We hope our community is staying safe and healthy during this very cold weather.

The threat of Covid has brought many changes over the past 18 months, but we are currently operating under relatively few restrictions:

• Registering for contact-tracing before entering remains mandatory
• We are continuing to do an extra clean of library surfaces
• Please practise physical distancing
• Wednesday mornings are now open to all ages 😊

Remember, your libraries offer you a warm, welcoming and accessible place.

Stay tuned for more exciting news to come… we will soon be launching some new e-resources for our community to enjoy from home – more magazines, comics for all ages, and a new language-learning platform!

Join writing team Fiona Harris & Mike McLeish for an online presentation on their new novel The Pick-Up.

Thursday 26 August 5pm – 6pm on Zoom.

RSVP is essential. Click here to make your booking.

Friday 20th August, 10am – 11.30am 

An exciting workshop aimed at first time entrepreneurs. Providing Tips & Tricks to help save you time, energy and money! Facilitated by an Award Winning ‘Mumpreneur’, Aly Bannister. The presentation is via Zoom on screen at the Margaret River Library or sign in from home. Login details are provided when you RSVP. Participants will learn:

• An overview of what you need to succeed regarding business development skills
• Access to helpful resources and information for free help and guidance in those early stages
• Digital marketing ideas to help promote your business.
• Insights into the purpose of goal setting with weekly, quarterly & annual KPI’s, and action plans.
• Productivity planning with the tools needed to keep you focused and on track
• Aly is a career coach and also author of ‘Get your rear into gear: job searching tips for career success’

RSVP to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600. This is a free community event and all welcome

We’re inviting all our community members to help test out a draft structure for the Shire’s new website. Participants will go in the draw to win one of four $100 gift vouchers to spend at a local business of their choice.

These activities form part of a larger project to rebuild the Shire’s website in a way that better serves community needs.

Double your chances of winning by doing both activities!

Activity A – Website home page testing (5-7 mins)
Activity B – Website sitemap testing (6 mins)
Start the test activities now

Closes Thursday 5 August 2021. For more information about this project visit https://yoursay.amrshire.wa.gov.au/shire-website

Due to a full staff Shire meeting, on Tuesday 20 July:

The Margaret River Library will be CLOSED from 12.30pm and RE-OPENING again at 4pm (on the same day)

The Augusta Library will be CLOSED from 12pm and RE-OPENING at 10am on Wednesday 21 July.

We apologise for any inconvenience. Please feel free to use the after-hours chute for your returns, and click here to explore our online services – which are available 24/7!

Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution by setting the challenge to refuse single use plastics for one month.

The Shire of Augusta Margaret River invites the community to take part in a number of free workshops to learn tips and tricks to reduce waste, as part of Plastic Free July.

To help raise awareness the Margaret River Library is showcasing a range of the products created with recycled plastic lids from Precious Plastic Margaret River.

Come to the library and learn how lids turn into bowls, planters and surfboard fins, and get information on where you can take your lids for recycling.

If you are interested in contributing by volunteering your time please contact Precious Plastic Margaret River on 0422 973 390 for more information.

Margaret River Library will be closed all day on Friday 25th June for electrical works. Open again on Saturday 26th June, 10am – 3pm

We apologise for any inconvenience. Feel free to use the after-hours chute for your returns. Access to our online services is available at amrlibraries.com

We’re inviting all our community members to help with the development of the new Shire website.

Participants can go into a draw to win one of two $100 gift vouchers to spend at a local business of their choice.

You can help us by completing 2 online testing activities:

Activity A – Website home page testing (takes 5-7 minutes to complete)

Activity B – Website navigation testing (10 minutes)

Click here to start the test activities.

Thanks for your help! 🙂