EXCISION OF CLASS A RESERVE IN ALLEN PARK
Excision background
Click below for detailed information about the WA Government’s proposed excision of an additional 3,000 square metres of public land, after having taken 6,000 square metres in 2020.
City of Nedlands Norn Bidi Parkland Project
The City of Nedlands has worked collaboratively with the community since 2022, producing a parkland design linking Allen Park to the beach.
It will complete the nationally recognised Whadjuk Bush to Beach trail, featuring an all-abilities pathway and appropriate landscaping with locally sourced, endemic plant species.
Critically, it will preserve the area as a vital firebreak, as this area is part of a bushfire zone.
Area to be Excised
The area to be excised has not been surveyed. The Government’s map shows only “an area of land”. This "area of land” is shown above. Click the link below to show the map in greater detail.
City of Nedlands Norn Bidi Parkland Design
The City of Nedlands has formally approved a landscaping design and made budget provision for what will be known as the NORN BIDI PARKLAND.
The name of the Parkland comes from Indigenous language, being chosen by Noongar Elder Mr Neville Collard in the 1990s.
NORN means snake. The path “snakes” through the landscape to the coast. BIDI means trail or track.
So, Norn Bidi means “Snake Trail”.
Oppose the Excision
The above image is the published Notice by the Minister for Planning and Lands. It is proposed to excise an “approximately 3,000 square metres portion” (subject to survey) .
Friends of Allen Park encourage you to object to the proposed excision. Click below for a sample letter of objection for you to personalise as you see fit.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD CLOSES 21 May 2025
WA’s Class A Reserves
Class A reserve is the highest classification for land protection in Western Australia.
Allen Park was classified Class A in 1901, a year after King’s Park.
For over a century, this protective classification has preserved the Park and its environs for the community.