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Join us for our 'Fight Food Waste' workshop series as part of National Science Week 14 - 22 August . Learn everything there is to know about composting, Bokashi bins, worm farms, and reducing your food waste!

Now is the transitional season of Djilba (Aug & Sept), the Second Rains. Season of Conception. Rains fill lakes and waterholes and the weather starts to become warmer again.

Verge Collection Community Workshops

We are reviewing verge collections and want your input! Tell us how we can reduce waste and achieve a sustainable, cost-effective, verge collection system that meets community needs! Come along to one of our community workshops to share your views. Registrations essential.

In person workshops
Wednesday 28 July 2021 - 10am - 12pm
Monday 9 August 2021 - 6pm - 8pm
Tuesday 17 August 2021 - 6pm - 8pm

Online workshops
Tuesday 10 August 2021 - 6pm - 8pm
Saturday 14 August 2021 - 10am - 12pm

Have your say at Comment on Cockburn.

Reducing Food Waste with Lindsay Miles

Did you know that almost 40% of the average household bin is food waste? Want to reduce waste in your kitchen? Learn some tried and tested truths from waste guru Lindsay Miles. Price $5. Registrations are essential.

Saturday, 14 August 2021
9-10.30am
Harvest Lakes Community Centre
Register here.

Saturday, 21 August 2021
9-10.30am
Harvest Lakes Community Centre
Register here.

Worm Farming Workshop

Worms are a great way to convert your kitchen waste into fertiliser. They convert the waste into both liquid fertiliser and castings that are great for plants. Learn all about the art of worm farming with a hands-on demonstration. Price $5. Registrations are essential.

Saturday, 14 August 2021
11am-1pm
Harvest Lakes Community Centre
Register here.

Saturday, 21 August 2021
11am-1pm
Harvest Lakes Community Centre
Register here.

Composting, Bokashi and Your Garden with Amy Warne

Do you want to compost like a pro and make your own fertiliser? Join Amy Warne, an avid gardener and compost guru. You will learn about all the different ways to compost your food waste and other organics, as well as shown a hands-on demonstration. Price $5. Registrations are essential.

Saturday, 14 August 2021
1.30-3pm
Harvest Lakes Community Centre
Register here.

Saturday, 21 August 2021
1.30-3pm
Harvest Lakes Community Centre
Register here.

Gardening for Native Animals Workshop

It’s easy to attract native animals to urban gardens with a few simple tricks. In this interactive workshop we will show you how to choose the right plants, provide water and habitat to make a beautiful home for our native animal friends. Price $5. Registrations are essential.

Sunday, 29 August 2021
1-2.30pm
South Lake Ottey Family & Neighbourhood Centre

Turtle Community Information Sessions

It's turtle season! Did you know that the City’s wetlands are home to a threatened species of long neck turtle?

If you've ever spotted a turtle and wondered what it was doing or how you can help, then come along to one of our community information sessions.

With talks from Murdoch University PhD Candidate Anthony Santoro, WA Wildlife (formerly Native ARC) and guest appearance from Tommy the Turtle. Learn more about these turtles, why they are threatened, what the City is doing to conserve them and how you can help!

Turtle Information Session 1
Saturday, 4 September 2021
2.30-4pm
The Wetlands Centre, Cockburn
Register here.

Turtle Information Session 2
Thursday, 9 September 2021
6.30-8pm
The Wetlands Centre, Cockburn
Register here.

What’s happening in my suburb in 2021-22?

There’s so much happening in our suburbs this financial year. Using feedback and ideas from our local communities, we will be delivering a whole range of facilities, infrastructure and amenities designed to meet the needs of our residents:

New and improved playgrounds
More BBQ’s, shade sails & exercise equipment
More CCTV & security lighting
Street tree planting
And so much more…

And that’s not to mention the new Frankland Park Recreation Centre and ovals, the Treeby Community and Sports Centre or the next stage of the Port Coogee marina expansion.
Find out what’s happening in your suburb.

Waste & Enviro News

$2.2m+ Lotterywest boost for wetlands precinct - The City of Cockburn has congratulated The Wetlands Centre Cockburn (TWCC) and WA Wildlife (WAW) which recently received generous Lotterywest grants totalling more than $2.2 million. Find out more.

Local roads now have LED lighting - The City of Cockburn has converted 231 streetlights on its local roads, replacing them with cost and energy efficient LED lamps. The $187,930 project replaced 231 metal-halide lamps which attract the most expensive Western Power tariff and have an average of 7,000 useful hours compared to that of 50,000 hours for LEDs. Find out more.

State Govt funds for beach erosion trial - The City of Cockburn has welcomed State Government coastal grants totalling nearly $274,000 to help fund projects to address persistent and costly erosion at C. Y. O’Connor Beach in North Coogee, including an engineered reef. Find out more.

La Paleta vouches for Commercial Food Waste Service - Since La Paleta established its commercial kitchen in Bibra Lake in 2012, staff took all the company’s food waste home for garden composting but that all changed last August when it signed up to the City of Cockburn’s commercial food waste trial. Find out more.

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