Southern Western Australia is the region south of Perth, the capital of Western Australia to Albany and Esperance.
getting there
From Perth, with its international airport, along the coast to Bunbury, then inland to Albany and Esperance is Highway 1 (“South Coast Highway”). The arch of the coast follows from Bunbury via Busselton and Margaret River to Albany Highway 10.
Albany and Esperance are owned by Regional Express commercially approached, the other landing sites are for "general aviation."
places
Dynamic cardsBunbury
- Bunbury (about 170 km from Perth, travel time depends on whether you are driving the coastal road or inland). With 66,000 inhabitants the only real city in the southwest.
- The central one is at the old station 1 Bus stop. In the building there is also the local tourist information office. There is a public toilet at the other end of the building.
- mobility
The Transwa-Buses stop at the train station, about two kilometers outside (Woolaston district). There are few, not too frequent bus routes operated by the state TransRegional.
- Tourist Attractions
Dolphins live in the bay all year round. As in other parts of Western Australia, their observation has been commercialized.
- 1 Dolphin Discovery Center, Koombana Drive (Bus 825, Dr. Temp). Located on the sheltered Koombana Beach, with few waves.Price: A $ 10 (half price until the end of 2018 renovation).
- 2 Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, 70 Witenoom St. (Bus 827, 829, 832, 843: Witenoom St. after Prinsep St). Open: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Price: Free (donations welcome).
- 3 Big Swamp Parkland, Prince Philip Drive. Enclosed wetland with wooden walkways and a petting zoo.Open: 10.00-17.00.Price: A $ 10.50.
- youth hostel
- 1 Dolphin Retreat (YHA), 14 Wellington Street (Bus 827, 830, 843: Symonns St before Witenoom St., 50 m towards the sea, left into Molly St. to Wellington St. another 100 m towards the sea, right hand). About 400 m to the Back Beach, the beach on the Indian Ocean.Open: Reception 8.00-10.00 a.m., 4.00 p.m.-9.00 p.m.Price: from A $ 28.
trips
The northern suburb 1 Australind , (here there is one of the few Aldi stores in Australia) is upstream 4 Leschenault Peninsula Conservation Park . This is a hay-like peninsula consisting essentially of sand dunes.
- 2 collie (Bus connection at Bunbury station to the trains from Perth, which is also served directly by buses). A former coal mining town (corresponding museum) with some, for Australian standards old buildings in a beautiful landscape. The one is also popular Black Diamond Lake a good 5 km to the coast.
Bussleton
- 5 Busselton Jetty, 3L Queen St. Most famous building; Wooden landing stage jutting out into the sea 1841 m Since 2017, an electric "narrow-gauge railway" has been running every hour. It is held on a weekend in February Jetty swim - once around the jetty.Open: 24 hours.Price: A $ 4 during the day (day ticket, including “Interpretive Center”).
- Only 200 m away behind the skate park at the visitor center is the municipal one 2 Kookaburra caravan site, Corner Marine Tce and Brown St.
Since 1964 takes place in the first days of the new year Busselton Festival with art and culture. Triathlon professionals (2018 prize money: AS $ 25,000) meet annually in May or June.
- Beaches along Geographe Bay
Practically the entire coastline of Geographe Bay is a single beach - from north of Busselton to 4 Dunsborough (You already count yourself to the Margaret RiverRegion.) Continue to the rocky Cape Naturaliste.
- 6 Ngilgi cave, 76 Yallingup Caves Rd. Combination tickets for the cave and the lighthouse built in 1903.Open: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.Price: A $ 30.
Along the Cape Naturaliste Rd. (from Dunsborough) there are three beautiful beaches: Meelup, Eagle Bay and Bunker Bay.
Augusta
- 5 Augusta is accessible from Highway 10. Buses run to Pemberton. At the confluence of the Blackwood River and Flinders Bay. Many retirees spend their old age here among the almost 1,300 inhabitants. The town's few shops can be found on Blackwood Av. in the immediate vicinity of the Visitor Center.
- accommodation
- 3 Bay Watch Manor, 9 Heppingstone View. Tel.: 61 8 9758 1290. Besides two dormitories, several family and double rooms.Open: Reception 8.30-11.00 a.m., 3.00 p.m.-7.00 p.m.Price: NS: Dorm A $ 38, Double A $ 115, Family room. from A $ 138.
