With all the talk of cyclone season in the North West approaching, I think it is a timely reminder of what we need to think ahead and be prepared. Last year after the Carnarvon Floods, we struggled to get our guests from the south, mostly Perth, into Exmouth. One brave soul, drove an extra 4 hours via Newman and Tom Price and came into town via the inland road!

In your accommodation you will find cyclone information, please read this booklet, be alerted to the radio broadcasts on the ABC North West, be mindful of the ‘alerts’ as colour coded at the Police Station on Maidstone Cres. Make yourself familiar with what is happening around you, and talk to the neighbours if in doubt. Or ring me.

Note that we do refund your accommodation funds should there be a cyclone and you are unable to drive or fly into Exmouth due to tropical storms. Should you just change your mind because the weather is a little stormy or the waters not a blue as usual, then unfortunately we dont deem that as a refundable cause. If the weather is dangerous, then we will refund. Please read your booking terms and conditions, it is fully explained.

Christmas in Exmouth is a warm time of year, we recommend that you are fully prepared for the above 40deg temperatures. It’s not a holiday when you are locked in your airconditioned accommodation.

Seeing as you are all catching an abundance of fish from the waters off the Ningaloo Reef I thought it pertinant to remind you of the Shire of Exmouth’s rules for fish cleaning in the town. This is not done to be heavy handed in any way, but to be mindful of just how aweful fish bits and offal stink when left to rot in the residential streets bins.

There is to be no fish cleaning at any houses, holiday or otherwise. If you do clean your catch at the house, ALL the fish bits and offal are  to be bagged and taken to the offal bins at the Marina, clearly marked. Under no circumstances do you deposit into the bins at your house. Fish cleaning benches are present at Tantabiddi, Bundegi and at the Marina for you to use.

If  you are staying in a holiday house and you do clean your catch at the house (please don’t!) then all evidence is to be removed when you leave. Every fish scale, all fish blood, all smell from the bins, all rubbish.

You will be charged from your bond for any fish bait left behind that needs to be removed and driven to the marina bins, any additional cleaning charges and any trips to the rubbish tip that our caretakers need to make to remove bins from the house.

Please just dont do it!