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MAY 2021 VOLUME 8
KAYA COOBY
The Cockburn Aboriginal Reference Group accepts and welcomes the use of Kaya in
the title of the Coolbellup Community Association Newsletter
Cooby Updates
Welcome to our first newsletter for
I loved the idea of Cooby
2021. This year is just flying by.
Fest, and would love to
Normally we get a newsletter out
attend more Cooby events.
around February but here we are in Creates a great sense of
May! Did you make it to the Cooby community. Loved bumping
Fest 2020 in November last year? It into friends and neighbours.
was a very relaxed and enjoyable
event. Estimated attendance for the
event was about 300.
We sent a survey out via Facebook
and received 52 survey responses –
roughly a 17% response rate. Key
suggestions for improvement
included more stalls and more food
vans. Overall there was strong
support for running another one.
We are excited to
confirm that we will run
Cooby Fest 2021 on
Saturday 27th
November 2021.
Contact Cooby Community on:
coobyca@gmail.com PO Box 4073, Coolbellup 6163
https://bit.ly/CoobyCommunity
www.facebook.com/CoobyCommunity
Kaya Cooby May 2021 Page 1
Wine, Cheese and Waste!
Mon 14th June 6.30
Do you get confused about what Mon 14th June 2021
goes in what bin? Are you getting Len Packham Club Rooms.
sad faces on the tags on your bin? 6.30 for a 6.45 start.
Heck, who even puts those tags on To RSVP - respond to
your bin? The Cooby Community event on FaceBook or
Association has organised for Clare email
coobyca@gmail.com
from the City of Cockburn to
facilitate a relaxed, interactive
community session to find out more
about how to recycle in Cooby.
Nibbles and a glass of wine or soft
drink for attendees - please RSVP
for catering purposes.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wine-
cheese-and-waste-tickets-
147393460809
Different light meal
provided every month.
Everyone welcome.
This initiative is a
partnership between
various groups who
provide support to the
community. For more
information, contact
the City of Cockburn
Community
Development Team on
08 9411 3444
Brought to you by local
community groups
working together.
Kaya Cooby May 2021 Page 2
Revitalisation Strategies to
become Neighbourhood Plans...
(There are a few things that have to
happen at WA government level
first.)
We will make sure they consult
meaningfully in Coolbellup during
this process and will keep you
The Coolbellup Community posted about what this will look like.
Association had planned to have a
We expect at least one event in
community conversation about our
Coolbellup so more of us can have
town centre, a follow-on from the 2019
a say.
forum we held.
However, we decided it would be
The ‘Residential Design Guidelines’
more useful to do some research on was also updated as part of the
the 2014 Revitalisation Strategy, and Revitalisation Strategy to help
seek feedback from City of Cockburn ensure that infill development
about progress on its implementation. includes measures to ensure there
are more plants and trees, less
City of Cockburn have advised that paving. You can find it online.
the existing revitalisation strategies
will become ‘Neighbourhood Plans’.
These Plans will focus on
improvements in public spaces and We have a short survey to
footpaths etc. to encourage better find out how you might like
access for all people. The idea is to to get involved and what
create spaces where people from all kind of events you are
communities can meet, relax and interested in:
enjoy the surroundings. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/
CoobyConsult2021
Work will start on this process possibly
towards the end of 2021.
Kaya Cooby May 2021 Page 3
What would you like to see in Cooby?
Responses from the Cooby Fest 2020 Survey
We took the opportunity to add in
questions in our Cooby Fest survey •A better shopping centre.
about what you wanted to see in •A new modern shopping centre
Coolbellup. Here were some of the to replace the old rundown,
responses: uninviting and unsafe one.
•An IGA
I would like to see a Saturday morning village
market in the IGA car park. Very few suburbs
are bounded by main roads to give that village
feel. We have it....A regular Saturday morning
village market in the car park could consist of
six stalls providing consumables to the whole
range of the community. No electrics. Set up
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•Children’s sporting clubs
After school activities
•Less crime, more pride in house and garden
and FOGO bins
Do you want to get
involved and make
some of these ideas •More Aboriginal cultural education sessions
happen? Email us on
coobyca@gmail.com
Kaya Cooby May 2021 Page 4
Cooby School Cooby Youth
Playground Update Services Update
On Monday 3rd May a special
meeting was held to discuss
youth services in Cooby. Present
Last year our Coolbellup Community at the meeting were
School and Learning Centre focused representatives from the City of
their considerable fundraising efforts Cockburn Community
on replacing the playground near the Development, Youth Services,
school. While it is on Len Packham CoSafe and Councillor Phil Eva.
Oval and can be accessed by the Residents with knowledge and
public, it is technically on Education interest in youth also attended
Department ground. The old and as advertised, it was a
playground has had to be de- positive, outcomes-focused
commissioned as it is unsafe. discussion.
