Our featured Business of the Month for May is Four Sisters Coffee Shop. The much loved coffee shop has been operating in Walpole for the past two years. I met owner Alicia Johnson on her last day of work as she prepared to go on leave for the eminent arrival … Continue reading
Husband and wife team David and Liz Edmonds started the successful venture twelve months ago, launching the gallery on the 16 April 2016, which also happens to be the date of their wedding anniversary! Continue reading
WalpoleOnline.com is your local online business directory and to start the year our February business of the month is Top Deck Café. Top deck Café locally known as ‘Top Deck’, is a popular place to dine in Walpole. Dale Jardine has been Top Deck’s owner-operator for the past eight years. … Continue reading
During December we feature Walpole Quality Meats as our business of the month.
Business owner and butcher John O’Brien has been operating in Walpole for thirteen years. Continue reading
This month we have selected a truly fantastic local business, Walpole Pharmacy. Walpole Pharmacy opened its doors in 2002 and now performs an integral role in the provision of health services to the community and our many visitors. Emma has been our Walpole pharmacist for approximately 12 years, and her … Continue reading
Adapted from a contribution by Julie Benson to the August 19, 2015 edition of the Walpole Weekly: This week I had the pleasure of meeting a Swedish relative of the Benson family. Carl (Charles) Albert Benson was a pioneer of Walpole & Districts after starting life in Gothenburg with his … Continue reading
This post is adapted from a contribution to the September 2, 2015 edition of the Walpole Weekly by Julie Benson, as told to her by the Peaceful Bay man in the story. This is an amazing story. When you read it you will question its authenticity but I swear it … Continue reading
As far as the Walpole, Nornalup & Districts Historical Society can gather, around 126 Walpole & Districts men and women have served Australia and her allies in war and peacekeeping missions since 1914, including 35 who served in World War I and 87 in World War II — extraordinary numbers … Continue reading
Dorothy “Dot” Gunson (nee Slater) was born in New South Wales in 1926. She was one of ten children. She met Lionel Gunson when he went to NSW after WWII and married him in 1949. The Gunsons moved to Western Australia, Lionel joined the Forestry Department, and they came to … Continue reading
St George’s Anglican Church has installed and named a bell in honour of Walpole & Districts pioneering nurse Sister Jane Anderson. Sister Jane from Ireland came to Walpole in 1930 under the auspices of the Colonial and Continental Church Society to provide nursing services for pioneers and their families in … Continue reading
