EOI) for management of the City’s Reuse and Recycle Shop, better known as the Tip Shop.

Another impressive literary line-up has been locked in for the ever-popular Big Sky Readers and Writers Festival 2020.

This year’s Randolph Stow Young Writers Award (Randolph Stow) reached a new milestone with more than 800 entries from 24 schools in the Midwest.

If you love local events you won’t want to miss your opportunity to tell the City of Greater Geraldton what you like about them most and how they could be improved by taking our events survey.

Three high priority coastal projects in Drummond Cove, Beachlands and Cape Burney will go ahead thanks to funding from the State Government.

This Friday Geraldton Regional Art Gallery (GRAG) will throw open its’ doors to celebrate the opening of two new and contrasting exhibitions.

Local community representatives and volunteers gave the Honourable Kim Beazley AC, Governor of Western Australia a very warm welcome during his visit to Geraldton this week.

With only three scheduled flights to Geraldton from Perth, the Geraldton and Midwest community are being asked to take a survey to determine the preferred schedule demand for air travel in the Midwest in the aim to secure a more reliable and suitable schedule of flights.

Local artist Helen Ansell has coordinated a pop up shop in Mullewa every wildflower season for the past six years and this year is looking to be the biggest yet thanks to some new additions.

Marine tourism in Geraldton and the Abrolhos Islands is about to expand with the state government announcing funding for two local charter vessel jetties.

Tourism in Geraldton will be in the spotlight in May next year as it was announced as the host destination of the 2021 WA Regional Tourism Conference.

A brand new fire truck will aid volunteers of the Moonyoonooka Bush Fire Brigade to help keep the community safe.

Access to Spalding Park and its cycling facilities from the east side of the North West Coastal Highway is safer and easier following the completion of a shared path leading to the Chapman River bridge and pedestrian underpass.

Construction of an ablution block at one of Geraldton’s most loved and visited icons will commence next month after Council awarded the tender to a local contractor.

A major upgrade to the entrance into our CBD will go ahead earlier than planned thanks to an unexpected Federal Government grant for $1.3 million.

Buying a coffee and snack whilst enjoying the CBD and Beresford Foreshores remains a key attraction with Council renewing its commitment to activating these popular destinations.

If you like being outdoors, are passionate about plants and don’t mind getting dirt under your fingernails becoming a Community Nursery volunteer might be just what you’re looking for.

With only 4172 plantings to go, the greater Geraldton community is about to reach a major Million Trees project milestone of 500,000 trees or shrubs planted in and around the City.

Geraldton Regional Art Gallery’s (GRAG) latest exhibition ‘How Did I Get Here?’ has taken on a different form, allowing viewers to see the installation from their device.

Geraldton has proved itself as a popular holiday destination as visitation numbers absolutely soared over the past two weeks.

‘Rum Jungle’ will be blitzed again this weekend with members of the community coming together on Sunday morning to collect and remove smaller bits of rubbish from the site and treat any new African boxthorn plants growing.

If you have an opinion on how the City of Greater Geraldton manages waste and recycling services the City wants to hear from you.

West Australians will get an insight into the state’s best places to windsurf and kitesurf following the release of two high-energy videos.