Regional parks in Western Australia

Regional parks in Western Australia are conservation areas with the purpose of serving as urban havens to preserve and restore cultural heritage and valuable ecosystems as well as to encourage sustainable nature-based recreation activities.

Apart from the already existing regional parks, future proposals exist, like the recently approved Kalgulup Regional Park, located within the City of Bunbury, Shire of Capel, Shire of Dardanup and Shire of Harvey,[2] which encompass the former Preston River to Ocean Regional Park proposal, proposed for almost 40 years,[3] and the Leschenault Regional Park along the Collie and Brunswick Rivers.

[5][6] The concept of regional spaces in Western Australia open to the public was first proposed in 1955, when the Stephenson-Hepburn Report recommended preserving private land for future public use in what would become the Perth Metropolitan Region in 1963.

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) identified areas of significant conservation, landscape and recreation value in a report in 1983.

[7] The list of regional parks in Western Australia: Download coordinates as: