City of Joondalup
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This is your City of Joondalup Nature Passport!
Use it to explore nature in the City of Joondalup, play, create, imagine, look closer and have some fun with your friends and family.
Try new nature activities. Journal your adventures. Record the wildlife you come across. Tick off our list of ‘15 things to do’.
Flip forward to your City of Joondalup Activity Map to see the six activity locations, then find the corresponding activity page and get stuck in!
Each of the activities can be done using the international app and there are over one hundred more to choose from. Visit www.naturepassport.org to get started!
City of Joondalup Activity Map
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Beginner 30 to 45 mins Move
Texture Tag
Go on an adventure to explore textures at Whitfords Nodes. Touch leaves, bark, even the ground. Record the textures you felt. Now look for an open space where you can move freely without tripping. Decide on boundaries and a caller. When the caller yells a texture, race from home base to find and touch it as quickly as you can. Play as many rounds as there are textures! Safety first! Before starting the activity, please scout the area for objects that may be unsafe to touch. Journal Draw, take notes and fill in the blank space!
Textures I found: Attach sticker here! Slimy
Rough
Smooth
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Scratchy
Sandy
Visit app.naturepassport.org (Launch Pack) to complete this activity and many more! Activity 2: Iluka Foreshore Park Burns Beach Road, Iluka
Medium 30 to 45 mins Observe
Micro Hike
You don’t need to go on a long journey to discover something new. Forget a one kilometre hike. Try a one metre hike instead! You will need:
String, thin rope or yarn Scissors
Measure out one metre of string. This will be your hiking trail. Begin your hike at one end of the string, getting close and looking at every detail. Pro Tip! Imagine you are the size of a thumbnail. Find a rock or stick to use as a tiny you. Walk it along your trail! Journal Draw, take notes and fill in the blank space!
Attach Make a list of things you found on sticker your micro hike! here!
I found:
Rocks
A worm
An ant
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Visit app.naturepassport.org (My Outdoor Classroom Pack) to complete this activity and many more! Activity 3: Neil Hawkins Park Boas Avenue, Joondalup
Beginner 15 mins or less Collaborate
Find a Feather
Explore Neil Hawkins Park to find a feather! Did you know... feathers are unique to birds and their ancestors; no other type of living animal has them! Which of the following best describes your feather?
Soft and fluffy Stiff, large, with a long quill Short, rounded, pliable and symmetrical Journal Draw, take notes and fill in the blank space!
Attach Did you find feathers from any of sticker these birds? here!
Wood Duck Honeyeater
Splendid Fairy- Carnaby’s Black Australian Wren Cockatoo Ringneck Parrot
Visit app.naturepassport.org (Everyday Explorer Pack) to complete this activity and many more! Activity 4: Shepherds Bush Park Barridale Drive, Kingsley
Medium 15 mins or less Observe
The Awareness Game
Being aware of your surroundings is a great skill. Give yourself five minutes to study the world around you. Once you’ve assessed your surroundings, close your eyes and ask your partner to read out the questions in the Journal Page for this activity. Brain Teaser... how many jobs can you think of that rely on awareness? Count your ideas (some examples include detectives, artists and scientists).
Badge Stickers
Texture Tag Micro Hike
T e h m Fi er e A Ga nd a Feath wareness
S y ea ve weed Sur Leaf Collector Avatar Stickers
Journal Draw, take notes and fill in the blank space!
Attach Check off the ones that are sticker answered correctly: here!
Name three things in the area that are red.
What is the colour of your partner’s shoes?
Point to the position of the sun in the sky.
Which direction is the wind blowing?
What is directly behind you?
Are there any clouds in the sky? Point to them.
How many birds can you hear?
Point to the tallest tree in the area.
Visit app.naturepassport.org (Hone Your Senses Pack) to complete this activity and many more! Activity 5: Tom Simpson Park Oceanside Promenade, Mullaloo
Beginner 30 to 45 mins Move
Seaweed Survey
Did you know… seaweed is important to life above and below the water? Seaweed is important for a healthy underwater ecosystem and is used by humans in food, medicines, and fertilisers. It’s even used in many toothpastes and ice cream! Walk along the beach and start hunting for seaweed. Collect samples of different types of seaweed you find. Remember! Seaweed is an important part of every beach, and must not be taken from its home. Journal Draw, take notes and fill in the blank space!
