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The search covers all pages on this Recfishwest web site.

If you don't find what you are looking for on this site, check the Search Tips , Phrase Search , Include/Exclude , Wildcards , Boolean Search and then please contact us. We may be able to help you, or add the information onto one of the pages.

Search tips.

If you're searching for more than one word, like fishing spots, put the words in "quotes", eg "fishing spots".

Check spelling. If the words in your query are spelt differently to what's used on the web site, then the search won't find them. If you search for "Margret River", it won't find "Margaret River".

Normally the search engine tries to locate pages which have exact matches for all of the words entered in your search query. If that fails, it then tries to locate pages which contain any of the words in your search query.

There are several ways to change the search.

Phrase search.

The search engine has three types of phrase search.

1. To match an exact phrase, use quotes around the phrase.
Example: "good fishing spot" will find those words in a sentence like "Trigg is a good fishing spot near Perth."

2. To match a near (within a couple of words) phrase, use square brackets [ around the words ]
Example: [good fishing spot] will find those words in a sentence like "Scarborough is a good beach fishing spot in the Northern suburbs."

3. To match a far (within several words) phrase, use braces { around the words }
Example: {good fishing spot} will find those words in sentences like "Albany has some good beach and rock fishing. Another favourite spot on the South Coast."

Include/Exclude - words which Must or Must Not be present.

If you put + before a word, that word must be on the page. Example: +always

If you put - before a word, that word is must not be on the page. Example: -never

* wildcard

If a query word ends with a * all words on a page which start the same way as that query word will match.
Example: say* will match "say", "says", "saying", etc.

? wildcard

If a query word contains a ?, any character will match that position.
Example: b?g will match "big", "bog", "bag", "bug", "beg", "b2g", etc.

Boolean search.

You can use the following boolean operators in your search:

AND, OR, NOT. These operators MUST be in capital letters.

Example: (contact AND us) OR (about AND us)

This page last updated on 5 May 2007.