The catchment contains many natural wonders/assets such as
  • Oyster Harbour (Miaritch)
  • Kalgan River (Tamungup)
  • King River (Yerin-qurrup),
  • Yakamia creek
  • Porongurup National Park (Borringgorrup)
  • Stirling Range National Park (Koikjenemuf)
  • Numerous Nature Reserves and Heritage Sites 
  • Numerous lakes and wetlands

These all contribute to the catchment high biodiversity (which is a natural wonder in itself) and the catchments overall ecological health/productivity. 

Our High Biodiversity

The catchment is located within the Southwest Australia Ecoregion, an internationally recognised biodiversity hotspot (Conservation International, 2017). This was the first biodiversity hotspot identified in Australia, with 15 currently registered (Lambers, 2016; Hales, 2014).
Learn more about Biodiversity Hotspots here
See more about our:

Bush land and Reserves

albany_coast_parks_and_reserves_management_plan.pdf
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Our National Parks

stirling-porongorup_nps.pdf
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 The Stirling Ranges (Koikjenemuf)

The Porongurup National Park (Borringgorrup)

Porongurup Bioblitz Wetlands Survey: Nunarrup Lagoon and Kaimerndyip Lake (2018).​
Porongurup-Bioblitz-Wetlands-Survey-2018-reduced.pdf (23 downloads) prepared for Green Skills Inc., Denmark WA. Reduced size version for download.

​See Friend of the Porongurup Range website for local perspective

Our Main Waterways

Survey of River Foreshores in the Oyster Harbour Catchment 1997 by APACE Green Skills and Dr Luke Pen, Water and Rivers Commission.

The Kalgan River (Tamungup)

The Condition of the Kalgan River Foreshores 1992/93 published by Albany Waterways Authority, Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Inc and the Department of Agriculture of WA November 1994.

The King River

The Oyster Harbour (Miaritch)

Other Waterways 

Yakamia Creek

Yakamia Creek Living Stream Management Plan. “A Living Stream Management Plan starts with a degraded and fragmented urban waterway and considers ways to introduce ecosystem attributes that are compatible with the multiple constraints that urbanization has created.” by Steve and Geraldine Janicke ​
A reduced quality version has been provided here, divided into three parts.
  • YAKAMIA_CK_LSMP_PartA_without_maps.pdf (268 downloads)  (1.3 MB) includes the headings: Introduction, The characteristics of Yakamia Creek and Yakamia Creek as a Living Stream.
  • YAKAMIA_CK_LSMP_PartB_without_maps.pdf (264 downloads)  (2 MB) includes the headings: Yakamia Creek Living Stream opportunities – the assessment methodology and the Tables: Table 6: Tier 1 Summary of opportunities, objectives and design considerations, Table 7: Recommendations to OHCG for Tier 1 sections, Table 8: Tier 2 Summary of opportunities, objectives and design considerations and Summary of General recommendations to OHCG for Tier 2 sections downstream of North Road.
  • YAKAMIA_CK_LSMP_PartC_Appendices.pdf (196 downloads)  (1.7 MB) includes the appendices:  APPENDIX 1: Constraints scoring for each section of Yakamia Creek,  APPENDIX 2: Section Maps and APPENDIX 3: Use of Unmanned Aerial vehicles.​
Lakes and Wetlands

Kendenup Lakes Ecological Investigation Report (2017)
KENDENUP-Lakes-Ecological-Investigation-2017-reduced.pdf (28 downloads) prepared for Green Skills Inc., Denmark WA. Reduced size version for download: