Northcliffe Visitor Centre & Public Library

02/11/2024

DANIEL FISHERS MAGICAL WORLDS EXHIBITION IS OPENING TOMORROW 3PM @ PAINTED TREE GALLERY NORTHCLIFFE

If you're in our region tomorrow, come along to the Painted Tree Gallery to be part of the opening of the Magical Worlds exhibition by Daniel Fischer. We have had a few sneak peaks here as the team have been putting the exbition together and can confidently say that it will live up to its name of being a very magical space. Daniels work is so varied, intricate, and full of feeling that it is bound to capture your imagination. If you can't make it to the opening you will still have a month to see this wonder-ful exhibition as it is open until 8 December, 9-3pm daily ✨

Opening of the Magical Worlds exhibition by artist Daniel Fisher

16/10/2024

QUINNINUP 2024 FAMILY FAIR

The Quinninup Community Association is holding their annual Quinninup Family Fair on Sunday, October 27, 2024, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The event will be held on the old school grounds at 1197 Wheatley Coast Road, Quinninup. Entry is free for all, and there will be a variety of free activities, rides, and experiences for children and youth.

It's a true family affair, featuring a wandering magician and music throughout the day. Local produce, arts, and crafts will be showcased and available for purchase.

Food options include donuts, Devonshire tea, barbecue, curry, and lamb on a spit, all available for purchase via food vouchers at the ticket office. Additional snacks such as ice cream, coffee, and popcorn will also be available.

Please note that the Q-Fair is a smoke-free and animal-free zone, so kindly leave your pets at home. Assistance dogs are permitted with appropriate documentation.

Cash is preferred, so please bring some along!

Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy a memorable day!

More information can be found on www.quinninup.net.au

11/10/2024

WILDFLOWER, FARM AND FOOD WALK IN NORTHCLIFFE - SATURDAYS IN OCTOBER

If you missed out on todays wildflower, farm and food walk with Elke in Northcliffe, make sure you book yourself in to one of her walks later this month 🌼

100% of the funds raised from these walks go towards supporting the Northcliffe Visitor Centre to remain open 7 days a week.

WILDFLOWER, FARM AND FOOD WALK TOMORROW IN NORTHCLIFFE
If you're looking for something to do this weekend, we still have spaces for our wildflower, farm and food walk twith Elke tomorrow at 10am.

Contact the Northcliffe Visitor Centre on 9776 7203 to book your spot!

11/10/2024

WILDFLOWERS OUT NOW AROUND NORTHCLIFFE TOWN

See the post below from Blooming Wild about the orchids out now around Northcliffe town. For more information on where to walk, talk to our friendly staff at Northcliffe Visitor Centre 🌼

Photo credit: Jodie Miller NCF

07/10/2024

Hi nature lovers, Blooming Wild Festival has had a few new events added to their line-up so have created a new poster with the latest list. However, as always, if we hear of any more great flora or spring events, they will be added to the Blooming Wild - Southern Forest and Valleys page and website.

For more information on any of the below events see the website events page:
https://www.bloomingwild.com.au/events-3

05/10/2024

Whats On in Northcliffe this October. Thanks Northcliffe Community Resource Centre for the calendar 🤩

05/10/2024

NEXT WEEKEND: Bugs and Blooms Weekend 11-13 October 2024

This years Bugs and Blooms Weekend looks like its going to be a beauty. Here's a summary of the events happening over the weekend in the Shire of Manjimup. For more information see the website:

https://www.bloomingwild.com.au/bugsandbloomsweekend

The Blooming Wild Festival 2024 is organised by Blooming Wild - Southern Forest & Valleys to promote wildflower hotspots and tourism experiences in the South West from September to November each year

25/09/2024

These luscious custom made soaps arrived from Rurale skincare yesterday, thanks to owner Bonnie taking a school holidays road trip, all the way to Northcliffe. Bonnie you're a legend! 😍

In this photo, from left to right we have:
* Northcliffe 100 3D Milk Soap
containing Bannister Downs Dairy milk with a familiar forest fragrance of Australian peppermint oil
* Northcliffe 100 Milk Soap
containing Bannister Downs milk (unfragranced)
* Pemberton Honey Soap 3D
containing South West Honey

We also have the following soaps in stock (not pictured):
* Darkan Wool Soap
containing sheep and ram wool with a relaxing scent of peppermint, lavender, rosemary and eucalyptus
* Pemberon Honey Soap
containing South West Honey
* Nannup Chestnut Soap
containing Chestnut Brae Sweet Chestnut Farm chestnuts plus a refreshing fragrance of tangerine and lemon tea tree

Sorry for the reflections on the packaging... I couldn't quite get the angle right!

Send a message to learn more

25/09/2024

Here's a quick summary of events coming up during the Blooming Wild Festival in the Shire of Manjimup over the next month. For more information on any of these events go to the Blooming Wild website:
https://www.bloomingwild.com.au/events-3
If we hear of any other great flora, fauna or spring events, we will keep you posted 🌼

Update 01.10.2024: we have added a few extra events to our festival so below is a new poster in the comments :)

---original post---

Here's a quick summary of events coming up during the Blooming Wild Festival in the Shire of Manjimup. For more information on any of these events go to our website:
https://www.bloomingwild.com.au/events-3

If we hear of any other great flora, fauna or spring events, we will keep you posted 🌼

Manjimup Visitor Centre Pemberton Visitor Centre Australia Northcliffe Visitor Centre & Public Library

24/09/2024

🌱 Learn how to collect, prepare, and plant native seeds while supporting our local ecosystem!

