This is just one of the fun-filled and engaging activities that students can participate in at the 2025 Children’s Gnangara Groundwater Festival at Whiteman Park.

Our Festival provides an opportunity for Western Australian middle and upper primary school students and their teachers to come together on a designated day with a specific focus to learn more about water, groundwater, sustainability and other related environmental topics. Over 21,000 students from schools across the metropolitan and wheatbelt region have attended the Festival since the first event was held in 2002.
 

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Whiteman Park offers a distinctive venue for the Festival because it relies 100% on groundwater for its own water supplies and protects the southern edge of the Gnangara Water Mound, the largest groundwater source in WA, above which the Park sits.

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Each class that attends is scheduled into over four hours of dynamic, ‘hands on’ and interactive activities led by environmental professionals and educators.

This includes participating in the introductory ‘Mega Water Session’, three groundwater-related learning activities and a period of ‘free time’ festival fun.

The capacity for the Festival is for up to 32 classes, or 1,000 students. 

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WhenWeek 3 or 4 of Term 4, 9.30am - 2.30pm
Contingency date: TBA
WhereVillage West, Whiteman Park
Cost$16.00 per student (no gst) 
Teachers and parents attend for free
Who can attendThe Festival is open to all Year 4, 5 and 6 classes in WA
How to registerComplete the Schools Registration Form (by May 30) or Homeschoolers Registration (by June 18)

Festival program

Check out the 2025 Festival Program for a look at the types of workshops and activities that your class could participate in! 

Any questions? Just get in touch!

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Whiteman Park acknowledges the Wadjuk Noongar people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, learn and play and acknowledge the significance of Korndiny Karla Boodja (Bennett Brook) at the heart of the Park.