South-West Weekend

We took a four day trip to the South-West of Western Australia as a “Winter Break”. We stayed in Pemberton and visited Walople, The Valley of the Giants, Manjimup and Nannup.

[see MAP here]


Pub Window, Pemberton Hotel, Brockman Street, Pemberton, Western Australia


Tree Trunk, Brockman Street, Pemberton, Western Australia


105 mm Artillery Piece from Vietnam Way 1964

War Memorial, Brockman Street, Pemberton, Western Australia


Alfresco, Brockman Street, Pemberton, Western Australia


Pemberton Artscape, Brockman Street, Pemberton, Western Australia

Pemberton Arts Group has completed the Pemberton Artscape, an 80 metre balustrade along the main street of Pemberton together with a children’s project of complementary pavers, all with the theme of the original forest landscape of the district.


“Chimneys”, Old School Building, Brockman Street, Pemberton, Western Australia

Old Timber Workers’ Cottage, Brockman Street, Pemberton, Western Australia


Water Feature, Mottram Street, Manjimup, Western Australia


War Memorial, Giblett Street, Manjimup, Western Australia


Railway Station, Pemberton Tramway Company, Railway Crescent, Pemberton, Western Australia


V Class 2-8-2 Mikado Type Steam Locomotive 1213, Pemberton Tramway, Pemberton, Western Australia

Read the full history


Abandoned Firebox, Pemberton Tramway, Railway Crescent, Pemberton, Western Australia


Derelict Rail Stock, Pemberton Tramway, Railway Crescent, Pemberton, Western Australia


“Sleepers”, Pemberton Tramway, Railway Crescent, Pemberton, Western Australia


Tree Top Walk, Valley of the Giants, Tingledale, Walpole, Western Australia


Ancient Empire Walk Trail, Valley of the Giants, Tingledale, Walpole, Western Australia

The Ancient Empire is a 450 metre walk trail that takes you around and through an ancient and unique red tingle forest. Some of the giant tingle trees including the most popular of the gnarled veterans, known as Grandma Tingle. The trail follows the story of the lost era of Gondwana.


Distance View, John Rate Lookout, South West Highway, Walpole, Western Australia


Misty Morning, Vasse Highway, Beedleup, Pemberton, Western Australia


War Memorial, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


Derelict Chain-Link Fence & Gate, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


Nannup Hotel, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


“Cafe”, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


All Saints Anglican Church, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


Railway Bogie, Lions Timber Park, Brockman Highway, Nannup, Western Australia


Old Steam Engine, Lions Timber Park, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


Logs on Rail Bogies, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


Jarrah Burl, Lions Timber Park, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


Marinko Thomas Memorial, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


Footbridge, Blackwood River, Nannup, Western Australia


Flooded, Blackwood River, Nannup, Western Australia


39 Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia

[Now the office for an Estate Agency]


Standing Alone, Vasse Highway, Nannup Mill, Nannup, Western Australia


Local Wildlife, Vasse Highway, Channybearup, Beedelup, Western Australia


Jetty, Swimming Pool, Swimming Pool Road, Pemberton, Western Australia