Friends of Jirdarup Bushland in East Victoria Park, Western Australia | Community organisation

Friends of Jirdarup Bushland

Locality: East Victoria Park, Western Australia

Address: Etwell Street off Kent St 6101 East Victoria Park, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.friendsofjirdarupbushland.org.au/

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24.01.2022 This winning photograph, Winter Morning by Jon Young, looks a bit like a Turner painting! It's our Victoria Park Rotary People’s Choice 1st prize winner AND LANDSCAPE/HABITAT second prize winner (sponsored by Hawaiian's Park Centre) ... Photo credit: Vicki

23.01.2022 See Town of Victoria Park's Jirdarup Bushland on the TV - soon!

22.01.2022 Kent Street Senior High School visited the Kent Street Gallery-Victoria Park Centre for the Arts on Friday to check out the Images of Jirdarup competition. No wonder - they had FIVE finalists in the competition!! and Sav took out the Beaver Tree Services Junior category first prize! We hope you're all very proud of your achievements - there were a lot of entries in the junior category!! Early on in the competition Vicki, Bree, Robert and I had the pleasure of giving one of... the Kent St SHS Photography classes a guided tour of Jirdarup Bushland. Thanks goes to their teacher Stacey Tylor for organising the excursion. Well done everyone! Keep up with all that great photography! ... and enjoying the wonderful inspriration that Jirdarup Bushland can provide! The Friends love to see the Town of Victoria Park community enjoying their Bushland! Fiona Photo credits: Stacey Tylor and Vicki

21.01.2022 Congratulations to all the winners and finalists! Thanks to everyone who supported the competition in so many ways!

20.01.2022 WEDNESDAY 25th - last day - last chance to see the exhibition! ... and to buy a lovely print (still some available at around the $50 mark when I was there on Sunday). Also, some prices have been reduced by the photographers - so get in quick! Here are the beautiful photos that won a second prize in our competition. Congratulations to these winners! I hope to have time to get even more photos up in the next few days. Sorry for the delays - I’m rather busy as I’m just days... away from submitting my PhD thesis (it’s on star formation in galaxies). The Images of Jirarup competition wouldn’t be possible without the support of our sponsors, like Galactic Cooperative; this socially responsible, worker-owned coop helps all sorts of organisations with innovative solutions to science, engineering, repairs and maintenance, technology, sustainablitity and workplace wellbeing and more. Find out more at Galactic Cooperative. Thank you to our sponsors for all their support! And special thanks to Perth Pro Lab for the beautiful printing and mounting of the photos! Post and photo credits: Fiona - and the lovely shot of the Town of Victoria Park's Kent Street Gallery-Victoria Park Centre for the Arts is by one of the finalists, Melanie Moore (her photo is the beautifully lit gum trees cradling the moon). Thanks for sending your photo of the Awards Night to us!

18.01.2022 The junior category had the second highest number of entries (after flora with the highest number), so special congratulations to all of our junior category finalists! The Beaver Tree Services Junior Award 1st prize winner Sav Noble, Kent Street Senior High School, stands beside his captivating Foney Fungi entry. The beautiful Yellow Joy by Ching Yi Lu, Wesley College Perth, received the second prize of the category (sponsored by Hawaiian's Park Centre). ... Fiona Photo credits: Stacey Tylor and Fiona

17.01.2022 Only TEN more days to enjoy the "Images of Jirdarup 2020" exhibition (see poster for details)! Only a WEEK left to get your vote in for your favourite photo for the Victoria Park Rotary sponsored People's Choice $500 prize. Like all the other categories there's a second prize of $100 too, thanks to our lovely second prize sponsors Connect Victoria Park Inc, Hawaiian's Park Centre and BirdLife Western Australia. There's also a prize for a lucky voter too! So it might just p...ay to get your vote in too!! The Kent Street Gallery-Victoria Park Centre for the Arts is open every day, including the weekends while the exhibition is open (this is possible due to the fabulous efforts of our members.) Don't miss it! Photos of the recent photo exhibition installation led by Vicki (pictured).

