Welcome to the Cape Paterson Residents and Ratepayers Association
We are a group of residents, ratepayers and members who have come together to achieve mutually held goals built around the protection and betterment of Cape Paterson.
Working Bee Volunteers: Please Note
Our upcoming Working Bee will be on SATURDAY 10th February 2024

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Parents' Group Next Date Friday 5 April

Parents' Group

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December 29, 2023

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Cape Conversations February 2024

This edition features:

Covers the AGM , Council's 21 February vote to recommend to set protected settlement boundary to Seaward Drive; updates on the Strategic Plan and Parents' group

Go to the News Page for an archive of past editions of Cape Conversations.

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WORKING BEES

Our next Working Bee will be

Sunday 3 March 2024

What's Happening:

Clean Up Australia Day - Spreading out through Cape Paterson township, beaches and coastal reserve to remove any rubbish that doesn't belong there.

Meet at:

Allan Birt Reserve Playground and BBQ area, Hut View Road, Cape Paterson at 10 a.m. Register on Site or register via Clean Up Australia's webpage https://register.cleanup.org.au/fundraisers/marcikatz/cape-paterson-beaches-and-tracks-44722 BBQ lunch will be provided at the end of this working bee. Note that Parks Victoria land is excluded from this working bee.

Note:

Wear clothes appropriate to the weather conditions / environment that you'll be working in. Some equipment (rubbish bags, gloves) will be provided.

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NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT

The Bass Coast SPP (Statement of Planning Policy) / DAL (Distinctive Areas and Landscapes) hearings closed on 27 April 2023.

The committee advising the Minister for Planning is currently reviewing the evidence and submissions from the last year and submitted a report in late June 2023. See the Victorian government website for a whole of shire overview.

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Iuk Eel Season

March

Hot winds cease and temperatures cool.  Iuk (eels) are fat and ready to harvest.
Binap (Manna Gum) is flowering.
Days and nights are of equal length.
Lo-An Tuka, the Hunter, is the star Canopus, seen almost due south at sunset.

'We used to set a fishing line at night time, mostly in the lagoons. We got eels out of that… they'd go down to where Badger Creek runs into the Yarra. If eels were running that plentiful they'd make a net and put that in.' Martha Nevin, 1969.