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Moore Arts is 25 years old in 2019
The Guilderton Community Association will be holding an Easter Music event in Gabbadah Park on Saturday 30th March 2024 from 10 am to 1 pm. This event is sponsored by the Shire of Gingin and will feature an easter egg hunt and live music. There…
Guilderton Arts Council – Easter Art Show and Sales Saturday 30th March 2024Guilderton Arts Council – Easter Art Show and Sales – Saturday 30th March 2024 Guilderton will again be hosting the annual easter art exhibition and sales in the community hall from 9 am to 2 pm. For those new to this event it is held each…
Guilderton Craft Market Easter MondayThe next Craft market in Guilderton will be held in Gabbadah Park on Monday 1st of April from 9 am. Over the summer, there have been a series of craft markets to showcase local talent with many great items for sale. If you are interested…
Saturday 16th December – Christmas Carols in Gabbadah ParkGuilderton Community Association’s annual Christmas carols in the park will be held this year on Saturday 16th December 4 pm to 8 pm in Gabbadah Park. There will be a solo music artist – Colin Ashcroft, Food vans, face painting, a bouncy castle and market…
Art and Craft Market December 17thCome along to our Local Art and craft Market at Gabbadah Park in Guilderton on Sunday 17th December 2023. Locally made Art and craft Products for sale. A fundraising food stall will be onsite. Want to book a stall for the January Market on January…
Kids Nature Activity BookThe new FREE Moore River Kids Nature Activity Book was launched on Monday 10th April in Guilderton with Percy the Pelican acting as a fitting mascot . This new booklet has hours of fun and interesting activities for kids young and old with lots of…
Guilderton Planting DayOn Sunday 18th June 2023, we had a lovely sunny morning on the Guilderton dunes planting native seedlings with the 30 volunteers who came along to help. We intensively planted the final section of the downgraded dunes we’ve been fixing up for the past 4…
2023 Annual Easter Art ExhibitionAnother successful exhibition was held on Easter Saturday with twelve artists displaying their work. There was a wide range of art on show from photography, sculptures, resin art, paintings, cards, figures, mosaics, jewelry and pastels. This is an annual event that aims at promoting local artists…
Guilderton Community Planting Day June 2022Read all about the Comunity Planting Day in June 2022 Rain? WHAT RAIN ! 🤣🤣🤣 It could have waited but nooooooo!!! It absolutely bucketed down !!! But it didn’t deter the determined dozen of volunteers who kitted up and got planting 👍🤩 Nearly 700 native…
2022 Easter Art Exhibition Guilderton WAMoore Arts will hold the 2022 Easter Art Exhibition this year on Saturday 16th of April from 9 am to 2 pm in the Guilderton Community Hall. Displays will include artwork by local artists and art of the locality of Moore River. Craft by local artists,…
Visitor Centre – calling VolunteersThe Guilderton Visitor Centre is situated on the foreshore near the caravan park entrance and is the first place that many visitors to Guilderton go to. It is here you can find information on places to go, attractions to see, where to eat and at…
Clean Up Australia DayClean Up Australia day was held on a beautiful sunny day in Guilderton on 6th March 2022. We had 68 volunteers register for the townsite, divided into a team on the road into town, a team in boats up the estuary, Gingin cubs, joeys and…
Art & Craft Market – Sunday 5th MarchMoore Arts Council will be holding its 3rd Art & Craft market on Sunday 5th March in Gabbadah Park from 9 am to 1 pm. Currently, 16 stall holders have registered and we have a sausage sizzle and coffee van organized. These markets provide an…
Australian Coastal Ocean Radar NetworkAustralian Coastal Ocean Radar Network (ACORN) Did you ever wonder what the rusty old locked container on the northern dunes above The Groyne at Guilderton was used for? It is an ACORN (Australian Coastal Ocean Radar Network) station which uses land based high frequency radar…
Vale John Russell PrincePhoto: John in Darwin 2015 for Australian Clean Beaches Awards It is with great sadness that we report the death of John Russell Prince on September 12th 2021. John was a long standing member of the Guilderton Community Association and was President for several years….