17.01.2022 Want to see the winners? Well, the exhibition closes this Wednesday afternoon - so get to Kent Street Gallery-Victoria Park Centre for the Arts before you miss out on seeing all the gorgeous photos in person. Later on today we'll get the details (and a few more pics) of the winners up on here! Meantime, here's a shot of the gallery with Jon Young's photo (starred) - winner of both first prize Victoria Park Rotary People's Choice and second prize Hawaiian's Park Centre Lands...cape categories! Congratulations Jon! and to all our other award winners! And to ALL of our finalists (their 60 photos were selected from around 830!). Thank you goes to ALL those who entered and supported the Images of Jirdarup 2020 competition, showcasing Jirarup Bushland like never before! This photo is of one of our fabulous judges, and winner of the international Bird Photographer of the Year - Porfolio Award, Georgina Steytler Photography giving a wonderful talk to finalists last week. Thanks Georgina! Fiona Photo credit: Vicki

16.01.2022 This stunning photograph showcases the wonderful wildlife we have right on our doorsteps and have a duty to protect in every way we can. The Pets and Vets WA Fauna Award 1st prize Teaching the Young One by Christine Chester ... Fiona Photo credit: Vicki

13.01.2022 Thanks to one of our great sponsors, Camera Electronic (https://www.cameraelectronic.com.au/), YOU could be in the draw to win a $100 voucher at Camera Electronic! How to enter is simply to vote for your favourite photo at the "Imges of Jirdarup" exhibition Kent Street Gallery-Victoria Park Centre for the Arts. Everyone who votes and leaves their contact details with us goes in the draw - be quick though - there's just a week to go before voting close! Your vote goes towards deciding who gets the Victoria Park Rotary sponsored People's Choice $500 prize (and there's also a second prize of $100) The Kent Street Gallery-Victoria Park Centre for the Arts is open every day, including the weekends while the exhibition is open (this is possible due to the fabulous efforts of our members.) Don't miss it!

12.01.2022 And the winners are: FAUNA The Pets and Vets WA Fauna Award 1st prize = #34 Teaching the Young One by Christine Chester The second prize (sponsored by BirdLife Western Australia) = #45 The Sentinel by Emma Jones... FLORA The Waldecks Garden Centre Bentley Flora Award 1st prize = #28 Ain’t Life Grand(is) by Alison Higgins The second prize (sponsored by Connect Victoria Park Inc) = #26 The Herd by Mark de Cruz LANDSCAPE/HABITAT The Perth NRM Landscape/Habitat 1st prize = #51 Birth in the dying acres by Xinyang Zhao The second prize (sponsored by Hawaiian's Park Centre) = #59 Winter Morning by Jon Young JUNIOR The Beaver Tree Services Junior Award 1st prize = #7 Foney Fungi by Sav Noble, Kent St SHS The second prize (sponsored by Hawaiian's Park Centre) = #10 Yellow Joy by Ching Yi Lu, Wesley College PEOPLE'S CHOICE The Victoria Park Rotary people’s Choice 1st prize = #59 Winter Morning by Jon Young The second prize (sponsored by Connect Victoria Park Inc) #37 Afternoon Yawn (tawny frogmouth juvenile with adult in daytime roost) by Kerry Whitworth VOTER’S PRIZE The lucky People’s Choice Voter’s Prize (a $100 gift voucher from Camera Electronic) went to Flora Johnston. Congratulations to all of the winners! Thank you to our sponsors for making these great prizes possible! Most of all, thank you for helping to share with the wider community just how special the Jirdaup Bushland Precinct is for us all. Here's a few shots from Awards Night - great fun and the food from Flowers&flour was delicious!! Thanks also go to our special guest presenters for their assistance. I'll put up some posts of the winners later tonight and there will be some more to look forward to tomorrow as well. Enjoy! Fiona Photo credits: Vicki, Laura and Justin

