tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59226138290658298242012-02-18T04:29:02.941-08:00The Shire of East Pilbara blog provides news and information for the residents of the Shire and people interested in visiting or working here.Shire Adminnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922613829065829824.post-64743130240118434892008-04-08T21:57:00.000-07:002008-04-08T22:04:43.629-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yPYR34Y8maU/R_xOJR4KUbI/AAAAAAAAAAc/JSxzrDWwQqY/s1600-h/Picture+4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yPYR34Y8maU/R_xOJR4KUbI/AAAAAAAAAAc/JSxzrDWwQqY/s320/Picture+4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187106792148718002" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Apparently not! Recently a little piece of 'outer-space' was discovered in the East Pilbara... well almost. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Arthur Hickman has discovered a rare meteorite impact crater in remote Western Australia using free online service Google Earth. Amazingly is the the crater is only 35kms North of Newman - any closer and we may not have had to of dug our swimming pool?!  </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Of course the find has earned Mr Hickman both naming and bragging rights.</span></span></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(image courtesy of smh.com.au)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 48px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5922613829065829824-6474313024011843489?l=eastpilbara.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shire Adminnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922613829065829824.post-65090910993386969592008-04-08T21:52:00.000-07:002008-04-08T21:57:12.807-07:00<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Nope! Its the Shire of east Pilbara's brand-new News and Events blog! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">As part of a series of new developments (new website coming soon - keep an eye out at www.eastpilbara.wa.gov.au) we've started this blog to keep you updated with news and happenings within our beautiful Shire, and specifically the town of Newman. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">We're also very excited to hear from you - so feel free to post any comments and suggestions. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5922613829065829824-6509091099338696959?l=eastpilbara.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shire Adminnoreply@blogger.com2