- Limestone caves
There are three caves to visit in the Augusta area and Cape Leeuwin seven kilometers away: Jewel, Lake and Mammoth Cave (A $ 20-22 each). The former is the largest and most famous. For Australia, where karst is rare, rather unusual. The comparison with European caves like that Devil's cave or the Georgian Prometheus cave do not hold up. There are combo tickets which, including a tour of the lighthouse, cost A $ 70 in 2017.
- beaches
Vehicles with a long wheelbase, four-wheel drive and GPS are necessary to reach the secluded beaches that stretch up to near 6 Peaceful Bay This also applies to the coast of the 2 Flinders Bay
- 4 Humpback Hollows Campsite, Unnamed Road, Lake Jasper. Extremely remote.Price: A $ 8 (national park fee).
Pemberton
- 7 Pemberton (On Highway 10 or 259. Terminus of several bus routes that go to Perth on different routes. Connections also to Albany). 750 pop. Here, too, you can taste it on some wineries, advance notice is often necessary. There are extensive eucalyptus forests in the area, with the species Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor), Jarrah (E. marginata) and Marri (Corymbia calophylla) dominate.
The Karri Forest Explorer is an 86 km long signposted route through the national parks in the surrounding area. The is three kilometers south of the municipality Gloucester National Park.
- The 58 m high can be climbed there 3 Gloucester Tree. Tel.: 61 (0)8 9776 7998.
In Warren National Park you can even go up to 68 m high Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree climb. Set up as a botanical research station to find out which foreign trees would grow in Australia, that was it 7 Big Brook Arboretum was founded in the State Forest of the same name.
- accommodation
- 5 Pemberton caravan site, 1 Pump Hill Rd. Tel.: 61 8 9776 1300. Price: Seasonal: Pitch A $ 35-48 (2 p.), Cabins from A $ 135.
Albany
- Museums
- activities
Since 2010 there has also been a city theater, which is somewhat disproportionate with 600 seats for the province, the ALbany Entertainment Center.
- accommodation
- Albany Overview of the tourist office.
- Denmark and the surrounding area
- Walpole and the surrounding area
- 6 Bayview Lodge (YHA), 49 Duke St.. Tel.: 61 1800 308 680. Central, with guest kitchen, washing machine, lockers, WiFi.Open: 9 am-7pm.Price: A $ 27-8 (non-members 3).
- 7 1849 backpackers, 45 peels pl. Guest kitchen, games room.Open: 24h reception.Price: Dorm A $ 30; DZ 75-88.
- beaches
Close to the city in the bay and therefore with few waves are:
- 5 Middleton Beach
- 6 Emu Beach Both can be reached via a hiking trail that leads up along the rocky coast.
trips
- 10 Historic Whaling Station (Approximately 30 minutes drive on Frenchman Bay Rd). A whaler and the processing factory, which was closed in 1978, can be visited with a guide. The Australian Wildlife Park and Regional Wildflower Garden are also connected.Open: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.Price: A $ 32.
- Banksia Farm, Lot 288 Pearce Road, Mount Barker (53 km north. Albany on Highway 30). Tel.: 61 8 9851 1770. Accommodation in a private botanical garden in which on three hectares all 74 species of Banksien you can see. Given the price, it is certainly only something for flower lovers.Price: DR: A $ 150-165 Garden tours for guests A $ 20 / h, groups from outside of the city by appointment from A $ 12.50 / h.
- National parks
- 12 Torndirrup Peninsula National Park (Torndirrup National Park) (About 15 km from Albany).
The coastal strip is worth seeing because of its sometimes bizarre rock formations (gneiss and granite). Especially like to be visited The Gap, Natural Bridge and The blowholes. Are of interest to botanists Albany Wollybush, a silver tree and Agonis flexuosa, the Western Australian mint.
- 13 West Cape Howe National Park (Between Denmark and Albany).35 km². Apart from the driveway to the Shelley Beach All-wheel drive is mandatory, which is also essential, especially in the sand dunes.
- Others National parks in the area.
To 8 Bremer Bay
see main article.
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Esperance
The most direct route to / from Albany is via Highway 1 (around 480 km). The 494 km long journey passes through the Stirling Range National Park (flowering period August to early December, also marked trails) 9 Amelup
Alternatively, the longer route would be via Mt.Baker and (past) 10 Broomehill Village The latter route also runs twice a week Transwa-Bus in just under nine hours.
