Choose your preferred design - Playground equipment renewals 2024-2025
Did you know there are over 220 playgrounds in the City of Cockburn? Each year, the City has a rolling schedule to renew our playground...
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Previous News Bulletins and Projects
- Jul 6
- 1 min
Annual General Meeting 2024
Sunday 28th July, 3 – 5pm Bistro 21, 21 Ocean Dr, South Fremantle Please come along to catch up with your friends and neighbours and...
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- Jun 6
- 1 min
Your thoughts on Community, Sport and Recreation Facilities
The City is closing the loop and reporting back on what we heard for the Community Sport, Rec and Facilities plan consultation in 2023....
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- Mar 17
- 1 min
Movie Night – This year it's 'Wonka'
SATURDAY 13TH APRIL IN BARROW PARK FROM 5.45PM MOVIE STARTS AT SUNSET There’ll be hot food to buy from the Friends of the Community...
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- Feb 24
- 1 min
Meet your Catherine Point Community Group committee members and neighbours
Gage Park, Reinforcement Parade Sunday 10th March @ 4pm Great chance to chat face-to-face about our current local issues plus an...
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- Dec 19, 2023
- 1 min
Important news about our revised North Coogee Name Change proposal.
Following on from a positive report by City of Cockburn officers, Cockburn Council have voted in support of our proposal to change the...
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- Nov 23, 2023
- 1 min
We Have a New Group Name
South Beach Community Group (SBCG) has now officially changed its group name to the Catherine Point Community Group (CPCG). This follows...
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- Nov 20, 2023
- 1 min
Festive Fun in Barrow Park
Our annual Holiday event is happening on Sunday 17th December in Barrow Park. A Capella West will be leading us with the singing, Santa...
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- Sep 4, 2023
- 1 min
Spring in the Park 2023
Sunday 17th September, 3 – 5pm Barrow Park Fun for all the family with kid’s seedling planting (BYO gloves), face painting, figurine...
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- Jun 27, 2023
- 1 min
Annual General Meeting 2023
Sunday 23rd July, 3 – 5pm, Bistro 21, 21 Ocean Drive, South Fremantle Please come along to catch up with your friends and neighbours and...
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- Apr 22, 2023
- 3 min
A New Catherine Point Suburb?
Suburb Name Change Event – Sun 30th April, 2023 @ 10:00am Please join us on Sunday 30th April, 2023 at 10am for a special community...
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- Apr 3, 2023
- 3 min
Update From Discussions with DevelopmentWA
On 31st March 2023, representatives from the SBCG met with DevelopmentWA to discuss the need for more public open space in the Shoreline...
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- Mar 9, 2023
- 2 min
DEADLINE APPROACHING
Have Your Say! Many of you will have good ideas and a list of priorities regarding the use of City of Cockburn facilities. And the public...
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- Mar 3, 2023
- 2 min
Green Spaces in Shoreline
Update on Shoreline Public Open Space Provision, (Green Spaces) Representatives from the South Beach Community Group met with...
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- Feb 4, 2023
- 3 min
Important Update on the Suburb Name Change Campaign
Recently the South Beach Community Group (SBCG) and the Port Coogee Community Association (PCCA) jointly submitted to Landgate an...
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- Jan 19, 2023
- 1 min
Name Change Latest, January Update
The goal of splitting North Coogee into South Beach and Port Coogee is still being vigorously pursued. To this end representatives from...
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- Jan 13, 2023
- 1 min
Music in the Park on Saturday 28th January
Get your dancing feet ready for this very popular event. Local band Empire Blues will be playing and Friends of the Community Food Truck...
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- Dec 14, 2022
- 2 min
Latest Update on the South Beach Name Change Proposal
Both South Beach Community Group and Port Coogee Community Association are now able to be in direct discussion with Landgate...
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- Dec 14, 2022
- 2 min
The ‘Extra Name’ Option Survey Result
You’ll remember last month we informed you that City of Cockburn were planning to undertake an independent community consultation of...
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- Nov 20, 2022
- 4 min
So, what's happening with that bridge and that sports oval, and that footpath ... ?
Artists impression https://parryandrosenthal.com.au/projects/north-coogee-shoreline-pedestrian-bridge/ At our latest community group...
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- Nov 18, 2022
- 1 min
Come and Join the Fun
Our annual Christmas event is happening on Saturday 17th December in Barrow Park. A Capella West will be leading us with the singing,...
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- Nov 10, 2022
- 2 min
Top Recognition for our Community
The City of Cockburn was a finalist in two categories of the 2022 Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) WA Planning Excellence Awards. It...
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- Oct 12, 2022
- 3 min
Your Suburb Name ... South Beach? Alternative name? Or North Coogee?
There’s been some developments with our Name Change Campaign. Please take the time to read this article fully. And we need your input in...
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- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
Sail Shades for the Pump Track – You Choose
Our kids are loving the Pump Track aren’t they? And the City of Cockburn have allocated funds in the 2022/2023 budget for shade cloth to...
