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ABC News
22-06-2025
- ABC News
Hopetoun on WA's south coast will stop free camping, citing rubbish complaints
A West Australian town will close its only free caravan and campervan campsite after complaints of visitors leaving rubbish and human waste behind. Hopetoun sits about 50 kilometres off Highway One, or South Coast Highway, on the state's south coast and is 555km south-east of Perth. The Shire of Ravensthorpe voted last week to close a free RV campsite in the town and instead work with a local caravan park to offer discounted $15 a night sites. The move, which follows similar changes in other towns across Australia, has been met with a mixed response with some fearing it will turn tourists away. Shire President Tom Major said the council wanted to move the existing 48-hour free site to next to one of the town's caravan parks as it was a better location. "We want to keep our RV-friendly status for the town, so we need a free, or low-cost option … there will be a low-cost option, but it may not necessarily be free," he said. Cr Major said the community had raised concerns about the location of the free camping area on a road joining the main street. Issues raised included safety with its proximity to traffic and rubbish dumping, including toilet paper and human waste left in the surrounding bushland. He said there was a risk the town might lose some visitors by removing Hopetoun's free campsite, but the council wanted to grow the number of visitors from low-cost budget travellers to higher-yielding visitors. "We have to strike a balance," Cr Major said. "I think this policy does the best to strike a balance between offering good options to travellers, supporting local businesses, and making it amenable for residents." The closest town is Ravensthorpe, 46km away, which will retain its free RV camping site. Grey Nomad Awards founding director Liz Rivers said in the case of other free camp closures, visitors had typically chosen to visit another area. "You might find that Ravensthorpe becomes more popular as a free camp, and therefore there'll be more benefit back to the local businesses [in Ravensthorpe]," Ms Rivers said. "Grey nomads want to be able to give back to the communities in which they stay, and so they tend to make sure they're spending money everywhere they stay. When ABC posted information on social media about the Shire of Raventhorpe's decision, it was shared on multiple caravan and backpacker pages within hours. Simon Flick runs a cafe and grocer in Hopetoun and said he was worried about the closure deterring tourists from visiting. "We do get a lot of people coming in saying they came off the main road to get free camping," he said. Mr Flick said he was concerned some travellers would bypass the town if there were no free camping sites. "A lot of caravaners are on Wikicamps, which promotes local businesses that look after caravaners and campers," he said. Hopetoun Beachside Caravan Park will operate the discount camping site next to its property. Coordinator Rachel Small said the fee of $15 a night would attract visitors. Ms Small said some visitors were using the existing free site poorly with human waste left in nearby bushland a common complaint. "I think $15 a night is a very small amount to ask people to contribute to cover the cost of their stay in town," she said."And the caravan park makes a huge effort to make sure that we refer travellers on to all of our local businesses and share the love around a little bit. "It's not only for our benefit, but for the benefit of all of our local businesses and residents as well." The free camping site will close once the new site is open in the coming months.
BBC News
15-06-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Bird flu outbreak confirmed in West Yorkshire poultry
A case of bird flu has been confirmed in poultry in West virus was discovered at a site near Ravensthorpe, near Mirfield, on 11 June, according to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra).An almost two-mile (3km) protection zone and a six-mile (10km) surveillance zone cordon have been put in place around the said all the birds at the property would be humanely culled. It is the latest outbreak in the county of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 advised bird keepers to check on the interactive map, to see if they are impacted and read the housing measure declaration, which explains the December, all poultry and other captive birds in affected parts of England have had to be kept indoors to prevent the spread of bird virus, which affects poultry and wild birds, spreads through contaminated feed and water, or through birds' droppings and saliva. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Bird flu outbreak in Yorkshire poultry
A case of bird flu has been confirmed in poultry in West Yorkshire. The virus was discovered at a site near Ravensthorpe, near Mirfield, on 11 June, according to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). An almost two-mile (3km) protection zone and a six-mile (10km) surveillance zone cordon have been put in place around the premises. Defra said all the birds at the property would be humanely culled. It is the latest outbreak in the county of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus. Defra advised bird keepers to check on the interactive map, to see if they are impacted and read the housing measure declaration, which explains the requirements. Since December, all poultry and other captive birds in affected parts of England have had to be kept indoors to prevent the spread of bird flu. The virus, which affects poultry and wild birds, spreads through contaminated feed and water, or through birds' droppings and saliva. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. First case of bird flu in sheep found on UK farm What to do to stop the spread of bird flu Defra
