Nature’s Beauty Revealed walk: Anstey-Keane Dampland, Forrestdale

The Armadale and Gosnells regions are blessed with numerous large bush reserves, many of them cared for by local volunteers.

A Botanical Jewel – the Anstey-Keane Dampland (Bush Forever site 342) is the second-most floristically diverse site on the Swan Coastal Plain and has more plant species than Kings Park.  More importantly, its vegetation is in excellent to pristine condition and is an area of high biological importance. This small patch of bush harbours a remarkable diversity of plant species amid an ever-encroaching urban environment.  It is located about 30 km south of the Perth CBD in the heart of semi-rural and semi-urban Forrestdale between Nicholson Road and Tonkin Highway and north of Armadale Road.  Anstey-Keane Dampland forms an important part of the Jandakot Regional Park.

Some 381 plant species have been recorded including the Swamp Fox Banksia (Banksia telmatiaea), One-sided Bottlebrush (Calothamnus hirsutus), Swamp Cypress (Actinostrobus pyramidalis), Sand Bottlebrush (Beaufortia squarrosa) and Regelia ciliata.  They provide important habitat for the Southern Brown Bandicoot, or Quenda (Isoodon obesulus).

Meet at the corner of Anstey Road and Keane Road, Forrestdale.

Please wear suitable clothing and footwear and bring water.