Parks and Reserves Works

The City aims to provide and maintain high quality facilities for the local and wider community that support amenity, sport, recreation and biodiversity outcomes. 

The City’s parks and reserves are being progressively hydro-zoned and eco-zoned to conserve water. The City is provided an allocation by the Department of Water and has to operate within that allocation while still maintaining parks and reserves for the community to use and enjoy. 

Hydro-zoning is the practice of grouping types of vegetation into categories with similar water requirements to enable more efficient and responsible use of irrigation water. When designing and managing POS, the different water needs of turf, lawns, trees and low water-use plants are taken into account. Eco-zoning is the conversion of existing turfed areas into native garden areas. Ultimately this allows for minimal water to support an area that once sustained turf, saving large volumes of water.

The City also facilitates effective management of the Swan and Canning River foreshores and improves the amenity value and sustainable uses of all our public open spaces and foreshores. 

Current parks and reserves works 

News Listings

September 2022

Turtles safely out of sticky situation

Media Release 7 September 2022

Two oblong turtles rescued from a 'sticky situation' have found a new home at Lake Douglas in South Perth.

Parks and Reserve works
August 2022
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Weed Control Treatment

Public Notice 29 August 2022

Subject to weather conditions, contract weed control treatments will be carried out on all footpaths, cycle ways, drainage sumps and kerb lines within the City from 3-23 October 2022, commencing in the Manning Ward.

Parks and Reserve works

Mends Street Jetty toilet closed 23-26 August

Public Notice 17 August 2022

The public toilet at Mends Street Jetty will be closed for maintenance from the 23-26 August 2022. The nearest alternative toilets are at the Scented Gardens or Windsor Park.

Maintenance Works Parks and Reserve works South Perth Foreshore

Redmond Stairs officially open

News Update 12 August 2022

Now complete, the new-look Redmond Stairs in Salter Point is already a popular attraction for riverside walkers.

CWSP Parks and Reserve works Redmond Stairs
July 2022

Environmental restoration work continues at Neil McDougall Park

News Update 27 July 2022

The City will continue important restoration work this financial year to improve the water quality and surrounding areas of Neil McDougall Lake.

Neil McDougall Lake Parks and Reserve works

Scheduled capital works

Parks and reserves capital work projects for the 2022/23 financial year are listed below.

View the Capital Works map for the 2022/23 financial year.

  • Axford Barker Reserve playground replacement, Como
  • Park Furniture Replacement Program, City-wide
  • Isabella/Craigie Reserve playground replacement, Manning
  • Parks - Irrigation Replacement Program, City-wide
  • Waterford Triangle laneway, Waterford
  • McDougall Park Lake WSUD, Como
  • Bill Grayden Reserve playground replacement, Como
  • Hurlingham Playground replacement, South Perth
  • Coolidge Reserve upgrade, Como
  • Godwin Avenue sump retrofit, Manning
  • Cricket facilities upgrade
  • Richardson Park cricket practice nets replacement, South Perth
  • Hensman Park court resurfacing, South Perth
  • South Perth Foreshore river wall
  • Mindeerup tactile surface indicators, South Perth
  • Osprey nesting pole, South Perth Foreshore
  • James Miller Oval floodlighting, Manning
  • Bill Grayden Reserve floodlighting, Como.