
Bridget McArthur
Journalist, ABC South West at ABC News (Australia)
ABC journo. Carlton fan in the wrong era. One of two narcoleptics you know. Views mine, except those that are likely my parents’. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Bridget McArthur |Andrew Williams
A search is underway off the coast of Bunbury for a missing 70-year-old swimmer. David Taylor has not been seen since going for a dawn swim at Back Beach on Wednesday. Stormy weather is expected to disrupt the search effort on Thursday evening. A search is underway off the coast of Bunbury for a 70-year-old man missing since Wednesday morning. David Taylor was last seen going for a dawn swim at Bunbury's Back Beach at about 5 o'clock.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Bridget McArthur |Anthony Pancia
Hawaii's Gabriela Bryan has won the Margaret River Pro women's final for the second year in a row. South Africa's Jordy Smith, 37, won the men's final after defeating US competitor Griffin Colapinto. The tour now moves to California, where 11-time world champion Kelly Slater will compete as a wildcard. A young star and tour veteran have won the Margaret River Pro, with Hawaii's Gabriela Bryan and South Africa's Jordy Smith celebrating after a challenging week of surfing.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Bridget McArthur
Music festivals were a rite of passage among Australian millennials, with tales of moshes battled and portaloos survived becoming friendship folklore. But until this weekend, many teenagers in WA's South West had never stepped foot on the hallowed turf. According to one group of mates from Bunbury who attended triple j's One Night Stand in Busselton on Saturday, it was worth the wait. "I love it, it's a vibe," Lily Martindale, 15 said. "It's really great. We usually miss out," Ruby Maratea, 15, said.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Bridget McArthur |Anthony Pancia
After two lay days, competition has resumed at the World Surf League's Margaret River Pro. Heavy swell has challenged most competitors. Margaret River teenager Willow Hardy was eliminated, but managed to wow the crowd with a spectacular wave. Day two of the Margaret River Pro is underway in Western Australia's south-west and competitors are wrestling some of the biggest waves in the event's history.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Bridget McArthur |Andrew Williams
Leonard Machen had been filling his home vegetable garden with compost from a council-owned organic waste facility for years when he heard rumours it might be contaminated. Based in Dardanup, about 180 kilometres south of Perth, Bunbury Harvey Regional Council (BHRC) has been turning kerbside food organics and garden organics (FOGO) waste from more than 40,000 South West households into compost for over a decade. It then sells it back to residents and donates it to schools and community gardens.
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The most Bunbury FB post of all time https://t.co/59pXZx4BdH

I’m going to make a *big call* - West Coast will win a flag before Sydney

Transcript of my inner monologue when they announced the last Eurovision finalist and it wasn’t Go-Jo

GO TO HELL. NOBODY GIVES A SINGLE FUCK ABOUT THIS CONTEST LIKE I’M NOT DOING THIS ANYMORE IM SO SORRY GO-JO. GO TO FUCKING HELL ALL OF U IDGAF UR HORRIBLE PEOPLE FOR PRAYING ON HIS DOWNFALL. HE HAS A CAREER WAITING FOR HIM IN AUSTRALIA, CAN YALL SAY THAT ABOUT UR FAVS? FUCK OFF