News & Events

Community gardens: The heart of daily life

I recently joined the Sustainable Settlements team and have been involved in developing the Stage 1 community gardens from original concept plans to a much higher level of detail. There were a lot of design parameters that needed to be met for each community garden, such as: providing an exclusive use ...

From the Editor’s Desk – Oct 2019

New Ecovillage website imminent We had hoped to have our new Witchcliffe Ecovillage website live in time for this newsletter, but as seems to be the nature of things here at the moment, we have hit some delays. This current website has provided inspiration and a comprehensive source of information on the ...

Construction update – Oct 2019

We are now well into preparations for commencing our first stage of civil construction work. We are finalising engineering drawings now in readiness for construction tenders and final Shire and Main Roads construction approvals. We are planning to invite tenders for civil works including roads, paths, sewers, electrical and communications services and irrigation mains this ...

‘Boobook Look’ wins sustainability art prize

For the past 14 years, the Margaret River Independent School has held the annual Margaret River Art Auction, where artists, local businesses and the community come together to raise money for the school. Artists donate artworks, businesses sponsor generous monetary prizes, and the community gets to have a party and ...

Streets & Squares – Oct 2019

Since my last update, we’ve been forging ahead on landscape design works and we’re into the nitty gritty of detailed design. My focus has remained on providing great outcomes for the streetscapes, Village Square, soccer pitch and public open space (POS). The AMR Shire has given general support to the ...

Changing the world one conversation at a time

By Pam Gunnell and Ken Dyer (future Ecovillagers) We recently visited the Nannup Flower and Garden Festival and were enthralled, entertained and mentally stimulated by that wonderful ball of energy and wisdom, Costa Georgiadis. His purported topic was ‘Community Gardens’, but the stories he told demonstrated that community gardens don’t ...

Planning & Architecture update – Oct 2019

Village Square Roads Our design team spent several months redesigning the road network within the Village Square to make it easier to find your way around and to make the Square itself more accessible from all directions. These changes meant that our previous subdivision approval was no longer valid. So, ...

Ecovillage Open Day 2019 postponed

The Witchcliffe Ecovillage team regrets to announce the postponement of the Ecovillage Open Day launch until early 2020. While we are very disappointed to bring you this news, we made the difficult decision due to the reality that we just aren’t going to be ready by early November due to ...

Come fly with me (July 2019)

The best way to capture the expanse and beauty of the Witchcliffe Ecovillage is from the air. The new dams are still a little milky due to the freshly cut clay but they should settle into a bright blue colour due to the white clay in the coming months. The ...