Dampier Community Association in Dampier, Western Australia | Community organisation

Dampier Community Association

Locality: Dampier, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9183 1243

Address: 3 High Street 6713 Dampier, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.dampier.org.au/

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25.01.2022 Well done Astyn, talented just like your Dad.

23.01.2022 Now really i challenge you all. Is there actually a more beautiful movie threatre anywhere in the world... Dampier sunset movie in all its glory. Photo courtesy of Jo Leo

22.01.2022 THIS SUNDAY! Is it time for you to declutter? Clean out your cupboards, your clothes, the kids toys and the shed. Pile it in your car boot, your trailer, or a truck if need be! Your trash is someones treasure. Bump-in at 730am, $10 per car-boot (payment at the gate).

22.01.2022 That's the last of our Thursday Throwback's for 2020. We hope you've enjoyed the weekly trip down memory lane! In the lead up to Christmas we will be showcasing some iconic places and organisations within Dampier! Don't forget, if you've got some history you would like to share with us please email it to [email protected].

22.01.2022 We are very excited to announce that inline with the State Governments relaxation of social distancing rules, the Dampier Art Exhibition is opening for viewing from May 23. Yes thats tomorrow. Yahoo. We have strict guidelines in place to protect our Community but we are delighted to be able to open up the Hall for everyone to enjoy the amazing art on display. We are open by appt Monday to Friday and 10am to 2pm Saturday and Sunday. There will be a maximum of 20 people at any...time allowed at the exhibition. Contact DCA on 0891831243 to book your viewing. City of Karratha

21.01.2022 Have you Registered yet !! Have your say. Open the link below. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/dampier-structure-plan-comm

20.01.2022 The DCA is seeking expressions of interest in an Honorary Seasonal Park Host role at the Dampier Caravan Park. This is a voluntary role with free site rent at the Park in return for undertaking agreed duties. EOI to be sent to [email protected] and must be received by COB Friday 24 July.

20.01.2022 When you next wander into the Community Hub youll notice the wonderful aroma of geranium and jasmine and maybe youll notice we all have a little more pep in our step. We are excited to introduce Sharon from Energise Naturally to the Dampier Community. Sharon is a naturopath with years of experience with gut health, healthy energetic lifestyle and nutritional support with the use of essential oils, herbs and therapeutic usage of nutrients. Sharons focus is supporting her... clients to achieve simple basic steps to more sustainable energy naturally. Sharon is available at the Dampier Hub Mon-Fri 9am-5pm or after hours by appt. Visit www.energisenaturally.com.au https://www.facebook.com/energisenaturally/ Welcome to Dampier Sharon.

19.01.2022 THURSDAY THROWBACK 2009 Pilbara News clipping 'Dampier takes out debating competition'... - Danielle Watson and Kate Lyon with the winning team Brooke Bolton, Shona Hay and Kelsey Sewell. I wonder where these girls are today?!

19.01.2022 Start the school holidays off with a relaxing evening under the stars, grab something to eat from the food trucks or bring a picnic and entertain the family. A Dogs Journey Hampton Oval Friday 25th September... 6:30pm See more

19.01.2022 Next generation of budding artists enjoying the art work this morning. Make your booking now to enjoy the art in person.

18.01.2022 THURSDAY THROWBACK 1975 Hamersley News clipping 'Locally Born Begin School'... - Michelle Eidam, Antoinette Aldworth, Matthew Williamson, Alicia Dickson, Donna Delbridge, Cassandra Thompson, AliciaBarnett, Kevin Nel, Frank Forster, Thomas Rintoul, Darren Nightingale, Alia Thompson. Are any of these people still in town? Or their families? Let us know!

18.01.2022 Celebrating Place Art Exhibition Presented by Dampier Art Studio and City of Karratha, the exhibition is open from today until the 4th of January. Make sure to pop in to REAP and have a look.

