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This is where we will keep the community up to date with general activities of the Warrandyte Community Association.
Fire, Flood, Storm – What Next?
Help at hand in Warrandyte EHSS task force Emergency Housing Support Services
Families and elderly isolated individuals are struggling due to the effects of the shut-down and social isolation is taking a toll.A problem is that those in need do not know where to go for help or who to ask for help or even don’t want to contact professional...
MCC Emergency Aware Planning Sessions
As part of Manningham City Council's Emergency Aware program, nine emergency planning sessions have been planned across Manningham with the first taking place in Warrandyte. What: Emergency Aware Planning SessionWhen: Wednesday 9 October 2019Time: 1:00 -...
Annual General Meeting 2019
The 2019 AGM for the Warrandyte Community Association will be held on Thursday 12th September. Details as follows:- What: 2019 WCA AGMWhen: Thursday...
Queens Birthday Honours for Doug Seymour and Jan Davies
Congratulations to Doug Seymour and Jan Davies who have each been awarded an OAM in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours. Both Doug and Jan were founder members of the WCA and are stalwarts in the local community. For more on their achievements, see the article from...
Market News – October
Great October market! Your support helps fund local community activities. The return to the Warrandyte community in awards, grants, donations and jobs created from the Warrandyte Riverside Market in the financial year ended 2018 is a fantastic $153,355! The Manningham...
MCC Amendment C117 – Objection from WCA
The Warrandyte Community Association recently wrote to Manningham City Council, objecting to the proposed planning scheme Amendment C117 - Planning for Manningham's rural areas. View the WCA submission to the Planning Panel hearing,...
Annual General Meeting 2018
The 2018 AGM for the Warrandyte Community Association will be held on Thursday 13th September. Details as follows:- What: 2018 WCA AGM When: Thursday...
Australia Day Honours for Val Polley
Congratulations to Val Polley On her award of an OAM (Medal of the Order of Australia) after a lifetime of service to the Warrandyte community. Val was a founder of the WCA and prominent as a planner, former mayor, environmentalist and stalwart of the Warrandyte...
2018 Warrandyte Festival Writers Wall
Warrandyte has its say on the Festival theme of ‘Streets of our town’.
Eltham Gateway Project
Fantastic turnout! Well done, everyone! Popular revolt against sell off of Nillumbik Council community assets.
Another Win for the WCA
Rob Edwards, Warrandyte Donvale Rotary and Geoff Taylor, Warrandyte LIONS with the Manningham Perpetual Trophy awarded to the Warrandyte Riverside Market Board of Management on Australia Day 2018. The Board of Management is a sub committee of Rotary and includes...
Supreme Court Win A Victory for Ordinary People
The Supreme Court’s dismissal of the appeal in the case of Phillip Mannerheim Holdings Pty Ltd v Nillumbik Shire Council in November was a landmark decision which will be quoted for some time in the future. Whilst this case specifically concerned a proposed...
The emergence of McMansion scale dwelling construction in Warrandyte
A number of max-sized houses are popping up within our generally low density bushland character residential areas. These “McMansions” can be built because our subdivision are older and therefore feature larger lot sizes than the modern Melbourne estate and also...
North East link Authority – WCA notes on the N E Link
North East Link Authority’s Technical Summary of 04 Aug 2017 Extracts and observations. Doug Seymour, WCA member. Local community groups are considering how to respond to the NELA’s 5 Aug launch of its Stakeholder’s update on work undertaken in selecting and planning...