Reeds Dense on the far shore, at the centre ____ sparse, graduated to channels of dead brush; a perfect breeding ground for black swans ______ and other impossibles – a community’s will to save these wetlands prevailing, making home these…
News Buzz
News Buzz Kambarang Season (October – November 2022) Book Launch – Annette Mullumby’s “Strategies For Digging Out Onion Grass” On Saturday, 17th of September, the Centre celebrated another book launch. This time it was Annette Mullumby’s ‘Strategies For Digging Out…
Another round of applause!Centre champions win big!
Wetlands take Centre stage! Big wins for the Wetlands at Volunteer Awards City of Cockburn’s Annual Volunteer Awards night (held on Sunday 23rd of October) recognised our passionate locals and local organisations that contribute innumerable hours to improving our community…
Come Get Wild About WetlandsDjilba Season 2022
Get Wild About Wetlands October Holiday Program Report Every school holiday season, there are heaps of interesting and fun Get Wild About Wetlands activities happening at the Centre to keep the kids busy and give the parents a rest too.…
Understanding the Language of Weeds
An update from our partner Sue Dempster of Western Wildflower Gardens.
Flora in Focus – Bull Banksia
Kambarang Bloomer Bull Banksia Banksia Grandis, commonly known as bull banksia or giant banksia, is a species of a common yet distinctive tree local to the southwest of Western Australia. The Nyungar people know the tree as beera, biara, boongura,…
Turtle Talk
Felicity Bairstow shares insights about our South Western Snake-Necked Turtles
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…
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…
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…