Working Bee 11 November 2017

The last working bee for 2017 was spent removing Sea Spurge regrowth from the sand dunes at Harmers Haven. We started searching for Sea Spurge seedlings near the Coal Creek footbridge and worked our way eastward for the duration of the working bee.

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Working Bee 14 October 2017

Cassia Street Reserve on the corner of Cassia St and Surf Beach Road was the focus of our October working bee. CPRRA cleared the reserve of blackberries, sweet pittosporum and mirror bush, and extensively planted it with indigenous species in 2013.

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Working Bee 9 September 2017

We had a small but successful Spurge working bee on Sat 9^th Sept with barbeque lunch at the Lifesaving Clubhouse afterwards. It was good to have our President there in person. 

Working Bee 12 August 2017

An enthusiastic band of volunteers completed our last planting for the year in the area between Orana campground and Undertow Beach. 410 indigenous tube-stock with guards were planted by lunchtime. Well done everyone and thanks for making this year’s planting such a great success. 

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Working Bee 8 July 2017

 A big thanks to the 23 enthusiastic volunteers who made our first "planting" working bee for 2017 a huge success. We put in 370 locally indigenous plants ranging from grasses and ground covers to coast banksias which can grow to 10+ metres.

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Working Bee 17 June 2017

 Volunteers continued working in the foreshore area at the western end of Undertow Bay. This area is located between Orana campground and the coast. Woody weeds which had previously been cut down and poisoned by local contractor, Envirogain were cut and stacked to make room for planting.

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Update on development to the North

At 15th March Bass Coast Shire Council meeting the councillors accepted the recommendation of the planning staff and voted unanimously to:

“ defer consideration of the proposed Planning Scheme amendment for Cape Paterson North to a future Ordinary Council meeting pending submission of a revised proposal”

This was expected as, according to the Sentinel Times, the developer had requested a deferral.

Several councillors spoke about the amendment:

• Some councillors raised concerns about the lack of consultation with the community.

• One councillor was uncomfortable with the fact that by rezoning all of the land at once, it would remove any control from future councils for the duration of the project, which could be for the next 30 years or more.

• One councillor was concerned that the developer should have an opportunity to modify the development to try to satisfy the community, and noted that developers should be encouraged to forward proposals. This was supported by one other councillor.

• There appears to be some councillor support for the proposal but community opposition has eroded some of the support for a complete approval.

• The revised proposal is expected to reduce the number of allotments to between 400 to 500 lots.

• The possibility of consultation between the CPRRA and the developer’s representatives is more than likely, and to represent the community we will need your support.

CPRRA members will be sent an email update as soon as we have any more news.