Winnit Club
The Winnit Club is a voluntary service organisation that has been going to Rottnest Island since 1931.[1] Primarily the Winnits do work on the island under the direction of the Rottnest Island Authority that benefits all those who use the island for work and recreation.[2] Club members raise funds and provide their expertise and labour for many of these requirements.[3] The club specialises in the construction of access boardwalks and stairs.[4]
Projects
[edit]Some of the activities club members have been involved with include:
- Raised the funds to build the island's first nursing post in 1960[5] and paid the wages of the nurse Fay Sullivan[6]
- The original "Quokka Shelter" and West End board walk[7]
- Installing emergency lighting at the airport[8]
- Restoration of the Oliver Hill Gun Battery[9]
- Installation of stairs at Bathurst Lighthouse, Salmon Bay, Fay's Bay and Narrow Neck[10]
- Paving of the P Hut and train shed, construction of the Oliver Hill Railway station platforms and shelters[11][12]
- Painting the seawall twice from end to end[13]
- Maintaining the museum[14]
- Beach access paths and all of the fencing from Villa Kitson to Bathurst Lighthouse[15]
- Restoring the headstones, fencing and maintaining the cemetery[16]
- Survey of the coastal risk signs and developing a database including the GPS location of each sign.[17]
- Constructing the boardwalk at the West End[18]
- Constructing the stairs from Pinky's Beach to the Bathurst lighthouse[19]
- The steps and fencing at Geordie Bay[20]
- Installation of five environmentally friendly toilets costing $650,000 at Parker point[21][22][23]
- $141,000 grant from Coastwest to construct the walkway and tiered stairs at Henrietta Rocks (in conjunction with the Rottnest Society and the Rottnest Foundation)[24][25][26][27]
References
[edit]- ^ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
- ^ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY Annual Report 2003-2004 p.16 http://www.rottnestisland.com/docs/ria-annual-report/annual_report_0304.pdf?Status=Master
- ^ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY, Annual Report 2011-2012 p.30 http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/3815331a7c782c136ae6675348257a85001669d1/$file/5331.pdf
- ^ SMITH, R. 5th WA State Coastal Conference 2009, "Invaluable Volunteers: Making the most of volunteer contribution to the environmental and cultural wellbeing of Rottnest Island", p.2, http://www.perthregionnrm.com/media/3125/cc-smith.pdf
- ^ Sullivan D The Rottnest Islander (Summer 2008) "Des Sullivan's Rottnest – in his own words" p.11 http://www.rottnestisland.com/docs/default-document-library/Rottnest_Islander_Summer_08.pdf
- ^ The Rottnest Islander (Summer 2008) "When Des was 'King'" p.11 http://www.rottnestisland.com/docs/default-document-library/Rottnest_Islander_Summer_08.pdf
- ^ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
- ^ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
- ^ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
- ^ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
- ^ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
- ^ BACK C. The Rottnest Islander (Summer 2009) ":Tracking down history" p.11 http://www.rottnestisland.com/docs/default-document-library/Rottnest_Islander_Summer%2009.pdf
- ^ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
- ^ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
- ^ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
- ^ MIGNOR G. "Photographs of Western Australia" http://www.mingor.net/localities/rottnest.htm
- ^ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY Annual Report 2003-2004 p.41 http://www.rottnestisland.com/docs/ria-annual-report/annual_report_0304.pdf?Status=Master
- ^ HAMES, K. WA Tourism Minister (February 14, 2012) "Rotto boardwalk uses 2.2 million plastic bags", http://engage.wa.liberal.org.au/item/9048
- ^ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
- ^ DUFFY, E. WA Business News (October 31, 2000) "Volunteers work behind the scenes", http://www.businessnews.com.au/article/Volunteers-work-behind-the-scenes
- ^ Western Suburbs Weekly (December 20, 2011) "Volunteer group flushed with success" p.13 http://www.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/Volunteer-group-flushed-with-success/7610758/
- ^ Joondalup Wanneroo Times (January 5, 2012), "Rangers and Winnits get job done installing toilets on Rottnest Island" p.12
- ^ Comment News (December 27, 2011) "Project is a winner for Rotto" p.1
- ^ ACOTT K. The West Australian "Rottnest wear and tear to be fixed" (January 9, 2012) http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/news/12531216/
- ^ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY "Rottnest Walk Trail Project" http://www.rottnestisland.com/conservation/rottnest-walk-trail
- ^ HUL, C. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY Coastlines (Autumn 2013) "Coastal Protection and Rehabilitation Project at Henrietta Rocks, Rottnest Island", p.3 http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/dop_pub_pdf/Coastlines_Autumn(1).pdf
- ^ SCRIVEN R. The Rottnest Society, "Henrietta Rocks Project" April 2013 http://www.rottnestsociety.org.au/henrietta_rocks.htm
Further reading
[edit]- Sten, Tom (1971), The Winnit story, retrieved 2014-02-17.
- Alannah MacTiernan (7 August 2004). "Western Australia's coast protected and rehabilitated under grants scheme". Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
This project will protect the environmental and social values of a...coastal feature through the formalisation of public access and remodelling/ rehabilitation of a severe dune blowout.
- Alannah MacTiernan (23 June 2008). "Coastwest grants help revegetate, rehabilitate WA beaches". Government of Westerna Australia. Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Government Media Office. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
Replacement of stairs at Rocky Bay. ...Winnit Club...will replace the...stairway to Rocky Bay, at Narrow neck on Rottnest Island...
- "News and notes. Ashes Ceremony at Rottnest". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 13 December 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
...the well-known Winnit Club, which he helped to found.
- "Australian Web Archive. PS News archive. Rottnest boardwalk off drawing board". PS News Network. Western Australian Edition. 21 February 2012. Archived from the original on 16 July 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
...and the Winnits volunteers who assisted in building the structure.