Whitman Park is 4000 hectares of scrubland in the Swan Valley to the headwaters of the Swan river. Recreation area is located 22 km North of Perth. The remarkably diverse nature of the Park – here you can find more than 450 endemic species of plants and about 150 species of animals, including rare and threatened with extinction. More than 17% of bird species found in Western Australia, live in the Park, including migratory, which attract the brook Bennett brook and adjacent wetlands.

The Park received its name in honor of Lew Whitman, who in 1939 bought the land to graze cattle, and a few decades later converted their holdings into a popular place for picnics. In 1978, the land began to acquire the state government to take custody located here the aquifer, providing Perth with drinking water. In 1986 saw the official opening of the Park to the public.

Today in Whitman Park there are many Hiking trails, Cycling paths, arranged playgrounds and sports facilities. To go round the whole Park can be a small electric tram. Here you can visit the Museum of Tractors and motor Museum, in which are collected all land transport. Museums are called to change the way we think about transport and how it changed our lives. An interesting attraction of the Park is the Children's Forest is a place where parents and relatives of a newborn baby can celebrate the new life by planting a tree.