http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au Your Local Community Newspaper Mon, 20 May 2013 06:38:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/nrl-scores-a-try-as-junior-competition-launches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nrl-scores-a-try-as-junior-competition-launches http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/nrl-scores-a-try-as-junior-competition-launches/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 05:15:32 +0000 Ben Leahy http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/?p=8171 The Pilbara Rugby League kicked off its junior league last week with a bang as former NRL players Dean Young and Shaun Timmins attended junior matches and held clinics last weekend. The players also joined the ...]]> http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/nrl-scores-a-try-as-junior-competition-launches/feed/ 0 http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/sea-of-pink-at-mothers-day-classic-fun-run/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sea-of-pink-at-mothers-day-classic-fun-run http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/sea-of-pink-at-mothers-day-classic-fun-run/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 04:56:49 +0000 Ben Leahy http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/?p=8166 More than 400 Hedland residents packed the Civic Centre Gardens last Sunday wearing everything from jogger’s shorts to cupcake costumes to raise money for breast cancer at the Mother’s Day Classic fun run. For some, the ...]]> http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/sea-of-pink-at-mothers-day-classic-fun-run/feed/ 0 http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/fundraiser-not-so-trivial-for-young-students/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fundraiser-not-so-trivial-for-young-students http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/fundraiser-not-so-trivial-for-young-students/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 04:53:59 +0000 Elise Batchelor http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/?p=8163 A camp to Broome might sound like a fun way to end primary school, but getting there is all in the fundraising. Port Hedland Primary School’s Year 7 parents are holding a trivia night on Saturday, ...]]> http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/fundraiser-not-so-trivial-for-young-students/feed/ 0 http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/eclipse-chasers-run-rings-around-the-pilbara/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eclipse-chasers-run-rings-around-the-pilbara http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/eclipse-chasers-run-rings-around-the-pilbara/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 04:50:58 +0000 Elise Batchelor http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/?p=8160 A rare solar eclipse passing near Newman and Jigalong put the Pilbara front and centre on the world astronomy stage last Friday May 10. The early-morning event occurred as the moon crossed in front of the ...]]> http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/eclipse-chasers-run-rings-around-the-pilbara/feed/ 0 http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/new-challenges-and-wins-for-bikers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-challenges-and-wins-for-bikers http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/new-challenges-and-wins-for-bikers/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 04:33:40 +0000 Damien Muller http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/?p=8156 Round two of the Burrup Mountain Bike Club’s Scott Cycles Club Championship saw another good field of riders turn out for the event on Saturday May 11.   The hot and gruelling race of Round One ...]]> http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/new-challenges-and-wins-for-bikers/feed/ 0 http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/8151/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=8151 http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/8151/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 04:03:49 +0000 Tamara Binamat http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/?p=8151 DJ Nino Brown is Australia’s biggest hip hop and RnB DJ and while no stranger to international concerts and Australia’s biggest dance festivals, he’s back in the Pilbara and says next weekend’s shows will be ...]]> http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/8151/feed/ 0 http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/heres-johnny/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-johnny http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/heres-johnny/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 03:58:30 +0000 Tamara Binamat http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/?p=8147 He shot to stardom in 2011 as a finalist on TV’s X-Factor, won Dancing With The Stars in 2012 and made his acting debut at the top of Australian TV on Home and Away in ...]]> http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/heres-johnny/feed/ 0 http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/red-dogs-descendants-to-strut-their-stuff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=red-dogs-descendants-to-strut-their-stuff http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/red-dogs-descendants-to-strut-their-stuff/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 03:54:56 +0000 Ben Leahy http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/?p=8144 It’s not just the athletes paddling, running and cycling their way through the relay challenge, who are gearing up to take part in the inaugural Red Dog Festival. Now proud pooch owners can also show off ...]]> http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/red-dogs-descendants-to-strut-their-stuff/feed/ 0 http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/turn-of-the-century-films-to-screen-at-ningaloo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turn-of-the-century-films-to-screen-at-ningaloo http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/turn-of-the-century-films-to-screen-at-ningaloo/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 03:51:48 +0000 Ben Leahy http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/?p=8141 Exmouth school students are promising to put on one of the more unique shows at this months’ Ningaloo Whaleshark Festival in Exmouth from May 24 to 26. The students from Exmouth District High School together with ...]]> http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/turn-of-the-century-films-to-screen-at-ningaloo/feed/ 0 http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/holiday-turns-to-tragedy-for-family-in-coral-bay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=holiday-turns-to-tragedy-for-family-in-coral-bay http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/holiday-turns-to-tragedy-for-family-in-coral-bay/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 03:49:07 +0000 Tamara Binamat http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/?p=8138 A woman’s body was discovered washed ashore at a beach just south of Coral Bay on Wednesday afternoon. It is believed the 41-year-old woman was snorkelling before her death. A land, sea and air search was deployed ...]]> http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2013/05/17/holiday-turns-to-tragedy-for-family-in-coral-bay/feed/ 0