Editorial Team – Page 3 – The Wetlands Centre

News Buzz

News Buzz Djilba Season (August – September 2022) Centre for Stories’ Micro-Excursion Centre for Stories (Northbridge) had a micro-excursion to our Centre this June. The excursion included nine young adults who were given a tour of the precinct and the…

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Poetry CornerPaperbark gossip by Jaya Penelope

paperbark gossip embrace me in your innumerable arms paperbark & lift me from earth’s shadow bring your shaggy mouths to the whorl of my ear whisper some paperbark talk lean in & comb my hair with your twiggy fingers twine…

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Awards and AccoladesCentre champions win big!

Nandi Chinna Award-winning Poet won the Premier’s 2022 Western Australian Writer’s Fellowship We are immensely proud to see someone closely associated with the Centre win an incredible honour. At the 2021 WA Premier’s Book Awards held on 17th June at…

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Come Get Wild About WetlandsMakuru Season 2022

Get Wild About Wetlands July Holiday Program Report Last July, the Centre saw a host of activities and engagements with the Get Wild About Wetlands (GWAW) school holiday program underway. These programs are always exciting and fun, but, above all,…

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Flora in Focus – Bookleaf Mallee

Gorgeous gums Bookleaf Mallee Eucalyptus krueseana, commonly known as Bookleaf Mallee, is a mallee that is endemic to inland Western Australia. It has a crown of sessile, juvenile leaves, glaucous flower buds, creamy yellow flowers, and smooth bark that is…

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The Poet-in-Residence ProgramThe Wetlands Centre welcomes Lakshmi, our resident poet!

It gives us great pleasure to welcome our new Poet-in-Residence, Lakshmi Kanchi, at the Wetlands Centre Cockburn! Lakshmi Kanchi, pen name SoulReserve, is an emerging Western Australian poet of Indian descent. Her poetry explores love and its tumultuousness, fantasy and…

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News Buzz

News Buzz Makuru Season (June – July 2022) Turtle Watch Update We celebrated the safe arrival of the southwestern snake-necked turtle hatchlings from eggs that had been collected at Walliabup (Bibra Lake) during the 2021/22 nesting season. The hatchlings are…

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Volunteer With Us

At The Wetlands Centre, we are a small community-based organisation at heart, and our volunteers are a big part of who we are and what we do. Our volunteers complete our team and make it a family. We are proud…

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Come Get Wild About WetlandsDjeran Season 2022

Get Wild About Wetlands these April Holidays This April, the Centre saw a host of activities and engagements with the Get Wild About Wetlands (GWAW) school holiday program underway. These programs are always exciting and fun. But, above all, they…

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Foray Into The Fascinating World of Wetland Fungi

It is sometimes a little too easy not to notice these beautiful and delicate clusters and rings of fungi growing along pathways and under lush shrubs and trees, seemingly in a world of their own. But with a bit of…

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Author: Editorial Team (page 3)