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Photos of what was making news in the Busselton-Dunsborough Mail newspaper in the month of July in 2007.

MacKillop Catholic College Year 9 and 10 dance students will join hundreds of
dancers from the South West to perform in the annual Achper Dance Festival at the Bunbury Regional
Entertainment Centre on Friday night. The Year 9 students are pictured rehearsing ‘Wonderful Life’
which they will perform at the festival. Perri Nelson, front row, Cristina Guzzomi, Lisa Baddock, Steffie Wallner, Ellen Skender and Sarah Coffey, Jasmine Crouch, back row, Holli Scott, Madison Faranda, Imogen McKay, Nicole Croxford, Brianna Zanetti and Rosie Haynes.

Pre-Primary students at Dunsborough Primary School celebrate sounds they
have learnt by dressing up as characters that start with that sound. Pictured are Sam Irvine, Jackson Timmer, teacher Jodie Ireland, Brae Vincent and Liam
Hesketh.

Dunsborough Primary School's Peer Leadership Team in 2007. Front Row (in jackets), Kiah Rouw and Bre-anna Kingston. Second row, Sarah Kingston, Evie Boyling, Marielle Millar, Ruby Watt, Anais Rosher and Maddie Reid. Back, Jake Bigwood, Annabel Lotze, Caile Gander, Samantha Jones, Lyrica Warren, Jemma Haldane and Jarrid Durham.

Busselton’s Matt Kamman cops some treatment from Eaton Boomer Reece
Partridge while team-mates Brad Moloney and Rick Hoath look on. Photo: Leonie Paine.

Caroline Hawkes and her grand-daughter India Glaskin play with
the puppies that helped raise money for vision impaired people in Bali.

Fremantle Dockers fans Angela Bell, left, Isaac Muir, Cooper and Jack O’Malley waiting to see Matthew Carr who visited Busselton in July 2007.

West Coast Eagle Michael Braun signs the shirt of a loyal Eagles fan during a trip to Busselton in July 2007.

Chase Diggins, left, and older brother Joshua are proud Eagles fans and were delighted to see Michael Braun during a trip to Busselton in July 2007.

Busselton's under-15 netball team won the division one title in the Smarter than Smoking Carnival. Pictured are: Back row: Sara Donovan (coach), Chelsea Homer, Grace Tate, Ambra Fossati, Jess Burge and Ashe Gulberti. Front row: Sam Burge, Steph Millen, Sheldon Riley and Jenny Donovan.

Staff and children at the Busselton ABC Learning Centre were looking rosy for
Red Nose Day in the July 4 edition of the Busselton-Dunsborough Mail. Pictured are, Suzie Muellar, back row, Georgia Ingram, Margaret Keegan, Emma Morgan, Jess Bonfield and Johanna Reeves; and Belinda Tonkin, front row, Laika Bowman, Xander
Camarri, Jimmy Bradshaw and Jye McCarthy.

Shire governance officer Jenny Mathies counts votes following a referendum in Busselton on where the new hospital should be located.

Local resident Terry Alder was livid about the collapse of the Busselton beachfront seawall after he fronted council twice prior to its collapse to warn that remedial action needed to be taken to avert what has happened.

John Crute inspects foreshore damage at the end of Dunn Bay Road.

Busselton's Gary Asbridge hits a well-timed pass in his side's league match against Australind. Photo: Leonie Paine.

Busselton's Khanh Quoc Nguyen, right, in a duel for the ball with Justin Butcher from Australind. Photo: Leonie Paine.

The story of three-year-old Trista Foley, above, and two-year-old Dekota Vincent, who sparked a massive search after going missing in Bushland south of Yallingup, made it into the Toronto Sun.

Former shire employee Jim Drummond, left, and resident Terry House believed the shire was acting on incorrect information in deciding to move its offices from the existing site.

Chantelle Vanmaris stands proudly with her father Nico Vanmaris who won the SES Regional Director’s Award for Excellence.

Hugh Smith, Isaac Foster, Oliver Dear, Hugo Moyes and Levi Hills (back) in their self-built cubby house. Dunsborough Primary School Year Six students invited their Year 2 buddies to play in the cubby houses they built for the end of term.

Dive Shed owner Peter Macdonald was concerned about the effect of a jetty diving ban on his business.

Toby, a miniature Pinscher, owned and trained by John Wright, competed in the Busselton Wholistic Dog Training Group's agility test.

Zorma, a working Border Collie owned and trained by Naomi Fleming, competed in the Busselton Wholistic Dog Training Group's agility test.

Jayden (13) and Zoe (8) Vynuchal whose family had been going to this campsite for the past 12 years were concerned they may not be able to holiday there after the lease expires.

Cr Anne Ryan was set to present a motion to council to look beyond land sales to fund repairs to the Busselton Jetty.

Traffic on Caves Road came to a near stand still as a luxury catamaran made a journey by land after it was finally moved from the beach where it was dumped at Quindalup almost three weeks ago by a strong storm.

Dudley, a Rough-coated Collie owned and trained by Jill Van Nellstyn, competed in the Busselton Wholistic Dog Training Group's agility test.

Phillip and Mandy George announced the birth of Mishca Nadine Craven George in the Busselton-Dunsborough Mail's July 18 edition in 2007. Mishca was born at the Bunbury Regional Hospital on June 8.

Local musicians Bryan Bennett, John Piper and Ken Bell joined musicians from across Western Australia as part of the annual South West Band Camp.

Local winemaker James Pennington appeared on the ABC TV program The New Inventors for his wine preservative elimination invention.

