Busy Bee at Redgate Beach

Friday, 20 June 2025 | 9:00 am – 1pm
Location: Redgate Beach – Cape to Cape Track

Event Details

Join us for a hands-on morning of brushing, planting, bush clean-up and coir log placement to help restore and protect a section of the Cape to Cape Track at Redgate Beach. This is a collaborative conservation effort between Nature Conservation Margaret River, DBCA and Friends of the Cape to Cape Track and we’d love your help!

We'll be working just beyond the south end of Redgate Beach, where the new steps lead up to the junction with the old 4WD track, which is soon to be closed to vehicles. The aim is to stabilise the area and prevent erosion while restoring native habitat.

Activities include:

Brushing and planting along the upper track beside granite steps
Laying coir logs to stop erosion above and below the new steps
Track narrowing and restoration to direct foot traffic
Cutting dead Melaleuca for use on-site (chainsaw ticket holders welcome)
Use of a power auger to dig and prepare planting holes

Project Manager Jason Mant (DBCA) will coordinating materials and site work. Do you have a current chainsaw licence? If you’re keen to assist with brush cutting, please contact Jason at jason.mant@dbca.wa.gov.au

Morning Tea / Early Lunch

Nature Conservation Margaret River and DBCA will provide for a light lunch following the working bee.
Please email any dietary requirements to: chloe.deakin@natureconservation.org.au

What to Bring

Enclosed footwear and clothing suitable for outdoor work
Hat and sunscreen
Reusable water bottle
Gardening gloves (optional; some provided)

Expression of Interest – Friends of Redgate Beach

This event will also serve as an opportunity to gauge community interest in forming a Friends of Redgate Beach” group – a dedicated community network to support ongoing conservation in the area.

Contacts

Chloe Deakin (Nature Conservation): chloe.deakin@natureconservation.org.au
Kevin Lange (Friends of the Cape to Cape Track): langek@bigpond.net.au
Jane Scott: janescott@westnet.com.au

We look forward to a great turnout for what promises to be a varied, productive, and inspiring morning of coastal care!