Save Hertha Wetland

10/01/2026

Glad that 9 News Perth, Cr. Lisa and Dom Enoch gave this community a voice. We really hope the lake can be restored.

08/12/2025

We don't need to destroy endangered bushland and kill cockatoos to build houses. There are less environmentally damaging options available. Please help out if you can 🙏

Erindale Road Bushland under threat! Act now to save this beautiful local bushland! This is your opportunity to tell the Environmental Protection Authority to reject the proposal from BAI Communications to clear Lots 802 and part 803 Erindale Road, Hamersley for development.

Follow this link or scan the QR code below to make your submission:
https://consultation.epa.wa.gov.au/open-for-submissions/802-803-erindale-road-hamersley-add-info/consultation/intro/

To see more details about the proposal and to access our in-depth comment bank, please visit our website:
www.friendsoferindaleroadbushland.com

Contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions or need assistance in making a submission.

30/10/2025

A WIN FOR HERTHA:

The painful truth about activism is that sometimes, it fails.

When you’re up against Goliath, people will tell you that you can’t stop “progress.”

Especially when you’re trying to save a wetland that, until recently, didn’t even have a name.

And after months of silence since the initial clearing, we feared Main Roads would take the rest of Hertha Wetland as they’d originally planned…

Which is why we’re delighted to share the news that Main Roads have dropped plans for the drainage basin inside the wetland. This basin would have destroyed our remaining trees and crushed turtles under Rita's watch. Instead, the City of Stirling have moved it to a far better location, confirmed by CEO Stevan Rodic.

It took a community of hundreds to pull this off.

Huge thanks to Ian Barlow - The Crazy Bushman and Dom Enoch, whose turtle footage became the catalyst for rallying support; to ABC Perth and journalists who told our story; and to Kate Chaney MP, Basil Zempilas, Dr Brad Pettitt MLC, Jess Beckerling and Amanda Dorn - Animal Justice Party MP, for their advocacy and for pressing Ms Saffioti to halt the works.

The victory is bittersweet, because we still lost a hectare of giant Marri trees to unnecessary noise walls (thanks, Rita). For those who want the full, unfiltered story, from missing turtle surveys to secret basin plans, our petition letter to Parliament is now public. It lays out the science, the broken promises, and why saving the rest of Hertha mattered.

Read it here: https://tinyurl.com/ProtectionofHerthaWetland
And the City's + Minister's Responses: https://tinyurl.com/CityandMinisterResponse

Turns out that “progress” can be stopped... when people stand up for what truly matters.

12/10/2025

This is one of the last remaining turtles of Civic Gardens, near Hertha. In neglected and abused wetlands like Talia Lake, these turtles bear the brunt of "progress" without protection.

She has lost the vegetation that sheltered her family and is forced to swim daily in a mix of gross pollutants and freeway runoff. Against all odds, she’s still here, but she needs our help.

Elections are happening right now. Please vote like your turtles life dePONDs on it! Elizabeth Re voted to keep the Wetland Protection Policy (MS 522) that was supposed to safeguard this lake and others in Stirling. So did Creado, Migdale, Olow, and Lisa Thornton.

The others did not.

Send your postal vote in tomorrow.

If you lost or never received your ballot, you may still be able to vote — but check with the City first. (A Councillor told us this, though it’s not listed on the City’s website.)

Where: City of Stirling Council Offices
When: Tomorrow (Monday) through next Saturday
Time: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm daily
Bring: Your ID

Please share this post and remind your neighbors to go vote this shell-ection.

Thank you Dom Enoch for this footage 🙏

15/08/2025

The noise walls at Hertha Wetland are responsible for 1 hectare of vibrant marri trees being ripped out and starving our black cockatoos... now it seems they are shattering the peace of Kingsley residents. This environmental vandalism must end - our community and wildlife deserve better! See the sad news coverage below:

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22/07/2025

Have your say!