Dunsborough runner Tina Major retained her State Championship title by winning the women’s event at the Perth Marathon.

Pro Busselton director Ray McMillan waiting for the first plane to arrive to commence the fly-in, fly-out program between Busselton and mining sites.

Busselton’s Ianto Ward clears the ball from defence as Dynamos’ Rory Binnie moves in. Photo: Leonie Paine.

Nine-year-old Rebekah Bergeron presented a petition to shire president Bev Clarke objecting to changes proposed for the Busselton foreshore.

Electorate officer for Vasse MLA Troy Buswell, Sara Ronald, and Georgiana Molloy
Anglican School council representative Brad Fraser welcomed a reduced speed limit outside the school after a two-year campaign.

Carbunup resident Ella Jackson takes a 20km walk with full pack in preparation
for an expedition to the Pyrenees.

A mystery millionaire flew in to Busselton in July 2007 on a private jet. The reason
for his trip was only known by a select few.

Peppermint Grove Beach Community Association members Sandy Wilton, left, Mary Klanjscek and Jenny Fuller Hill collected more than 1000 signatures for a petition concerning issues such as size and scale of the Peppermint Grove Beach Holiday Park redevelopment by Rapley Wilkinson.

Mike Adams and son Grant umpired the Little League game at half-time
during the 2007 Western Derby, between the West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Dockers at Subiaco Oval.

Yallingup surfer Taj Burrow in winning form at the Billabong Pro title at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. Photo: ASP.

Yallingup surfer Taj Burrow after winning the Billabong Pro title at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. Photo: ASP.

Tim Alcorn got a bit more than he bargained for when he came up with a home-made recipe for ginger beer with one brew spurting out like a jet and sending the bottle like a missile straight in to the laundry ceiling.

Dymocks Busselton staff were in the mood for wizardry at the launch of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Back row: Sarah Gratwick, Carly Gratwick, Sheree Parker- Gask, Larissa Guzzomi, Suzanne Gratwick, Mike Gratwick, Christina Guzzomi. Front row: Krysta Slee and Lesha Parker-Gask were there.

Harry Potter hysteria gripped Busselton with more than 60 people queuing up outside Dymocks to buy a copy of the Deathly Hallows. Pictured is Dymocks employee Sarah Gratwick dressed as Luna Lovegood.

Harry Potter hysteria gripped Busselton with more than 60 people queuing up outside Dymocks to buy a copy of the Deathly Hallows. Pictured is Larissa Guzzimo and Suzanne Gratwick.

An aerial view of the new cellar door development at Saracen Estate in Wilyabrup. Photo: Leonie Paine.

Ruckman Adam Dehring was a strong contributor for Busselton in their nine-point away win over 2006 SWFL premiers, Carey Park.

Old Butter Factory Museum curator Glenice Scott said a public appeal for models and clothes had been a success.

Cr Rod Wheeler believed it was inevitable before paid parking came to Busselton.

Kelly Krepp and Jonathan Dillon were married at Port Geographe on a boat ramp with a catamaran on March 31 and featured in the July 4 edition of the Busselton-Dunsborough Mail in 2007. Photo: Allen Sealey Classic West Photography.

Suzanne Vagg and Wayne Baker were married at Meelup Beach on March 10 but and featured in the July 4 edition of the Busselton-Dunsborough Mail in 2007. Photo: Allen Sealey Classic West Photography.

Dunsborough Dungbeetle Tim Harrison holds on to the ball determinedly while Matt Wallis from Collie attempts a tackle. Photo: Leonie Paine.

Tahnee Roberts scored a goal from a penalty corner with this shot for Countrys. Photo: Leonie Paine.

Ashleigh Young (Robins) travels towards goals as Kate Crompton (Sussex) prepares to tackle. Photo: Leonie Paine.

Photos of what was making news in the Busselton-Dunsborough Mail newspaper in the month of July in 2007.<br>

The current Festival of Busselton committee will not be seeking reappointment, and are calling on the community to take the baton as it is passed. Picture by Abby Murray Photography. 

The Festival of Busselton needs locals to step up - with the current committee ready to pass the baton to the next group of volunteers.

Volunteers needed to protect future of Busselton festival

A removal program currently underway near James Richardson Park, adjacent to the Vasse Estuary, is expected to remove around 64 tonnes of sediment from the banks of the estuary channel.

Work underway to remove Vasse Estuary sediment

World Surf League surfers joined Nature Conservation and local community members to work on dune restoration projects as part of the WSL One Ocean program. Picture via WSL. 

The world's top surfers have teamed up with Nature Conservation Margaret River Region and a swag of other local groups to care for the coast and protect the region's beautiful beaches.

Dune project gets Pro boost as surfers get to work

The event weekend will also feature a Short Course triathlon (750m swim, 15km mountain bike, 6km trail run), relay options for teams of up to three participants, and adventure races for kids.

This weekend will see Dunsborough welcome around 1,200 competitors in the annual XTERRA Dunsborough Australia event.

Xterra Dunsborough weaving through Meelup this weekend

Jetty Jumping' by author Andrea Rowe (pictured) and illustrator Hannah Sommerville is the latest Storytime Trail book to be featured. Picture by Yanni. 

The Storytime Way will celebrate its first birthday this month, having already become a beloved community resource for local families.

Special event for story trail's birthday

Frank and Ethel Jolliffe arrived in Western Australia in 1924. Pictures thanks to Barry House. 

A recent gathering in Willyabrup saw 80 descendants of a South West family come together to commemorate 100 years since Frank and Ethel Jolliffe arrived in WA.

Throwback Thursday: Busselton in July, 2007 | Photos

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