City of Canning
The City of Canning’s Parks and Conservation team supports us on a day-to-day basis with help on the ground. The City provides practical support in so many ways that it is impossible to list them all. From providing bags for us to fill with rubbish and weeds which they then collect for disposal, to lending tools, sharing expertise and arranging contractors, the City works with us to protect our natural environment.
In 2017 we received a Small Community Grant from the City to add three new designs to our suite of greeting cards. The generous support from the City of Canning has ensured that all proceeds from the sale of these cards goes directly towards nature conservation.
Cards are available for purchase from the Canning River Eco Education Centre at the corner of Kent St & Queens Park Rd, Wilson.
Web Wizards
We are excited to be the developers of this dynamic website. As a local business, and also living locally, we wanted to support initiatives in the area. Our team spent many hours designing and building this customised website under instruction of the committed FQPB team. We think the collaborative effort has resulted in a website that highlights the beauty and biodiversity of the Queens Park Bushland area.
Web Wizards is a top Perth Web Design company. Our aim when creating a website for our clients is to combine great Web Page Design and Website Development with Web Traffic Strategies to deliver best results for their business or organisation.
www.webwizards.com.au
Links
The following links will take you to websites that we find useful in our quest to obtain knowledge about the world around us.
Plants
Florabase is a part of the Department of Parks and Wildlife website. It provides information and photographs for all of Australia’s plants – https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/search/advanced
Birds
Birdlife Western Australia holds informative meetings, regular bird watching excursions and lots more – http://www.birdlife.org.au/locations/birdlife-western-australia
Invertebrates
The WA Insect Study Society holds very informative meetings every two months and is where to go if you want to find out about our insects. They also have photographs of all of our dragonflies and damselflies. Find out more at https://waissdotorg.wordpress.com/
Ladybirds of Australia holds photographs for 158 species of Australian ladybirds – https://www.csiro.au/en/research/animals/insects/id-resources
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/ has a huge number of moths, butterflies and their caterpillars photographed and described.
Brisbane Insects and Spiders, while not being about WA, holds so much information it cannot be ignored. You’ll be surprised by just how many insects & spiders Perth and Brisbane have in common – http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/pchew_brisbane/index.htm
David R has helped identify some of our invertebrates and for that we thank him. You can follow David’s nature observations in a rainforest in Kuranda, Queensland, at http://www.bunyipco.blogspot.com/.
David Knowles from Spineless Wonders has also been invaluable when it comes to identifying our invertebrates. Find out more about David at http://spinelesswonders.com.au/ .
Fungi
The WA Naturalists’ Club is THE site to visit to learn all about Perth’s fungi. Download the Perth Fungi Field Book to identify the fungi found in Perth – https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/branches-groups/fungi/fungi-books-and-resources/