Conservation and Restoration in the GBSW

There is new conservation work being funded in the Greater Brixton Street Wetlands!

And as we know, the GBSW is an area of enormous biodiversity and fragility that is being impacted by multiple threats – ranging from rubbish dumping and vandalism; fire, climate change and encroaching development. It is cared for by the Friends of Brixton Street Wetlands and the Friends of Alison Baird Reserve.

In really good news in December 2024, WA government announced funding of $1.5 Million to support on-ground conservation work in the Greater Brixton Street Wetlands.  This would assist local community groups and employ an officer to oversee the area, undertake weed control, restoration, biodiversity monitoring, rubbish removal, and improve local signage.

Cat Williams, known to many of us as being with SERCUL, was appointed to the ongoing role of Operations Officer, Conservation.

Hear from  Cat about her plans and the progress being made to care for the GBSW.

Meet our speaker – Cat Williams

Cat has worked in the landcare industry in WA for many years, including with APACE WA, EMRC and SERCUL prior to joining DBCA.  She was a National Women in Landcare Award winner in 2025.

Citation: Catherine is an outstanding Community Landcare Manager at Southeastern Regional Centre for Urban Landcare (SERCUL) who provides invaluable support to volunteers and land managers. She promotes and enables the conservation, management, and protection of Perth’s urban nature reserves and bushland. Catherine supports Friends Of and landcare groups, advocating for the community and assisting with a wide range of activities, from grant writing to on-ground work, publicity, and communication.

She has now joined DBCA as the Operations Officer (Conservation) for the Greater Brixton Street Wetlands. This is a permanent role and one of the very few positions in DBCA allocated solely to a single site.

Join Us

We hope that you will join us at City West Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth on Wednesday 26 August.  The doors will open at 6:00 pm for light refreshments; session starts at 6:30 pm.

Please let us know that you are coming along. You can either RSVP at the bottom of this page (keep scrolling) or else email [email protected].

If you can’t make it to West Perth, you can join us online via Zoom. Please email [email protected] to request the Zoom link.