The plan with this project is to create a healthy native wetland that provides a habitat for a variety of fish, amphibians, insects and birds.

Our Kalamunda property is a battle axe block, with a long driveway that takes you down into the valley. It has a permanent creek that runs through the front of the property. The driveway has a road bridge that passes over the creek, and there is another foot bridge that crosses the creek to a small grassy area on the other side.

During the rainy season, the creek is inundated with water runoff from the road. This has created several problems. During heavy rain, the large volume of water creates erosion issues along the banks of the creek. In addition, especially during the first rains after a long dry spell, oil and debris gets washed into the creek, polluting the water.

Our goals are to stabilise the creek banks to prevent further erosion, and repopulate the creek and surrounding area with a variety of native plantings to try and reduce the impact of the water pollution, and provide habitats for native wetland creatures.

I will be sharing regular posts with photographs and information about the work we are doing, and I hope you will find them interesting and informative!