Relax and enjoy a great afternoon at the Mary Island Fishing Club's popular Sundowners.

Further information  www.maryislandfishingclub.com.au

Shire of Derby/West Kimberley
Phone: 08 9191 0999

This Community Event provides an opportunity for Council to welcome new residents to the Shire of Derby/West Kimberley. It is an opportunity for new and existing residents of Derby and the Fitzroy Valley to engage in an entertaining day sprinkled with local entertainment and sporting activities.

Shire staff and Councillors, local businesses, agencies, community, service and sporting groups are on show to promote the value and opportunities that they can provide to residents of the Shire of Derby/West Kimberley. 

Held at the Derby Sportsman's Club  on Ashley Street (behind the undercover basket ball courts).

A classic fishing competition, staged in April, it covers the waters of the Buccaneer Archipelago. Competitors come from all parts of the Kimberley and Pilbara to partake in the event.

Consider yourself a fine judge of racing flesh? Relish the idea of owning a stake in a winner? Handle the pressure of a close race? You may consider an afternoon well spent in your best thongs on the sprawling lawns at the Mary Island Fishing Club. Rub shoulders with the mud crab catching elite, judge for yourself some of the single strain pedigree mud crabs in the world, give yourself a chance spending time in the winners circle then sit down and “feast on the field”. Enjoy mud crab racing flesh washed down with some of the coldest beer in the Kimberley.

Time: Crabs into the Club by 2.30pm Racing starts at 4.00pm

Cost: Free entry. $10 will buy you a racing crab and also give you a delicious meal of crab and salad at the end of the day.

Derby hosts two race meetings each year. The first race meeting is “Madhatters Day”. A great event to show off the innovative hat designs that Derby race followers create.

Meetings have great racing, TAB and bookmaker facilities, entertainment and of course that game of chance “Two Up”.

Gates open at 11am, with the first race at 1.30pm. Entry fees apply.

Consider yourself a fine judge of racing flesh? Relish the idea of owning a stake in a winner? Handle the pressure of a close race? You may consider an afternoon well spent in your best thongs on the sprawling lawns at the Mary Island Fishing Club. Rub shoulders with the mud crab catching elite, judge for yourself some of the single strain pedigree mud crabs in the world, give yourself a chance spending time in the winners circle then sit down and “feast on the field”. Enjoy mud crab racing flesh washed down with some of the coldest beer in the Kimberley.

Time: Crabs into the Club by 2.30pm Racing starts at 4.00pm

Cost: Free entry. $10 will buy you a racing crab and also give you a delicious meal of crab and salad at the end of the day.

Joanne Moore

“Cup Day”,Come and enjoy all the fun and entertainment on this Derby Cup day  where most of the Derby townspeople, along with a large gathering of visitors, congregate to have a great day out.

Meetings have great racing, TAB and bookmaker facilities, entertainment and of course that game of chance “Two Up”.

Gates open at 11am, with the first race at 1.30pm. Entry fees apply.

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Venue: Lock St/Clarendon St

Time: 4.00pm-5.00pm

Venue: Derby Town Oval

Time: 5.00pm-11.00pm

Watch the cavalcade of colour as the float parade makes its way through the heart of town and kicks off this year’s Boab Festival. Floats are put together by various Community groups and come together as a showcase of Derby.  Don't miss this amazing spectacle of colour. Derby then comes allive with art, food and stalls.  Join a great family night with the fun of the fair-games, rides and lots of entertainment. 

Kimberley Art prize-Open for entries 30th March

for further information email KimberleyArtPrize@sdwk.wa.gov.au  or phone Caz Fyson on  08 91910999

A must for lovers of fine art! The Kimberley Art Prize is one of WA’s longest running art prizes highlighting the Kimberley’s creativity, innovation and artistic excellence. The Shire of Derby West Kimberley has been hosting this art prize for the last 37 years. It is designed to encourage, promote and support artists in the Kimberley.
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Boab Ball and crowning of Boab Festival queen.

Peter Croll
Phone: 08 9191 1104

Gallery open 2pm-9pm

Food and drinks available.

Traditional Corroborees from 6pm.

Tickets on the gate, $10 adults, $5 kids

The Mowanjum Community, situated 12kms out of Derby on the Gibb River Road, warmly invites you to their annual Festival on Thursday 12th July.   Highlights of the night will include traditional corroberees from Mowanjum and Gibb River Road communities, as well as those from the Fitzroy Valley, One Arm Point and others.  This is the largest traditional Aboriginal corroboree in WA that is open to the general public.

For further information contact Justine Walsh 0447 917 282 - email: justine.dadaawa@gmail.com

Visit the original home of mud footy! Mixed teams hit the knee-deep mud and play a style of football that needs to be seen to be believed.  Very messy family fun! Food & Drinks on sale.

A wonderful opportunity to purchase authentic Kimberley artwork at bargain prices.  Famous Derby and Mowanjum artists such as Woolagoodja, Norval, Mungulu, Barunga, Higgins, Umbagai, Croll, Atkinson, Burgu, Kraljevich and Oobagooma will have a variety of work including paintings, etchings, pearl shell and artifacts to go under the hammer. 

Consider yourself a fine judge of racing flesh? Relish the idea of owning a stake in a winner? Handle the pressure of a close race? You may consider an afternoon well spent in your best thongs on the sprawling lawns at the Mary Island Fishing Club. Rub shoulders with the mud crab catching elite, judge for yourself some of the single strain pedigree mud crabs in the world, give yourself a chance spending time in the winners circle then sit down and “feast on the field”. Enjoy mud crab racing flesh washed down with some of the coldest beer in the Kimberley.

Time: Crabs into the Club by 2.30pm Racing starts at 4.00pm

Cost: Free entry. $10 will buy you a racing crab and also give you a delicious meal of crab and salad at the end of the day.

10th 11th & 12th August

FOOD, BAR & ENTERTAINMENT - fees to be advised

10th 7am till 6pm

11th  7am till M/nite

12th 7am till 9pm

Further information go to www.maryislandfishingclub.com.au