Seed Collection Workshop - Sunday, 22 September
Seed Collection Busy Bee - Monday, 23 September @ 10am
W**d Identification Workshop - Sunday, 6 October @ 10am
W**d Control Busy Bee - Monday, 7 October @ 10am

Located at Windy Harbour, meeting at the Visitors Shelter. RSVP Essential. Contact the Shire to register (08) 9771 7777

23/09/2024

If you're looking for some activities for the kids these spring school holidays, take a look at these activities being put on by the Shire of Manjimup Libraries for free. RSVP essential as there are limited spaces.

22/09/2024

Paul Irvine's Sundowner Talk is the first event for the Bugs and Blooms weekend this October. Follow the link below for more information and to book your place:

Please book asap for catering by contacting Wendy on [email protected] or text 0434811474

Send a message to learn more

22/09/2024

Beth Bakers photography workshops are always popular on the Bugs and Blooms weekend. See below for more information.

Please book asap by contacting Wendy on [email protected] or text 0434811474 as spaces are limited. Children must be supervised by an adult.

Send a message to learn more

22/09/2024

Good news, the program for the Bugs and Blooms Weekend has been finalised for the weekend of October 11-13. See the link below for more information:

Blooming Wild - Southern Forest and Valleys Bugs and Blooms Weekend

Send a message to learn more

20/09/2024

Walpole Markets are back! See below for dates 😁

2024/25 Walpole Community Markets dates...
Stallholders, please register your interest via this link :)
https://walpole.com.au/markets/

20/09/2024

If you're unable to hike the Bibbulmun Track for whatever reason, check out the link below to hike the track virtually this October from wherever you are. Good luck with your journey 🤩

https://www.facebook.com/share/7UZWfgMNkj8SkPKf/?mibextid=WC7FNe

📸 credit: Jodie Miller NCF - Boorara Tree Temporary Campsite Sep 2024

19/09/2024

Another fantastic activity to take the kids to while you're down in Northcliffe this school holidays. See below for more information:

Send a message to learn more

19/09/2024

We have an exhibition opening tomorrow at the Painted Tree Gallery in Northcliffe at 3pm. The "Amygdala" art installation created by Elmari Styn and Shelley Cowper really does take art to the edges of printmaking with their intricate, delicate, beautiful cocoon like floating paper sculptures... it really is an exhibition that you need to come see with your own eyes. Hope to see you there 🤩

Our next exhibition, Amygdala, exhibition explores breath, memory and emotion.

Created by two respected WA printmakers - Elmari Steyn and Shelley Cowper - the collaboration unfolds as a unique printmaking installation. Exploring thoughts, memories and emotions connected to the transient nature of breath, the exhibition opens on Friday 20th September and runs until Sunday 27th October at the Painted Tree Gallery in Northcliffe. The show is part of the IOTA24 (the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial).

Amygdala showcases Steyn and Cowper’s shared passion for printmaking and their willingness to push creative practice into uncharted territory.

Inspired by the amygdala, the small processing centre in the brain responsible for memory and emotion, the installation is an immersive experience featuring suspended clusters of fragile, layered paper spheres that generate, respond to, and confront personal experiences, thoughts and beliefs. Evoking the barely visible existence of breath, individual artworks coalesce into patterns echoing the fleeting experience of our individual and collective lives.

While both artists have exhibited together multiple times previously, the process of developing Amygdala has taken Steyn and Cowper into a far deeper experience of collaboration. The complexity of the project’s vision and the painstakingly detailed work involved has been grounded in constant interaction and iteration. Reciprocity of ideas and inspiration has meant the project is a true meeting of minds. Geographic distance between Steyn’s Northcliffe home and Cowper’s Perth base increased the challenge of co-design and co-creation, overcome through constant communication. Both artists have tested new materials and creative approaches to arrive at an exhibition that challenges traditional display conventions for the printmaking craft.

Amygdala had a long and slow incubation, with numerous permutations en route. It communicates complex concepts with subtlety and fragility, inviting the audience into the layered nuance of our internal landscapes, the rise and fall of breath, and our desire to shape meaning and memory from existence.

Artist Tony Windberg will officially launch the exhibition on Friday 20th September from 3pm. The opening event is free and open to the public. Both artists will be present and will provide brief artist talks. RSVP through the Southern Forest Arts website www.southernforestarts.com.au.

17/09/2024

Pemberton Trout Fishing festival is happening next month so if you're keen to join in on the fun come along on Sunday 13th October to Big Brook Dam. See poster below for more info:

16/09/2024

Southern Forest Green Tea not only produce delicious green tea but also white, oolong, black and green tea with lemon myrtle. Pop into the Visitor Centre to grab yourself a take home pack.