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Walk with Friends

Regular walks are back on the last Sunday of each month. START TIME 10.00AM. We are happy to organise a walk with your group. Contact us....

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Donations

All donations to the Friends of Jirdarup Inc for the 12 months from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025 will be put towards a memorial for our founder the late Gwynth Schlipalius....

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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....

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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....

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Bats

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

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Bobtail

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

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Perth Groundsel

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Native daisy

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Winter wonders

See what is flowering in Makuru 2024...

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Trapdoor

Visit our resident spiders...

Resources for Kids

Djerap: Noongar Bird Stories

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Zamia

Zamias are cycads from the dinosaur age....

Fauna

Forest Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

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

Fauna

Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo

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

Fauna

Rainbow Bee-Eater

Fauna,Featured life

Balta hebardi – the Bush Cockroach

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

Fauna

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....

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Coastal Honeymyrtle

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

Events

Fungi and Slime Mould

Our Walk & Talk on Fungi and Slime Moulds in July 2023 was sold out! Read about it and see a copy of the presentations. (Photo: Insect-egg slime mould by Helen Carter)...

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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....

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Walk with Friends

Donations

The mighty Jarrah

Christmas Tree

Bats

Bobtail

Perth Groundsel

Native daisy

Winter wonders

Trapdoor

Djerap: Noongar Bird Stories

Zamia

Forest Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo

Rainbow Bee-Eater

Balta hebardi – the Bush Cockroach

Tawny Frogmouth

Coastal Honeymyrtle

Fungi and Slime Mould

Witches’ Broom

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