WA Parks Foundation

Established in late 2016 at the initiative of then Western Australian Governor Kerry Sanderson, the WA Parks Foundation works to maintain and conserve the state’s parks including national parks, nature reserves and marine reserves; encourage a communal love for and pride in WA’s parks; and to build and support a network of partners with a similar mission.

The foundation intends to carry out initiatives including a $1.35 million renewal and development of walking and cycling trails within the park, a $500,000 lookout over Perth that will link John Forrest National Park to the Swan River, a $1 million upgrade of the main picnic area, and (as a broader theme for all parks) the use of technology such as smartphone accessible maps.