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
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 all the railway stations 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]
- $141,000 grant from Coastwest to construct the walkway and tiered stairs at Henrietta Rocks (in conjunction with the Rottnest Society and the Rottnest Foundation)[24][25][26][27]
References
- ↑ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
- ↑ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY Annual Report 2003-2004 p.16 http://www.rottnestisland.com/docs/ria-annual-report/annual_report_0304.pdf?Status=Master
- ↑ ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY, Annual Report 2011-2012 p.30 http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/3815331a7c782c136ae6675348257a85001669d1/$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
- Sten, Tom (1971), The Winnit story, retrieved 2014-02-17.
- Ministerial Media Statements. (7 August 2004). "Pandora archive. Media statements. Alannah MacTiernan. Western Australia's coast protected and rehabilitated under grants scheme. Portfolio, Planning and Infrastructure.". Government of Westerna Australia. Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Government Media Office. 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.
- Ministerial Media Statements. (23 June 2008). "Pandora archive. Media statements. Alannah MacTiernan. Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. Coastwest grants help revegetate, rehabilitate WA beaches.". Government of Westerna Australia. Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Government Media Office. 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.
- "Pandora archive. PS News archive. Rottnest boardwalk off drawing board.". PS News Network. Western Australian Edition. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
...and the Winnits volunteers who assisted in building the structure.