Highway 1 turns sharply 11 Esperance To the Nullarbor Plain traversing Eyre Highway arrives in 12 Norseman204 km from Esperance. This is part of the bus route from / to Kalgoorlie.
- Tourist Attractions
- 14 Esperance Museum, 6 James St. Local history with odds and ends in a large hall. Curious.Open: daily 1.30pm-4.30pm.Price: A $ 8.
The forty kilometer long, signposted Great Ocean Drive connects all sights and natural beauties of the place and its surroundings.
The so-called lies in and around Esperance Lake Warden Wetland System, win big and several smaller lakes to which signposted hiking trails lead.
- trips
To 15 Woody Island you get there in the morning by ferry. From Esperance A $ 50 (ferry, half day). In addition to half-day or full-day tours (from Taylor St. Jety), there is also an overnight accommodation option on the island (seasonal, only December-January and around Easter).
see also article Esperance.
Other goals
The wine region Margaret River on the coast between Bussleton and Augusta.
With appropriate waves, the entire coastline of the Indian Ocean is popular among surfers 7 Cape Naturaliste and 8 Cape Leeuwin
National parks
In addition to the ones mentioned, there are a number of protected areas. For many parks, entrance fees are charged per vehicle (Fee schedule 2017).
- 17 Tuart Forest National Park (About 160 km south of Perth, just before Busselton near Capel).A 20 km² strip between the coast and Highway 16. The area is protected as part of the tree's original range Eucalyptus gomphocephala (hence the Australian “gum tree”). There are also eleven species of birds of prey and the last colony of wild opossums of the species to be found here Pseudocheirus peregrinus occidentalis. A 1½ km path is marked out for nightly observation of these.
- 18 Fitzgerald River National Park, South Coast Hwy, Ravensthorpe WA (About halfway between Albany and Esperance between Highway 1 and the ocean).
3300 km². UNESCO biosphere reserve because of numerous autochthonous orchids, 200 species of birds and 22 species of mammals. Only dirt roads. Two campsites (A $ 12-15) and a motel in the park.
- 19 Cape Le Grand National Park
- 20 Cape Arid National Park
- 21 Goldfields Woodlands National Park
- 22 Frank Hann National Park
mobility
Current gasoline prices can be called up by entering the place name Fuel watch.
The state railway company Transwa operates regional buses as well as a few trains (Timetables). The Perth to Bunbury rail line runs twice a day from Australind operated trains. Most long-distance buses leave the East Perth Terminal once a day. The south-east routes GE 1 and 2 serve Esperance on different routes, GE 4 connects Albany with Hopetoun. Southwest routes 1-3 all pass through Bunbury, then on different routes to Pemberton. The Great Southern routes GS 1-3 all end in Albany, and there are different routes to get there.
The South West Coach Lines also drive to the region. Departure in Perth is in front of the convention center at Elizabeth Quay.
activities
Water sports.
kitchen
Wine tasting. Designated regions are Margaret River, Great Southern, and Pemberton. In the former there are some good locations, for the most part they only deliver solid supermarket quality.
health
The (deadly) poisonous ones black tiger otter occur mainly on the south coast. Bites from the also common Pseudo-yes- Species are generally not fatal to adults.
Peak temperatures in summer just over 40 ° C occur. Sun protection is also because of that Ozone holereaching southern Australia is urgently needed.
climate
The area is comparatively rainy and forested due to the westerly winds constantly blowing over the Indian Ocean. In winter (July / August), night frosts can occur in some places. The driest season is summer from December to February.
literature
- Amyes, Paul; Perth's best bush, coast & city walks: the full color guide to over 40 fantastic walks; Warriewood, N.S.W. 2010 (Woodslane Press); ISBN 9781921606793
- Sartis, Steve; Bibbulmun Track Handbook; Perth 2014, ISBN 9780646907727 ; A $ 11.95 [an older edition appeared in 1979 as Guide to the Bibbulmun bushwalking track]
Web links
- Western Australia National Parks (engl.), Campsites there, see also Wikipedia "Category: National Park in Western Australia"
- Rainbow Coast, the south coast around Denmark, Walpole, Albany
- Albany (engl.)
