Ann Beverage

AT this moment she holds the record as the biggest pearling vessel in the world – the 35 metre 376 tonne Nalena Bay, mother ship of the Broome-based Blue Seas Pearling Company.

A $1.3 million Federal Government grant towards a new library and research centre will put future students at the University of Notre Dame of Australia’s Broome Campus at the cutting edge of educational technology.

KIMBERLEY beef producers are looking to capitalise on the sudden escalation of the mad cow scare after Australian authorities banned the importation of beef products from Europe.

AUSTRALIA’S liquefied natural gas exports are set to at least treble by the end of decade, delivering a windfall boost to WA’s North-West which is already exporting $3 billion a year.

EFFORTS to promote Broome as a year-round holiday destination, have been thwarted by the Kimberley’s notorious wet season again, higher fuel prices and distance.

THE “Star” of the North – one of the most popularly visited tourist attractions in the Kimberley – the historic, much-loved Beagle Bay Church which bell tower suddenly collapsed in a heap of rubble only weeks ago – will rise again thanks to an emotional s

NEW super expedition mini-cruisers that can cost more than $3 million are leading the way in WA’s Far North West explorer adventure boom, opening lucrative new holiday travel horizons.

A PLAN for WA to host regular top class international cricket with SE Asian teams – up to five or six times a year during the Perth “off-season” – in Broome is being considered by the WACA and the State Government.

INTERNATIONAL giant Virgin is taking on the Australian mobile phone market.