The Winnit Club is a voluntary service organisation that has been going to
Rottnest Island
Rottnest Island ( nys, Wadjemup), often colloquially referred to as "Rotto", is a island off the coast of Western Australia, located west of Fremantle. A sandy, low-lying island formed on a base of aeolianite limestone, Rottnest is an A-class ...
since 1931. 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. Club members raise funds and provide their expertise and labour for many of these requirements.
The club specialises in the construction of access
boardwalk
A boardwalk (alternatively board walk, boarded path, or promenade) is an elevated footpath, walkway, or causeway built with wooden planks that enables pedestrians to cross wet, fragile, or marshy land. They are also in effect a low type of brid ...
s and stairs.
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 and paid the wages of the nurse Fay Sullivan
* The original ‘
Quokka
The quokka (''Setonix brachyurus'', ) is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat. It is the only member of the genus ''Setonix''. Like other marsupials in the macropod family (such as kangaroos and wallabies), the quokka is herbivo ...
Shelter’ and West End board walk
* Installing emergency lighting at the airport
* Restoration of the Oliver Hill Gun Battery
* Installation of stairs at
Bathurst Lighthouse, Salmon Bay, Fay's Bay and Narrow Neck
* Paving of the P Hut and train shed, construction of all the railway stations platforms and shelters
* Painting the seawall twice from end to end
* Maintaining the museum
* Beach access paths and all of the fencing from Villa Kitson to Bathurst Lighthouse
* Restoring the headstones, fencing and maintaining the cemetery
* Survey of the coastal risk signs and developing a database including the GPS location of each sign.
* Constructing the boardwalk at the West End
* Constructing the stairs from Pinky's Beach to the Bathurst lighthouse
* The steps and fencing at Geordie Bay
* Installation of five environmentally friendly toilets costing $650,000 at Parker point
* $141,000 grant fro
Coastwestto construct the walkway and tiered stairs at Henrietta Rocks (in conjunction with the Rottnest Society and the Rottnest Foundation)
[SCRIVEN R. The Rottnest Society, "Henrietta Rocks Project" April 2013 http://www.rottnestsociety.org.au/henrietta_rocks.htm]
References
Further reading
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External links
*{{official website, http://winnitclub.org.au/, Winnit Club
Rottnest Island Authority
Clubs and societies in Australia
Environmental organisations based in Australia
Rottnest Island