Spooktacular Halloween event at the Warmun pool

Residents of the remote Kimberley communities of Warmun and Frog Hollow had a ghoulishly good time at a Halloween party hosted at the Warmun community pool on Saturday night. 

Guests were greeted by hanging skeletons, spiders, and warnings to ‘enter at their own risk’ – with those brave enough to enter being rewarded by a night of spooky fun!

Pool Manager Stephen Waterman said it was a fantastic night at the pool. “Over 70 people attended, there was lots of families and little ones and it was great to see the high level of supervision of the younger kids during the night."

“There were three massive inflatables, face painting, spooky music and loads of cold cut fresh fruit as well. We prepared a massive feed for the crowd which consisted of sausages, fried rice, spooky crispy chicken bites (wontons) and a beef and vegetable dish which everyone loved.”

“I would like to give a huge thanks to all our partners and supporters, without you we could not have these events,” he said. The event was pulled together as a joint effort between Warmun pool staff, staff from Purnululu School (Frog Hollow), and other local community members. 

“A big thanks to Aisyah for organising the food, Richard, our new employee at the pool, for helping with supervision and clean up, and Zenith, who is coming on board soon to work weekends, helped with cooking the barbecue.”

“The principal and teachers from Frog Hollow – Libby, Carol, Amanda – and Libby’s husband Steve who helped with the food, supervision and face painting; Cinda who helped with the food and face painting. It was a fantastic night with all the families coming together and everyone assisting throughout the night.”

The Warmun Pool is one of several pools in remote WA communities that are managed by Royal Life Saving WA as part of the Remote Aboriginal Swimming Pool program. Learn more about the benefits the program provides to communities at the link below.