Community

Northcliffe is an energetic and resilient rural community with a strong emphasis on do it yourself. This web site is just one of many projects undertaken to benefit the community and promote our town to visitors and those seeking a clean, healthy, beautiful place to live.
Our small community of about 800 residents has over fifty community groups and services.

Click on a name below for more information. Please contact us for changes and corrections

Anglican Church	Cricket Club	Maze Park	Northcliffe Shire Councillor
Arts Association	Crowea Club	Museum	Southern Forest Arts
Arts and crafts	Dairy Discussion Group	Netball Club	St John Ambulance
Badminton Club	Darts Club	Northcliffe for Future Generations	St Joseph's Catholic Church
Basketball Club	District High School	Northcliffe Information and Visitor Centre (NIVC)	Telecentre
Book Club	Family Centre	Parents and Citizens District High School	Tennis Club
Bowling Club	Fire and Rescue Service of WA	Pemberton Basketball	Town Hall Management Committee
Bush Fire Service	Forest Park Committee	Playgroup	Uniting Church Ladies Fellowship
Interpretative and Cultural Centre (NICC)	Four-year-old Playgroup	Post Office	United Soccer Club
Deapartment of Environment and Conservation	Free Speech Inc	Public Library	Vacation Care
Catchment Group	Friends of Jane	Recreation Association	Visitor Centre
Church of Christ	Golf Club	Red Cross	Warren Literary Society
Country Women's Association	Hospital Board and Nursing Post	Retirement Village	Windy Harbour Advisory Board
Community Development Group	Karri Country Good Food		Workers Club
	Karri Kids Child Care		Youth Voice

Contact person	Organisation Name and description
Laraine Minchin 9776 7186	Anglican Church
Dianna Moss 9776 7308 dianamoss@westnet.com.au	Arts Association Organises art, music and theatrical events. Runs a film club.
Fiona Dickson 9776 7221	Arts and Craft Group	top
Trish Cullen	Badminton Club
Jennifer Lammie 9776 7335	Basketball Club To co-ordinate team training, home games and help with juniors. Also to provide shirts and a Northcliffe identity in the Pemberton Association.
Anne Sepkus 9776 7128	Book Club The group meets once a month to discuss that month's book. Books are usually hired at a cost of about $7.00
Dennis Smeathers 9776 7084	Bowling Club Ladies play Wednesdays, mixed scrounge Thursday evenings, mixed competition Saturday afternoon 1pm. Visitors welcome.
Paul Owens 9776 7199	Bush Fire Service Bush fire prevention and suppression. Volunteer familiarisation days for land holders to familiarise unit use.
9776 7095	Department of Environment and Conservation Ranger ( formerly CALM) The DEC office serves as the administration base for the day to day operations in Shannon and D'Entrecasteaux National Parks. Appointments are necessary to meet with the Ranger. Tourist enquiries should be directed to the Tourist Centre or CALM Pemberton District Office
Paul Owens 9776 7199 giddyup@westnet.com.au	Catchment Group Conserving land care activities in Northcliffe catchment areas, promoting sustainable agriculture, salinity control and erosion control.	top
	Church of Christ Should you visit one of the churches of Christ you will find it worshipping God as did the early disciples - "in spirit and in truth". (John 4:24). You will observe that it partakes of the Lord's supper, or communion, every Sunday.
	Community Delelopment Group The Northcliffe Community Development Group consists of residents of the town who have been meeting for the last year, facilitated by Gail Laing, to consider the future economic and social development of the Northcliffe.
Pat Laws 9776 7024	Country Women's Association The CWA plays a vital role in Northcliffe. With its varied activities and fund raisers, it seeks to improve the lives of all families living in Northcliffe.
Roy Windebank 9776 7188	Cricket Club Members of Warren\Blackwood Cricket Assoc. Fixtures consist of one and two day games and grand finals. New players welcome.
	Crowea Club Social activity, tour outings, BBQ's. Today's juniors are tomorrow's seniors. Crowea group is committed to ensuring all Northcliffians have the opportunity to get out and about and enjoy themselves.
