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Grant Marine Park

Grant Marine Park is on the corner of Grant Street and Marine Parade.

When Cottesloe Coastcare began work here in 2003, rabbits, dogs and people wandering across the lattice work of tracks had destroyed most of the local vegetation.  Surprisingly 19 local plant species had survived.

You can see a list of the plants that occur at this site here.

With funding from Coastwest and Envirofund paths and a lookout were built.  Coastcare volunteers then began the laborious task of removing the masses of weeds on the site and planting with local plants with help from the Town of Cottesloe.

The site has transformed over time and the eastern protected side is a dense and healthy environment for birds, insects and lizards. Coastcare  continues to work on the site removing weeds and infill planting on the western side. Many groups have worked with us over time here including Conservation Volunteers Australia sponsored by Woodside, Price Waterhouse Coopers, HBF and DHL. We’ve had enthusiastic help from school groups as well, including Scotch College and John XXIII.

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Goats and sheep?

Grant Marine Park was once the grazing ground for goats and sheep. In time the site became completely denuded of all vegetation and the blowing sand covered the neighbour’s six foot high picket fences. You can read more here in Robyn’s story about The Goats of Grant Marine Park. While some vegetation established over time it was largely weeds and garden escapees.

Grant Marine Park planting 2006

2006 Planting started with seedlings grown from seed collected locally.

Grant Marine Park 2018

2018 12 years later the same area is a flourishing habitat.

Grant Marine Park June 2009

2004 Just at the start of our project.

Scotch boys 2018

2018 Scotch College boys helped with weeding.

Grant Marine Park Cottesloe Castcare volunteers 2019

2019 Cottesloe Coastcare volunteers.

Grevillea crithmifolia and bee

Grevillea crithmifolia grows well in Grant Marine Park.

What we are protecting

Bobtails

Bobtail

Bobtails (Tiliqua rugosa)  are becoming more common on the Cottesloe foreshore as more food plants and habitat is provided. Bobtails are found all over Australia and are the most common member of the large skink family.  They eat just about anything and we have seen them eating Snakebush flowers, slaters and Saltbush berries. After a long winter sleep they are active on the dunes in spring. This is the season they search for a new mate or reconnect with an old one.

Quandong (Santalum acuminatum)

Santalum acuminatum

In 2009 the only remaining patch of Sweet Quandongs (Santalum acuminatum) left in Cottesloe was near the WA Foundation for Deaf Children. These beautiful small trees were probably much more common many years ago. Semi-parasitic they send out horizontal roots with suckers. In 2009 Robyn and Jan dug up ten suckers with a little root attached and potted them up. In the winter they planted them at Grant Marine Park, beside Dune Moses (Acacia lasiocarpa) to provide a possible host plant. To everyone’s delight these plants are now thriving and suckering.

Related stories

Protecting Grant Marine Park

18 June 2020/by Sue Freeth

A successful 2018 planting season

21 July 2018/by Sue Freeth

Our good news Quandong story

21 April 2018/by Robyn Benken

Clean Up Australia Day 2018

11 March 2018/by Robyn Benken

4000th plant in!

20 July 2017/by Sue Freeth

The last plant…. and lamingtons!

11 June 2016/by Robyn Benken

2015 planting finished

17 June 2015/by Sue Freeth

Pricewaterhouse Coopers to the rescue!

24 January 2014/by Robyn Benken
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