The link to submit your concerns takes you to a submission page and requires answering a bunch of questions. If you're not sure how to answer, there are meetings around that will guide you, here: https://endforestmining.org.au/town-hall-online/

You can refer to this article to strengthen your submission: https://www.hikewest.org.au/ricky-england-big-jarrah-walk/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLsCahleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFGRXM2czg1Q1NCMm5IM1huAR4srVnWIw_4h5uLEHPe1uxNZ2sSrNnfq3GLOgT-5YEtmoO0CsESVlSlenAVdg_aem_r2HkpWuugk0akU0Zoze4EA

"Ricky suggests mentioning whatever touches you about this issue: "If you are angry about your water catchment, if you love the Bibbulmun track and think it should be protected, if you’ve been in the Darling Range and wondered why it’s not a national park, if you love birds and wildlife”, make that the basis of your submission."

‼️ ATTENTION PERTH PEOPLE ‼️

⛔️ Alcoa Expansion planned for Mundaring Weir drinking water catchment in the Perth Hills ⛔️

Alcoa have released their 2023-2027 plans for mining in the Darling Range.

Buried within is a MASSIVE expansion of Alcoa’s operations into the Mandoon Bilya - Helena River catchment that feeds Mundaring Weir and our drinking water supply. Check our map to see what is being proposed and where 👀👀👀

🙏🙏🙏 PLEASE ACT NOW:

✅ Complete a short survey before 21 August 2025 to tell the EPA what you think about Alcoa’s plans: https://tinyurl.com/54d2hynf

✅ Share this post, tag your friends and ask them to complete the survey

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT??

Public access is restricted to most of the catchment - hiking and camping are banned and we are not even allowed to collect water samples for our healthy rivers program from some areas🚷🚳🚱

Yet Alcoa wants to clear parts of Mundaring State Forest, build haulage roads and undertake exploration drilling in preparation for potential future mining. How can be less risky than hiking and camping?? 🤯🤯🤯

Have you seen what Alcoa has done around Serpentine Dam drinking water catchment?? Take a drive out to the hills and see for yourself.

Alcoa’s mining lease over the ENTIRE Darling Range was established decades ago when the world was a very different place. Our forests are now under massive pressure that we couldn’t have foreseen back then - drying climate, low rainfall, dieback, PSHB etc. 💔💔💔

We urgently need to RETHINK the scale of mining in our south west forests before it’s too late!!

Starting with: NO MORE MINING IN OUR DRINKING WATER CATCHMENTS!! 🚱🚱🚱

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This is some of the last undisturbed forest of the Darling Range, the WORLD’S ONLY JARRAH FOREST, and where we recently discovered a new population of mainland quokkas💔💔💔

We believe Alcoa’s plans could cause:

⛔️ Devastating and irreversible damage to the ecological and cultural values of the Perth Hills

⛔️ Unacceptable risks to our drinking water supply

⛔️ Loss of social and recreational values that will affect future generations long after we are gone

Your opinion might be different and that’s OK – it is SO important that everyone has their say on something that will impact their future before it is too late…..

*️⃣ Complete this survey and share with your networks: https://tinyurl.com/54d2hynf

*️⃣ If you need help with the survey, check out WAFA’s helpful community guide in the comments.

*️⃣ If you don’t have time for the survey, sign the submission by the WA Forest Alliance and Conservation Council of WA.

More info and links in comments 👀👀👀

🙏🙏 PLEASE SHARE THIS POST 🙏🙏

15/07/2025

A mining proposal on top of Carnaby's habitat is before the Federal EPBC process and open for public comment right now. Please visit No Mine in Katanning - Save Badgebup for info and consider putting in a submission to save nature and stop the mine. Thank you🤍

10/07/2025

Two Updates:

First, A Big THANK YOU to Amanda Dorn - Animal Justice Party MP for mentioning our turtle families in parliament and asking Ms Saffioti if the Hertha Wetland enviro assessments were adequate... given that our gov greenlit the destruction and excavation of turtle nesting areas.

Hon Amanda Dorn's questions are here: https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/hansard/daily/uh/2025-06-25/24?sid=bc192548bff745f88f

Also, our letter to the Enviro Committee will be read on August the 13th, which is super exciting... will keep you posted on results.