Grenade event in Western Australia, Noonkanbah Station in Kimberley Region area, Australia on Mon 29th August 2022

Two boys found an unexploded WWII hand grenade at Noonkanbah Station, WA A photo shows the boys with the dusty historic explosive near the creek bank Locals have found other explosives in the area, which was a WWII military base Two young boys found an unexploded hand grenade left behind from a World War II military base in Australia's desert. The boys were stunned when they found the grenade three weeks ago near a creek in Noonkanbah Station, 380km east of Broome in northern Western Australia. A photo from Ngaarda Media shows them standing with the deadly wartime weapon that was hidden for more than 70 years. Noonkanbah Station acted as a base for the Royal Australian Air Force and Dutch army during WWII. Aussies applauded the boys for reporting the grenade and called for the government to properly clear the area of explosives. 'What an amazing find and very glad to hear no one got hurt,' one person wrote. 'Pity the military hasn't gone in and cleaned up properly. The govt says nothing out there to see or destroy,' another wrote. 'Clever boys to know it is dangerous, thank god it's all safe,' another said. Other locals such as Irene Jimbidie, who grew up in the area, have occasionally reported finding remnants of the station's history. She said an unexploded bomb was discovered in the 1980s. 'The bomb was found at one of the stockyards,' Ms Jimbidie told Ngaarda Media. 'After they'd done mustering, the horses would have soften the top soil, and this old bomb was sticking out, just the top part.'