Rove McManus at Side Splitter, who won the $5k, school holiday programs, Summer events and more.
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Rove McManus is coming to Side Splitter!
Are you ready to laugh your socks off? Side Splitter is back! Cockburn’s biggest (and only) comedy festival is taking over the Hamilton Hill Memorial Hall over two huge weekends, 8-9 and 15-16 October. And you really won’t want to miss out on this year’s opening night - the Side Splitter Smörgåsbord featuring the legendary Rove McManus!
In terms of seating, we’ve also stripped out the tiered seating and replaced it with a long table banquet just for you (and all the other guests). Chow down on delicious food, and enjoy the easiest, most conveniently located night out you’ve ever had!
The culmination of 20 years planning was celebrated recently at the opening of the City of Cockburn Wetlands Precinct after providing $6m to fund the upgrade. The unique precinct on the north eastern side of Walliabup-Bibra Lake is home to not-for-profit organisations WA Wildlife (formerly Native ARC), The Wetlands Centre Cockburn and the Bibra Lake Scout Group.
The redevelopment aimed to create a state-of-the-art integrated education and rehabilitation hub featuring elements of Ecological Sustainable Design (ESD). The redevelopment has been enhanced by generous Lotterywest grants of more than $2.2m for vital facility fit out and development of programs and training/education opportunities.
What's at the new wetlands precinct?
A new WA Wildlife hospital and rehabilitation facility
The existing WA Wildlife building renovated for use as a training and education centre
The Wetlands Centre Cockburn building renovated and extended to include a new education room
A 100sqm artificial wetland and jetty, plant nursery and wetland care operations facility
A new Bibra Lake Scout Club shed with dedicated Rovers den
Landscaped walkways and outdoor classrooms
Extra parking, improved traffic and public access.
Join us for a walk, jog or timed run around our beautiful Bibra Lake this Sunday, 12 September. With both 6km and 12km tracks and a range of family activities – it’s a great day out for the whole family. There are dozens of cash prizes, including $130 for the overall winner!  The event will include entertainers, music and activities including the popular Zumba warm up. All are welcome including wheelchair rollers, pram pushers and walkers with pets on leads.  Sunday 12 September, Bibra Lake Reserve, 8.30am start from the corner of Gwilliam and Progress Drives.
Replacement equipment will be installed at 14 Cockburn playgrounds in 2021-22, based on condition reports from yearly inspections. We have prepared several similar replacement options for each playground, and want to know which one you prefer for your local park.
The designs are concepts only and based on providing similar types of play elements that currently exist at the playgrounds. The program does not include adding new things like seating, shade or BBQs. After the feedback period, we will replace the existing playgrounds with the preferred design in the 2021-22 financial year.Â
What suburbs are the playgrounds in? Suburbs where playgrounds are scheduled for renewal include Atwell, Aubin Grove, Beeliar, Jandakot, Lake Coogee, South Lake, Success and Yangebup.Â
For the first time ever, the City is a partner sponsor of the public art festival, Fremantle Biennale, 19-20 November at Coogee Beach. The City is sponsoring a choreographed drone light show re-creating the first stories of Whadjuk Nyoongar Country. Led by emerging Nyungar artist Ilona McGuire, a fleet of more than 160 drones equipped with LED lights will take flight over the river and ocean to tell ancient and living stories of place.
Further artwork's from Australia and around the world will be presented as part of the festival in Fremantle, Cockburn and Melville from Friday 5 November to Sunday 21 November 2021. The festival aims to reveal and celebrate the Fremantle (Walyalup) region’s distinctive culture, community and history.
Thanks for sharing your views on bulk verge collections
In July and August we asked our community for its views on how we do bulk waste verge collections. Thank you to the 1,000 plus Cockburn residents who completed our online feedback form, participated in workshops and visited us at our shopping centre pop-ups.
You told us what was important to you in a service, what you think about the current system and alternative ways to collect bulk waste. We are now reviewing your input. Your feedback will help us understand what we can do to ensure we are delivering a cost-effective bulk waste verge collection service that meets our community’s needs, and meets waste reduction targets for a more sustainable future.
State funding boost for Goodchild Park
Phoenix Lacrosse Club has 570,000 extra reasons to celebrate its 125th anniversary this year, with the State Government contributing $570,000 to the $1m City of Cockburn upgrade of clubrooms at Goodchild Park in Hamilton Hill. Construction will begin late this year and finish by mid-2022.
The upgrade and extension of the clubrooms will help increase participation in sports and physical activity, especially among women with new unisex changerooms, improved toilets, CCTV and passive lighting to safely access the reserve at night.
Nominate to become Mayor and/or a councillor in any of the City's three wards. Nominations close 4pm, 9 September. To nominate call to make an appointment on 0460 292 517 or email LGro_coc@elections.wa.gov.au. Local government elections will be held on Saturday 16 October.Â
After several years lobbying for the project to ease traffic congestion in Cockburn Central, the upgrade to Karel Avenue is complete! The upgrade was vital to free local commuters of a road network that was struggling to keep up with the area’s rapid population expansion, and included:
Widening Karel Avenue to four lanes, creating a dual carriageway from Farrington Road to Berrigan Drive
New dual carriageway bridge over Roe Highway to accommodate track duplication for the Thornlie-Cockburn Link
Removal of a bottleneck at Farrington Road where two lanes previously merged into one
New shared paths between Berrigan Drive and Farrington Road.
