Expansion inspires former Ord construction worker
When Frank Chulung was operating a scraper on the Snowy River Scheme back in the sixties he used to lift the gear box cover just to feel the warmth of the engine, such was the coldness of the mountains.

CAPTION: Former Ord stage one construction worker Frank Chulung stands at the bottom of the massive Goomig Dawang irrigation channel being constructed as part of the Ord expansion.

Police recover man’s body from Ord River
Police on Monday recovered the body of a 30-year-old Kununurra man missing since Saturday night following a boating accident on the Ord River.

Rice bubbles to top of the pops for Ord expansion
Rice is to become one of the Ord Valley’s biggest crops with farmers planning to quadruple plantings in the northern irrigation scheme next year.

CAPTION: Farmer Nick Lowing inspects a ripening rice crop near Kununurra last week. Picture: Nathan Dyer.

SPECIAL REPORT: Agriculture and the Ord expansion
When former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd travelled to Kununurra with Premier Colin Barnett in December 2008 to announce funding for the 8000ha Ord irrigation, he said the nation had to “look boldly and imaginatively about where we turn for Australia’s next food basket.”

Equipment helps check up on newborns
Telethon grants have funded the purchase new paediatric equipment which will allow Kununurra Hospital to test the hearing of newborn babies for the first time.

Columbian crusher keeps Ord rum authentic
A piece of 19th Century technology will ensure one of the East Kimberley’s most iconic products remains one hundred per cent locally produced.