Community Place ProfileYanchep & Two Rocks

wanneroo.wa.gov.au

The People of Yanchep and Two Rocks

volunteer on a regular basis in their community

25.6%

volunteer on a regular basis in their community

16%

Two Rocks

Yanchep

Places for CommunityYanchep Community Centre, Sun City Country Club (Golf), Yanchep Sport Club, Yanchep Netball, Yanchep United (soccer), Yanchep Surf Life Saving Club, Yanchep District Football Club, Red Hawks Cricket Club, Red Hawks Football, Little Dolphins Athletic Club, City of Wanneroo Youth, Mary Lindsay Art Centre, Yanchep Two Rocks RSL Sub Branch.

Two Rocks: Phil Renkin Community Centre, Sun City Yacht Club, Yanchep Two Rocks Lions Club, Two Rocks/Yanchep Residents Association, Yanchep Two Rocks Community Association, Two Rocks Volunteer Marine Rescue Group, Country Women’s Australia, Two Rocks Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade, Sun City Arts and Craft Gallery, Two Rocks Senior Citizens Club,Yanchep Two Rocks RSL Sub Branch.

Places of Rest & RecreationYanchep: Yanchep National Park, Yanchep Lagoon Beach, Crystal Cave, St Andrews Reserve, Oldham Reserve, Old Nursery Park, Fisherman’s Hollow, Spinifex Park, Lindsay Beach Park, Yanchep Active Open Space, Yanchep Dog beach, Campground Adventure Park Capricorn Yanchep.

Two Rocks: Two Rocks marina (this has the Sun City Arts and Crafts Gallery), Charnwood Reserve, Forrest Grove Park, Sovereign Park, Mitchell Park, Shamrock Park, Whitfield Park, Cassilda Park, McIntyre Park, Fawkner Park, Asche Park, Wistari Park, Montebello Park, Shallowtail Park, Debusse Sculptures.

people live in Two Rocks with the population forecast to grow to 20,879 by 2041

people currently live in Yanchep and the population is forecast to grow to over 45,000 people by 2041

2.1% IDENTIFY AS ABORIGINAL TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER

26% BORN OVERSEAS

2.1% IDENTIFY AS ABORIGINAL TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER

Places for LearningYanchep: Yanchep Beach Primary, Yanchep Lagoon Primary, Yanchep Secondary College.

Two Rocks: Two Rocks Primary School, Atlantis Beach Baptist College.

Places for Worship Yanchep: Yanchep Lancelin Pastoral Church

Two Rocks: Sun City Church

Places for Shopping and TradeYanchep: Lagoon Café, Locals Café, Vaz’s Store, Shopping centre with Woolworths, newsagency, butcher, bakery, hair salon, travel agency, care, massage/nail salons and fast food outlets, garden centre, vet, medical facilities and other speciality stores and services.

Two Rocks: Two Rocks Tavern, Pickled Herring Restaurant, Neptune’s Café, Two Rocks Shopping centre with 15 specialty stores – hairdresser, IGA, pharmacy, baker, café, restaurant, realtor, tavern and post office.

Being in NatureThe region has abundant areas of coastal vegetation and is home to the regional and iconic Yanchep National Park. The National Park contains seven vegetation communities, four wetlands and over 1000 caves, all of which provide a range of habitats for a variety of flora and fauna. The areas pristine coastline is protected by a series of foreshore reserves which assist in maintaining the areas natural character and beauty.

City’s ServicesCommunity recreation programs and facilities

Yanchep: Community safety and emergency management, Cultural and Community services, facilities and events, Environmental health services, Yanchep Two Rocks Access Centre (opened November 2018) focussed on City of Wanneroo customer service development and facilitating partnerships to enhance local employment opportunities, Parks Maintenance and Conservation, street scapes, Yanchep Community Centre, Coastal management, rubbish removal, Yanchep Lagoon upkeep and Surf Life Saving Club.

Two Rocks: Community safety (rangers) and emergency management, Library services, General services and community recreation and facilities, Environmental health services, Phil Renkin Centre, Parks and Conservation, street scapes, Coastal management, rubbish removal, Environmental health services.

14 SPECIES OF BIRDS

17 SPECIES OF

NATIVE MAMMALS

52 SPECIES OF REPTILES

& AMPHIBIANS

250+ NATIVE PLANT SPECIES

Local History

2018

Yanchep Secondary College opened, replacing

Yanchep District High

1930s

Yanchep National Park established with Gloucester

Lodge, Yanchep Inn, McNess Guest House, Ghost House Ruin and

Chauffeur’s Room, Army Bunkers and Administration

Buildings.

1838

Lt George Grey explored the Yanchep area and learned much of his knowledge on bush tucker from his liaisons with local Aboriginal peoples

from the Yanchep and Wanneroo areas. Accounts suggest that he developed a close acquaintance with the families of the area from Lake Joondalup to Yanchep and beyond, while on his northward expedition from Perth in November 1838, and again on his return from the Kimberley in 1839.

1899

First settler in Yanchep – Henry White

2014

Yanchep Beach Primary School

opened

1972

First homes built in Yanchep

1970

Bond Corporation proposed development

in Yanchep

1834

Yanchep first visited by John Butler who recorded the lakes

1905

Caves Board invested land in Yanchep incorporating the lake and flats for 8

Km for the Protection and Preservation of Caves and Flora and for a health and

recreation resort.

1935

Lake Yanchep renamed Loch McNess

WWII - RAAF established a radar station in Yanchep Park Yanchep Inn occupied as a rehabilitation and place for

convalescence.

Origin of Place NamesThe word Yanchep is derived from Yanjidi which is the aboriginal name for the edible root of the native narrow leaf flax Typha anggustipholia or bulrush reed found fringing the lakes in the area now known as the Yanchep National Park.

Two Rocks is a beautiful coastal suburb coastal suburb 63km north of Perth. Two Rocks was approved as a suburb name in 1975, with the 1980’s seeing the development of the marina. In 2018/19 works are scheduled for the marina to undergo a $6 million upgrade funded by the Department of Transport.

1975

Yanchep District High opened

Two Rocks established as a suburb

1981 – 1990

Two Rocks marina development

Atlantis Theme Park in Two Rocks

opened 1981, closed 1990

1930

Sir Charles McNess made a grant of 11,600 pounds for the alleviation of distress

due to the Depression saw the commencement of

major developments in the Yanchep Reserve.

1969

Club Capricorn opened in Yanchep in 1969,

closed 2015