News
Party time
On Sunday 4th December twenty five Cottesloe Coastcarers and friends met on the Cottesloe Civic Centre lawns for our Christmas get-together. It was a superb evening after a very hot day.
WA Coastal Awards for Excellence 2011
Robyn was delighted to accept an Individual Contribution award at the Dept of Planning’s smart new building in William Street. The award was given for the successful weedy seadragon campaign and 15 years of Coastcaring.
Finding pellitory
After Robyn's post on native pellitory and butterflies Martin asked if it was possible to get native pellitory seed.
Coca-cola’s Grocery WA Team – weeders extraordinaire!
As part of CCA’s Sustainability September, the WA Grocery Team volunteered their Tuesday morning to assist Cottesloe Coastcare complete one of the very important, though less glamorous aspect of their role; weeding!
Yellow Admiral butterflies have arrived!
2011 has been a great year for Yellow Admiral butterflies in Cottesloe. In May 2009, with help from Robert Powell, I sewed seed of a local annual - Native Pellitory (Parietaria debilis) at Cottesloe Native Garden
Congratulations from Sir David!
Today Cottesloe Coastcare received another lovely letter from Sir David Attenborough!!
Good news about our latest project
Cottesloe Coastcare volunteers were pleased to hear that our recent project application to Coastwest has been successful.
Success – Weedy Seadragons protected in WA!
Friday 24 June 2011 the WA Fisheries Minister announced that weedy seadragons (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) will be declared a protected species under new regulations to be put to the WA parliament.
Foundation Day
Last week WA celebrated Foundation Day commemorating the arrival of the first European settlers in WA in 1829. From an early time people, animals and the weather made their mark on the coast at Cottesloe. Robyn's The Goats of Grant Marine Park tells the story of one such interaction....
Weedy Seadragon campaign
It has been almost 18 months since Weedy Seadragons started taking up lots of my time. It has been an interesting, often frustrating but very worthwhile campaign. and it is not over yet!
It’s planting time for 2011
We are well under way with our planting for 2011. You can see in the photos that on Friday 21st May the wet weather and strong wind did not deter a great team of enthusiastic and expert volunteers.
Congratulations to Mike Ewing
Wednesday 11th May was the annual Volunteers Sundowner at the beautiful, jarrah panelled Town Hall at the Cottesloe Civic Centre.