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Fit N Focused On Giving Back
At Cottage by the Sea, we are forever thankful for the help we receive from the community. As a non-profit and non-government funded organisation, both individuals and local businesses are key contributors to the ongoing mission of our charity. In this blog, we are spotlighting one of our awesome supporters – Fit n Focused gym. How they […]
Gone Fishing
It wasn’t long before lunchtime on Tuesday morning when our Cottage staff drove down to the Queenscliff Marina to pick up 18 students and their teacher who were awaiting us at the Ferry Terminal. The happy campers had been travelling for most of the morning and were visiting from Hastings Primary School which is situated […]
A WELcome Week of Fun
Monday morning blues don’t exist at Cottage by the Sea, in fact every day feels like the weekend with the staff, the activities and not to mention the glorious food that we get to munch down for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert all the time! But what really makes our days so worthwhile is the […]
Traditional Charity In A Digital World
The rise of digital technology has changed almost every aspect of everyday society in numerous ways and levels. The way we communicate, do business, shop, spend our free time – in a short amount of time, digital technology has made most elements of contemporary life accessible to everyone. And yes. Even the way we do charity has […]
New Friends before Summer Ends
Our young partnership with Bethany Community Support has blossomed and we always look forward to camps with the kids recommended by this incredible organisation. This week’s camp was being hosted in our Riptide Cottage, our facility used to accommodate for smaller groups. After setting up the beds with the usual teddy bear and knitted goods, we jumped […]
Two for the Price of One
It’s not often we will have two Take a Break camps in a week, but two one after another from the same school is definitely something to get excited about! We have been working with Yuille Park Community College for a long time now and love being able to assist those from the school. This camp was […]
Some Words from the Kids
All of last week, the Year 6s went to a special camp called Cottage by the Sea! They had a week full of great experiences including: exploring Queenscliff and all of the amazing things that makes it such an awesome place to visit. Most of the activities the Year 6’s participated in were involved around […]
Cats at the Cottage
The kids from Yuille Park Community College were given a big surprise on their second day of camp when 15 Geelong Cats football players showed up for lunch. The players who attended included, Cottage by the Sea Ambassador, Patrick Dangerfield and team captain, Joel Selwood. After chewing down some healthy and energy filled salad roles for lunch, the kids and […]
Flinders Golf Day
In it’s thirteenth year, the annual fundraising golf day at Flinders Golf Course shows no signs of slowing down. The day, organised by Cottage Ambassador Alan Harrison and long time supporter Geoff Counsel, has become a favourite fundraising event on the Cottage calendar and raised just short of $40,000 – the most raised to date. […]
A Paddle a Day Keeps the Doctor Away!
At Cottage by the Sea, we are very lucky to have a strong and ongoing support network in our local community. Through incredible fundraising events, our awesome volunteers, endless donations and great publicity, we are truly thankful to have the support from individuals, branches, schools, organisations and many, many more. Every day the generosity of […]
A Full-House & A Full-On Week
It was what you would call a “full-cottage” on this weeks’ program, with all our staff on-board to help run activities, cook meals and keep the place neat and tidy for 32 grade five students and five of their teaching staff who were visiting from Melbourne’s western suburbs for the week. The madness began on […]
Reaching Out Is What We Do Best
January has been a super busy month us at the Cottage but we couldn’t be more pleased to have finished it off in the best way possible with our very first Take-A-Break camp for 2018 and a very special little girl’s birthday to celebrate too! Every year we work with the Colac Area Health and […]
First Camp of 2018
We were back and running camps the first week of 2018 and we couldn’t have been more excited to have our REEF kids join us! Being the second year of the program for the group, we were able to get stuck straight into activities. We were welcomed with perfect summer weather and so it wasn’t […]
Seventy-Nine Years On
It is 79 years since I first stood here, at the door of Cottage by the Sea in Queenscliff. The Black Friday bushfire of 1939 had burnt down our school at Icy Creek. It killed 72 people in the state, including a family or 13 in the next community. Someone thought us bush school students […]
2018 Fair Wrap up
Wow – what an amazing day! which is our largest public fundraiser each year, raised an amazing $70,000, toppling the total from last year’s fair. The event is largely organised and run by our amazing Branches and 100% of takings from the stalls goes to Cottage by the Sea. The organisers could not have asked […]
Merry Christmas Mirabel
Each year Cottage by the Sea hosts two camps in association with The Mirabel Foundation and their staff and children. The Mirabel Foundation is a unique organisation that has been operating in Victoria since 1998. Mirabel assists children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental illicit drug use and are now in the […]
A Blog From Our Mentors About Our Mentors!
Finally, after a long term 4 we were eager to see some familiar faces again when our whole group of Mentors came for the week. This group involved young adults from Werribee, Albanvale, Kings Park and Geelong throughout years 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. After the Mentors arrived, we made our beds before making […]
Host a Christmas FUNdraiser
Christmas can leave us feeling a tad greedy after overindulging for days on end. It usually leaves us slightly heavier and our pockets a whole lot emptier. Feasting and gifting is nothing to feel guilty about! However, there are many ways you can pass on the enjoyment you feel at this time of year to […]
