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Recycling figures The fantastic recycling efforts by residents across the City are helping cut the amount of waste going to landfill. During the 2018/19 financial year, the City has collected an incredible 22,244 tonnes of recyclables through the yellow-top bin system and more than 80 per cent of those materials were recycled. When it comes to on-demand collection services, the City picked up and recycled 15,669 mattresses that weighed in at close to 630 tonnes. The City also collected and recycled 491 tonnes of whitegoods and a whopping 598 tonnes of electronic waste (e-waste). Through its on-demand services, the City diverted 2,082 tonnes of material from landfill.

Watermans Bay The suburb of Watermans Bay was named after Alfred Waterman, who built the first house in the area in 1908. After World War II, Watermans Bay continued to grow and the area reached its development potential by the late 1960s. In recognition of this growth, the town site was gazetted with officially recognised boundaries in 1964. Some redevelopment got underway in the 1970s, with new homes replacing holiday shacks. Popular destinations in Watermans Bay include Star Swamp Reserve with its diverse range of indigenous flora and fauna as well as Watermans Beach. The suburb is also home to the Mount Flora Museum at Laurie Strutt Reserve. The museum is housed in a former water tank built in the 1940s to provide scheme water to surrounding areas. To discover more about the City’s history, visit the museum on Elvire Street on Wednesdays from 1.00pm to 4.00pm, other times by appointment.

Are you our next mentee or mentor? The City of Stirling’s Kaleidoscope Mentoring Program connects newcomer (migrants and refugees) professionals – known as mentees – with mentors from their chosen industry. Mentors then guide mentees through topics such as industry-specific workplace cultures to help make them job-ready. The program is based on a proven initiative where 70 per cent of mentees have secured professional jobs in a six to nine month period after completion. To date, the City’s program has supported a total of 39 mentees. Applications for mentees to take part in the next three-month cycle are now open. The program is also in need of potential mentors with more than two years of experience in the Australian workforce. Visit www.kaleidoscopeinitiative.com.au/mentorship for more details about being a mentor or a mentee in the program. Read all about it Community newspapers are a great source for City information and local news. For more details on where to find a copy of your local newspaper or where it is delivered, contact: Community News via www.communitynews.com.au/findmypaper or phone (08) 9237 1630 during office hours on weekdays Perth Suburban Newspapers via www.perthsuburbannews.com.au or phone The Voice Newspaper on (08) 9430 7727 or Post Newspapers on (08) 9381 3088 during office hours on weekdays

More honours for Stirling Leisure Centres – Scarborough Beach Pool The awards keep coming for Stirling Leisure Centres - Scarborough Beach Pool. Most recently, the popular facility collected a 2019 Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (WA) Excellence Award. Each year, the awards recognise high calibre projects delivered to the community by local government and the public works sector. This latest win follows two Australian Institute of Architects awards as well as sustainability honours in the Asia Pacific Federation of Project Management Awards and the Australian Institute of Project Management Achievement Awards. Open year round, the facility was also named WA’s first aquatic centre to achieve a prestigious six-star Green Star Rating by the Green Building Council of Australia.

Cool your neighbourhood Did you know that living on a tree lined street can save you money in household cooling costs and increase the value of your property? Tree lined streets not only reduce neighbourhood temperatures by creating an evaporative cooling effect similar to your air conditioner, but also add value to your property by as much as $16,000 or more. Visit www.stirling.wa.gov.au and search ‘trees’ for more about the benefits of street trees and the City’s community tree planting program. KATENA by Architects of Air (UK) From the Guggenheim in Spain to the Sydney Opera House, the monumental and interactive walk-in sculptures of Architects of Air designed by Alan Parkinson have astounded global audiences. After 10 years abroad, the City of Stirling is proud to bring this incredible experience back to Australia! The luminarium offers a dazzling maze of winding paths and soaring domes that meld into an inspiring monument to the beauty of light and colour. The installation is coming to the City of Stirling from Monday 8 July to Sunday 14 July 2019. Visit www.stirling.wa.gov.au/katena for more details.

A look at Watermans Bay settlement in the 1930s

Community drops in for Stirling City Centre

Hundreds of residents attended a recent drop-in day to find out more about the exciting Stirling City Centre project. Set to become Perth’s second CBD, the Stirling City Centre aims to create an accessible, vibrant urban centre that caters for the growing community. At the drop-in day, project plans were on display along with information about the vision for the area and the first step towards making that vision a reality – the extension of Stephenson Avenue. Once complete, the extension will immediately relieve congestion in the area, unlock significant private and government-owned land and ultimately pave the way for the delivery of light rail through to Scarborough Beach. The Stephenson Avenue extension has been funded through the State and Federal Government and is expected to start in late 2019, subject to relevant stakeholder and agency approvals. Visit www.yoursay.stirling.wa.gov.au/SCC for more information about the project.

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