 Canning
River Regional Park Volunteers (CRRPV)
Canning River Regional
Park Volunteers are a small, dedicated group who work within the
Canning River Regional Park, mostly between Nicholson Road Bridge
in the east and Adenia Lagoon near the western end of the park.
Membership is free and is open to all who are registered
as volunteers for the Canning River Regional Park. We would love
your help with any of our activities – as little or as much
time as you can afford!
Our aims
The group’s aims are to promote the Canning River Regional
Park as a place of conservation and passive recreation, and to carry
out activities, which enhance the natural values of the area.
About the Canning River Regional
Park
Canning
River Regional Park is a significant reserve along the Canning
River, less than 10km from the CBD. It is surrounded by bushland
and parkland areas and includes historic sites such as Woodloes
Homestead, Mason’s Landing and Kent Street Weir.
There are picnic areas at Riverton Jetty Reserve,
Wilson Park and Masons Landing. A number of pleasant walk trails
meander through Eucalyptus rudis woodland, and several lakes provide
added interest. It is an area where you are likely to encounter
a variety of birds, frogs, turtles, insects and plants.
Click here to see images
of the Canning River Regional Park 
What we do
 Carry out activities
in connection with a number of specific project sites within the
park.
Hold monthly
workdays – planting, mulching, weeding, seed collection, etc.
Hold monthly
meetings – on the third Wednesday of each month at Wandarrah
Hall, Lynwood at 7:30pm.
Carry out two
bird surveys per year – one in April, one in November.
Combine with
other organizations to contribute to larger scale projects –
such as Liege Street Demonstration Wetland and Tree Day Plantings.
Attend community
functions – such as Foundation Day.
Provide walks
to inform the public of environmental features, development, and
concerns within the park.
 Current
volunteer project sites include:
Urban
Forest
Morning Glory
Litoria
Fenced Site
Western Power
Litoria Sedge Site
Nicholson Billabong
Revegetation
Earlier project sites / still being monitored:
Adenia
Park Revegetation Area
Banksia
Hill Revegetation
Riparian revegetation
at Mason’s Landing
Litoria Stream
Lining
Seed Orchard
2009 happenings
17.1.09
Planning meeting and group BBQ at Canning River
Eco-Education Centre.
23–24.09
Promotion of the group’s activities at both
Stocklands, Riverton and the Canning River Eco-Education centre.
7.2.09
First work day for the year, at Urban Forest,
near Nicholson Road. Brush-cutting and raking was carried out, with
13 bags collected. Paspalum sp (Crab Grass) was also removed from
beneath shrubs and black plastic sheeting was laid as an environmentally
friendly trial control of introduced Carex divisa.
1.3.09
Clean Up Australia Day. The group worked in conjunction
with Stocklands, Riverton to target two areas of the park: Ferndale
Flats and Masons Landing, with some members using canoes to collect
rubbish from the river and its banks in the Masons area.
14.3.09
Work Day at Morning Glory Site. Removal of Paspalum
sp (Crab Grass), Epaphyllum sp (Willow Herb) and small amounts of
other introduced plants such as Wild Aster, Nightshade and Japanese
Pepper. Some brush-cutting was done in preparation for work with
a school group in April.
 
4.4.09
First Community Conservation Day at Canning River Eco-Education
Centre.
CRRP Vollies supported the staff with talks about the importance
of riparian vegetation, followed by the opportunity to view healthy
riverbanks, as well as damage to banks caused by boats and careless
visitors. The group also provided of tea / coffee and cakes, and
bird walks.
 
5.4.09
Bird Survey. Our 12th survey since we began in
Nov 2003. This time, with the help of two regular volunteers and
several members of Birds Australia Western Australia, we were able
to carry out surveys on six routes, which meant virtually the whole
park was covered for the first time. 68 species were recorded on
the day and the overall total species for these surveys now stands
at 100 species.
 Results
of Bird Survey (April 2009)
9.5.09
Walk for members of the public, which 17 people
attended. Conservation efforts and problems between Ferndale Flats
and Lambertia Flats were pointed out.
23.5.09
Work Day at Morning Glory Site. More brush-cutting
was carried out, plus the removal of Kikuyu which had been sprayed
and brush-cut prior to the work day. A large flock of Australian
White Ibis feeding on the old farmland east of the Billabong was
of interest, with birds coming and going overhead as we worked.
 
1.6.09
Foundation Day. In conjunction with the City of
Canning, the CRRP Vollies again provided tea, coffee, cakes, etc
as well as children’s activities and displays.
 
20.6.09
Work Day at Urban Forest. Planting of upland areas
in the recently extended section near Nicholson Road. Using Bentonite
clay product as a trial on hydrophobic soils, plants were put in
on both the north and south sides of the ancient Eucalyptus rudis
(Flooded Gum), which is now included within the fenced area.
18.7.09
Work Day at Litoria Fenced Site. Further planting
was carried out in the upland areas, as well as more brush-cutting.
 15.8.09
Plant Salvage from Fiona Stanley Hospital Site.
A small group, joined by the City of Canning Bush Crew, collected
approximately 200 plants, which were later replanted at Nicholson
Billabong and on the upper levels of Litoria Sedge Site.
16.8.09
Taste of Science Day. CRRP Volunteers contributed
to the Taste of Science Day held at the Canning River Eco-Education
Centre by providing children’s bush craft activities.
 22.8.09
Work Day at Nicholson Billabong. Watering in of
new plants and mulching to reduce water loss. A flock of Carnaby’s
Black-Cockatoos flew into the site as we worked. They spent close
to half an hour ripping into branches of Acacias to extract fat
white grubs.
14.9.09
There were Australian Shelducks and ducklings – 14 in one
case – and Black Swans with six cygnets on Wilson Lagoon.
Another family of swans with six cygnets was seen on Carden Lakes.
 
19.9.09
Work Day at Litoria Fenced Site. Weeding of Cape
Tulip etc and planting on the lower, wetter levels. A possible new
species of Tribonanthes and another interesting fungi, Gold Coral
Fungi (Ramaria sp)
 
 
24.10.09
Work Day at Litoria Sedge Site. Removal of Sticky
Bartsia (Parentucellia viscosa) from the eastern end of the site.
Brush-cutting and bagging of weeds from among sedges to remove seed
heads before they shed. Photos, taken from the same place in Sept
2006 and Oct 2009, show development of the site.
 
1.11.09
Bird Survey. Six routes surveyed with help from
experienced birders outside the group. A total of 69 species recorded
– some 1538 individual birds! Striated Pardalotes were more
common than usual and numbers of Rainbow bee-eaters and Black-winged
Stilts were higher than on previous surveys.
  
Results
of latest Bird Survey (November 2009)
14.11.09
Work Day at Urban Forest
Thanks to City of Canning we now have extra watering points which
make the job of watering recent plantings much less onerous.
28.11.09
Group Canoeing Day. A pleasant couple of hours
spent exploring the areas upstream from the weir, followed by a
barbecued lunch. There was evidence of recent nesting by Darters.
 
12.12.09
Work Day at Urban Forest. Removal of yet more seeding
weeds – thistles, Lotus, Crab Grass, etc and preparation of
access tracks for work later in the month, followed by morning tea
beneath the enormous old Eucalyptus rudis at the site.
 
14-18.12.09
Removal of large tracts of blackberry (and other weed species) from
among dense Melaleuca on the lower levels of Urban Forest by Eco-Jobs
and some of the volunteers. Cut stems were then treated to reduce
the likelihood of regrowth.
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