Swanbourne Oval Greenway Development - Stage 1

The City in conjunction with the Swanbourne Coastal Alliance and the Friends of Allen Park received a grant from the Western Australian Planning Commission through the Coastwest Grants Program 2019/20 to undertake Swanbourne Oval Greenway Development – Stage 1.

This project is being undertaken in accordance with the Allen Park Masterplan and Swanbourne Oval refurbishment works. The project will covert the northern part of Swanbourne Beach Oval to coastal bushland (approximately 2.4 Ha) as well as undertake ongoing restoration of adjacent coastal areas within Allen Park. It will involve site preparation in April/May, followed by installation of certified mulch in May and revegetation with 5500 low growing locally occurring native shrubs and ground covers in June and July.

The project will assist with the City’s aims of protecting biodiversity, providing improved habitats, connectivity for local fauna and increasing the City’s capacity to absorb greenhouse gas emissions.

Objectives

• Increase the integrity of the coastal corridor by developing and enhancing ecological linkages to adjacent coastal areas north and south in Cottesloe and Cambridge;
• Enhance the existing greenway corridor at Allen Park by increasing the area of bushland in the Reserve;
• Removal of invasive weeds;
• Revegetation with local provenance native seedlings;
• Maintenance of public access such as beach fencing;
• Improvement of bushland condition;
• Reducing erosion;
• Increasing habitat of fauna such as the resident White-winged and Chestnut Fairy-wrens
• Strengthening two regional greenways - the coastal greenway and the Bold Park to Kings Park Greenway
• Protection of environmental values and biodiversity within the coastal zone;
• Increasing the atheistic quality of the area; and
• Building capacity by involving the community.

Timeline

You can view the Greenway Map and FAQs about the project in the document library.