Exmouth
A state-first trial was trying to save WA’s prized reefs, until a cyclone threatened months of hard work
Millions of coral eggs and embryos during two separate spawning events – one in Exmouth and the other in Coral Bay – to save the reefs after a mass bleaching event. But Cyclone Narelle threatened to derail the project.
- Holly Thompson
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Plot to smuggle Queensland fugitive bikie to Indonesia foiled
Three people have been charged over their alleged roles in a plan to smuggle the alleged outlaw motorcycle gang member from Western Australia using a luxury yacht.
- Aaron Bunch
Tourism funding boost to help cyclone-hit WA towns recover
Tourism operators ravaged by one of Australia’s most remarkable cyclones will receive grants to help rebuild.
- Samantha Lock
Tourists on buses out of Exmouth ahead of Easter weekend amid Tropical Cyclone Narelle clean-up
Rather than preparing for the busy long weekend, emergency services said on Tuesday they were working to clear the town of tourists to begin clean-up work.
- Hannah Murphy
‘Devastating scenes’: Marine life washes up on Ningaloo beaches after Cyclone Narelle
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle crossed the West Australian coast in Coral Bay as a category 3 system, bringing a deluge of rain and gale force winds.
- Holly Thompson
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Exmouth cut off by land and air after Cyclone Narelle causes ‘extensive’ damage
Narelle made landfall on Friday as a category 3 system and continued to track south throughout Saturday, where brought destructive winds to inland communities despite losing strength.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Tropical Cyclone Narelle news updates: Exmouth’s airport suffers ‘catastrophic damage’
Follow our live coverage of Tropical Cyclone Narelle’s path here.
- Heather McNeill and Rebecca Peppiatt
West Australians hunker down in evacuation centres as Tropical Cyclone Narelle wreaks havoc
The category 3 cyclone is currently over Coral Bay, and has brought down trees, lifted roofs off homes and reportedly the local evacuation centre, and sunk boats from the Pilbara down to the northern Gascoyne region.
- Hannah Murphy