Author Archives: Jo Thierfelder

Deeper water

By Ecovillage Cluster 1B resident, Alex Jolly With increasing housing occupation, spring rains finishing early, and hot spells well underway, it’s a great opportunity to provide fellow Ecovillagers with a high-level overview of how our water system balancing is working against budgets. Precipitation We have a weather station located in ...

Sales Update – November 2023

“Kambarang was abundant this year with a good harvest of native fruits and vegetables, this is largely due to the early heavy rains in June beginning of Makuru season. As we transition into Birak season of reptiles. Also, the longest days of the year, flowering Moodjar tree celebrating the spirit ...

From the Editor’s desk

“Excellence in Sustainability & Affordable Housing was awarded to Witchcliffe Ecovillage – a first in carbon negative community living with a holistic approach to reducing ongoing living costs in our South West. If we had a “Hard Won Victory” category, Sustainable Settlements & Perron Developments would have won that too ...

Village Homes Realty expands choice

Village Homes Realty is a real estate agency working in and from the Witchcliffe Ecovillage Sales Office representing Ecovillage owners who are selling their sustainable homes and vacant lots. If you’re driving around the Ecovillage, keep an eye out for Village Homes Realty FOR SALE signs dotted around the established ...

What’s going on at Kyloring Housing Co-op?

By Eugenie Stockmann – Development Manager, Co-operation Housing Centrally located within the Witchcliffe Ecovillage, Kyloring Housing Co-operative will be a pocket neighbourhood of shared facilities and 25 private homes, designed to promote a healthy lifestyle, accessibility, and social connections, for successful ageing in place. UPDATE: Members and explorers gathered in ...

Witchcliffe Ecovillage wins industry’s highest accolades for sustainability and affordability

Sustainable Settlements and Perron Developments, the team behind the unique Witchcliffe Ecovillage, was thrilled to win two awards for ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Affordable Housing’ and be a Finalist for ‘Masterplanned Communities’ at the prestigious Urban Development Institute of Australia WA (UDIA WA) Awards For Excellence on 16 September 2023. Up against ...

Lot sales update – July 2023

Sizzlin’ Stage 5 sells super fast While we knew we had a backlog of interested buyers for Stage 5, we’re still amazed at how quickly lots have been snapped up, with 20 reserved across the two clusters within weeks. It goes hand in hand with an explosion in media coverage ...

Witchcliffe’s first lantern walk celebrating winter solstice

By Ecovillage resident, Anu Grace On Friday 23rd June, in celebration of the Winter solstice, a parade of lanterns we had made, weaving through our villages, singing and drumming, stopping at cluster sheds to pick revellers up – Harry leading the way with his bird calls. About 50 of the ...

Ecovillage attracts Edible Gardens Festival crowds

The weather gods smiled on the Edible Gardens Festival organisers this year as more than 500 punters came out in force to visit a diverse array of gardens across the Margaret River region. Read the organisers’ wrap-up here: https://ediblegardensfestival.au/edible-gardens-festival-2023-a-huge-success/ There is so much edible garden goodness going on at the ...