I came around the bend in our road where usually I only see kangaroos. There stood a young man with his thumb out. When I said where I was heading, he happily climbed in beside me. He wasn’t a neighbour. I asked him where had he come from? He told me he’d cut across the paddocks for a kilometre or so. This was his fastest route to get into town.
My wife and I moved to live in Burnside in early 2018. We didn’t know many people in the Margaret River area and we wondered if we’d feel isolated living in the middle of a forest. It seemed rude to intrude on people’s privacy. But I did anyway!
Martin Ringer, Erin Statz, Jason Cleary, Stuart Hicks, James Shepherd, and Stacey Hutt. The partnership between the Shire of Augusta Augusta Margaret River and Mindful Margaret River was last week recognised with an innovation award from the Local Government Professionals Association. Presented as part of the Association’s Community Development Awards in Perth, the accolade acknowledged […]
Stuart Hicks, outgoing Chair of Mindful Margaret River, says that the absence of serious COVID-19 infections in the Augusta Margaret River region has led to complacency about the mental health effects of the pandemic.
In partnership with the Augusta Margaret River Mail, local mental wellbeing group Mindful Margaret River this week launched a new series of its much-respected columns. Read more from Mindful Margaret River: Mindful Margaret River chair Stuart Hicks said last year’s series of columns was exceptionally well received. “We received a ton of feedback that readers […]
The Shire of Augusta Margaret River and Mindful Margaret River (MMR) have announced the continuation of their partnership, as well as kicking off a search for a new Project Lead.
Community-led wellbeing initiatives in the Shire of Augusta Margaret River received a timely boost this week with the announcement of successful Lotterywest funding for Mindful Margaret River and the Shire’s ‘Grab A Bite’ program.
Mindful Margaret River (MMR) is gearing up for the coming new year and is inviting new community members to join its energetic voluntary community taskforce.
Mindful Margaret River and the Curtin Business School’s School of Marketing have joined forces to assist the development and implementation of a marketing plan for the South West-based wellbeing alliance.
Mindful Margaret River is the second community group to win support from the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River’s $2 million care fund.
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