The Australian
07-05-2025
- Business
- The Australian
MM8 extends high-grade gold lode at Gem
Medallion Metals' drilling has extended high-grade gold lode at the Gem deposit by ~80m Results highlight potential to grow resources at the Ravensthorpe gold project Infill-focused drilling continuing ahead of defining updated resources to underpin feasibility study Special Report: Drilling at Medallion Metals' flagship Ravensthorpe gold project in WA has extended the high-grade lode at the Gem deposit by about 80m past the resource boundary. This follows drilling of two reverse circulation extensional holes down plunge of the Gem lode within the Kundip Mining Centre that returned: 6m grading 4.6g/t gold, 1% copper and 9.1g/t silver from a down-hole depth of 343m including 2m at 11.2g/t Au, 2.4% Cu and 19.5g/t Ag from 345m; and 343m including 2m at 11.2g/t Au, 2.4% Cu and 19.5g/t Ag from 345m; and 3m at 6.8g/t Au, 0.6% Cu and 5.5g/t Ag from 346m and 2m at 3.9g/t Au, 0.6% Cu and 2.9g/t Ag from 355m Medallion Metals (ASX:MM8) said the intersections sat ~60m beyond the limits of the current mine plan, 40-80m beyond the current inferred resource boundary and 40-100m down plunge from drilling that determines the resource estimate. The results confirm the potential to increase the current resource of 5.6Mt at 4.3g/t Au and 0.6% Cu for contained resources of 770,000oz Au and 36,000t Cu. It also supports the technical team's belief that the 6.7m semi-massive to massive sulphide intersections reported in diamond drilling on April 3, 2025 represent a newly identified and separate sulphide occurrence to the Gem main lode zone. 'These results are extremely positive and have important implications for the project as the business looks toward near-term development,' managing director Paul Bennett said. 'Project economics are significantly levered to mine life extensions and these results demonstrate that above cut-off grade mineralisation at mineable widths extends up to 60 metres down plunge from the current limits of the mine plan. 'This builds further confidence that mine life can be increased by extensions to the known lodes as well as through delineation of new lodes at depth with ongoing drilling. 'We maintain we are just scratching the surface of this significant mineralised system as continued investment delivers for our shareholders.' Long section view of Gem showing reported drilling results. Pic: Medallion Metals Resource extension drilling The two holes are part of a broader 17,000m drill program designed to grow the high-grade sulphide underground resource at KMC in size and confidence. About 15,000m of combined diamond and RC drilling has been completed under the program, which will inform a resource update underpinning a feasibility study assessing the technical and commercial viability of mining Ravensthorpe ore at a modified Cosmic Boy process plant. In August 2024, MM8 entered an exclusivity agreement with IGO to negotiate the acquisition of the Forrestania Nickel Operation, which includes the Cosmic Boy plant and associated infrastructure. The two holes at Gem are the only ones in the program aimed at extending resources as opposed to the predominantly infill nature of the remainder. They targeted southwest plunge extensions of lode positions interpreted from step out drilling completed in 2022 that is also supported by a single deep diamond hole that returned 7.8m at 2.7g/t Au, 0.1% Cu and 0.6g/t Ag in January 2024. Both holes intersected quartz-sulphide vein mineralisation at the interpreted lode position, a finding consistent with previous drilling logged from elsewhere in the Gem deposit. Road ahead MM8 will complete the enlarged drill program ahead of completing a Ravensthorpe resource update in June 2025 and an updated resource for Harbour View in July. The updated resources will form the basis of a feasibility study that will inform the board's decision to progress with a development. Exclusive negotiations to acquire FNO from IGO also continue to advance positively with the company having extended the period of exclusivity to August 2025 to accommodate negotiation and drafting of binding documents. Other workstreams include metallurgical, geotechnical and hydrogeological testwork and analysis to support the feasibility study, and progression of environmental permitting with a focus on primary approvals at State and Federal levels. The company has also started seeking primary legislative approvals to allow mining to begin at Ravensthorpe and haulage of ore to Forrestania for processing. This article was developed in collaboration with Medallion Metals, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing. This article does not constitute financial product advice. You should consider obtaining independent advice before making any financial decisions.
