News & Events

What’s life like in the Ecovillage? 1
What’s life like in the Ecovillage?

Sometimes it feels a little challenging to answer the question: “What’s life like in the Ecovillage?” Primarily, I am afraid of sounding like a cliché! And secondly, we’ve met so many people who are waiting to move into their Ecovillage homes, or are just starting their design journey, and we ...

19
Aug
Home-schooling: a local experience 2
Home-schooling: a local experience

By Jodie Passmore – Ecovillage Sales Admin, resident and home-schooling mum The Witchcliffe Ecovillage is fortunate to have a great selection of local primary schools in the surrounding area, with excellent bus links to and from Witchcliffe. These include Margaret River PS, Margaret River Montessori, Rapids Landing PS and Margaret ...

19
Aug
Baby doll babies 3
Baby doll babies

It’s lambing season and we have babies in our vineyard! But these are no ordinary white, gangly, bouncy lambs: our Ecovillage Babydoll sheep push the cute factor to 11! The Southdown breed, otherwise known as Babydoll or Teddy Bear sheep with a smile, are an adorable, docile and versatile breed ...

19
Aug
Byron Bay Affordable Housing Summit 4
Byron Bay Affordable Housing Summit

Shelle and I recently had the great honour of being invited to Byron Bay by their Shire Council as the keynote speakers at its Affordable Housing Summit. It was a wonderful opportunity for us to visit the region and see our oldest daughter Amala, who’s been living and working there ...

19
Aug
Ecovillager Profile: South West dreams come true 5
Ecovillager Profile: South West dreams come true

By Paul Jurjevich, Cluster 1A resident and Ecovillage Vineyard Manager My family own a table grape vineyard in the Swan Valley and I was brought up working on the farm. I have always had a strong passion for horticultural practices and aquaculture since I was a child. I remember developing ...

19
Aug
Community takes over the gardens 6
Community takes over the gardens

Landscape Update – August 2022 The blustery, cold weather did nothing to dampen spirits for the milestone event at the Ecovillage earlier this month where key members of the WEV team officially handed over the three beautiful Stage 1 community gardens to their Strata Councils. Special thanks to Chad Elton ...

18
Aug
Ecovillage Lot Sales Update - August 2022 7
Ecovillage Lot Sales Update – August 2022

In addition to residential clusters 4A and 4B, the Ecovillage sales team has a plethora of other lot types and investment options for sale now and coming to market soon. Commercial Lots in Strata A and B – available next week 3C Short Stay / Residential Lots – available now ...

18
Aug
From the Editor's Desk - Commentary 8
From the Editor’s Desk – Commentary

Our last Village Collective newsletter was published in May on the eve of the Stage 4 sales ballot, which seems like a lifetime ago now. Despite what you might think, the WEV team has not gone to Exmouth on holiday like most Margaret River residents, nor have we been hibernating ...

17
Aug
Ecovillager profile: Itinerant film family finds their forever home 9
Ecovillager profile: Itinerant film family finds their forever home

We are Betty, Didi (short for Didier), Aron and Jodie. We got the keys to our place on 23rd December last year and it truly felt like coming home! ...

15
May