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Friends of Perry Lakes

Perry Lakes Reserve

Situated between Perry Lakes Estate, Oceanic Drive, Bold Park and Underwood Avenue, Perry Lakes Reserve in Floreat Western Australia is an iconic regional park with a rich history.  Within the 80-hectare reserve are two lakes, East Lake and West Lake, comprising approximately 12.6 hectares.   In its current form, the reserve dates from 1962 when the area was landscaped in association with the construction of Perry Lakes Stadium and associated sporting tracks and facilities for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. The sporting complex was demolished in 2011 to make way for a housing development.


Over the last thirty years the water levels in both the east and west lake have declined to the point that both lakes are dry for many of the warmer months of the year. Perry Lakes water levels are directly influenced by groundwater levels in the superficial (Gnangara Mound) aquifer and directly impacted by changes in the water cycle. Significant impacts have been observed through increased water abstraction for irrigation and public drinking water and compounded by reduction in annual rainfall which is anticipated to further decline over the coming decades due to climate change. 


In mid 2022, the Town of Cambridge is expected to complete a project to re-direct freshwater which is currently flowing out to sea north of Floreat Beach through a Water Corporation stormwater drain (Herdsman Main Drain) to both water bodies at Perry Lakes. This will provide localised groundwater recharge and increase levels in both lakes during the warmer and drier months of the year. 

The Perry Lakes Masterplan 2021-31 was endorsed by the Town of Cambridge in 2021. The coloured area

Map of Perry Lakes and Alderbury Reserve showing planned council works through 2031. 

Links to More Information

History of Perry Lakes

Hydrogeology of Perry Lakes

Hydrogeology of Perry Lakes

Learn about the history of Perry Lakes in this record from the Heritage Council 

Hydrogeology of Perry Lakes

Hydrogeology of Perry Lakes

Hydrogeology of Perry Lakes

Watch this excellent presentation by Friends of Perry Lakes Education Officer, Don McFarlane, on the hydrogeology of the area

Virtual Tour of Perry Lakes

Hydrogeology of Perry Lakes

Virtual Tour of Perry Lakes

Take a guided tour around Perry Lakes with FoPL supporter Heather Eaton, who kindly donated this short video (her University assignment submission for her Science Communications course).

Council Management Plans

ToC Water Redirection Project

Virtual Tour of Perry Lakes

Access the Town of Cambridge's Perry Lakes Management Plan 2021-31, Master Plan and Weed Management Plan

Wetland Research

ToC Water Redirection Project

ToC Water Redirection Project

Read John Rich's 2004 thesis based at Perry Lakes titled "Integrated mass, solute, isotropic and thermal balances of a coastal wetland"

ToC Water Redirection Project

ToC Water Redirection Project

ToC Water Redirection Project

Learn more about the Town of Cambridge's project to redirect Herdsman Main Drain water to Perry Lakes

Perth's Superficial Aquifer

Perth's Superficial Aquifer

Perth's Superficial Aquifer

Read this ABC News story about changes to Perth's superficial aquifer, including comments from Don McFarlane, Friends of Perry Lakes Education Officer

Joseph Perry

Perth's Superficial Aquifer

Perth's Superficial Aquifer

Learn about 'Old Joe', the man that Perry Lakes were named after

Joseph Perry news article

Perth's Superficial Aquifer

Joseph Perry news article

Learn more about Joseph Perry from this entertaining article from the Sunday Times in 1920

Perry Lakes Stadium

Perry Lakes Stadium

Joseph Perry news article

Read about the now demolished stadium which is now the site of the Perry Lakes housing development

Under Construction - More Content Coming Soon!

Perry Lakes Flora

Perry Lakes Flora

Perry Lakes Flora

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Perry Lakes Fauna

Perry Lakes Flora

Perry Lakes Flora

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Perry Lakes Infrastructure

Perry Lakes Indigenous Land Use

Perry Lakes Indigenous Land Use

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Perry Lakes Indigenous Land Use

Perry Lakes Indigenous Land Use

Perry Lakes Indigenous Land Use

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