The P&C campaigned tirelessly with We did a survey before the
our local member Peter Tinley prior to meeting and 19 people
the election and secured a $95,000 responded - a couple of people
Election Promise to build a new pointed out that we should be
playground. In combination with all talking to youth, and we agree!
their 2020 Fundraising activities
including the Father's Day Stall in We are working on the follow-up
September, the Cooby Fest in and will provide updates as they
November, the Election Day are available. If you want to be
Democracy Sausage in March, they involved just email
have all the funds they need. Work is coobyca@gmail.com. Dads
progressing on the playground now! especially welcome :)
Kaya Cooby May 2021 Page 5
Local Environmental Activities
Free Community Planting Days
Sunday 20th June 9-11am
Saturday 3 July 9-10am
Parking is along Tait Place,
Coolbellup. Follow the signs down to
the site.
Community Open Day
Saturday 12 June 2021, 9am-1pm @ Len All tools, equipment and plants will be
Packham Hall, Coolbellup supplied. Please wear long pants,
Join Rehabilitating Roe 8 for a great enclosed shoes and a hat. BYO water
morning at the Len Packham Hall to bottle. Morning tea will be provided
celebrate the rehabilitation efforts within the and a portable toilet will be available
Roe 8 corridor. You will have the opportunity on-site.
to meet us face-to-face, ask questions,
share ideas and have your say about what
Cockburn Community Wildlife
matters to you in the corridor. Corridor
Let Marissa from Bindi Bindi Dreaming
introduce you to bushtucker
Increase your knowledge about local
weeds and plants led by Diana Corbyn
from the Wildflower Society.
Eco Action will bring a range of little
critters to interact with and will help you
to build your own, DIY native bee hotel
you can take home.
All activities are free PLUS Free Barista Community planting events were held
in April and May - and you can keep
Coffee from Grey Means Well, so put this
an eye out for upcoming events by
event in your diary!
following the Cockburn Community
Wildlife Corridor Facebook page:
Community Survey
https://www.facebook.com/Community
On May 8 the Rehabilitating Roe 8 project
WildlifeCorridor
posted a survey on their website inviting
community feedback on the rehabilitation
and community engagement activities being
undertaken in the corridor.
https://rehabilitatingroe8.org/2021/05/08/we-
want-to-hear-from-you/
Rehabilitating Roe 8 is a state
government funded project in
partnership with community and local From Mark McGowan's Facebook Page
government. 12/5/2021 - decision likely early June
Kaya Cooby May 2021 Page 6
Updates
Capital Works
Unfortunately, there were many
things that got on the way - being
time poor volunteers, not having all
the information we needed to
make decisions etc. and what with
one thing and another we took the
very difficult decision to cease the
project just a few weeks ago.
The City of Cockburn Capital Works We had been quite tied up with
Budget has been presented and the this and other projects such as
Coolbellup items are listed above. Cooby Fest when the 2021-22
Budget Submissions were due so
Resident Associations like ours are we missed that deadline.
invited to provide an annual submission
up to $30,000 for capital works Going forward we will aim to get
projects. more Cooby voices into the next
submission. Keep your eyes out
We went on a huge learning curve with for updates later in the year and
this. We didn’t fully understand the reach out via email or Facebook.
process when we put in for a Please feel free to contact us on
community wall in the 2019-20 budget, email coobyca@gmail.com.
to go between the shops and the
library. We thought it would be an Printing of this
awesome idea to project manage it newsletter is
ourselves so we could make that $30K generously
go further. supported by
City of Cockburn.
Kaya Cooby May 2021 Page 7
EVENTS
Wine, Cheese and Waste
Monday 14th June 6.30 for 6.45 start
Len Packham Clubrooms
FREE information session with City of
Cockburn's Clare Courtauld about how
to use our recycling bins.
Swap and Share
From 10am, first Saturday of the Month
in front of the Library
5th June 3rd July 7th August
Coolbellup Leisure Club
Len Packham Clubrooms - Thurs 9-12
The Coolbellup Leisure Club is a place
for people to socialise and make new
friends. The club meets every Thursday
from 9am to midday
Cooby Eats
6-7pm Len Packham Last Friday of the
month
28th May, 25th June, 30th July, 27th
August
Rehabilitating Roe 8
Open Day 12th June
Try using your phone's
Len Packham Hall Sat 9-1 camera and point to this
Free Community Planting Days QR code or download a
Sunday 20th June 9-11am free QR code reader. It will
take you straight to the
Saturday 3 July 9-10am
Cooby e-news sign-up
Parking is along Tait Place, Coolbellup. page or see link above!
Follow the signs down to the site.
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