925 native seedlings were planted on the Community Planting Day at Guilderton on 13th June! 19 people gave up their Sunday morning to help plant native seedlings on the Guilderton dunes. We used seedlings grown by APACE from seed that volunteers had handpicked from the...
Water Testing of the estuary was conducted on Friday 5th March 2021. The team from the Department of Water and Friends of Moore River Estuary tested the 5 sites as usual - the river mouth, Silver Creek, Diamond Island, Woodridge and up the narrows. Recent rain...
We did really well again with Clean Up Guilderton and are pleased to report less rubbish everywhere - only 1.5 skips full this year! Again this year, Beldon Scouts camped in Silver Creek and cleaned up that end of the town and river; a team of...
There will be a change of opening hours for the Guilderton Community Library. After lengthy discussions with the Committee we have made the hard decision to only open the library on Saturdays. We have noticed a decline in Wednesday patronage and with winter coming we...
The Guilderton Visitor Centre has been cleaned, spruced up and reopened. Pamphlets for many tourist destinations all over Western Australia are restocked and the shelves are filled with local produce, souvenirs and many items suitable for small presents. Opening Hours are weekends, public and school holidays between...
The seed collecting day in Guilderton on 4th December in Guilderton was a great success. Rachel, from Moore Catchment Council, gets the grants for these events, and all the revegetation the GCA members and friends have done on the north dunes. We last collected 4...
Calling all children to come and join the fun for a Big Painting Activity on Tuesday 5th January 2021 10am - 12pm on the lawn area outside the camp kitchen at the Guilderton Caravan Park. All welcome. Guilderton Community Library See below for printable flyer: [pdf filename="Library-Paint-Activity-Jan-2021.PDF.pdf" title="Big...
Well after these trying times we are pleased to say that the Guilderton Community Library has now been allowed to reopen. There will be strict guide lines that we must adhere to: If you have a cold or flu like symptoms please do not visit. Social distancing...
Thirty-five people came along to the community planting event and planted around 1500 native seedlings. Well done to everyone involved. The volunteers planted seedlings grown from seed the community collected on the dunes a couple of years back - it can't get any better! This community planting event...
The illegal opening of a river in south-west Victoria has resulted in a massive fish kill. A trench was dug through the sand bank between the Surrey River and the ocean at Narrawong. Artificially opening the sand bar at the wrong time can have devastating...