Resources

Cottesloe Coastcare and Cottesloe’s Natural Areas

Cottesloe Coastcare Celebrating 20 years. Read our article that was published in Coastlines Spring 2015.
Connecting land, shores and oceans. 4th WA State Coastal Conference. Report by Robyn Benken and Frauke Chambers, 2007.
Cottesloe Coastcare 2016. All about Cottesloe Coastcare – what we do, how we do it and why we do it.
Cottesloe Natural Areas Management Plan. Ecoscape (Australia) Pty Ltd. 2008. The NAMP provides a framework to guide the management of Cottesloe’s natural areas over a 5 year period.
Cottesloe Natural Areas Management Plan. Update 2015. Syrinx
Mineral nutrition of native plants on the Swan Coastal Plain. A fascinating presentation by Hans Lambers for our AGM in 2003.
Newsletters. Cottesloe Coastcare published a newsletter from 2004 to 2012 and they provide a great way to look back at our history.
John Black Dune Park. A report by Robert Powell 2006.
North Cottesloe Coastal Management Plan 2005-2010. Ecoscape, 2005.
A Preliminary Assessment of Water Resource Environmental Management Issues Associated with the Fresh Groundwater Lens on the Cottesloe Peninsula by S. Appleyard, 2004
To bag or not to bag? – that is the question by Robyn Benken, 2007.

Animals of the Cottesloe Reef Fish Habitat Protection Area by L.M. Marsh
Birds of the Leighton Peninsula is an illustrated guide to our local birds of the land, river and sea. Contact us if you’d like a copy.
Fishing Line Menace by Rowley Goonan
Perth Fish: Explore, Identify, Enjoy by Dianne McLean and Michael Taylor. A great resource on our local fish with an excellent guide to identifying the fish you might see on our Cottesloe Reef.
Sustainable successful and responsible fishing in the fish habitat protection area by Brett Donovan
Weedy Seadragon campaign success by Robyn Benken (2011)

Aborigines and the Cottesloe Coast by Ken Macintyre and Dr. Barb Dobson (2004). Paper presented to Cottesloe Coastcare May 2004.
Cottesloe’s Sense of Place by Vicki Woods. (2008). Outlines what is special about Cottesloe, written for the Enquiry by Design process that was held in 2008.
Indigenous Significance of Mudurup Rocks, Cottesloe by Ken Macintyre and Dr. Barb Dobson (2014).
Mudurup – History in the Rocks by Mike Gregson (2013)
The Goats of Grant Marine Park by Robyn Benken.

Red eye wattle (Acacia cyclops) by Robert Powell
Create a coastal ecosystem on your verge – planting local plants will attract birds and animals, save water and look great.
Grow local plants – Town of Cottesloe – Part 1 and Part 2. A planting guide showing native plants that are especially suitable to Cottesloe gardens. Note: when printing scale the page size to A4.
Seaweeds and seagrasses of the Cottesloe area by Dr Anne Brearley.
Verge plants for Cottesloe by Robyn Benken.