The disappearance of beloved trees from Perth's Kings Park leaves a scar across the escarpment and makes it vulnerable to landslides, but provides a chance to future-proof the area amid a drying climate.
The removal of beloved trees from Kings Park has left a scar across the escarpment and made it vulnerable to dangerous landslides.Like thousands of trees in Perth, around 42 Moreton Bay figs and coral trees — which once towered over visitors to the inner city park — fell victim to the polyphagous shot-hole borer beetle, which was detected in WA in 2021.
"It's really, really loose, so as rainfall occurs we're more likely to see incidents of landslip and destabilisation." "With the re-profiling works, we've actually been able to achieve something that's got a really long, sustainable life span for us from an environmental, but also an asset, perspective."Part of the project has involved inserting custom-designed drainage cells below the soil surface at the top of the hillside to slow water infiltration.
"This year we've got just over 20,000 plants to put back in, which is a great achievement," Mr Glowacki said.ABC News: Glyn JonesThat number is on top of 20,000 that were planted in a different location last year, and there are plans for 30,000 per year for the next few years. While elders were monitoring the works, authorities found remnants of Perth's past, such as bricks and old bottles — but also something surprising."One of the most exciting things for us in the project is, through the removal of some of aging infrastructure, we've actually had a new freshwater spring emerge down at the toe of the escarpment," Ms Foster said.
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