Canning River Regional Park

Western Longneck Turtles.

Longneck turtles everywhere! I’ve seen at least ten. The conservation team are doing a great job. Most suburbs have those signs with silhouettes of rare local wildlife just to boast. Not Wilson! We ha...

The Canning River regional park is a nice place to go

WILDLIFE AROUND THE CANNING RIVER The Canning River regional park covers a vast area of wetlands that are home to numerous birds, reptiles and wildflowers. You can regularly see black swans, Austra...

Largest regional park in Perth Metro Area

The Canning River Regional Park (CRRP) is the largest of eight regional parks in the Perth Metro Area. Anyone living South of the Swan River will be familiar with the Canning River. The CRRP runs 6 km...

Good walking area

Quite a few walking trails, we parked at the Kent street car park, got takeaway coffees and went for a very nice quite a long walk around the river.

Well-known site for South of the River teenagers

The Kent Street Weir, which is the main feature of the Canning River Regional Park, is well-known to generations of South of the River teens. It's an easy bicycle ride from South Perth or Victoria Par...