18.01.2022 Unfortunately there has been some unruly behaviour around the Community Hub. There has been damage to chairs outside by the Library windows, which have now been removed from public use, and plenty of rubbish left behind. There has also been destruction to the external play area of the Multi Purpose Rooms and equipment (mainly climbing ladders) has gone missing. If you see any equipment around town that you think may belong to Playgroup can you please let the DCA office know. We have a fair idea of who was involved. Can parents please have a chat to their teenagers about respecting property. We have notified Police.

17.01.2022 Drop you old mags at the Dampier community hub reception x

17.01.2022 Gardeners Dont forget first Community Garden meeting this evening @ 630 pm. Dampier Commmunity Assn office, next to the Library.

16.01.2022 * VOLUNTEERS NEEDED * Do you have a couple of hours spare over the next few weekends? Would you like to immerse yourself in some local Art? We are in need of some volunteers to welcome the Public in to view the Dampier Art Awards at the following times:... Sat 13th 10am-12pm Sat 13th 12pm-2pm Sun 14th 12pm-2pm Sat 20th 12pm-2pm Sun 21st 12pm-2pm If youre able to help please get in contact.

15.01.2022 For many years the DCA hosted a prestigious Garden Competition with categories like The best vegie garden, or best patio, best junior gardener and best outdoor dunnie. Well to coincide with our Community Garden project 2021 will see the return of Dampiers Garden Competition. Thanks to cyclone Damien many of us have had to start from scratch so start taking photos of progress along your gardens journey. You know you want the title of Dampier Best Overall Garden. Get digging and clicking people 2021 is not that far away.

14.01.2022 Is grand scale art your dream? Do you have the passion or skills to make a blank wall sing? The DCA are looking for expressions of interest for a Mural Artist to help beautify our little town. Stamp your name on a piece of Dampier. Please pm or call the DCA on 08 91831423 for more information.

14.01.2022 This year at the DCA we want to light up Lions Park. So we are inviting the Dampier Community to come and decorate the park with solar fairy lights. Everybody brings along a strand or two and puts their little make towards making this Christmas shine and our lives a little brighter, it has been an interesting year. We will have Chrsitmas Giving Trees to gather shoe box donations for the Dampier Seafarers, if you would like to donate please consider - socks, jocks, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorants, toileteries, magazines, hairbrushes etc. We will have lollies and drinks to share and a special visitor may come to say hallo and announce our Junior Art Comp Winners.

14.01.2022 Today we took delivery of a Pizza Oven! Our vision is to incorporate this into our Dampier Community Garden! This was a very generous, in-kind donation, from Cherratta Lodge. We were very lucky to have Neil Tollison from Karratha Bikers Association organise and deliver this out to Dampier for us. And a shout out to James from Brida Pty Ltd for organising a forklift to get it off the trailer!... I'd say a pizza night is in the not too distant future!

14.01.2022 Are you planning to staycation this WA Day long weekend? Why not include a cultural outing and visit the Dampier Art Awards at the Community Hall! With over 80 pieces to peruse at your leisure you dont want to miss it! Saturday 10am - 2pm Sunday 10am -2pm Monday 10am - 4pm

14.01.2022 Come on down to Hampton Oval and enjoy Friday the 13th with the 2019 version of the mysterious and spooky 'The Addams Family'. Grab a bite to eat from one of the food trucks, settle in your bean bags or chairs and get ready for a spooktacular evening!

13.01.2022 Dampier, As most of you are aware, after many years of trying the time is near that we as a Township are to be " Normalised ". This might sound a little odd and I believe there are those amongst us, probably myself at number 1 on that list that thought " normalising " was a distant dream but this is not about the individual but about our Community and we at the DCA believe it is very exciting times and the future is bright for Dampier. After over 50 years as part of a min...ing lease managed by initially Hamersley Iron and now Rio Tinto large parcels of the Dampier Townsite will no longer be restricted by a mining lease and the City of Karratha will take ownership of our community facilitaties, sports ovals and infrastructure. Dampier residents now is the time for us to think about how we see Dampier in 5,10 or even 25 years. The City have engaged an external company, Taylor Burrell Barnett, to gather as much nformation as possible from Dampier residents, home owners, business owners, community groups and town stakeholders.Their role is to design a Structural Plan for Our Town. A vision for Dampier to meet the needs of us, businesses and the future of Dampier. The DCA needs and want as many of Damper residents as possible to attend these workshops, let our voice be positive , strong and clear about what we need and want Dampier to retain, develop and flourish as a Community. Apologies for this wordy message and the annoying daily messages that may follow this week but it all comes down to this. Register for the workshop, have your voice heard because we all love where we live ! Thanks Gill Furlong DCA President. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/dampier-structure-plan-comm Did you Click the Link ?? Why /Not ??

