News & Events

Energy at the Ecovillage

After many years investigating various battery options for the Ecovillage we have chosen the Tesla Powerpack. Our decision was based on its success, performance and warranty, and confidence gained from the sheer number of Powerpacks that have been deployed worldwide. The Powerpack battery provides 232kWh, with up to 130kW of ...

Subdivision and creation of lot titles

The subdivision of land has many steps and can take considerable time. For a project of this complexity, there are also many layers to coordinate and the bureaucratic protocols of a variety of government departments to navigate. With the receipt of formal subdivision clearance letters from the Augusta-Margaret River Shire ...

Building Update: October 2020

Long-awaited Ecovillage house designs After much ado, we have now publicly released our suite of pre-designed, tailormade Ecovillage houses. They comprise 16 separate designs that are correctly oriented and sized for each of our three block types (six designs for Groupie lots, five for Cottage and five for Family lots). ...

From The Editor’s Desk: October 2020

Sales, Marketing and Communications Update From where we’re sitting, the view is pretty amazing at the moment, both literally and figuratively. Largely removed from the ongoing Covid turmoil that continues to engulf parts of the world, the general consensus from Margaret River locals seems to be that there’s absolutely nowhere ...

Ecovillager Profile: Paradise Found

By Rachel Clough, future resident of Cluster 1C Around four years ago, we put our Perth Hills home on the market in the hopes of leaving our office jobs and living a simpler life. We’d hoped to build a small eco retreat in Tasmania with some friends but alas the ...

Ecovillage street names approved

Ecovillage street names honour the Wadandi/Pibulmen cultural heritage of the Witchcliffe area We are excited to announce that the Ecovillage now has official street names for Stage 1, 2 and 3 roads approved by Landgate. We have chosen names that refer to the Wadandi/Pibulmen words for various local flora and ...

Stone walls and tree selection

Landscape Update: October 2020 Over the winter, we have been finalising the concept plans for community garden clusters 2A and 2B, which were released on the Ecovillage website in late September.   I’ve been working with Permaculture designer Byron Joel from Oak Tree Designs who has been assisting me with ...

Housing grants to stimulate Ecovillage construction

  Up to $55K in government grants available for Stage 1 buyers The Witchcliffe Ecovillage enthusiastically received the Federal and WA governments’ consecutive announcements last week of stimulus grants valued at $25,000 and $20,000, respectively, for the building of new homes and major renovations, plus an additional $10,000 + stamp ...

The Ecovillage model: A solution for a world turned upside down

  Coronavirus has hijacked the news cycle and social discourse so completely in the last four months that it’s difficult to find anything to read that is not, in some way, influenced by the pandemic gripping our world. Indeed, the unfolding impact of COVID-19 is the catalyst for this article ...