News & Events

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 These changes meant that our previous subdivision approval was no longer valid.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 ...

Ecovillager profile: Tim Dwyer and Anne-Marie Hoyne

By Tim Dwyer and Anne-Marie Hoyne We often get asked why we’re keen to live in the Witchcliffe Ecovillage. We lived in Witchy when our children were young and still have family at Redgate and close friends in the area. We love the Capes region, but it really comes down ...

Stage 1 Update – July 2019

As I write, the sun is shining; gifting its warmth and light to plants, animals and humans alike. Sitting on the verandah at lunchtime, the Ecovillage team is is thoroughly enjoying the temporary reprieve from winter’s rain and chill. But it’s that glorious rain that is rapidly filling our magnificent ...

Garden Update – July 2019

The Witchcliffe Ecovillage horticulture team has been very busy this season preparing the demonstration organic market garden, avocado mounds, vineyard and planting out cover crops. Based on the results of our soil tests, we recently ordered and applied a number of nutrient and soil amendments to our 15 garden beds ...

LDPs and BDGs: What are they and why do we need them?

Local Development Plans (LDPs) All residential development in WA is subject to generic design controls set out in the Residential Design Codes (R-Codes). These are approved by the WA Planning Commission and administered by local government. Local Development Plans (LDPs) offer the opportunity to amend some aspects of the R-Codes ...