There’s been a buzz around town this week about wonderful new things happening at our local IGA. New Manager Neal Griffiths had officially been managing the store for only six days when interviewed, yet the changes happening were already evident. 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
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
A children’s fancy dress ball held in Walpole was a story of public interest for the Albany Advertiser on Thursday, October 21, 1948: As a grand wind up to their fine sports day on Friday, a Fancy Dress Ball was conducted for all children from near and far in the… 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
Our Geordie passed away on July 9, 2015. This post is adapted from a eulogy written by Jenny Willcox that appeared in the July 15, 2015 edition of the Walpole Weekly. Geordie first became involved with the Walpole Telecentre (now Walpole CRC) on March 5, 1996—yes, his birthday!—when he and… Continue reading
Throughout Walpole & Districts people are saddened by the recent [June 2015] passing in Denmark of Doreen Whale. Many will remember her as the inaugural manager of the Walpole Tourist Bureau as it was known in the 1980s. Prior to that time the committee of the Bureau had one aim… 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
