Sawyers Valley Residents & Ratepayers Association Inc

22/10/2026

Sawyers Valley locals, we have just opened a Containers for change account and ask you to consider donating some of your earnings to the
Sawyers Valley Residents and Ratepayers Assoc.
We are a small group of volunteers trying to do big things, we need $$$ to help fund our ideas for future projects. We run on a shoestring budget so even just a one-off donation would really help.
Our Member No for CFC is C11819292
If you don't collect cans and bottles usually or you are throwing them away, please get in touch and we'll arrange pick up.
If a donation via bank transfer interests you that would be amazing, our banking details are:
Account Name - SVRRA
BSB 633-000 Bendigo Bank
Acc No- 116 194 812
THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE

19/10/2026

NEXT MEETING MONDAY NOVEMBER 2ND 7PM
BECOME A MEMBER FOR $5 PER YEAR
WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU

21/09/2026

The SVRRA would like to thank the following people and organizations that have made our tank mural a success.
The Mundaring Community Bendigo Bank- Grant $7500
The Mundaring Shire- Grant $3000
Cr John Daw
Cr David Grills
Andrew Dickson - Shire coordinator Parks and Reserves
Shane Purdy - Shire Director Built and Natural Environment
Ann Kent - Resident - letter of support
Kerry Gow - Resident - letter of support
Coral Coast Beef - Letter of support
Meraki Boho - Artist Tayla Beynon
Members of the SVRRA who contributed ideas, time and advice to assist
Paul Benson (President) and Jen Schwagereit (Secretary and project manager) throughout the project.
Michael Le Vaux ( Treasurer)
Jenny Corbitt- SVRRA committee member - letter of projects success to sponsors.
Carmel Green - SVRRA member & photographer
Edwin and Joy Dell- SVRRA members
Jarred Tidy (Vice President)
Maryanne Phillips- SVRRA Committee member.
Our first major project in a long time and it won't be the last.

25/08/2026

Have you seen the mural progress in Sawyers Valley? It's very exciting to see this project finally happening, it's been a lot of work behind the scenes to get everything right.
This mural is unique in that it can be seen in all directions from the highway and from Sawyers Rd- you will see different aspects depending on where your travelling from, and then there's more around the back so we hope to encourage people to stop and get out and have a look. The back can be seen from the park above also. The old tank is 50 yrs old- built in 1975 - I'm told by the shire. The old weatherboard hall was there from 1914 - 1969/70, it was demolished when the new hall was built in 1970 at the back of the oval.
If you'd like to follow the progress of the mural you can join the artists page - Meraki Boho, a very talented young local girl, she's Tayla to us. We've had no trouble getting approval from the Shire for her work as she is well known to them.
Hopefully the mural will bring a bit of interest and sparkle to commuters travelling through Sawyers with some easily recognisable Flora and fauna and a bit of a surprise at the back.
Thanks to the Mundaring Community Bank- Bendigo Bank: for being our major sponsor through the previous grant rounds earlier in the year. Without this support it wouldn't be possible.

17/07/2026

Big thanks to the Mundaring Shire for painting the tank in readiness for our Flora and fauna mural, this will be a nicer colour to work with and covers up the rusty water stains. It's still a rough surface so our artist Tayla may have some challenges with it. There will be our local Banksia grandis and spider orchid as well. Lets hope the rain clears up soon so she can get started. I noticed too that there is a beautiful Banksia planted in the garden behind, I do hope it's the same species as that will tie in nicely.

13/07/2026

Our next Ordinary general meeting is on August 3rd.

04/07/2026

Our tank murel should be getting started very soon, here's a bit of taster of what we're wanting to achieve.

15/04/2026

01/03/2026

01/03/2026

A big thank you to Community Bank Mundaring our local Bendigo Bank for our Grant of $7500 to go towards out water tank mural at Sawyers Valley oval. It will brighten our town and add some colour and vibrancy to the area. We are currently planning our mural with our local and very talented artist Maraki Boho / Tayla Beynon to design a Anzac memorial to honour those that lost their lives in the great wars of WW1 and WW11. We do not have any Vietnam vets listed as lost but if there is anyone that should be added to the wall please contact us via email to [email protected]. Only soldiers that were killed in action are included, luckily we only have 6.
We could not have even begun this project without grant funding so thankyou again Community Bank Mundaring for your generosity.
Paul Benson our President and Jennifer Schwagereit - Secretary accepted the cheque on behalf of the Ratepayers Assoc on Sunday Feb 22 at the Community Banks
$5 Million Milestone celebration, as you can see there were many recipients on the day.