A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ASSOCIATION

The Garden Island Fishing and Aquatic Association is an incorporated body, originally established in 1958 to manage and protect the interests and property of the cottage owners on the North End of the Island. When the Armaments depot was established in Sulphur Bay the cottages were demolished and quite a few of their owners, rather than give up the “Island Life” started to holiday on board their boats. In 1981 the Association was resurrected to cater for the boating public who visit the Island. With interest by the boating public in visiting Garden Island rapidly increasing as southern metropolitan Perth expands, the need for a formal management policy for recreational boat mooring within the Controlled Naval Waters which surround Garden Island has been recognised. An Interim Mooring Management Policy was established in 1997 and following review, the Garden Island Recreational Moorings Management Policy (2005) for public mooring is the current policy which GIFAA’s Constitution and rules are formed under. Our aims are to preserve public access, the environment and the facilities that we enjoy today. There are no public moorings and use is not permitted without permission.

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2024 Annual General Meeting

I hereby give notice that the Garden Island Fishing & Aquatic Association (Inc) Annual General Meeting and election of office bearers will be held on Wednesday 20^th November 2024 at the Cockburn Power Boat Association. Exact timings will be communicated at a later date.

Nomination forms for President, Treasurer, Secretary, Mooring Manager and Committee is available to be downloaded here [DOWNLOAD NOMINATION FORM].

Nominations are to be forwarded to:
           The Returning Officer     GIFAA PO Box 630 Melville 6956
Forms to be received no later than 5.00PM on Monday 21^st October 2024
To support your nomination, you are invited to attach a resume with up to 200 words to your nomination and this will be included in the Newsletter.
Please note that to nominate as a candidate, propose a candidate or second a candidate your payment for membership fees for the 20243-25 year must be received by 21^st October 2024. Members will be advised of the candidates soon thereafter.
As per our constitution, no new members will be processed after 21^st October 2024
All existing members must be financial by the 18^th of November 2024 to be eligible to vote at the AGM.

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Members Details Form
This is to update our member’s data base as a requirement under the Department of Defence Management Plan and GIFAA Constitution.[DOWNLOAD MEMBERS DETAILS FORM HERE]
This form is to be completed or altered if incorrect and returned for all members. If you are a Primary or Authorised User on a mooring, you must include your current DOT and Insurance papers (Not just copies of the receipt) together with your cheque. Alternately the form and papers can be submitted by post and the payment made by direct debit. Once all is received and in order your GIFAA mooring sticker will be issued.  All monies and papers must be finalised by 30th November 2024.
If you intend to operate a secondary vessel, please include the DoT and insurance papers for the secondary vessel and a separate sticker will be issued.
If you are not regularly receiving GIFAA Newsletters by email, please check the email address we have on our records.

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