Landscape Update – April 2021

There’s just so much happening in the landscape office as we head into the cooler weather and gear up for the start of planting. Completed salt-finished concrete footpaths and magnificent stone walls now wind their way through the Village square defining and embracing the space. Boulders and rocks have been ...

20
Apr
Community Gardens Update – April 2021

Garden soil preparation begins in Stages 1-2 I’m happy to say that initial preparation on the exclusive use areas (EUAs) and community gardens is underway. This is where the soil testing and methodologies that we have been successfully undertaking in the Ecovillage demonstration garden come together to (eventually) bear fruit ...

20
Apr
True Ecovillage pioneers: Michael and Britta Sorensen

Hello, we are Michael and Britta Sorensen and Flot the dog. We will be moving onto a cottage lot in cluster 1B, but we are seasoned locals already having lived in Margaret River for the last 26 years. Michael is originally from Perth and has spent some time in Europe. ...

20
Apr
Who is a Witchcliffe Ecovillager?

It’s been a fascinating process delving into the demographics of our future Ecovillage residents. We’re finding that enquiries and current buyers are originating from Perth and our local South West region in a fairly even split. A dozen or so future residents are joining us from the eastern states and ...

20
Apr
First Ecovillage Community Sundowner brings residents together

I know I say this all the time, but the excitement really IS building (literally and metaphorically) at the Witchcliffe Ecovillage. Nowhere was it more evident than at our very first Ecovillage Community ‘Meet Your Neighbours’ Sundowner, which we held on the lawn our front of the Ecovillage office on ...

20
Apr
Marron Whispering at the Ecovillage

Mike Hulme (Ecovillage developer) is never one to pass up an opportunity to get out from behind his desk and get his hands dirty, in this case, quite literally! He and Paul Jurjevich (Ecovillage vigneron) were only too happy to wade into the mud of the middle dam to retrieve ...

20
Apr
The story of the Uke Nomads

By Laurie Bycroft and Anu Grace, Ecovillage caretakers It’s all quiet here tonight. The land is busy soaking in the steady, sweet rain of the past two days. The garden is in summer lush with sunflowers grinning wide enough to make a blind man see and heady zinnias drooping off ...

27
Feb
Renting, rentals, investments and tourism

The Witchcliffe Ecovillage will be a diverse community with a range of housing and accommodation options for everyone regardless of whether you’re an owner occupier, holidaying owner, tenant, tourist or backpacker. The policies, zoning and rules that govern short stay accommodation in particular can be tricky to navigate and are ...

27
Feb
Structure plan changes waiting for Council green light

Sustainable Settlements is proposing to modify the Ecovillage Structure Plan with changes that include: amending the zoning of our Cottage / Short-Stay lots to Tourism increasing the size of the Aged and Dependant Care Housing site to retain some existing trees increasing the density along Bussell Highway to facilitate clusters ...

27
Feb