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 the Oliver Hill Railway station 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]
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