Thank you to all our volunteers and partners for contributing to our annual environmental rehabilitation programs
The Rottnest Foundation partnered with HBF to assist with the removal of tree-guards from established plants at Porpoise and Little Armstrong Bays.
Tree-guard removal is an important component of the Island's ongoing Woodland Management Plan and HBF's significant contribution to this program was greatly appreciated. The tree-guards are essential to protect the young seedlings from quokka grazing and are removed once the plants are well established, approximately 2-3 years later.
Kristi Annear, Community Engagement Consultant with HBF said, "Given HBF's current marketing campaign that features three animated quokkas, it was timely that our latest workplace volunteering day delivered conservation work on Rottnest. From the first point of contact with the Rottnest Foundation, we were well looked after. Everything was planned for us, from the ferry ride with Rottnest Express and lunch at the Karma Country Club, to some hard earned rest and relaxation at the end of the day, including time for a cold beverage at Hotel Rottnest. Everyone really enjoyed the day and we all felt proud to support the island and its quokkas."
The Rottnest Foundation is currently working with the Rottnest Island Authority to develop a number of sponsorship and corporate engagement opportunities to support the ongoing conservation of the Island.
Rottnest Foundation Members’ volunteer contribution to our tree-planting and rehabilitation programs
2024 Save the dates: Saturday 6 July, 24 August and 16 November
2023
1638 woodlands species, propagated from the Island’s nursery were planted at Woodland site #19230 and #19230. Foundation members also partnered with members of the Marjorie Bay boating community, planting 566 coastal species, complete with tree guards to ensure they survived the local quokka population.
2022
732 plants, propagated from the Island’s nursery, were planted at Woodlands site 19550. 763 seedlings were planted, and quokka guards fitted at Longreach Bay coastal area.
2021
1,600 coastal species were planted at Longreach Bay to stabilise the dune system, provide habitat for fauna and mitigate further erosion. Tree-guard removal was undertaken at Eagle and Marjorie Bays.
2020
6,400 salt-marsh seedlings, over two weekends to support salt-marsh rehabilitation at Herschel Lake. Made possible with an $18,000 Communities Environmental Program grant awarded to the Foundation.
2019
1,500 salt-marsh species were planted to revegetate the foreshore of Garden Lake. Coastal species were used to arrest dune erosion and manage visitor access to a large osprey stack at West Marjorie Bay.
2018
1,500 seedlings were used to close off ad hoc trails, stabilise dunes and manage visitor traffic at Rocky Bay on the Karlinyah Bidi. A beach clean-up and sea spurge removal, an invasive species from northern Africa, was undertaken along Ricey Beach.
2017
1,000 seedlings were planted with protective tree-guards to manage visitor access at Eagle Bay. Foundation members then partnered with Rottnest Express staff to plant 1,000 seedlings with tree-guards to arrest a blow-out and rehabilitate habitat at Green Island.
2016
Foundation members in partnership with Rottnest Express planted 1,800 plants with tree-guards to close old beach access into Ricey Beach
2015
823 seedlings were planted around
then newly constructed Seal Viewing
Platform at Cathedral Rocks. Due to
nesting shearwaters, the site was heavily
brushed to deter quokka grazing.
Make a difference.
You can make a real difference to the conservation of Rottnest Island and ensure that the Island remains that special place we all love for its unique beauty and heritage.
A “Conservation Donation” will contribute directly to our major projects, including the Wadjemup Bidi, conservation of the Wadjemup Aboriginal Burial Ground and the Rottnest Island Woodland Management Plan.
With a “Quokka Donation” you are helping Rottnest Foundation support ongoing conservation projects that protect and preserve the habitat for Quokkas and ongoing quokka monitoring programs.