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8 NEWS Thursday, July 19, 2018broomead.com.auB

A group of Broome residents on amission to protect one of the town’smost picturesque spots has justcompleted a huge eco-friendly pro-ject and hopes a new sign will con-tinue to spread the anti-litteringmessage.

Over the past two years, about 60people have painted stencils ofthreadfin salmon and dugongs onfootpaths and pavements aroundthe tourist town in an effort to raiseawareness about pollution enter-ing Roebuck Bay through storm-water drains.

The initiative was launched bythe Shire of Broome and RoebuckBay Working Group in 2016 andcompleted earlier this month.

But it does not end there.Residents from all walks of life

who took part in the project havenow been blazoned across a newsign that clearly reads: “keep ourbay clean”.

The board is displayed at McMa-hon Reserve, off Macnee Court inCable Beach, to remind residentstheir littering has consequences.

RBWG project manager KandyCurran said she hoped the signwould encourage everyone to playtheir part in keeping pollutants outof drains.

“We live on a peninsula that issurrounded by productive and bio-diverse coastal waters with animmensely beautiful coastline,”she said.

“The enthusiastic response fromeveryone involved in the projectshows that the community is keento see Roebuck Bay’s productivewaters free of stormwater pollu-tion.

“With housing blocks in Broomecontoured towards our roads and

most of Broome’s stormwaterdrains discharging into RoebuckBay, our community needs to takeaction.”

Ms Curran said the most com-mon form of pollutants were gar-den waste, fertilisers, chemicals,

backwashed pool water, pet faeces,plastics, vehicle oil, car wash deter-gents, and general litter.

Among those featured on thesign are deputy Shire president De-siree Male, Greens candidate forDurack Johani Mamid, Narlijia

Cultural Tours owner Bart Pigramand a number of Yawuru rangersand school representatives.

The stencil project was fundedby the State and Federal Nat-ural Resource Management inita-tive.

Signs raise stormwater awarenesst Jakeb Waddell

Shire of Broome horticulturalist Simone Fletcher and Roebuck Bay Working Group project manager Kandy Curran.Pictures: Jakeb Waddell

The Roebuck Bay Working Group'snew sign at the McMahon Reserve.

Hundreds of thousands of dol-lars have been pumped into aremote Kimberley community tobolster tourism and educationand promote youth well-being.

The Mowanjum Art and Cultu-ral Centre was recently pres-ented a $345,000 Lotterywestgrant by the State Government toredevelop the Rock Art Educa-tion Space to make it a special-ised, interactive learning centre.

Children from the Mowanjumcommunity, 10km south of Der-by, will be encouraged to getinvolved with the initiative bysharing their cultural knowledgeof the ancient rock art.

The funding will also helpincorporate a separate learningspace that features collectionspresenting the traditional lan-guage, song, dance and tradition-al storytelling of the Wandjina-Ungud people.

WA Premier Mark McGowan,who visited the community

recently for the Mowanjum Fes-tival, said he was pleased to pre-sent the grant.

“This redevelopment willinspire Mowanjum young peopleto engage more with their localart centre and assist visitors inlearning the correct cultural pro-tocol in approaching significantrock art sites,” he said.

Mr McGowan said having children involved in the centrewould promote their social, emo-tional and environmental well-being.

Lotterywest grant boost to communityt Jakeb Waddell