The mighty Jarrah

The mighty Jarrah (Noongar name Djarraly) is so much more than its beautiful creamy white flowers, deeply fissured trunk and distinctive leaves edged with a lighter coloured border that give it its name Eucalyptus marginata....

Christmas Tree

The WA Christmas Tree (Nuytsia floribunda) – called the Mundjah or Moojar by Noongar people - is an important landmark in Jirdarup. Christmas Tree corner is well known by locals....

Bats

Check this out - 4 bat species detected in Jirdarup to date....

Table of Birds

Bobtail

Bobtails are seen regularly by visitors to Jirdarup. Learn more about them....

Birds of Jirdarup

This book is for everyone who has an interest in nature and conservation with a will to save our wonderful bird species from further decline in urban areas. It is a pure joy to read. Our gardens can be the...

Native grasses

Native daisy

Winter wonders

See what is flowering in Makuru 2024...

Trapdoor

Visit our resident spiders...

Quenda in Jirdarup?

Zamia

Zamias are cycads from the dinosaur age....

Gardening for birds

Looking for sources of information about attracting birds to your garden?...

Bird Watering Stations

The first Bird Watering Station was installed in 2018. There are now three....

Forest Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Red-tails with their raucous call and brilliant tail feathers are a favourite for visitors to Jirdarup....

Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo

Carnaby’s with their melodious wee-la call are a favourite for visitors to Jirdarup....

Rainbow Bee-Eater

Trees in Jirdarup

In addition to the trees in Kensington Bushland, there are over 500 trees in and around Jirdarup. We have the formula to calculate the age of the Jarrah and Marri....

Balta hebardi – the Bush Cockroach

Meet Balta hebardi, not the five cockroach species plaguing our homes, but one of our very own Bush Cockroaches....

Tawny Frogmouth

Tawny Frogmouths roosting in the trees at the Harold Rossiter Reserve have become a favourite family for locals. They also feature in Noongar Dreamtime stories. Photo by Veronica McPhail....

Coastal Honeymyrtle

In summer, the Coastal Honeymyrtle, Melaleuca systena, flowers throughout Jirdarup. Photos by Elbia Sylwestrzak and Clare Caldeira....

George St Reserve

George St Reserve started out as a sanitary depot. The community became increasingly unhappy about it....

Trees

Eight tree species are endemic to Jirdarup....

Mindful medicine

Witches’ Broom

Witches’ Broom is a condition that is results in a deformity of the tree, that resembles a bird's nest or a broom, hence the name Witches’ Broom....