Author: Charlotte Furness
Welcome aboard!
What an entrance! Merrijig had to our new building, as they arrived by bus we had camera crews set up and ready to go filming that WOW factor to our new building. The camera man had the children driving in on the bus and unpacking the trailer with their luggage for the week. The money […]
GIRLS RULE!
This week we welcomed our first camp back post-COVID! The entire school of Natte Yallock a small country town located between Ballarat and Bendigo. All 5 students from the school are girls! They were so excited to take over Riptide Cottage for the week. It was only a short stay so we made the most […]
2020 Annual Report
Welcome to our Annual Report for the Financial Year ended 30th June 2020 and congratulations to everyone involved at the Cottage for delivering the outstanding programs for 670 children over 32 camps during this shortened year.
Cottage makeover
Cottage by the Sea CEO Adam Wake recently showed journalists from the Geelong Advertiser a sneak peak at our renovation. You can read the article here.
Let them be young and happy
“For a great many years this refuge has been known to teachers and parents here as ‘The Magical Place,’” states Mrs McEvoy, principal at West Heidelberg Olympic Village Primary School, writing of Cottage by the Sea in 1977. “The holiday is an exciting adventure for small children from the moment they are met at the […]
2020 Winter Newsletter
It seems almost superfluous to say that 2020 has been a challenging year so far. Without even a chance to recover from horrendous bushfires that swept through Victoria and NSW over the summer months; we have since been overtaken by the unprecedented pandemic of COVID-19. Responding to the pandemic by keeping our people healthy and […]
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us
From inducing a sense of well being to inspiring great thoughts, the spaces we inhabit have a vast impact on what we feel and how we act. At Cottage by the Sea, we know that as soon as children arrive at Queenscliff their mood is uplifted. This sense of wellbeing increases tenfold when the children […]
2019 Winter Newsletter
This year we welcomed a new group of REEF participants from Bendigo who will have the opportunity to develop their potential throughout their time at the Cottage. Beginning in Grade Six, our REEF program gives young people from disadvantaged backgrounds opportunities to raise their skills, confidence and expectations. Attending camps both at Cottage and offsite […]
2018 Summer Newsletter
There are particular camps that standout for our young people and the Moulamein camp is just one. Situated in New South Wales along the Edward River, Moulamein is a small rural town where our friends and longtime donors, the Anderson family (owners of APCO Service Station), own a large property and let us, with their […]
2018 Annual Report
Welcome to our Annual Report for the Financial Year ended 30 June 2019 and congratulations to everyone involved in delivering another wonderful year of programs for the children at the Cottage, as well as the various events held to enable these programs to take place. Download the PDF
2017 Annual Report
Welcome to our Annual Report for the Financial Year ended 30th June 2017 and what a marvellous year it has been in the 127 year of Cottage by the Sea. Download the PDF
