We apologise for the delay in getting our weekend dates out to you, and thank you for your patience. The committee have been in negotiaions with the Rottnest Island Authority (RIA) regading our working weekends for 2021. Late last year the Society was advised by the (RIA) that due to difficulties in providing staff support for Sundays, the Society’s contributions to environmental works would only be sought for Saturdays.
Initially it was proposed that volunteers would travel
to Rottnest early Saturday morning and return that
evening. However, it has now been agreed that it will
be possible to benefit from the same arrangements
that the Society has been able to offer in recent years.
That is, volunteers will be able to choose to travel to
Rottnest on Friday and return on Sunday. However,
there will be an additional cost compared with
previous arrangements.
For the first working weekend (12th June) only a day
trip will be possble as all accommodation has been
committed to the Goodlife Running Festival.
For the other weekends a number of cabins will be
booked by the Society for the working weekends and
volunteers will be able to choose to travel (free travel
is provided by Rottnest Express) for a day trip on the
relevant Saturday – 7.30am ferry from B Shed,
returning 4.30pm, or stay overnight Friday and/or
Saturday, with ferry times altered accordingly.
Planting and weeding works will take place between
8.45am and 3.30pm on the relevant Saturday.
The RIA has advised us of the dates of the following
five scheduled Working Weekends for 2021:
12th June (50 volunteers)
26th June (50 volunteers)
10th July (25 volunteers)
- 7th August (50 volunteers) - FULL
- 18th September (25 volunteers) - FULL
Details of the accommodation costs can be found on the 2021 Booking form. If you would like to join us, please complete the booking form and email it to therottnestsociety@gmail.com