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Workman's and Barrabup Pool are located in the St John Brook Conservation Park. This Park is best known for the gently flowing St John Brook and its picturesque river pools. The Park has a fascinating timber milling history from early last century, which is this evident today.
The waterways, valleys and hills of St John Brook Conservation Park support many native animals including at least 38 bird species, six reptiles, for amphibians, four fish and 11 mammals.
The brook provides the ideal environment for the western minnow, night fish, western pygmy perch and Swan River goby. Fallen trees provide shelter for these fish and fringing shrubs provide shade. However, their numbers are threatened by the introduced rainbow trout that prey upon these small native fish.

The Swamp peppermints fringe the pools and brook - their dense roots stabilise the riverbanks and provide a moist environment for banjo and moaning frogs. The leaves of the swamp peppermint give excellent shelter for small birds such as the red-winged fairy wren and the splendid blue wren.
Along the valley and riverbanks you will find open forest with marri trees, river banksia and moonah.  

The abundant nectar in the marri flowers attract birds such as silvereyes, brown honeyeaters and New Holland honeyeaters. The large fruits or 'honkey nuts'  are good for ringneck parrots as well as red-tailed black cockatoos. You may find their discarded fruits on the forest floor.

There is a rich aboriginal history in the area. Nyoongars lived as hunter-gatherers enjoying rich bounty of food from the land and waterways. St John Brook is believed to have been on the travel route for Nyoongars as they moved from the coastal lowlands at the end of the warmer months to the open woodlands inland as water spread across coastal areas.

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