Luxury resort suffers direct hit from cyclone One of Australia's most remote luxury wilderness resorts has been flattened by Tropical Cyclone Fina as it crossed the coast as a powerful category three storm. AAP · Nov 24, 2025
Kalumburu welcomes back tourists after three-year closure because of COVID Kalumburu Aboriginal community sits at the gateway to some of the country's more remote and spectacular country, but has turned travellers away since the pandemic emerged in early 2020. ABC News · May 28, 2023
Flooding in Kalumburu, Wyndham and Kununurra causes road closures, disrupts supply of goods The only sealed road into the the region is now closed in both directions, as residents deal with wild weather and empty supermarket shelves. ABC News · Feb 28, 2023
ORIC examines Balanggarra's books amid tensions over long overdue AGM A subsidiary of Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation runs one of the East Kimberley's prized tourism assets, Home Valley. However a series of failed annual general meetings have increased tension among members and sparked calls for more transparency. ABC News · Oct 20, 2022
Crime scares off another Kalumburu nurse, leaving only one in the remote Aboriginal community Normally, there are three nurses in the remote WA community of Kalumburu. Today, only one remains. ABC News · May 25, 2022
Cyclone Anika downgraded as it passes through North Kimberley, no injuries reported Police in the remote WA town of Kalumburu say they had a "pretty rough night" with wind gusts of up to 100kph, but that it only resulted in minor structural damage to a few houses. ABC News · Feb 27, 2022
Cyclone Anika makes landfall in WA Residents in and around Kalumburu have been told to shelter as Tropical Cyclone Anika made landfall in Western Australia's north Kimberley coast. AAP · Feb 26, 2022
Tropical Cyclone Anika moves towards Kimberley coast as Darwin no longer on cyclone watch A cyclone bearing down on the northern Kimberley coast is expected to bring destructive wind gusts of up to 130 kilometres per hour and make landfall to the north-east of the remote WA community of Kalumburu. ABC News · Feb 26, 2022
Tropical Cyclone Anika slowly approaches northern Kimberley coast Tropical Cyclone Anika has formed into a category 1 system and is moving slowly south towards the northern Kimberley coast. A warning zone stretches from Dundee Beach to Mitchell Plateau, including Wadeye, Kalumburu and Wyndham. ABC News · Feb 25, 2022