12.01.2022 Volunteers Needed We would love to keep our Dampier Art Awards open over this long weekend, can you help us? Sat 30th 12pm-4pm... Sun 31st 12pm-4pm Mon 1st 12pm-4pm Enjoy the cultural experience whilst welcoming people into the Hall to view the Art. Let us know ASAP if you can help us keep the Art Awards open!

12.01.2022 Don't forget our Junior Art Competition closes tomorrow. Make sure to drop your canvas to the DCA Office before 4pm, Friday 27th!

12.01.2022 Well done Shaun, 5th year in a row winning our 3D Sculpture at the DAA and youl all agree "Ceph " is a Pilbara masterpiece. https://www.facebook.com/ABCPilbara/videos/911842735943569/

11.01.2022 We love this piece, congrats Tania

11.01.2022 Congrats Bernie, wonderful emotional piece x

10.01.2022 Five of our eight winners from the 2020 Dampier Art Awards -Astyn Wigley, Shaun Wigley, Petrina Sladen, Yvonne Annmarie Weller, Bernadette Daley, Sandy Featch.

10.01.2022 The Beachside Markets are on this weekend! Kicking off with our first Twilight Markets for the year, on Sat 12th September from 5:30 8:30pm @ Hampton Oval. Enjoy the cooler evening weather, grab something to eat or drink from our food vendors, select something special from a wide variety of market stalls, listen to the cruisy tunes and entertain the kids.

10.01.2022 WEST COAST EAGLES PLAYERS NIGHT Firstly we'd like to apologise for the late notice, but we have managed to secure Dom Sheed and Brad Sheppard for tonight at... Windy Ridge. The players are available for a Juniors Clinic from 5pm - 5.45pm 6pm - 7.30pm will be inside the Clubrooms for the Players Night, to discuss their careers, Q+A and hold some raffles. We understand this is last minute but would love to see you all down there tonight. Please help us spread the word and make it a great night at Windy Ridge. Adults $20 Entry Kids are Free Bar will be available

09.01.2022 Newsflash Dampier!!!! We have had a special request from the North Pole. We are gathering all Santa letters to deliver directly to the big man himself. No need to worry about Covid restrictions. He will personally respond to All letters Letter box in the Dampier hub foyer from tomorrow 1st until 23 rd. Giving Santa time to respond to all before his big journey starts... Parents any special info please slip into the letter for the elves to see ... Dampier deliveries only Sorry.

09.01.2022 Morning Gardeners, we had a great response to the setting up of our Community Garden Committee, Thank you all. So i suggest we have our first meeting next week , We can meet in the DCA office maybe from 630 til 730 ?? that covers the workers and still not too late. Thursday or Friday folks. Please vote below.

09.01.2022 THURSDAY THROWBACK Dampier Chemist | Dampier Shopping Mall Meryl & Stewart Garrod Date: unknown... Who remembers having the Chemist in the Mall? Do you know what year this was roughly?

09.01.2022 This is the last weekend of drop ins at the Dampier Art Awards Exhibition. Open from 10 am til 2pm, today and tomorrow. Sat 20th and Sunday 21st June. Dampier Community Hall.