Julie Bettink 9776 7011	Dairy Discussion Group The group has been operating in Northcliffe for 14 years, in which time we have focussed on genetic improvement of our dairy herds, growing better pastures , making better use of our pasture and improving milk quality.
	Darts Club
Northcliffe District High School Zamia Street, Northcliffe Western Australia 6262 Principal James Milne Ph: 08 9776 7055 Fax: 08 9776 7278 Email: Northcliffe.DHS@det.wa.edu.au web site :www.northcliffedhs.det.wa.edu.au	District High School Students will be supported to develop: effective literacy skills effective numeracy skills a capacity to utillise technology an ability to find and use information the confidence to make decisions and accept responsibility for them self respect and respect for the rights of others social and civic responsibility source: NDHS web site	top
Northcliffe Family Centre 79 Zamia Street Northcliffe WA PO Box 142 Northcliffe WA 6262 Manager : Jenny Mawdsley For all initial queries phone 08 9776 7221 Email: northcliffefamily@wn.com.au web site: members.westnet.com.au/northcliffefamily	Family Centre Centre Hours : Monday to Friday 9am - 4pm Built by the community for the community, the Family Centre is a place where community groups can meet, where the local youth group is based, and facilities such as holiday care for children are offered. For more information click here It provides support to families,children and youth, creates opportunities for social interaction, self development, learning and is a multipurpose venue for community groups.
Russell Jones 9776 7169	Fire and Rescue Service of WA
Paul Owens 9776 7199 giddyup@westnet.com.au	Forest Park Committee Advisory committee to Manjimup Shire Council on all issues relating to Northcliffe Forest Park.
For more information see the Family Centre web site	Four-year-old Playgroup A management committee exists to better serve the interests of members and provide a safe environment for children between 0-3 years old.
9776 6035	Free Speech Inc. Provides a forum for opinions, creative writing and poetry
	Friends of Jane	top
Dennis Smeathers 9776 7084	Golf Club Club competition on Sundays. Open days. Juniors play Sunday mornings. Wednesdays ladies' day. Visitors welcome.
Pat Wells 9776 7080	Hospital Board and Nursing Post
Evan Thompson 9776 6006 kcgf@westnet.com.au	Karri Country Good Food Run by volunteers to provide fresh local produce and dried foods including rice, bread flour, dried fruit, candid fruits, beans, nuts, olives, olive oil, coffee, home made bread and a range of deli items etc. Volunteers are rostered to run the outlet at the old Video shop in town. Co-op members get a discount on their purchases and anyone is welcome to become involved who is interested in growing, marketing and buying local organic fruit and vegetables and dry goods	More..........
Alison Daubney ardaubney@westnet.com.au	Maze Park	More..........
Ken Moore kenn@boorara.com or Carole Perry 9776 6777	Northcliffe Interpretative and Cultural Centre (NICC) Is a new multipurpose building to house the Library, Telecentre and Visitor Centre. Construction began in 2005 after several years of planning and fund raising. The Building was opened officially on 25th November 2007. Many people have contributed time, resources and building materials to achieve this.The Building is now the Northcliffe Information and Visitor Centre
Northcliffe Pioneer Museum Wheatley Coast Road Opposite the Post Office Yvonne Cash, Johan Flanagan and Pat Laws 9776 7022 , 9776 7284 or 9776 7024	Northcliffe Pioneer Museum The Pioneer Museum has an outstanding collection of original items used by the Northcliffe Group Settlers more than 80 years ago, illustrating their domestic life and work on the dairy farms, on which the district of Northcliffe was founded. more.... Open daily 10 am to 3 pm. Other hours available by arrangement.
Fiona Dickson 9776 707	Netball Club Our purpose is to co-ordinate teams, training, home games, umpires and juniors for netball season.
Lindy Kippert 9776 7288.	Northcliffe for Future Generations
Paul Owens 9776 7199 giddyup@westnet.com.au	Parents and Citizens Northcliffe District High School Parental and community support to the school.
