Yanchep News Online

05/02/2025

Save the Date! The Wanneroo Business & Community Expo is back next year with an exciting new time, location, and format! Mark your calendar and get ready to experience the all-new expo. Stay tuned for more details—this is one you won’t want to miss! Date: 13 March 2025 Location: Coming Soon!

04/02/2025

One of the things residents contact the Two Rocks Yanchep Residents Association about is graffiti and what is happening to prevent it.

ONE of the things residents contact the Two Rocks Yanchep Residents Association about is graffiti and what is happening to prevent it. Two Rocks Yanchep Residents Association (TRYRA) has put together some information for parents and what they need to know. Warning signs that your child could be invo...

04/02/2025

The new Deckee app will mean boaters don’t have to use the radio and can just use the app on their phone to log on and log off.

A FREE app designed to make boating safer and more convenient for everyone will soon undergo a public trial in selected areas including Two Rocks and Whitfords. The log-on log-off (LOLO) app is able to be downloaded now but the LOLO function will not be available for use until the trial starts on Mo...

01/02/2025

Residents get to enjoy a cooked breakfast, listen to music or chat to their neighbours and there is some entertainment for the children.

THE annual Australia Day breakfast in Two Rocks started out as a sausage sizzle in the park in 1991. Since 1996 it’s been held in the Phil Renkin Recreation Centre. Residents get to enjoy a cooked breakfast, listen to music or chat to their neighbours and there is some entertainment for the childr...

01/02/2025

Shire of Gingin awards two new honorary freemen.

  ROBERT Brodie-Hall and Bob James both received honorary freeman awards at the Shire of Gingin’s Australia Day celebration on January 26. Mr Brodie-Hall of Gingin and Mr James of Lancelin were presented their awards by President Linda Balcombe in front of their family, friends and community at t...

27/01/2025

The 26-year-old man rolled his car several times on Military Rd, according to Lancelin Police. https://www.yanchepnewsonline.com.au/two-rocks-man-charged-after-rolling-car-on-military-rd/

26/01/2025

One of the three people injured in a crash on Indian Ocean Dr has been taken to hospital by RAC Rescue.

A CRASH on Indian Ocean Dr involving two vehicles has resulted in one person being taken to Royal Perth Hospital by RAC Rescue. About 5pm WA Police said two other people were taken to Joondalup Health Campus by St John WA. An emergency WA alert sent at 4.05pm said an RAC Rescue helicopter had been [...

25/01/2025

Pole top fires are affecting power supply to homes and businesses throughout Perth and the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions.

ACCORDING to Western Power’s website 845 customers are still without power in the upper coastal area of the Shire of Gingin after pole top fires throughout Perth and the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions. About 3pm about 468 customers in Ledge Point were still affected, Lancelin (2) , Breton Bay (1),...

24/01/2025

WA Labor has promised to build a career station in Yanchep if they are re-elected at the March 8 state election.

WA Labor has promised to build a career station in Yanchep if they are re-elected at the March 8 state election. When making the announcement this morning Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson said if Labor was returned, planning for the new career fire station would take place after the electi...

22/01/2025

IN June and July 2024 a mud map showing the access to Yanchep station proved popular – continuing the series on most-viewed and important stories on Yanchep News Online in the past year.

IN June and July 2024 a mud map showing the access to Yanchep station proved popular with readers while on a sad note author Barbara Morgan died – continuing the series on most-viewed and important stories on Yanchep News Online in the past year. Celebrate Yanchep station opening with a community ...

20/01/2025

In May 2024 the Outer Metro DAP did not approve the proposed Yanchep tavern as it was short of the 572 required parking bays but that decision was reversed just months later.

IN May 2024 a Yanchep tavern proposal was deferred and a video on Yanchep’s cycling track proved popular – continuing the series on most-viewed and important stories on Yanchep News Online in the past year. The proposed tavern for the corner of Marmion Ave and Peony Blvd – to cater for 800 pat...

19/01/2025

Continuing the series on most-viewed and important stories on Yanchep News Online in 2024.

IN April 2024 slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall in Yanchep and Gingin and surrounding areas – continuing the series on most-viewed and important stories on Yanchep News Online in the past year. Storms cause power outages and flooding, April 12 reported Western Power as saying 2038 ...

19/01/2025

Highway patrol have impounded a vehicle on Indian Ocean Dr with police alleging the driver was doing 150km/h.

LANCELIN Police say policing efforts to reduce road trauma on Indian Ocean Dr continue daily. “Our colleagues from highway patrol have just impounded another vehicle speeding at 150km/h, near Seabird,’’ Lancelin Police said on X (formerly Twitter). The 37-year-old female driver from Woodridge ...

13/01/2025

DoT says pot or net fishing isn’t allowed in the Two Rocks marina due to the potential hazards of having ropes in the water that may get caught on vessel propellers.

THE Department of Transport has clarified what kind of fishing is allowed in the Two Rocks marina. A department spokesman said the placement of crab pots and floats had always been prohibited within all Department of Transport marinas, to ensure safe navigation of vessels. “Rod-and-line and handli...

12/01/2025

RAC Rescue is taking a man to hospital after a motorcycle crash.

RAC Rescue is taking a man to hospital after a motorcycle crash in Nilgen. At 3.22pm an emergency alert said the rescue helicopter was expected to land at Royal Perth Hospital about 3.40pm. The motorcycle crash happened on Sappers Rd. The RAC Rescue helicopters are funded by the state government, ma...

11/01/2025

Seventy per cent of the people rescued today during the abalone fishing session this morning were rescued by Yanchep Surf Life Saving Club volunteers.

OUT of the 38 rescues made by volunteer surf lifesavers this morning 70 per cent of those rescues were carried out in the Yanchep zone, according to Surf Life Saving WA. Without the Yanchep Surf Life Saving Club (YSLSC) volunteer surf lifesavers coming to the aid of those people some of those rescue...

10/01/2025

The Prime Minister said it was world best practice to have public transport built in advance of residents in the area allowing higher density around the train station as well as quality of life for the community.

THE Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Pearce today to turn the sod on the Alkimos Aquatic and Recreation Centre, which is budgeted to cost $88m. The funding for the biggest single project undertaken by the City of Wanneroo is made up of a commitment of $30m from the Albanese Government, $12.6m...

08/01/2025

SLSWA advice for the coast this Saturday between Yanchep and Halls Head indicates the average wave height could be about 1.5m.

ABALONE fishers are being advised to put safety first this Saturday, January 11 with the one-hour fishing session open from 7am to 8am between Busselton jetty and the Greenough River mouth. Surf Life Saving WA (SLSWA) advice for the Perth coast this Saturday between Yanchep and Halls Head indicates....