Geraldton showcased on WA Weekender

Channel 7 and GWN7 will be screening the Geraldton episode of WA Weekender this Sunday.

Local businesses paid money to GWN7 to have the episode filmed.

The show airs on Sunday at 5.30pm on Channel 7 and GWN7 and will be seen by an audience of about 72,000 people from across the Western Australia.

That's almost one tenth the number of people who watch House Rules.

But City of Greater Geraldton Deputy Mayor, Neil McIlwaine, said the upcoming episode will put Geraldton on the map as a coastal City instead of a ‘wild west town’.

“Geraldton has been in the spotlight of late being called a desert town in the middle of nowhere but this episode of WA Weekender really showcases what our City has to offer tourists and locals alike, so tune in and see if you recognise someone you know,” he said.

Though it was Seven that said Geraldton is a Wild West desert town... so...