By Gabriela Antonini
Turtle TalkTracking Turtle Movements
Felicity Bairstow shares insights about our South Western Snake-Necked Turtles
Poetry CornerReeds by Sunny Wignall
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
Parrot Bush
Call me Parrot Bush Parrot Bush (Banksia sessilis) is a prickly upright shrub or small tree that typically grows from five to eight metres in height. It occurs naturally in the southwest of Western Australia from Kalbarri in the north,…