Fremantle Wildflower Trails

Wildflowers bloom in the nature reserves, wetlands, and regional parks around Fremantle and Cockburn. These conservation areas, located within the cities of Fremantle and Cockburn, provide vital habitat for a variety of flora and fauna. With walking and cycle trails, BBQ facilities, playgrounds, and public amenities, these parks offer the perfect setting to enjoy the wildflowers in spring.

Sir Frederick Samson Park

Sir Frederick Samson Park is the largest bush reserve in the City of Fremantle. Nature trails wind through the park displaying jarrah, marri and tuart trees, and a variety of native flora including donkey orchids, pink fairy and cowslip orchids in spring. The park also provides habitat to over 50 bird species, reptiles and bats and is a popular meeting place, with picnic areas, BBQ facilities and a children's playground.

Beeliar Regional Park

The Beeliar Regional Park, within the City of Cockburn, consists of two chains of wetlands comprising 26 lakes, and numerous wetlands stretching 25km along the coast to cover around 3400 hectares of bushland home to many species of flora and fauna. Visitors can enjoy their environmental values as well as walk and cycle trails, BBQs and picnic facilities and playgrounds.

Lake Mt Brown Walk Trail

Lake Mt Brown Walk Trail is a 5.8 kilometre walk in Beeliar Regional Park. The path is paved for two kilometres and then there is a limestone and sand four wheel drive track around Lake Mt Brown. Firewood banksia makes a showy display in autumn. The wetlands were important camping, ceremonial areas and sources of food for Aboriginal people. The vegetation communities found in the park represent communities once widespread on the Swan Coastal Plain but now significantly decreased. 

Henderson Cliffs Walk Trail

Henderson Cliffs Walk Trail is a short loop walk, passing by some fascinating rugged limestone cliffs along Cockburn Sound. The first 100m of the footpath is sealed and wheelchair accessible from the car park to the lookout. There is an aternative track which winds from the lookout north and back to the car park for 200 metres. There is a path which crosses Cockburn Road and meets up (after one kilometre) with the Mt Brown car park. 

Jandakot Regional Park

The Jandakot Regional Park, within the City of Cockburn, offers a range of natural landscapes including banksia woodland, wetlands and rural remnants of bushland. The area is rich with interesting plants and wildlife with over 400 species of plants to enjoy. From August to November wildflowers are at their peak, and bushwalking is the best way to get amongst it and explore. 

Banksia Eucalypt Woodland Reserve

The Banksia Eucalypt Woodland Reserve is situated in the suburb of Aubin Grove and is a Bush Forever site and part of the Jandakot Regional Park. This large reserve is biologically diverse and contains a variety of native flora and fauna. Banksia Eucalypt Woodland Reserve is enjoyed by wildflower enthusiasts during spring when an amazing array of native wildflowers is on show. The reserve also has walking and cycling paths.

Denis de Young Reserve

Denis de Young Reserve is an 84 hectare conservation reserve in Banjup. It contains remnant Banksia Woodland and Melaleuca Paperbark dampland communities. It is a Bush Forever site home to over 300 species of plants, including many rare types, and provides refuge and habitat for over 150 animal species.  Fauna species include Bandicoots, Grey Kangaroo, New Holland Honeyeater, Fairy Wren and the Silvereye. Denis de Young offers a variety of recreational uses such as walking, bird watching and wildflower spotting.