Chloe says – We need you!
This beautiful drawing was done by Chloe, a Year 5 pupil at Cottesloe Primary School. You will find her drawing as the September art work in Town of Cottesloe’s Waste and Sustainability Calendar 2018.
Entries by Sue Freeth
A successful 2018 planting season
CCA’s planting season was a busy two months. We start planting each year in the first week of May as we find seedling survival rates on the Cottesloe foreshore are highest with this plan.
Looking for a uniquely Cottesloe gift?
If you are looking for a uniquely Cottesloe gift for Christmas, Cottesloe Coastcare has just the thing! Our limited edition tea towels feature stunning designs of three of our most attractive local plants and are made of high quality linen.
4000th plant in!
We had a great team from Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA) join us on Tuesday to get the last of our 4000 plants in the ground this year. Mike is showing them our “deep hole” planting technique and the team got on with the job with gusto.
Hidden history
Noongar camps of the western suburbs was the topic of a talk for Coastcare from Denise Cook and Lynette Coomer and it was a full house at The Grove. Denise and Helen’s talk on the camps provided some fascinating insights into a recent but little known piece of local history.
Plastic on our beaches
Clean Up Australia has been going for 27 years and Cottesloe Coastcare is a regular participant. This year we focused on the southern beach starting at Vlamingh Memorial and it was good to welcome some newcomers to the team of Coastcare regulars.
Green Army takes on the dunes
Our Green Army team spent another week with us in July and gave us a finishing boost with their enthusiasm and hard work. At Dutch Inn five year old Thomas Cooper and his mother Karin joined in to help with the weeding.
Celebrating 20 Years!
“Volunteers don’t get paid for what they do, not because they are worthless but because they are priceless.” In 1995 a small group of locals banded together to form the South Cottesloe Coastcare Association to to achieve a more robust and diverse ecosystem for the Cottesloe foreshore. In 2001 it became Cottesloe Coastcare and extended its range along the 4 kilometres of the Cottesloe coast.
2015 planting finished
After two weeks of intensive planting in May and June we now have 3,500 new plants in our natural areas. We had some terrific help from Conservation Volunteers Australia, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Rio Tinto and for the first time the Green Army. The extra hands meant we could achieve so much more.
Sculpture by the Sea
As part of our involvement with local community events, we have supported the annual Sculpture by the Sea exhibitions in Cottesloe for some 10 years, contributing many volunteer hours selling catalogues in marquees.
Summer Sessions Summary
It has been long and hot summer but as you can see from the photos, Cottesloe Coastcare volunteers keep busy. There is seed to collect – some big seed heads such as the Spinifex longifolius are not difficult to gather but as you can see in the photo of the Conostylis candicans that their seeds are very tiny indeed.
Kadjil the Crow man
Mudurup Rocks is believed to be one of the traditional haunts of the crow or warrdung according to Aboriginal oral history. Now the stories from Aboriginal elders have been recorded by Dr. Barb Dobson and Ken Macintyre, local anthropologists with a long connection with Cottesloe.