Kwinana's large building blocks, tree line streets, green parklands and sporting grounds are the result of good planning over the past 40 years. The general layout of the town with it's wide open streets and dual carriage ways offered enormous potential but had been neglected over a period of time. The stage is now set for Kwinana to be reborn in what is being called Australia's largest residential urban renewal and community beautification programme...what we have come to know as... The New Kwinana.
The town of Kwinana and its suburbs Parmelia, Orelia, Medina and Calista have always had a country community feel about them. With recent developments such as the new freeway to Perth and the planned rail extension to Rockingham and Mandurah, the Kwinana region is now at the crossroads in terms of development and expansion. One important ingredient in The New Kwinana programme is the upgrading and beautification of parks, main roads, playing fields and public open space. This will include new landscaping and reticulation as well as new playground equipment, picnic and family facilities.
More than 100 000 trees and shrubs have been planted as part of The New Kwinana redeveloment project and the main roads in the industrial area have undergone extensive landscaping through the Kwinana Industries Council.
Walking Trails
A feature of the 'New Kwinana' project is the many kilometres of walking trails that have been established so that families can walk and ride bikes safely.
These
walking trails are a great safety feature, as it means that small children
are not riding bikes, skateboards or rollerblades on the roads.
The Spectacles
The Spectacles is an important environmental area in Kwinana. It contains two major wetlands, including the southern most wetlands within the Beeliar Park and is surrounded by banksia woodland. Today $250 000 has been spent on many different walk trails, signage and boardwalks in this area. This important area is being safeguarded by the Rotary Club of Kwinana and " Youth For Nature " through the construction of walkways and observation points.
Leda Nature Reserve
A 439 ha area known as Leda Nature Reserve has been indentified for its conservation significance, and is gazetted as an 'A' class reserve to be managed by CALM. This area is larger than Kings Park and is known to be the home of the Black Gloved Wallaby.
Air Quality in Kwinana
An extensive monitoring network has been established by Kwinana Industries Council in conjuction with the Department of Enviromental Protection to ensure Kwinana's air quality is as good, if not better, than that of Nedlands or Mosman Park.
Cockburn Sound
Rehabilitation of eroded sections of Cockburn Sound foreshore have been facilitated through a Clean Up Australia 2001 initiative. In fact, Kwinana was the first Western Australian project to be initiated as part of this national campaign.