Without consultation and ignoring reports they commissioned themselves, the State Government extended Cape Paterson’s Northern Boundary.
This means the area north of Seaward Drive is open to MASSIVE overdevelopment. Currently there is a proposal for the addition of over 900 new houses, more than doubling the current size of Cape Paterson. It’s just too much.
FIND OUT THE LATEST, AND HOW YOU CAN HELPUPDATE: March 2025
NORTHERN DEVELOPMENTOn 18 December the Victorian State Government released a revised proposed ‘Protected Settlement Boundary’ (PSB) for Cape Paterson, no longer including the farming land north of Seaward Drive.
This reduced boundary is what our community has been campaigning for so strongly and for so long. Thanks to those who added your voice to those that agree with this decision to revise the boundary back.
We are hoping to hear the result later in 2025.
Report on the AGM; Hoodies and Cape's Summer!
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Our next Working Bee will be
We are again participating in Clean Up Australia Day in the reserve and around the streets of Cape Paterson. Note this working bee is on a SUNDAY - not Saturday.
Alan Birt Reserve BBQ area on Hut View Road starting at 10:30am
You can register with clean up austtralia via their website. https://register.cleanup.org.au/register/clean-up-cape or do so on the day. Please monitor the weather predictions a day before and wear appropriate clothing for the conditions. Sturdy footwear, long trousers and long sleeves are recommended for any cleaning up through the coastal reserve. Rubbish bags and gloves will be provided. We are aiming to finish by 11:30 -12:00 to meet up for a BBQ lunch provided by the CPRRA at the Alan Birt Reserve.
Hot, dry weather.
High temperatures and low rainfall.
Female Common Brown butterflies are flying.
Bowat (tussock-grass) is long and dry.
The Southern Cross is high in the south at sunrise.
"I don't know why, we used to play around the tussock grass. Playing hidey. So they must have been big enough to hide around. And it was nothing to see a snake curled up inside the tussock grass."
Dot Peters, 1999.