Attach Compare the seaweed you’ve sticker found at Tom Simpson Park. here!
Slimy Spiky Curly
Seaweed 1
Seaweed 2
Seaweed 3
Seaweed 4
Make a sand face and enhance it with the seaweed you’ve found.
Seaweed ______would make a good wig.
Seaweed ______would be good as a beard.
Visit app.naturepassport.org (A Day At The Beach Pack) to complete this activity and many more! Activity 6: Warwick Open Space Lloyd Drive, Warwick
Beginner 15 mins or less Create
Leaf Collector
Let’s learn about leaves! Go on a leaf hunt and use what you collect to make some leafy artwork. Leaves come in all shapes and sizes and can do amazing things as each leaf is important to the plant it grows on. As you explore Warwick Open Space, collect five leaves. Look for ones that vary in shape, size, colour or texture! Be kind to living things... make sure to only collect leaves that have already fallen from a plant. Journal Line up the leaves you’ve gathered!
How will you arrange your leaves? Attach sticker Draw a picture of your leaf here! arrangement below.
Which leaf is your favourite and why?
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Visit app.naturepassport.org (Everyday Explorer Pack) to complete this activity and many more! Learn and play in the City of Joondalup
Places to Play The City of Joondalup boasts 17km of stunning coastline fringed with foreshore reserve virtually the entire coastline. The beaches have many facilities together with interpretive signs to help people learn about the native flora and fauna they might see along the coast and provide insights into the history of the area.
Hillarys Boat Harbour Hillarys Boat Harbour is a perfect place for families with beautiful public parkland and a sheltered beach easily accessible by pram or wheelchair.
Visitors can enjoy leisure and adventure activities such as boat cruises, seasonal whale watching, jet skiing, deep- sea fishing, diving, jet boarding and helicopter flights. Beaches A family favourite, Burns Beach is a sheltered swimming spot that sits within the wildlife-rich waters of Marmion Marine Park.
There are several accessible beach parking locations and toilets along the coast with a Changing Places facility at Sorrento Beach North.
The City’s two beach wheelchairs are located at Mullaloo and Hillarys beaches, providing access to the water’s edge. This is a free service; however a booking is required through the City of Joondalup on 9400 4000 or joondalup.wa.gov.au.
For animal enthusiasts, the City of Joondalup provides the Animal Exercise Beach suitable for horses and dogs. This is located south of Pinnaroo Point with adequate parking, mobile coffee vendors and a dog washing service.
For more information about what is available in the City of Joondalup, please visit joondalup.wa.gov.au. Let’s go on a Nature Safari!
Nature is all around you. How many species of plants, animals, or fungi can you spot and record? Start your safari!
Give it a name!
What is it doing?
Why do you think it likes this spot?
Draw your species
Create a digital record of your nature safari! Develop observation and stealth skills as you go “hunting” for new species in the wild. In addition to this booklet, use the ‘Safari’ section of app.naturepassport.org to record your Safari animal sightings. Give it a name!
What is it doing?
Why do you think it likes this spot?
Draw your species
Give it a name!
What is it doing?
Why do you think it likes this spot?
Draw your species Let’s go on a Nature Safari!
Give it a name!
What is it doing?
Why do you think it likes this spot?
Draw your species
Give it a name!
What is it doing?
Why do you think it likes this spot? Draw your species Things to Do in the City of Joondalup
1. Make a nature crown using fallen natural items ...... 2. Check out the Kingsley Pump and Jump Trail at . Shepherds Bush Park......
3. Discover Picnic Cove Park in Edgewater......
4. Play hide and seek at a local park......
5. Learn about the Noongar Seasons...... 6. Spot a Quenda at Craigie Bushland...... 7. Cycle to Lake Goollelal...... 8. Explore Marmion Marine Park ......
9. Visit Ocean Reef or Kinross skate parks......
10. Explore the natural bushland......
11. Visit Mawson Park in Hillarys for a family picnic......
12. Walk or cycle the coastal pathway......
13. Find and compare three different shells...... 14. Explore and swim at Hillarys Marina...... 15. Check out the bike skills track at Shepherds Bush . Park...... Play, explore and learn outdoors! The City of Joondalup supports outdoor play for a more vibrant community with healthier, happier children.
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