Blackwood River

The Blackwood is the secret gem of the southwest, where winding country roads cross undulating green hills, wineries, and ancient jarrah forests, with WA’s longest continuously flowing river and just a town listed as heritage. 

Blackwood River is the longest river in Australia’s South West. It flows almost 400 km from its source in the Wheatbelt, through the Blackwood Valley, to the coast at the Hardy Inlet of Augusta. For kayaking, canoeing, boating, swimming, and fishing, or even sailing on a houseboat, it is the ideal waterway.

Enjoy wandering along the banks of the river among one of the beautiful walking paths and several peaceful places to enjoy a picnic. Check out Australasian darters and Caspian terns for migratory waders for bird enthusiasts. You might as well be fortunate enough to see the black bittern there too.

You will witness enchanting misty mornings in winter, refreshingly cold summer evenings, a blaze of colour through the deciduous trees in fall, and flashes of pinks, purples, and yellows in spring. Shifting seasons have a genuinely stunning impact here.