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Feb 17, 2026

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16 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #14: Mount Barker scores $860k skatepark, Charlie Colbung wraps new Health Nut mural & Albany Pride turns 10

Plus Denmark shuffles library and arts, Albany maths teacher wraps 50 years, and live music, markets and sports all week

Joshua Boccamazzo

Feb 10, 2026

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16 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #13: Porridge Bikers blitz Albany kindy, Star Wars film delivers $9.3M & Valentine's weekend

Plus Wagin Woolorama lands $300k lifeline, Albany Health Campus scores 32-bed ward, and Ben Lee, Bluey's Big Play, and cricket is back

Joshua Boccamazzo

Feb 3, 2026

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15 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #12: Misery Beach and Elephant Rocks hit Lonely Planet's top 100, Old Mervs score Hottest 100 double & live music all week

Plus WA growers wrap record 27.2m tonne harvest, Peter Robertson scores Medal of the Order of Australia, and Piano Room, Footy Stars Weekend and Mount Barker Cup racing

Joshua Boccamazzo

Jan 27, 2026

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16 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #11: rare aurora lights up the region, Albany makes WACA Grand Final & live music everywhere

Plus Walpole rallies for Michael Filby, Mt Barker horticulturalist turning old school into botanical garden, and Wildcats players visit Gnowangerup

Joshua Boccamazzo

Jan 20, 2026

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16 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #10: Dusty Martin trains Great Southern Storm, Snake Run turns 50 & Australia Day celebrations across the region

Plus Albany Senior High lands $9.9M classroom block, three Great Southern schools top WA's ATAR list, and beach festivals, markets and community BBQs

Joshua Boccamazzo

Jan 13, 2026

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16 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #9: Junior cricketers dominate Country Week, Gnowangerup Hotel revamp begins & summer events everywhere

Plus Walpole volunteers ace first Giants Trail rescue, Albany's pinball museum hopes, motorsport park milestone, and Taylor Swift tribute shows

Joshua Boccamazzo

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