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Joshua Boccamazzo

Investment Principal @ Firemark Ventures. Strategy and operations specialist w/ an interest in tech start-ups. Keen learner. Passionate about growing and scaling ventures.

🌄 No Bluff News #35

Jul 14, 2026

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8 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #35

AFL greats descend on the Great Southern, Albany's first kindy needs your help & the region's biggest netball weekend kicks off

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #34

Jul 7, 2026

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🌄 No Bluff News #34

Spudshed confirmed for Albany, the Horse and Groom's back & Albany's biggest shanty fest kicks off

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #33

Jun 30, 2026

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7 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #33

Maritime Festival returns, Gnowangerup 3D-prints homes & school holidays kick off

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #32

Jun 23, 2026

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7 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #32

Baker Boy's Albany debut, a nine-year-old Scout's top honour & NAIDOC Week kicks off

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #31

Jun 16, 2026

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8 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #31

A potato farm becomes a bird sanctuary, an Albany musician's 3D-printed concertinas go worldwide & midwinter events this weekend

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #30

Jun 9, 2026

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7 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #30

Albany Airport's $41.6M upgrade, Bert Saw's 600 glass plates gifted to Denmark & Live @ the Town Hall this Saturday

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #29

Jun 2, 2026

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8 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #29

Dick Ward wins the hill climb at 82, $3.37M for Mount Barker SES & Pink Floyd, KiN and Wholly Local this weekend

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #28

May 26, 2026

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7 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #28

Albany's WWII tanks reborn as a street art gallery, 50 years fighting fires as a paraplegic & Denmark Festival of Voice

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #27

May 19, 2026

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8 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #27

Henri Bellanger sails to Worlds, Ocean and Paddock's four-peat & a week of live music

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #26

May 12, 2026

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7 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #26

Clare Reilly conquers the Munda Biddi in a wheelchair, Albany's young athletes head to Darwin & a massive week of live music

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #25: Albany Classic turns 90, Greens Pool abalone are back & a packed Mother's Day weekend

May 5, 2026

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7 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #25: Albany Classic turns 90, Greens Pool abalone are back & a packed Mother's Day weekend

Plus Albany smashes its $170M building record, rare ambergris at Ocean Beach, and the Women's GSFL Grand Final, Women in Blues and Southern Lights

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #24: Albany scores $60M hospital expansion, 12 new homes open in McKail & School of Rock hits the Port Theatre

Apr 28, 2026

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7 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #24: Albany scores $60M hospital expansion, 12 new homes open in McKail & School of Rock hits the Port Theatre

Plus Just Bin It's five-tonne rubbish haul, Emma Crisp on the Western Front, and soapbox champions, Mother's Day markets and live music

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #23: Peter Bol comes to Albany, St John gets a purpose-built home base & ANZAC Day this Saturday

Apr 21, 2026

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7 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #23: Peter Bol comes to Albany, St John gets a purpose-built home base & ANZAC Day this Saturday

Plus PortFest draws 4,500 to the port, a shearing-yard proposal goes viral, and a Grammy Award winner joins a blues legend for one night only on Thursday

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #22: Gyroscope's back in Albany after 15 years, $1M in regional development grants & Benang Koondarm at the Whaling Station

Apr 14, 2026

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🌄 No Bluff News #22: Gyroscope's back in Albany after 15 years, $1M in regional development grants & Benang Koondarm at the Whaling Station

Plus a regional volunteer brigade wins Community Group of the Year, Art in the Porongurup draws 2,000 visitors, and Dune Beer Co turns one on Saturday

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #21: Albany lands a $1.4M artificial reef, Nyabing cricket rises after 38 years & PORTFEST hits the waterfront

Apr 7, 2026

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🌄 No Bluff News #21: Albany lands a $1.4M artificial reef, Nyabing cricket rises after 38 years & PORTFEST hits the waterfront

Plus Kojonup's Old Mervs score an APRA nod, an Albany grower smashes the WA pumpkin record, and school holiday events throughout the region

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #20: Arthur River kelpie ends 70-year drought at nationals, Kathleen Hannig sets an Aussie record at 86 & Easter long weekend across the Great Southern

Mar 31, 2026

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🌄 No Bluff News #20: Arthur River kelpie ends 70-year drought at nationals, Kathleen Hannig sets an Aussie record at 86 & Easter long weekend across the Great Southern

Plus the Town Hall sells out again, marri named Eucalypt of the Year, and Easter markets, live music and harbour swims from Albany to Denmark

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #19: Walpole's $100k litter legend, York Street filling up & Lighting the Sound's final weekend

Mar 24, 2026

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🌄 No Bluff News #19: Walpole's $100k litter legend, York Street filling up & Lighting the Sound's final weekend

Plus Evie Waddington takes the Oceania triathlon title, Albany swimmers raise $37k for MS WA, and basketball grand finals, the Festival of Halls and an INXS tribute

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #18: World's biggest light show hits Albany, Courtney Moir wins Muster Dogs & double album launch at Torbay Hall

Mar 17, 2026

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🌄 No Bluff News #18: World's biggest light show hits Albany, Courtney Moir wins Muster Dogs & double album launch at Torbay Hall

Plus Carol Pettersen joins WA's Women's Hall of Fame, Albany Spinathon smashes $51k for the Hospice, and Katanning Harmony Night, a tall-ship sail and live music across the region

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #17: Albany's light show could be visible from space, a 520-million-year-old fossil find & Lighting the Sound launches this weekend

Mar 10, 2026

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16 min read

🌄 No Bluff News #17: Albany's light show could be visible from space, a 520-million-year-old fossil find & Lighting the Sound launches this weekend

Plus $47 million in tourist spend hits Albany in January, Denmark adopts its first youth action plan, and Casey Donovan is live on Sunday

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #16: Bruce the bull lands a book deal, St Patrick's turns 100 & Taste Great Southern is on this weekend

Mar 3, 2026

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🌄 No Bluff News #16: Bruce the bull lands a book deal, St Patrick's turns 100 & Taste Great Southern is on this weekend

Plus Albany Shantymen raise $2,200 for St John on their 10th anniversary, Sean Ramsell closes in on $10k for the Black Dog Institute, and a huge weekend of food, music and culture from Denmark to Albany

Joshua Boccamazzo
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 No Bluff News #15: Record $37,700 for Albany Hospice, 13cabs rolls into town & Middies 2026 Festival kicks off

Feb 24, 2026

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🌄 No Bluff News #15: Record $37,700 for Albany Hospice, 13cabs rolls into town & Middies 2026 Festival kicks off

Plus Antarctic orcas crash Bremer Bay, Katanning creek gets its life back, and JET, Birds of Tokyo and Little Birdy headline a massive weekend of music, markets and drag bingo

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

Feb 17, 2026

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

Feb 10, 2026

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🌄 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
Joshua Boccamazzo
🌄 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

Feb 3, 2026

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

Jan 27, 2026

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🌄 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
Joshua Boccamazzo
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