Category Archives: Witchcliffe Ecovillage

Release of Stage 1 Lot Pricing

So much more than a block of land… The Witchcliffe Ecovillage is far from a standard residential subdivision. If you’re considering buying a residential lot in the Ecovillage, we want to ensure you understand you’re buying a lot more than simply a piece of dirt on which to build a ...

27
Feb
Civil construction: a mammoth coordination effort

The design of a new village requires a huge amount of design information. The Ecovillage design team includes engineers and designers across a range of disciplines including electrical, road, irrigation, stormwater, sewerage systems, communications and geotechnical, as well as wastewater treatment chemists, landscape architects and planners. This team of staff ...

18
Dec
Profile: Ecovillage is changing lives already

To say the Witchcliffe Ecovillage has been dramatically life-changing for me, my husband Jeff, and our two sons Henry (10) and Hugo (9), is in no way an exaggeration. How we came to be captivated by its vision, give up both of our businesses to work for its developer, Sustainable ...

18
Dec
Ecovillage launch format to change

Open Day to make way for a series of smaller events As the Witchcliffe Ecovillage gathers momentum, more and more people are registering their interest and enquiries are increasing. We are thrilled to have such an active group of prospective buyers but it has prompted a rethink of how best ...

18
Dec
Lot pricing in late January 2020

We understand that lot pricing is a critical piece in the decision-making process for prospective buyers. However, we are unable to confirm lot pricing until we have finalised our civil construction tender process. Invitations to tender for civil construction of stages 1, 2 and 3 were sent out in early ...

18
Dec
A trip down memory lane at the Ecovillage

“Very good memories…” “I loved this place…” “Happy days here…” – 80-year-old John Shervington, who was born in Margaret River and spent part of his childhood on what is now the Ecovillage site. The Witchcliffe Ecovillage team was delighted to host a get-together on Wednesday with a couple of special ...

20
Nov
Witchcliffe Ecovillage clears its final hurdle

What great timing to be able to coincide the launch of our fantastic new website with the exciting announcement that we have cleared our final statutory hurdle and the Ecovillage has green lights across the board. We were thrilled and relieved to receive approval late last week from the ERA ...

09
Nov
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From the Editor’s Desk – Oct 2019

New Ecovillage website imminent We had hoped to have our new Witchcliffe Ecovillage website live in time for this newsletter, but as seems to be the nature of things here at the moment, we have hit some delays. This current website has provided inspiration and a comprehensive source of information on the ...

10
Oct
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Community gardens: The heart of daily life

I recently joined the Sustainable Settlements team and have been involved in developing the Stage 1 community gardens from original concept plans to a much higher level of detail. There were a lot of design parameters that needed to be met for each community garden, such as: providing an exclusive use ...

10
Oct