Page 12 - City Chronicle Summer 2020

Page 12 - Environment

Environmental

Please, watch out

for penguins

Boat owners, please keep an eye out for Little Penguins this summer.
Sadly, penguin numbers are declining, with watercraft collisions
accounting for 25% of deaths. Penguins like to travel just below the
water surface and are difficult to spot, particularly when it’s choppy.
As a result, they are very susceptible to boat strikes which may cause
life threatening injuries or death. If you are using your boat within the
Shoalwater Islands Marine Park or Cockburn Sound, please go slow,
and keep a look out for penguins and other wildlife.

If you notice any injured or dead penguins in the area, please notify the
City on 9528 0333 or the Department of Parks and Wildlife Wildcare
Helpline on 9474 9055.

Grow It Local

Spot the Grow It Local Waste Truck and Win

Grow It Local is a community initiative to encourage 3. Upload the photo (on public) to the City’s Facebook
people to grow, share and eat locally grown foods, page and caption where you took your picture.
whether you have a window sill or garden plot. During A winner will be selected at random each Thursday (7,
January, four weekly prizes of a $50 Bunnings voucher 14,21, 28 January 2021) and contacted via Facebook. For
will be given away to Grow It Local members who spot more information on Grow It Local or this competition,
the Grow It Local waste truck. visit: rockingham.wa.gov.au/growitlocal
What to do:
1. Register your garden patch with Grow It Local at
rockingham.wa.gov.au/growitlocal
2. Snap a picture of the Grow It Local branded waste truck