About this place
This Conservation Category Wetland is the largest in the Stake Hill Wetlands chain. The central wetland is surrounded by tuart and mixed woodlands of banksia and sheoak. To the east, tuarts give way to jarrah and banksia woodlands, with heathlands on limestone ridges in the western part of the reserve. You can walk the informal walktrails and firebreaks around the swamp, and the local Friends group sometimes holds fungi forays and bird walks. Brushtail possums, quenda, brush-tailed phascogales, bobtails, western blue tongues, dugites, heath monitors and black headed monitors are among the attractive and abundant mammals found at Paganoni Swamp.
Read more at the Friends of Paganoni Swamp.
Paganoni Swamp in Karnup is bounded by Paganoni Road to the north, Kwinana Freeway to the east, Southern Metro Rail to the west and the city boundaries of Rockingham and Mandurah to the south. It is the southernmost reserve of Rockingham Lakes Regional Park.
Safety information
Plan when to visit. Consider travelling with a personal location beacon (PLB). In the event you need to be rescued it could save your life!
Gallery
Activities
Bird watching
Plants, wildlife and fungi
Visit the Atlas of Living Australia for a list of species recorded within a 5km radius of Paganoni Swamp.
Traditional Owners
We recognise and acknowledge Whadjuk people as the Traditional Owners of Rockingham Lakes Regional Park.