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Astley Street River Foreshore

The City and the Armadale Gosnells Landcare group commenced revegetation of the degraded river foreshore and floodplain of Djarlgarra (the Canning River) in a joint project with the Western Australian Planning Commission near Astley Street, Gosnells, in 2001.

Centennial Pioneer Park

The Djarlgarra (Canning River) foreshore and floodplain in Centennial Pioneer Park have undergone significant rehabilitation and restoration work that has produced a model rehabilitated natural landscape.

Corriedale Place Reserve

Formerly a piped stormwater outfall that transported its load for the last two hundred metres to Djarlgarra (the Canning River) through an open drain.

Ellis Brook Valley Reserve

Ellis Brook Valley, located on Rushton Road in the suburb of Martin, is recognised as the richest wild flower location in the Perth Metropolitan Area.

Gosnells Golf Course Bushland

The Gosnells Golf Club Bushland, Bush Forever Site 467, comprises approximately 9.5 hectares of bushland defined by Campbell Road to the northwest, Ranford Road to the south west and the fairways and greens of Gosnells Golf Course to the east.

Greater Brixton Street Wetlands

The wetlands are on the Register of the National Estate, and are arguably one of the most important conservation areas on the Swan Coastal Plain.

Hester Park

Hester Park encompasses almost 50 hectares of the Djarlgarra (Canning River) foreshore and floodplain in Langford, immediately upstream of the Nicholson Road bridge.

Homestead Park

The Djarlgarra (Canning River) foreshore in Homestead Park was in a highly degraded state before significant weed control and revegetation works were started in 2006 by the City and the Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group.

Hume Road Wildlife Reserve

The Hume Road Wildlife Reserve is a three hectare window into Thornlie's past.

John Okey Davis Park

The foreshore of Djarlgarra (the Canning River) in John Okey Davis park has been substantially improved from its highly degraded, weed-infested condition.

Lander Swamp

The swamp is mapped as Conservation Category Wetland with the north-eastern area defined as Resource Enhancement Wetland.

Maladjiny-ap (Place of Growing) Balyan Boodjar

Located on the corner of Comrie and Campbell Roads in Canning Vale this wetland supports communities of remnant vegetation within a setting that has historically been cleared for rural purposes.

Nakaal Maya (Peaceful Place) Balyan Boodjar

Located in the heart of Canning Vale, the twelve hectare Nakaal Maya Balyan Boodjar is one of the most important Wetlands under the City’s management.

Sutherlands Park Bushland

Sutherlands Park Bushland covers about 53.6 hectares of Bush Forever Site 125, north of Holmes Street in Southern River, divided by the Garden Street road reserve, and surrounded by several contiguous natural areas.

Tom Bateman Reserve Bushland

The Tom Bateman Reserve Bushland site is 6.61 hectares of bushland located within the larger Tom Bateman Reserve.

Tom Bateman Wetlands

The need for earth fill for the construction of Roe Highway, adjacent to the Tom Bateman Sports Complex, provided the opportunity to create an artificial wetland to improve the quality of stormwater leaving the Canning Vale Industrial Estate.

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