Walk Manning Park Ridge

Explore the Manning Park Ridge

This is a precious site with Critically Endangered Honeymyrtle Shrubland and a culturally significant ground for the Whadjuk people.  Manning Park Ridge has had an unloved past and is now under pressure from recreation and climate change.  The dry 2024 Autumn caused significant death to Banksia sessilis and surrounding vegetation.

Nonetheless Manning Park Ridge still has large patches of intact limestone shrubland and is surrounded by larger coastal redheart trees, plus a lake with turtles and also bush birds now lost to many places in Perth.

The big questions are: how do we make this site more resilient to climate change? How do we build corridors for our wildlife?

There are two bushcare groups who are keen to progress restoration at Manning Park Ridge and are advocating for a Management Plan which:

• Honours the significance of the lands to the Whadjuk people and supports its ecological needs.
• Identifies and addresses the key stressors that led to the decline of Banksia sessilis, such as changes in soil health, water availability and invasive species.​​
• Conserves and restores large redheart trees (Eucalyptus decipiens) and other long-lived species to provide stability and continuity to the landscape

Join Us

Join the Friends of Manning Park Ridge and Urban Bushland Council on Sunday 13th April at 9:15 am for a 9:30 start.  When the walk concludes at 11:00 am we will have a cuppa and a chat at the Azelia Ley Homestead, Manning Park.

Read more about this precious Threatened Ecological Community here.