Category Archives: Geoff Vivian’s photographs

CEO defends boat ramp study 23/7/2015

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WORDS AND PICTURE BY GEOFF VIVIAN

DENMARK Shire ratepayers say they are unwilling to spend $12 million on a new acquatic centre.

X23ALB_022PHowever the Shire has just committed $26,000 in public funds to a feasibility study for a boat launching ramp near a favourite swimming beach.

A prominent coastal engineer tells me this would cost at least $38 million, and probably a lot more.

If he is correct, the shire is spending $26,000 to discover it can’t afford a boat ramp.

As both stories appeared on the same page I am posting them together.

[Great Southern Weekender, June 23, 2015, p22]

Developer revives plan for Frenchman Bay 19/3/2015

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TEXT AND PICTURE BY GEOFF VIVIAN

From The Weekender, March 19 2015, p7. Click on this image to read the story.

Click on this image to read the story.

I love to do development stories because most local papers neglect this important area.

What is done with our physical environment affects us all once it is built, and I think it needs to be in the news beforehand.

The former caravan park featured a popular little shop on a beach 21 kilometres from Albany’s town centre.

It was all demolished in the last decade to make way for a resort that never eventuated.

[From The Great Southern Weekender, March 19 2015, p7.]

Firefighting pics from Albany WA

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PICTURES BY GEOFF VIVIAN

These pics are not of an out of control bushfire, just a controlled burn in an Albany suburb pleasantly close to nature.

From The Great Southern Weekender March 26 2015

 

Photo by Geoff Vivian (c) The Great Southern Weekender

Photo by Geoff Vivian (c) The Great Southern Weekender

Photo by Geoff Vivian (c) The Great Southern Weekender

Photo by Geoff Vivian (c) The Great Southern Weekender