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From bush tours to planting days, cocky counting to turtle tracking, we are always on the look out for citizen scientists to help conserve and maintain our City.

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Community winter planting events

Join the City of Wanneroo and your neighbours in planting for a greener future! We'll be planting roughly 200 trees and tube stock at each of these community events to help make your suburb a greener place to live. 

Quinns Rocks foreshore community planting

When: Sunday 8 June 2025 // 8.30am – 11am
Where: Quinns Rocks Foreshore, Quinns Rocks

This family-friendly event is held in conjunction with Perth NRM and the Quinns Rocks Environmental Group and includes morning tea. Please bring sturdy and enclosed shoes, a hat and sunscreen.

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Koondoola Bushland community planting

When: Thursday 12 June 2025 // 9.30am – 11am
Where: Koondoola Bushland, Koondoola

This family-friendly event is held in conjunction with the Friends of Koondoola Bushland and includes morning tea. Please bring sturdy and enclosed shoes, a hat and sunscreen.

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Mary Park community planting

When: Wednesday 9 July 2025 // 1pm – 3pm
Where: Mary Park, 276 Mary Street, Wanneroo

This family-friendly event is held in conjunction with the Friends of Mary Park and includes morning tea. Please bring sturdy and enclosed shoes, a hat and sunscreen.

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Da Vinci Park community planting

When: Thursday 9 July 2025 // 9am – 11am
Where: Da Vinci Park, Tapping

This family-friendly event includes morning tea. Please bring sturdy and enclosed shoes, a hat and sunscreen.

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Saving our Snake-necked Turtle Project

In partnership with the City of Joondalup and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), the City of Wanneroo is a partner council in the Saving our Snake-necked Turtle project (SOSNT) for wetlands within Yellagonga Regional Park, in collaboration with Murdoch University and the South West Group.

The project includes a team of volunteers trained as ‘Turtle Trackers’ patrolling Yellagonga wetlands during the nesting season (in spring) and protecting the female turtles who emerge from the lakes to find a spot to nest on land.

The Turtle Trackers monitor turtle nesting behaviour using the TurtleSAT app and are also trained to protect the nests to prevent predators such as ravens and foxes from destroying them.

Want to get involved in monitoring our local turtle populations?

Join SOSNT, the Citizen Science Project. 

You can become a trained ‘Turtle Tracker’ and get involved in the upcoming tracker program by registering online through the SOSNT website: sosnt.net.au/get-involved.

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