May Meeting Eyre Park
A morning meeting in Eyre Park
MONDAY 14th MAY 8am.
Tracy Blaszkow will be there to discuss options for upgrading the playground at Eyre park to be more Kidsafe.
Also Kate Marwick will update us on Calimari’s Restaurant site plans.
Come along with your ideas and input to these two exciting developments.
Perhaps a hot drink and muffin? or a bbq breakfast to warm you up?
March Meeting – art work unveiled
The meeting on March 23rd evening was well attended and there was an enthusiastic response to the first of the sculptures for the public art project.
There was a suitable celebration with a bottle of bubbly to mark this milestone in the effort to see the public art project come to fruition.
It is planned that there will be 5 sculptures made from the old jetty timbers. More funds will be needed to achieve this. Donations please to Jan Waterman, treasurer F.P.A.
A subgroup of Pat Kenrush, Jen Viol and John Wills, in consultation with C of A will devise a plan for placement of all 5 sculptures.
Full notes of the other matters from this meeting will be posted here soon.
March Meeting – New Date
A revised date for the next meeting of the Middleton Beach Group.
Meeting on Friday 23rd March at 5pm at Ellen Cove.
This will be a not to be missed meeting! Anthony McKewan, City of Albany Projects Manager will attend, also John Wills will have his new sculptures for a first viewing and discussion on installation placement.
Come along, with drinks and nibblies if you like, for a community participation
Calamaris Cafe at Middleton Beach
The early morning meeting on 5th March at Ellen Cove to discuss plans for the new look Calamaris was well attended. There was opportunity to see the proposed plans and ask questions, raise issues and explore options.
The Mayor Denis Wellington and councillor Sarah Bowles were is attendance. Their participation was appreciated by those attending. Issues raised will be taken up with council in the ongoing planning for the site.
Special Meeting- Middleton Beach Group
Monday 5th March at Ellen Cove. Time for meeting is 8am
This is a special meeting for the first viewing of new plans for the Calimari Beach Cafe. Here is your opportunity to view these plans and to be part of the consultation. This special meeting has been requested by the mayor in order to move the process forward. Come along and have your say on this important community/tourist facility
March Meeting Middleton Beach Group
This is an early notice of the next meeting of the Middleton Beach Group to be held on March 29th 2012 at Eyre Park at 5pm. Tracy Blaskow from Kidsafe will be there to talk about her ideas to revamp the Eyre Park area. See you all there!
Public Art at Middleton Beach – progress
John Wills is making great progress on the sculptures he is creating from the old Albany jetty timbers. This is a sneak preview of the first one.
February Meeting of M.B.G.
A balmy evening on Feb 15th saw a small but enthusiastic group gather for the first meeting of 2012. Several new members were welcomed and pleasant social interaction included drinks and nibblies.
Jane Mouritz reported on various matters of interest and discussion followed.
Public Art Works. John Willis was unable to attend but has advised that he is working on ideas to create sculptures using some of the timber from the old Albany jetty. Their placement will be agreed later.
Master planning is needed for the strip from M.B. to Emu Point boat pens. The area includes several erosion hot spots. A proposal will be put to council to fund this planning as part of next year’s financial budget in partnership with the Dept. of Transport ( coastal unit).
The bikes on the fence around the old hotel site have been deemed a safety hazard and owners will be asked to remove them.
The new leasee ( Kate) of the cafe at Ellen Cove has been in conversation with council re how to improve amenities at the site. Kate has some exciting ideas.
We will seek permission from Singapore owners of hotel site to erect some public art. If agreed could go ahead with Jen Viol’s idea of ” bed-art” sculptures using more of olad jetty timbers. Donations will be welcomed towards this.
Ken from Emu Pt group joined the meeting . There will be a discussion with experts to consider the erosion problems and coastal management at Emu Point. Jane Singleton has agreed to go to this meeting as the M.B.G. representative.
The next meeting of M.B. G. will be in Eyre Gardens and will include discussions on the designs for revamping this area with Tracey Blaskow to outline her plans for kidsafe play equipment.
Share your Middleton Pictures!
As I’ve been training our new website person Jane, we’ve been talking about how lucky we are to live in such a picturesque location.
Share your Middleton pictures with the Group – and the world, by sending them in to us.
This is one I took of the Endeavour when it visited Albany recently.
The Endeavour. Photo by Andrew Wenzel
We’ll be asking you for your photos soon – so start snapping!
Our first meeting for 2012
The first Middleton Beach Group meeting for 2012 will be held on Tuesday 14th of February from 5-7pm.
The venue is yet to be confirmed, so stay tuned for more information.
We hope to see you there!
