News & Events

The story of the Uke Nomads 1
The story of the Uke Nomads

By Laurie Bycroft and Anu Grace, Ecovillage caretakers It’s all quiet here tonight. The land is busy soaking in the steady, sweet rain of the past two days. The garden is in summer lush with sunflowers grinning wide enough to make a blind man see and heady zinnias drooping off ...

27
Feb
Renting, rentals, investments and tourism 3
Renting, rentals, investments and tourism

The Witchcliffe Ecovillage will be a diverse community with a range of housing and accommodation options for everyone regardless of whether you’re an owner occupier, holidaying owner, tenant, tourist or backpacker. The policies, zoning and rules that govern short stay accommodation in particular can be tricky to navigate and are ...

27
Feb
Structure plan changes waiting for Council green light 4
Structure plan changes waiting for Council green light

Sustainable Settlements is proposing to modify the Ecovillage Structure Plan with changes that include: amending the zoning of our Cottage / Short-Stay lots to Tourism increasing the size of the Aged and Dependant Care Housing site to retain some existing trees increasing the density along Bussell Highway to facilitate clusters ...

27
Feb
Landscaping comes to the fore 5
Landscaping comes to the fore

We’re now at an exciting point in the landscape process and have awarded a significant contract to reputable local firm, LD Total South West. LDs will start work in two weeks, planting throughout the Ecovillage public open spaces, community gardens and street trees. We have ordered approximately 100 fruit trees ...

27
Feb
Flourishing polycultures at work 6
Flourishing polycultures at work

Garden Update – February 2021 It’s been a couple of years since we first started on the Kikuyu patch that is now our demonstration garden. Over a steady procession of stages through the seasons it has been transformed into a whole new productive ecosystem showing that you can quite rapidly ...

26
Feb
From the Editor’s Desk - February 2021 7
From the Editor’s Desk – February 2021

Sales & Marketing Update – February 2021 As the world continues to fight battles on many fronts, there is so much to feel grateful for here in our protected little pocket in WA’s South West. The state’s recent five-day lockdown felt like a walk in the park compared to the ...

26
Feb
Civil construction nears completion 8
Bruce “Bruzza” from Kerbing West putting finishing touches on the wide kerb beam through the piazza as the site supervisor, Jamie looks on in the background.
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 ...

24
Feb
The Ecovillage Community Centre takes shape 9
A preliminary concept design of the Ecovillage Community Centre by Coveney Browne.
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 ...

24
Feb
House design reviews are rolling in 10
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 ...

24
Feb