Attention all Guilderton rate payers!The Guilderton Community Association(GCA) looks after the interests of all rate payers in Guilderton by closely perusing the Shire Minutes each month. The GCA is holding the Shire of Gingin good to their promise that all income generated from paid parking fees on the foreshore…
Community Planting Day at Guilderton June 13th925 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…
Clean Up Guilderton 2021We 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…
The Guilderton Visitor Centre is Open again!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…
Seed Collection in GuildertonThe 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…
Guilderton Community Library Now Open Again!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….
Planting Day at Guilderton July 2020Thirty-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…
Julie Polette’s Mosaic Workshop October 2019Julie Polette’s mosaic workshop at the Guilderton Community Hall in October 2019 was a great success and a highlight of Moore Arts activities. Four mother/daughter couples attended – an awesome dimension to a fun and inspirational weekend with Julie. Styles varied from an intricate mandala…
Help needed for the Guilderton Visitors CentreDo you have some free time? Help is needed at the Guilderton Visitors Centre to talk to visitors and locals about Guilderton and surrounding districts. Anyone interested in the environment or history of the local area could learn more and then impart their knowledge to…
Painting Amongst the PaperbarksJude Scott’s Watercolour Workshop in May was the third watercolour workshop held at Guilderton by Jude Scott who is a generous and skilful teacher who is gaining a growing international reputation. On Saturday we learnt about creating a warm and cool background, giving figures movement…
25th Easter Arts ExhibitionMoore Arts celebrated its’ 25th Easter Arts Exhibition this year. An invitation only opening of the annual Easter Art Exhibition was held on Good Friday and a large variety of artwork was displayed. Rob West played to a group of 80 people and Simon Gilby…
Guilderton Cleans UpGuilderton Cleans Up again! On Sunday 3rd March 2019, Guilderton joined in the national Clean Up Australia Day. A team of 8 came along in boats and cleaned the banks of the estuary, a group of 8 4WDrivers cleaned the track between Seabird and Guilderton,…
Moore Arts’ Photography Workshop 16/17 March 2019Moore Arts’ photography workshop on 16/17 March at the Guilderton Country Club was hailed a resounding success by all who attended and even those who didn’t. Topics included a pre-flight checklist for our camera, riverscapes, mastering our mobile, and then high-speed splash and silhouette photography….
Two days of Creative Photography with Master Photographer, Dale Neill,16-17 March 2019Moore Light on the River March 2019 – Guilderton WA Photographing river, sea and macro (close-up photography) using camera and mobiles. Date: 16-17 March 2019 Location: Guilderton Country Club, Wedge St, Guilderton This Work Shop is now fully subscribed! Moore Arts and Dale Neill invite…
Moore Mosaics – Julie Polette WorkshopA lovely weekend was had by students attending Moore Mosaics – Julie polette Workshop (25-26 August). It was the third weekend school to be held by Moore Arts at the Guilderton Country Club this year. We arrived to find an Aladdin’s cave of tiles, jewellery,…
2018 Jude Scott Watercolour WorkshopWatercolours on the Moore River. Jude Scott is an inspiring teacher who is passionate about her art. The plan was to have a mixture of art experiences and take advantage of the beautiful Moore River location. Our first day was spent in the Guilderton Hall…
Nalda Searles WorkshopMoore Arts put on A Nalda Searles Hay Weaving Workshop at Guilderton in March 2018. The reviews printed below sum up a most successful workshop, loved by one and all: Nalda Searles, is a WA Living Treasure and Moore Arts we were honoured to spend…
2018 Easter Art ExhibitionPresented by Moore Arts The 2018 Easter Art Exhibition at Guilderton was a great success with many new artists exhibiting this year for the first time alongside experienced exhibitors. The quality of exhibits was exceptional and the display included a wide variety of…
Guilderton Cleans UpThank you for cleaning up Guilderton! Sunday March 4th saw over 60 people take to Guilderton’s river, roads, beaches, tracks and Silver Creek on Clean Up Australia day. As crowds took to the river and beach for fun, others gave a couple of hours to…
Secret No Longer by John Prince“Secret No Longer ” is the Moore River history written by John Prince. John is a long serving resident and past president of the Guilderton Community Association. Read for yourself what the river mouth has meant to generations of holiday makers in John Prince’s book “SECRET NO…
