Up to $1 million funding from the State’s Regional Telecommunications Project is approved for the Surf Beaches Mobile Coverage Grants program to help improve mobile coverage for popular surf beaches.
The application assessment process is now complete and Powertec Telecommunications has been awarded grant funding to commission Cel-Fi repeaters at the following 18 priority sites from the Kimberley to the Great Southern regions:
| Sites/Surf Beaches | Region |
|---|---|
| Exmouth Dunes Surf Beach | Gascoyne |
| Lighthouse Bay | Gascoyne |
| Turtles (between Red Bluff and 3 Mile) | Gascoyne |
| Fanny Cove - Esperance | Goldfields / Esperance |
| Cheynes | Great Southern |
| Dingo Beach | Great Southern |
| Greens Pool | Great Southern |
| Mazzoletti Beach | Great Southern |
| Crab Creek area (Yawuru Birragun Conservation Park) immediately West of Broome on Roebuck Bay | Kimberley |
| Willie Creek area / Flat Rock (Yawuru Minyirr Buru Conservation Park) | Kimberley |
| Cape Keraudren | Pilbara |
| Banksia Camp | South West |
| Salmon Beach | South West |
| Bombing range further South of Dolphins | Wheatbelt |
| Dolphins Beach south of South Rocks | Wheatbelt |
| Hangover Bay | Wheatbelt |
| Wedge near Wedge Settlement | Wheatbelt |
| Wilbinga Beach / Wilbinga Shacks | Wheatbelt |