The new $6.7m Treeby Community and Sports Centre is taking shape and will be an excellent addition to the town's centre, helping to create a vibrant hub for the growing community of Treeby and surrounding suburbs.
Not only will it help increase local participation in sport and physical activity, the new centre will have a variety of community spaces that can cater for different uses including water based painting and pottery, yoga and meditation, and cooking to name a few. With a modern kitchen and canteen and large function and meeting spaces, the venue can be hired out for all types of events. There is also ample storage available for users of the facility, due to open early to mid 2022.
The lucky winner of $5,000 worth of groceries in our eRates competition with Cockburn Gateway Shopping City was the Marshall family from Cockburn. Congratulations, and thankyou to all who entered.
eRates - an easier, more efficient way to pay your rates
Less paper
Easy to scan electronic tip passes
Easier to file & retrieve electronically.
If you find it hard paying your rates, the City also offers SmartRates which is an easier, more manageable way to pay your rates. You can pay weekly, fortnightly or every four weeks, so your payments are smaller, more regular and more manageable.Â
The City is offering over $1 million in grants, donations and sponsorships for projects that benefit our community. Got an idea? Apply by 4pm, Friday 24 September.
Calling all bin contamination crusaders in Atwell, Bibra Lake, Coolbellup, Hammond Park, Munster, Spearwood, Success and Yangebup. It’s your turn to vie for one of five $200 vouchers!
Our competition aims to reduce contamination in recycling and green waste bins, and the amount of waste that goes into landfill.  To enter our competition, present all three (or two if you only have two bins) of your waste bins with no contamination between now and mid-December. Each time this happens you will automatically be entered into the competition by one of our bin auditors, allowing for multiple chances to win. The five winners of the $200 vouchers will be drawn on 17 December.
Nominate for the Cockburn Volunteer & Citizen of the Year Awards
What does it take to be a volunteer? Selflessness, compassion and motivation? Do you know someone who fits the bill? Nominate them for the Cockburn Volunteer Awards - they could WIN a share of $3,600 worth of prizes! Nominations close 30 September.Â
We are also calling for nominations for Citizen of the Year, an award that profiles leading members of our community who are role models and inspire us with their achievements and challenges. If you know someone who has made a noteworthy contribution during the year, nominate them today.
Register your CCTV camera & keep your community safe
If you have a public facing CCTV camera at home or work and want to help keep your local community safe, register with Cam-Map WA. Cam-Map WA is a secure, comprehensive database of all voluntarily registered CCTV systems across Western Australia. The database is operated and used by the Western Australia Police Force to investigate incidents to improve community safety.
We’re hosting a series of free community networking workshops covering public speaking, marketing, fundraising and volunteering, and the coffee is on us! The workshops are open to all and you don’t need to register. If you have information to share, want to learn something new or just meet your local community, come along, we’d love to see you.
Public Speaking – Tuesday 14 September, 11am-midday, The Vale, Yangebup
Marketing – Tuesday 12 October, 11am-midday, The Quarie, Hammond Park
Fundraising – Tuesday 8 February 2022, 11am-midday, Mooba, Calleya, Treeby
Volunteering – Tuesday 8 March 2022, 11am-midday, The Bistrot, Bibra Lake.
For more information email commdev@cockburn.wa.gov.au
Keep those with dementia safe
Did you know that an estimated 6 out of 10 people living with dementia will wander at least once? Safe & Found WA is a WA Police Force and Medic Alert Foundation initiative to assist in quickly locating vulnerable people. To find out more including how to register your loved one, click the button below.
20m mono hull berth available at Port Coogee Marina  With summer fast approaching, get in quick to secure the last remaining berth at Port Coogee Marina – a 20 metre mono hull. With great facilities and direct ocean access to our local islands, this berth won’t last long. Contact us today on 08 9411 3390 or marina@cockburn.wa.gov
Keep up-to-date on all things Cockburn
Keep up-to-date on everything that's happening in Cockburn, including news reported by other publications. Find out more about what events are on, major projects in the City, community consultations, what our community is up to, and much, much more!
Did you know the City has a Shade Sail Strategy! We know you want more shade sails at playgrounds, so we have a plan. For this financial year, we will be installing 16 shade sails around the City to protect your family, and there's more coming each year!
To find out what's coming to your suburb this financial year, click the button below.
Have you seen our new signs in parks throughout the City? Picking up your dog's poo is part of being a responsible dog owner and community member. Being in a hurry or not feeling like it is no excuse as we all have to share the same space. Our Rangers are out and about patrolling to make sure we all do the right thing. So please, scoop the poop!
What events are on in September and October?
Look out for your Cockburn Events Guide which will hit your mailbox next week! The guide covers our awesome community events that run until April 2022. We also have copies in our Libraries and at the Admin Building in Spearwood.
Please note that some of our events and workshops require bookings, so head to the web page provided above in the links for more details. For more events and workshops visit our website or the 'events' tab on our Facebook page.