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- Sep 13, 2022
- 1 min
It Must Be Spring!
The veg beds are prepped, the seedlings are in, hands got well and truly muddy. I think our little garden is ready for the sunny days ahead!
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- Aug 16, 2022
- 1 min
Spring in the Park
BARROW PARK, SUNDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER, 3 – 5PM Fun for all the family with kid’s seedling planting, face-painting, and a hands-on painting...
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- Jul 19, 2022
- 1 min
We Need You!
Despite some bureaucratic setbacks with the name change, the SBCG Committee are committed to continue with the goal of returning our...
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- Jul 19, 2022
- 2 min
Footbridge at Shoreline
Here is some news on how the footbridge proposal at Shoreline is progressing … From Paul Gazonne, Senior Development Officer,...
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- Jul 13, 2022
- 1 min
It's Farewell Maja and Hello Jeff
Tonight's committee meeting marked the official handover of the chair to Jeff Pengelly. Jeff has been a staunch supporter and committee...
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- Jul 1, 2022
- 1 min
Snakes and Ladders in Barrow Park
Did you know that this game originated in India and was brought over to Britain and on to Australia around the 1890’s? It’s one hundred...
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- Jun 14, 2022
- 1 min
We're Actively Looking for a New Chairperson
Are you wanting to get more involved in your local community? Well this is the perfect opportunity to help out. If you're interested in...
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- Jun 8, 2022
- 6 min
South Beach and Port Coogee Name Change Campaign. What’s the latest?
As many of you will know, this campaign has been underway for several years now, a lot has been happening behind the scenes, and here’s a...
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- May 30, 2022
- 1 min
We're on Facebook
To help keep you even more up to date with what’s happening in our neighbourhood we now have a Facebook page called South Beach Community...
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- May 5, 2022
- 1 min
SBCG Annual General Meeting
Here is your AGM Document Information Pack Date : Sunday 19th June, 3 – 5pm Venue : Coogee Community Hall, 12 Arlington Loop, Coogee,...
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- May 3, 2022
- 2 min
$30k Community Grant Funding
As you may recall, the City of Cockburn offers community groups up to $30,000 annually to spend on projects in their community. Two years...
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- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
Movie in the Park
Saturday 23rd April in Barrow Park from 5.30pm. The movie will start at sunset. When school girl Emily Elizabeth meets a magical animal...
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- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
First Reef Modules Are Going In
In an Australian first, 135 precast concrete modules each weighing 3.5-tonnes will be craned into place at C.Y. O’Connor Beach this March...
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- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
Nominate a 'Risky Road'
RAC is giving communities to nominate a Risky Road which they might work to fix. As you may know, the South Beach Community Group has...
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- Jan 6, 2022
- 1 min
Engineered Reef for CY O'Connor Beach
The City of Cockburn is planning to implement erosion protection along CY C'Oconnor Beach. The installation will be done in a staggered...
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- Jan 6, 2022
- 1 min
Music in the Park on Sunday 30th January
This very popular event is happening at the end of the month in Barrow Park, and it's going to be a cracker. Local band Empire Blues will...
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- Jan 6, 2022
- 1 min
Solar lights on the CY O'Connor Beach footpath
The City of Cockburn is installing solar lights in early 2022 along a section of the CY O’Connor Beach footpath. Nine lights are being...
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- Jan 6, 2022
- 1 min
The latest on the South Beach name change
Following the report from Landgate and the Geographic Names Committee which did not support the proposal for renaming the suburb of North...
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- Jan 6, 2022
- 1 min
The submissions are in ...
We have now made our submissions to the City of Cockburn regarding projects for consideration in the 2022 – 2023 draft capital works...
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- Dec 19, 2021
- 1 min
Carols in the Park
It was a fun evening all round at SBCG's first ever carols evening in Barrow Park. There was a super turnout of all our friends and...
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- Nov 18, 2021
- 1 min
Holiday Fun in Barrow Park
Sunday 12th December, 5 – 7.30pm Barrow Park, North Coogee, 6163 What great way for us all to get together at the start of the holidays....
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- Sep 3, 2021
- 5 min
Local Green Fingers at Work
Luckily there was a break in the weather which meant our Community Herb Garden planting went really well. Even the kids joined in, they...
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- Aug 16, 2021
- 1 min
New plants are in and the Herb Garden is waiting for you!
August 2021 Cockburn Council have generously donated 65 new native plants for our community spaces. And with the help of our willing...
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- Jun 8, 2021
- 1 min
South Beach – Suburb Name Change Unanimously Approved
May 2021 Quick update on the name change proposal which has been run by Alex. At the recent council meeting on Thursday 13th May, the...
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- Oct 29, 2020
- 1 min
Barrow Park in North Coogee voted Australia's best play space
October 2020 Photo credit : Frank Kotai Story Ben Smith Cockburn Gazette A Perth park containing a bicycle pump track and playground,...
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