Good news! Zebra Rock Gallery was announced the Winner of the East Kimberley Small Business Award (Micro Business category) at the Awards Dinner at Lakeside Resort, Kununurra on Friday 14th November.

 

We now go on to represent Kununurra and the East Kimberley at the State finals in Perth on 9th November. Wish us luck!

Wish us well !  We have just lodged a submission for the next round of Small Business Awards for the East Kimberley. We were short-listed the last time, so hoping to win the Micro-Business category this time around. The Awards Dinner is on Friday 14th September, an outdoor event at Lakeside Resort, Kununurra. We will have a table of 8 with Rod (our Principal Sculptor), 'Wanderin Willie', Sculptor and Painter, Dave and Carol (Grounds, Cafe and Gallery) and Bruce and Dianne, Owners, in attendance.

Aksel Kolstad, internationally acclaimed virtuoso pianist, composer and stand-up comedian from Norway, wooed the sell out audience at Zebra Rock Gallery on 29th May 2012. Playing his own interpretations of the classical masters, Grieg, Rachmaninov and Bach, (seeProgrambelow) he entertained with good humor and superb technique. 

 

After playing for the "adults" he put on aChildren's Concertthe next day where he played the part of Mozart and entertained 150 students at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School at the Leisure Centre in Kununurra.

We are not allowed to say this was a "significant birthday" but it was, and even Rod enjoyed the party.

 

Happy Birthday Rodfrom all your friends and admiring rock hounds.

 

The sign in the driveway has been taken down now but the sentiments remain. (Henry was to blame for that). Thanks Henry.

 

 

We received emal greetings from Jennifer Miller Creagh and others too numerous to list.

 

Rod, take care of those two bottled reds, but dont leave them alone for too long either.

 

When I was in Melbourne recently, I visited the Royal Society of Victoria and there in the member's Reading Room was a copy of a recent publication from the Royal Society of Western Australia entitled: 

This 420 page scientific treatise is the Proceedings of a joint RSWA/WAMSI Symposium held in May 2011 and covers topics as wide as heritage, geology, landscapes, beach and barrier systems, coastal vegetation, fish and marine ecosystems, ecology and conservation issues.

This is uncanny.
I logged on to the computer on Tuesday night to post a photo ofCadburyour kelpie dog who had just gone to heaven after dogging me for 18 years, and was met by this email from Backroom Press Inc, a small publishing company in Broome announcing the release of a new book abouttwo Kimberley Kelpies,Sid and Skipper, who go mustering and face a dramatic challenge.

Bruce returned from Broome last month where he visited Johan Pas, naturalist and shell collector. As a result we have 9 new shells on display including a famed "Broome Blue" cowrie. The other 8 shells are Conus (cone shells).