Water Updates

What a difference a year makes!  We had a very mild dry season this year, after the driest on record last year.  We measure our water consumption over the financial year now, as it enables us to capture the whole dry season, and lines up nicely with when the dams ...

Community Shed Handovers – Stage Four

It is always an exciting moment for the Ecovillage team when we hand over the community gardens to a new set of clusters, with landscaping, irrigation, meeting sheds and all final works completed around 24 months after the registration of the strata schemes. Bringing a strata cluster into being in ...

Kyloring Co-operative commences!

If you’ve visited the Ecovillage recently, you may have noticed that construction work is underway on the Kyloring Cooperative (over 55’s and dependent care) project site on the corner of Kyloring Drive and Yornitj Grove. Construction fencing has gone up and earthworks have begun in earnest. It has been really ...

Emerging from Winter – gardening in the Ecovillage

As we move into Kambarang, (also known as the season of Birth) this is definitely the perfect time for getting out in the garden.  In the Ecovillage, every lot in a cluster garden is allocated a substantial Exclusive Use Area (EUA) for growing food. These are beautiful and productive gardens, ...

Vale Jeff Thierfelder

It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of a very important member of the Witchcliffe Ecovillage team and community, Jeff Thierfelder, and send our deepest regards to his family and friends. Jeff and I shared a common dream of creating sustainable and resilient communities—simply better places for ...

From the Editors’ Desk

Hello! Here we are again with another jam-packed edition of The Village Collective, we are now in transition from the colder, wetter Djilba to the warmer Kambarang season. As we’ve seen lately, the rains are easing and the days are longer. The peppermint trees (Wannang), that line the Ecovillage streets ...

Ecovillage Barnhouse build wins Australian GreenSmart Award

A big congratulations is in order – Tallwood Custom Built Homes and Coveney Brown Architects built and designed the Eco Barnhouse – the Winner of the 2025 HIA Australian GreenSmart Sustainable Home of the Year! “The Eco Barnhouse, nestled within the Witchcliffe Ecovillage, stands as a beacon of sustainability within ...

Spring What’s On :

After what felt like an extended winter, Spring has finally arrived – and with it, the perfect excuse to step outside and soak up the sunshine. The days are getting longer, the air is warmer, and nature is waking up in full bloom. It’s time to dust off your gardening ...

Ecovillage sales update – October 2025

At Village Homes Realty we are excited to take responsibility for all ongoing sales on behalf of the developer in the Witchcliffe Ecovillage, taking over from Sustainable Settlements in June this year. This has been an exciting transition for Clare, Michelle and the sales team, engaging with a much broader ...