Category Archives: Newsletter

Civil construction nears completion

As we get closer to the completion of civil construction for clusters 1A, 1B, 1C and 2B, action on site has been intense. With a lot of kerbing and paths now being laid, we are seeing the fruits of many years of planning and design work rapidly taking shape. Margaret ...

The Ecovillage Community Centre takes shape

We are very excited to have commenced the design process on the Ecovillage Community Centre. This will be the first building within the Village Centre and the social focal point for the Ecovillage, hosting community meetings, workshops, classes, and events that are relevant to the growing community. Leading the design ...

House design reviews are rolling in

Our Design Review process is in full swing, with many residents chomping at the bit to get their house designs approved so they can start building. So far, we’ve issued concept design approval for 30 houses and formal approval for seven of those. Once the approval process is completed, we ...

Homes to suit everyone

We’ve had a lot of interest in and great feedback from buyers on the 16 pre-designed homes that form part of our House & Land Packages. Many lot purchasers are delighted with the original designs and with no modifications are on the fast track to gaining building license approval with ...

Roads, tanks, walls and more!

CIVIL CONSTRUCTION UPDATE – DECEMBER 2020 The civil works program has completed a large amount of work including earthworks and installing services including drainage, sewers, power, NBN pits and pipes. However, up until now, most of it has been buried, so despite the large amount of plant that has been ...

Landscape takes shape

The landscape team is close to awarding the landscape contract, which includes street tree planting, soft landscaping, mulch and turf. Street trees have been ordered from Ellenby Tree Farm and Small Tree Farm and will be planted in winter 2021. They include peppermints, nut trees such as macadamia and chestnut, ...

Lifecycle.house launches at the Ecovillage

At the Witchcliffe Ecovillage, we wanted to take sustainable building design to the next level. After enshrining the basics of passive solar design into our Sustainable Building Design Guidelines, we took the next step of examining the energy it took to create, transport to site, and dispose of various building ...

Exclusive supplier deals for Ecovillage residents

As previously announced in our October newsletter, we have been liaising and negotiating with a raft of leading suppliers to be able to offer exclusive deals and the best pricing on exceptional sustainable products and services for Ecovillage residents. You can find a list of the suppliers offering deals here. ...

Making black gold

If you’ve been following the Ecovillage horticultural updates, you’re probably well aware of how much we value good compost. As such, in our demonstration gardens we have been making and trialling a few different systems to test the quality of compost made and ease of use. Firstly, what do we use ...