Cockburn Wetlands Education Centre

Denise Crosbie

Denise Crosbie is the fulltime Wetlands Officer, a position she has held since 1996. She holds a tertiary qualification in Environmental Science and has been a member of the Wetlands Conservation Society since 1991. Over the years Denise has become an all-rounder and is responsible for administration, accounts and the coordination of the landcare and education programs. Denise was awarded the 2006 John Oldham Conservation Employee Award for her ongoing efforts at the Centre.

Rex Sallur

Rex Sallur has had a lifelong concern for the environment and became an active member of the Wetlands Conservation Society during 1987. He was employed as a fulltime Landcare Officer from 1995 through to 2003 after which changes to the distribution of Commonwealth grants resulted in funding cuts to the Centre. Rex now works as a general assistant one day per week and helps with the coordination of the volunteers and general maintenance of the Centre. He continues to provide significant voluntary input to the Centre's operations during his free time.

Steve Harwood

Steve Harwood completed his work experience at the Centre during 2003 as part of the course requirements for Conservation and Land Management studies at Murdoch TAFE. He continued in a voluntary capacity and was subsequently employed as a casual Landcare Assistant as funding became available. Shortly afterwards, Steve gained fulltime employment with the City of Cockburn as a Bush Maintenance Officer. He continues to work at the Centre on his rostered day-off bringing a wealth of on-ground knowledge to our organisation.

Norm Godfrey

Norm Godfrey is our Volunteer Nursery Manager. During his previous career he specialised in research on the nutritional and feeding requirements of pigs for the Department of Agriculture. His research background provided an excellent grounding for propagation work in the nursery. Norm has spent considerable time photographing and identifying our local plants. He has learnt to propagate more than 80 species of local plants. He also assists with most aspects of the landcare operations and training of volunteers. He has a passion for the conservation of our wetlands and was a
founding member of the Wetlands Conservation in 1985.