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Author: David Kilmartin

Summer school holiday bookings now open

September 26, 2023 David Kilmartin

Requests are being received for bookings in the coming December and January school holiday period at Cana Cottages. Requests received will go into a ballot if particular dates are oversubscribed. After these requests have been processed it will be first Read more

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Working bees for 2023

May 17, 2023October 30, 2023 David Kilmartin

We maintain the Cana Cottages by holding working bees to carry out maintenance on weekend mornings several times throughout the year. You are invited to come and help fix a few things at your favourite sea-side retreat (that’s the Cana Read more

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Don’t forget, take out the trash

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 David Kilmartin

Please don’t forget, garbage collection along the Aldinga esplanade (part of Onkaparinga Council) takes place on Monday morning – so if you’re departing on a Sunday, please take your red bin and place it down at the kerbside as you Read more

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Summer school holiday bookings now being taken

October 14, 2022 David Kilmartin

It’s been a cool, wet start to Spring but summer is sure to be hot and what better place to be than at the Cana Cottages. Through October we’re taking weekly booking requests for December and January. Preference given to Read more

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Working bees 2022

May 15, 2022 David Kilmartin

Dear friends of Cana, Thank you for your on-going support of our beautiful piece of heaven on earth at Aldinga Beach. The first working bee for 2022 is this coming Sunday 22nd May. For anyone new, working bees generally run Read more

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Summer 2021-22 Bookings ballot open

September 18, 2021 David Kilmartin

Requests are being received for bookings in the coming December and January school holiday period at Cana Cottages. Requests received will go into a ballot if particular dates are oversubscribed. After these requests have been processed it will be first Read more

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Etch your name in the sunset

September 3, 2021June 13, 2023 David Kilmartin

Dear friends, We have recently had a concrete driveway built for the cottages, for the first time in its 55 year history. No more dust and tyres skidding down that fairly steep driveway! We run the cottage accommodation on a Read more

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Changing web address

February 22, 2021 David Kilmartin

The regulations regarding web addresses with a .org.au domain are changing in Australia so that only officially registered charities can use them, effectively. As we don’t qualify at the moment, we will have to change the address of the Cana Read more

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No more room at the inn till February – and COVID declarations required

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 David Kilmartin

Hi friends, We’re at capacity for the next few months now, so we’re not taking any new bookings for December and January. Bookings will be taken for dates commencing 31 January, 2021. In the new COVID-normal lifestyle of the moment, Read more

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New rental tariffs

September 17, 2020 David Kilmartin

Our tariffs are still the lowest on the esplanade, but we needed to raise them slightly to cover increases in council rates and electricity bills. We’ve also introduced a minimum two night stay on regular weekends, three nights on long Read more

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