Jenny Lammie 9776 7335	Pemberton Basketball
For more information see the Family Centre web site	Playgroup
76 Wheatley Coast Road, Northcliffe Sheryl Gibbs Phone:9776 7002 Fax: 9776 7130	Post Office	top
Muirillup Road, Northcliffe Librarian : Cheryle Elphick 9776 7168 Email:nclib@manjimup.wa.gov.au	Public Library Open hours: Thursday 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm Friday 9.00 am to 4.00 pm Saturday 9.00 am to 12.00 pm
Jennifer Lammie 9776 7335	Recreation Association NCR (Inc) A management committee of the Northcliffe Recreation Reserve.
	Red Cross One of the oldest community groups in Northcliffe, the Red Cross branch helps locals who are in need, and acts as a collection and fund-raising group for the greater efforts of the Red Cross throughout the world.
	Retirement Village
Fiona Sinclair Post Office Box 395 Northcliffe WA, 6262 9776 6439 info@southernforestarts.com.au	Southern Forest Arts Southern Forest Arts is an award-winning not-for-profit cultural organisation who operate the Understory Art Trail in Northcliffe, the Painted Tree Gallery and other cultural activities which occur from time to time. Understory is the first walk trail within Australia to permanently feature specially commissioned artworks from a range of different art forms. Sculpture, music, writing and photography were developed by nationally and internationally renowned artists. The artists were inspired by the diverse beauty of the ancient forests that surround us, and the ingenuity and character of the individuals and community that live beneath the canopy.
Anne O'Donnell 9776 7006	St Joseph's Catholic Church For the service of humanity
Sandy Jones 9776 7357	St John Ambulance Providing emergency treatment to Northcliffe residents and surrounding areas.	top
Muirillup Road, Northcliffe WA 6262 PO Box 133 Northcliffe WA 6262 Graham Evans Phone:9776 7330 Fax: 9776 7338 nctele@karriweb.com.au	Telecentre The Telecentre is a community computing centre that provides Internet and e-mail access, desk top publishing, secretarial services and runs computer training courses. It has a quality colour printing service for large posters and provides residents and visitors with fax and photocopy services. It is an access point for Centrelink and is an agent for WestNet and Bordernet, Internet Service Providers. It serves as a meeting place for planning and supporting new projects and is part of the state-wide WA Telecentre Network.
Dennis Smeathers 9776 7084	Tennis Club Social tennis Sunday afternoon and Friday evenings, visitors welcome.(Hard Court)
Keren Bashford 9776 7357	Town Hall Management Committee Promote, manage finances, bookings of the Town Hall and with the help of the shire maintain the hall. All monies raised by the committee are spent on improvements.
Charmian Hancock 9776 7328 nusc@lswsl.asn.au www.wix.com/northcliffeunited/nusc	Northcliffe United Soccer Club New & flourishing - Matches played Saturdays Oct - March. Training - Thursday at school. Home ground - Northcliffe Recreation Centre. Players & Supporters very welcome.
Alsison Duffy-Schult 9776 7290	Uniting Church Ladies Fellowship Meetings 10.30 am 4th Tuesday of the Month in the Church Hall Zamia St.
Jenny Mawdsley 9776 7221 See the Northcliffe Family Centre web site	Vacation Care Provide care service during school holidays for primary school children.
Northcliffe Visitor Centre TheThe Northcliffe Visitor Centre is located in the Northcliffe Information and Visitor Centre building on the corner of Wheatley Coast Road and Muirillup Road near the town centre Muirillup Road Northlciffe 9776 7203 Email: ncfvisitorcentre@westnet.com.au	The Northcliffe Visitor Centre offers the following and more.... EFTPOS and credit card facilities Agents for Westrail, tramway, accommodation and tour bookings. Entry tickets for Understory Art Trail displays featuring local flora, fauna, geology, aboriginal and white settler history local craft & produce, maps, guidebooks, wildflower and local history books for sale
Claudette Mountjoy 9776 7104	Warren Literary Society
Jack O'Donnell 9776 7006	Windy Harbour Advisory Board
Manager Hans Noppers 9776 7027	Workers Club Opening times Mon -Fri 4 pm Sat & Sun 12 noon. Food & Alcohol, Soft drinks available Members, their guests and visitors welcome
See the Northcliffe Family Centre web site 9776 7241	Youth Voice Northcliffe youth voice is a youth driven organisation. It was established by the young people of Northcliffe who wanted to make something happen for themselves.