One of Australia’s most vulnerable birds, only 700 Hooded Plover remain in the wild along Victoria’s high energy coastlines which are the Hoodies preferred breeding location. Last season, Hoodie ‘YW’ and partner had six nesting attempts at Cape Paterson’s Pea Creek estuary resulting in 16 eggs. Not one egg hatched....
On behalf of The Cape team, happy new year. Here is a quick summary of progress and milestones at The Cape at Cape Paterson over the past few months.Final stage construction is well underway. Following on from the rapid sell-out of the previous stage, where 65 lots sold in a...
It was nice to see The Cape community achieving recognition by winning the Climate Action - Industry Leadership category at the Premier’s Sustainability Awards this week, as well as Best Sustainable Landscape at the 2021 Landscaping Victoria’s Master Landscapers Awards.These awards are recognition of the collective effort at The Cape...
The past two years have seen a shift in the way we work and live, with the realisation that it is possible to work from home for much of the time and eliminate the time-wasting daily commute to a centralized office space. This opens up the possibility of living in...
One of our aims at The Cape is to design and establish a community in which local food growing is “designed in” to the landscape and urban form. This brings numerous benefits – better health and nutrition, incidental exercise, more social contact, reduced food bills, increased urban greening and the...
The construction of The Cape's huge community farm is set to commence this month after years of planning, consultation and research. Feel free to peruse the briefing paper for the farm below. Download The Cape Briefing Paper Download The Cape Briefing Paper
At The Cape we are building energy efficient, passive solar homes powered by solar energy. The homes are effortlessly comfortable year round, require minimal heating and cooling and have very low running costs. Here are photos of Coast, our new 8 star, efficient all electric display home with productive farm...
Cape director Brendan Condon was interviewed by Brian Nankervis and Jacinta Parsons on ABC Radio today. Brendan spoke about Renew's Sustainable House Day and the benefits of passive solar design.
Have you always wanted to visit us at The Cape, but you live too far away? Now is your chance-- Sustainable House Day is going virtual!This event is put on by Renew each year, to celebrate and share information about sustainable homes across Australia. Whether new build, or retrofitted, you...
Liveability is a term we have all heard before, but what does it mean? Well, it means different things to different people, but at its core it includes a desire to work and play in close proximity to where you live.We are seeing strong interest at The Cape from people...
