Winnit Club Explained

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 all the railway stations 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]}

Further reading

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• Web site: Alannah MacTiernan . Western Australia's coast protected and rehabilitated under grants scheme . 7 August 2004 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080905004900/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/88576/20080905-1049/www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/pages/galloplaborgovernmentsearchd614.html . dead . 5 September 2008 . Department of the Premier and Cabinet . This project will protect the environmental and social values of a...coastal feature through the formalisation of public access and remodelling/ rehabilitation of a severe dune blowout. . 2014-02-17.
• Web site: Alannah MacTiernan . Coastwest grants help revegetate, rehabilitate WA beaches. . 23 June 2008 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080905004900/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/88576/20080905-1049/www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/pages/recentstatements7e26.html . dead . 5 September 2008 . Government of Westerna Australia. Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Government Media Office. . Replacement of stairs at Rocky Bay. ...Winnit Club...will replace the...stairway to Rocky Bay, at Narrow neck on Rottnest Island... . 2014-02-17.
• News: News and notes. Ashes Ceremony at Rottnest. . . Perth . 13 December 1954 . 2 . National Library of Australia . ...the well-known Winnit Club, which he helped to found. . 2014-02-17.
• News: 21 February 2012 . Australian Web Archive. PS News archive. Rottnest boardwalk off drawing board. . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130716040600/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/20666/20130716-1406/wa.psnews.com.au/archives/archivesfebruary12wa.html . dead . 16 July 2013 . ...and the Winnits volunteers who assisted in building the structure. . PS News Network. Western Australian Edition. . 2014-02-16.

External links

• • Rottnest Island Authority

Notes and References

1. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
2. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY Annual Report 2003-2004 p.16 http://www.rottnestisland.com/docs/ria-annual-report/annual_report_0304.pdf?Status=Master
3. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY, Annual Report 2011-2012 p.30 http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/3815331a7c782c136ae6675348257a85001669d1/$file/5331.pdf
4. SMITH, R. 5th WA State Coastal Conference 2009, "Invaluable Volunteers: Making the most of volunteer contribution to the environmental and cultural wellbeing of Rottnest Island", p.2, http://www.perthregionnrm.com/media/3125/cc-smith.pdf
5. Sullivan D The Rottnest Islander (Summer 2008) "Des Sullivan's Rottnest – in his own words" p.11 http://www.rottnestisland.com/docs/default-document-library/Rottnest_Islander_Summer_08.pdf
6. The Rottnest Islander (Summer 2008) "When Des was 'King'" p.11 http://www.rottnestisland.com/docs/default-document-library/Rottnest_Islander_Summer_08.pdf
7. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
8. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
9. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
10. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
11. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
12. BACK C. The Rottnest Islander (Summer 2009) ":Tracking down history" p.11 http://www.rottnestisland.com/docs/default-document-library/Rottnest_Islander_Summer%2009.pdf
13. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
14. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
15. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
16. MIGNOR G. "Photographs of Western Australia" http://www.mingor.net/localities/rottnest.htm
17. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY Annual Report 2003-2004 p.41 http://www.rottnestisland.com/docs/ria-annual-report/annual_report_0304.pdf?Status=Master
18. HAMES, K. WA Tourism Minister (February 14, 2012) "Rotto boardwalk uses 2.2 million plastic bags", http://engage.wa.liberal.org.au/item/9048
19. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/volunteering-on-rottnest-island/special-thanks
20. DUFFY, E. WA Business News (October 31, 2000) "Volunteers work behind the scenes", http://www.businessnews.com.au/article/Volunteers-work-behind-the-scenes
21. Western Suburbs Weekly (December 20, 2011) "Volunteer group flushed with success" p.13 http://www.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/Volunteer-group-flushed-with-success/7610758/
22. Joondalup Wanneroo Times (January 5, 2012), "Rangers and Winnits get job done installing toilets on Rottnest Island" p.12
23. Comment News (December 27, 2011) "Project is a winner for Rotto" p.1
24. ACOTT K. The West Australian "Rottnest wear and tear to be fixed" (January 9, 2012) http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/news/12531216/
25. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY "Rottnest Walk Trail Project" http://www.rottnestisland.com/conservation/rottnest-walk-trail
26. HUL, C. ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY Coastlines (Autumn 2013) "Coastal Protection and Rehabilitation Project at Henrietta Rocks, Rottnest Island", p.3 http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/dop_pub_pdf/Coastlines_Autumn(1).pdf
27. SCRIVEN R. The Rottnest Society, "Henrietta Rocks Project" April 2013 http://www.rottnestsociety.org.au/henrietta_rocks.htm