Wetland Walk Trail, Hamel Wetland Walk Trail, Hamel

This trail passes through some of the remaining 20% of the Swan Coastal Plain; the other 80% having been destroyed since European settlement for farming and towns. Even this area was once used to grow pine trees, but is now being allowed to return to its natural state.

The wetland would have been used by aboriginal people living in the area moving seasonally from the hills to coastal areas and is now a gazetted wetland and protected from future development. 

The short trail takes you through the regenerating bush to a shelter that looks out over the wetland, where over 1000 Straw-necked Ibis nest each year. There are numerous other birds in the area that can be seen and heard in the bush around you. Informative signs are provided along the way, describing the shrubs and trees growing along the trail and how they were use by aboriginal people for food and medicine in the past. 

The only parking available is on the verge, but there is parking at the Hamel Hall about 400m down the road. There are toilets, BBQs, picnic tables and a children's playground at the hall.