10.01.2022 Woohoo! Town of Victoria Park's Jirdarup Bushland (and more) will be on TV in a segment on Urban Forests for ABC’s Gardening Australia that will go to air on Friday 20th November 2020 at 7.30pm. It will be repeated the following Sunday at 1.30pm. It can also be streamed from the ABC website or watched on iView after the first broadcast. Want to help out at future events? We're currently running the exhibition of wonderful photos of "Images of Jirdarup" Kent Street G...allery-Victoria Park Centre for the Arts and soon some of us will be watering some of winter's plantings. Make sure you're on our mailing list to be kept informed of activities! (email Klaus: [email protected] to get onto the list). Photo credits: these are stills I've taken from the wonderful ToVP-made video showing some of the Friends, young and "young at heart", working away on the day some GA filming took place. Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/Jirdarup/videos/1660626334084687/ Post: by Fiona

07.01.2022 The exhibition is on!! Get down to Kent Street Gallery-Victoria Park Centre for the Arts to check out the wonderful artwork and to have first choice on buying those for sale (they start from $20 - so you might want more than one photo!). The photos look fabulous - thanks to Perth Pro Lab for their wonderful work in a tight timeline - we really appreciate it.... A huge thanks also goes to the bumpin" crew who were indispensable and have done an amazing job setting up the gallery! Who are they? Vicki Caulfield - events coordinator extraordinaire! Lesley Van Schoubroeck Leon Tang Vern Smith Robert Audcent I helped too, making labels, and there are others behind the scenes too - thank you everyone! Leon is pictured here hanging some of the wonderful photos; he’s a miracle worker! Have you seen our posters and flyers advertising the exhibition? Thanks to two of our lovely financial sponsors Hon Kate Doust MLC and Senator Sue Lines for those. Senator Sue Lines was happy to sponsor the competition and she’s excited to see the exhibition! As a resident of Lathlain it is always great to see local grassroots organisations thriving and engaging our community with our beautiful flora and fauna. SO true! Check out the beautiful Jirdarup flora and fauna at the exhibition and marvel at all the wonderful photography skills in our community! Town of Victoria Park Photos in this post by Vicki and Robert Fiona

07.01.2022 "Don't just take photos. Capture moments. Tell a story." Georgina Steytler (see Georgina Steytler Photography) Xinyang Zhao's, Birth in the dying acres, ... and winner of the Perth NRM Landscape/Habitat 1st prize does just that! Fiona Photo credit: Vicki

06.01.2022 The finalists have been chosen! The 60 photos by the finalists are now getting printed by Perth Pro Lab! Soon you can check out the wonderful photos! 6th -25th November Kent Street Gallery-Victoria Park Centre for the Arts... See the poster for more details. Share this post and spread the word - let's get lots of folks enjoying the many beautiful "Images of Jirdarup'!

03.01.2022 Two more days to vote for the People's Choice! Voters go into a draw to win a $100 voucher courtesy of Camera Electronic, so you could be a winner too, just by voting. We'll be tallying up all the votes after Thursday to find out who is the winner of the $500 Victoria Park Rotary People's Choice first prize! There's a $100 second prize up for grabs too! The Friends are so grateful to all of our sponsors, including Julian Leach of Verse Property, without our sponsors we coul...dn't put on this great exhibition that celebrates all things Jirdarup! I see on the Verse FB page that Julian got to appreciate even more of WA's wonderful plant diversity last month - he did the "bucket list of many" Cape to Cape track! The "Images of Jirdarup 2020" exhibition's last day is Wednesday 25th Nov. - so get in quick to see the wide variety of photos (and maybe purchase a gift for yourself or a loved one?). Photo is of Leon setting up the Kent Street Gallery-Victoria Park Centre for the Arts display and was taken by Vicki.

02.01.2022 A beautful closeup of a banksia! Jirdarup's precious black cockatoos would approve of this winning photograph! The Waldecks Garden Centre Bentley Flora Award 1st prize, Ain’t Life Grand(is), by Alison Higgins... Fiona Photo credit: Vicki

01.01.2022 Thanks Karen Vernon, Mayor of Victoria Park! The photos are fabulous (I couldn't resist either!) LAST DAY WEDS!! Fiona

01.01.2022 Jirdarup - lots of ways to get involved to help preserve Jirdarup Bushland! Photo credits: Robert Audcent, Fiona and Vicki