09.01.2022 Hey Dampier Ros has been working with Population Helath and has managed to organise a Flu Vac clinic here in Dampier this Thursday 14th May at the Hub. There is limited a number so spots for our most vulnerable residents. please See post below and contact Ros directly to book your spot. Thank you Ros

08.01.2022 On the 1st day of Dampier....

07.01.2022 We are very excited to announce the first of our Winners exhibition at the Dampier Hub Gallery. Our first Artist to display their talent is Yvonne Evey Weller. Eveys piece Climate Wolf won our themed category - 2020 Vision. Come visit her exhibtion at the Dampier Community Hub Gallery ( in the library foyer). It is on display for the next four weeks. All bar 2 pieces are for sale of this extraordinary collection. Catalogue details available directly through Evey. Ex...hibtion open Mon - Firday 9 am to 4pm or by appt. Contact DCA @ [email protected] for future information. See more

07.01.2022 Only a couple of days left. Have your vision for Dampier have its place. Regisiter now. Couldnt be easier

06.01.2022 Our very own Shaun Wigley 5th year he had won our 3D sculpture category at the DAA. This year his piece Ceph didnt disappointment. Amazing piece Well done Shaun. https://m.facebook.com/story.php

06.01.2022 Pucker up Pilbara people! Can you find the Pilbara Mistletoe to stand under with your loved ones?

04.01.2022 Calling All Friends Of Sam It is undeniable that the one thing everyone sees when looking from our foreshore, or leaving our harbour on your boat, here in Dampier is the collection of Palms standing proud on Sams Island. Sam has a place in Dampiers past and present and he and his legacy need our support into the future. There has been lots of chat lately about Who, Where What and How regarding Sams Island. The one clear point everyone agrees on is Sam and his castle is a...n important part of Dampiers history and we need to do whatever is necessary to keep his story, history and legacy strong. The DCA, working with Jaclyn Nicholl, are in agreeance this task is way bigger than one person can manage alone so we have a PLAN. The DCA and Jac are estabhlishing a Friends of Sams Society, operating as a subcommittee of the DCA. We know there is a lot of love and amazing memories of Sam in our community. Lets embrace them, keep them alive and reinvigorate his Island. We regret to inform eveyone for your safety the Island is currently CLOSED as it needs a lot of TLC. But lets do this the right way, we have had not only damage from time and weather but also damage from people disrespecting the Island. This has to stop. With the Friends of Sams established we can plan, support and rehab the space. Please come on board. So call the DCA on 08 91831423. Email on [email protected] or pm directly. We have also established a new facebbok page to share your stories, memories, photos and our plans please check in and share with your friends. https://www.facebook.com/friendsofsamsisland/

04.01.2022 If you've been to the Dampier Town Centre Playspace lately you'll notice the grass isn't in as tip top condition as when this pic was taken! As of Monday, th...e area will be off limits for a few weeks for turf maintenance, and watered frequently until its back on track. In the meantime you can enjoy the Dampier Foreshore Playspaces (except on 25th and 26th, closed for routine inspections) and Dampier Lions Park

04.01.2022 Dampier, there's plenty of front yards in town that you should be proud of! Ready Set Grow entries close on November 11th. Have you got your entry in?

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04.01.2022 Dampier, Finally were ready to formally estabhlish our Community Garden Committee. This will be the driving force behind the initial creation and project management of the Gardens vision conception and establishment. If you are interested please pm below, call the office on 91831243 or call Gill directly on 0400162346.... All you need to be is a passionate gardener, doesnt matter if you are novice or professional come and lets get our hands dirty.

02.01.2022 DAMPIER ART AWARDS Open this weekend, 10am - 2pm. You dont want to miss it!

02.01.2022 The Christmas Dampier Beachside Markets are just around the corner! Support local and browse the numerous Market Stalls for all your Christmas presents. There will be live music, food trucks and rides for the kids. See you there!

02.01.2022 Hi Dampier, Last week the City organised workshops for us the community to have your say for the vision of the further of Dampier, We had a great response to the workshops but with only 2 workshops and many work and sport commitments lots of residents werenot able to attend, so I have attached the a questionnaire which gives you the oppurtunity to still have your say. Take the 5 mins. The future is bright for Dampier.

01.01.2022 Now is the time to be involved and have your say about the future revitalisation and development of the Dampier townsite!