Jude Scott Workshop September 2017The Jude Scott workshop at the Guilderton Hall on the weekend of 2/3 September 2017 was a resounding success with participants claiming they got so much out of it. The group was fantastic, with ten people enrolled for the two days, some of whom were…
Community Planting Day at Guilderton – June 2017The North Guilderton dunes were once again buzzing with action on Sunday 11th June 2017 for a Community Planting Day. Read all about it in the Moore Catchment Council Media Release… Continuation of Coastal Dunes Revegetation – Guilderton
Easter Art Show 2017NEW ARTISTS ADD COLOUR AND VARIETY Guilderton once again put on an an Easter Art Show in 2017 with a high standard of artwork. The number of artists exhibiting rose again this year, adding to the variety of art displayed with Moore River and its…
Cleanup Australia Day 5th March 2017The Guilderton Community Association worked with locals and the Beldon Scout group to cleanup rubbish from the riverbanks, roads, Silver Creek, foreshore, beach and groyne on Cleanup Australia Day. Forty seven volunteers put in a great mornings work followed by a sausage sizzle courtesy of…
Bush Medicine Workshop Causes a StirBush Medicine Workshop drew a huge crowd to Guilderton to hear Noongar author Viv Hansen impart her knowledge of bush medicine. This was very much a hands on workshop with the making of a balm for tired muscles, a pot-pourri of plants to help respiratory…
Guilderton Community Collects Seed for Future RevegetationThe Guilderton Community joined Moore Catchment Council and APACE Nursery on 9th December 2016 to learn about native plants and collect seed for future re-vegetation projects. See the following PDF for the Moore Catchment Council Media Release… Guilderton Community Collects Seed for Future Revegetation
Guilderton Visitor Centre ShoppingLooking for the perfect gift? Make the Guilderton Visitor Centre your first stop. This rocking Horse, made by Moore Men’s Shed, is for sale at absolute cost of materials, $48. And there are lots more bargains……. Paul and Kaye Moro Metal Art and The…
Guilderton Pyp Grass Management – Stopping the SpreadMissed the Guilderton Pyp Grass Management Workshop? Want to know the answers to what Pyp grass is, why it needs managing and how to control it? Read all about it in the Moore Catchment Council Media Release… Stopping the spread of invasive Pyp grass
2016 WA Volunteer Service AwardsJohn Prince was recognised for having provided 25 or more years of service to the Guilderton Community Association at the 2016 WA Volunteer Service Awards Presentation, held at the Constitutional Centre of Western Australia in Perth on 28 September 2016. The WA Volunteer Service Awards…
Moore Light on the River: Dale NeillMoore Light on the River Photographic Group Photo: Dale Neill Thunder, lightening and hail didn’t deter the Moore Light on the River photographic workshop participants. Photographers sloshed through river mud, shot in the twilight and stumbled through the bush to capture that elusive wildflower. Photographers…
Landcare Projects – Guilderton Restoration of DunesLandcare Landcare is an important part of the overall future plan for Guilderton. Progressive works are in place to restore the foreshore dunes and the ongoing restoration of the northern dunes in partnership with Moore Catchment Council. North Guilderton Restoration Project North Guilderton Restoration Project…
Bernard Carney in Concert 19 March 2016It was clear from the start that the audience was going to enjoy this concert, organised by the Guilderton Community Association (GCA), and supported by The Shire of Gingin. Due to the inclement, unpredictable weather, a decision was made to re-locate from Gabbadah Park to…
Australian Clean Beaches 2015Clean Beaches – Linda Johnson, Gillian Lamont, John Prince and Jennie Anderton (KAB WA) with CB Awards at Parliament House Guilderton took home the iconic Keep Australia Beautiful Australian Clean Beaches Award for 2015, beating Bondi Beach and Burleigh in the process! They also won…
Celebration of Guilderton October 2014Guilderton has always been a special place to many but its wonderful natural assets are becoming more and more threatened from increasing visitor numbers. The Celebration of Guilderton Day on Friday 24th October saw around 80 people from all sectors come together to celebrate three…
Yoodook Karla Kada (Last Fire Hill) StairwayYoodook Karla Kada Last Fire Hill Stairway was opened in July 2015. This magnificent stairway was funded by a grant obtained by the Guilderton Community Association from the Gingin Branch of the Bendigo Bank and by the Shire of Gingin. The stairway has a wonderful…