Cricketing legend Brad Hogg and a cavalcade of World Champion cyclists including Marianne Vos and her WM3 Pro Cycling team, Annemieke van Vlueten, Robbie McEwen, Emma Pooley and Luke Durbridge will be in Balingup on Sunday 12th November for the Stage Three finish and the start of Stage Four of[…]
Blues at Bridgetown marks its 25th year over the weekend of the 10th – 12th November, 2017 with another stellar line-up that tips its hat to a quarter-century of good times and great music! The atmosphere is fabulous with the Festival taking over the town for the weekend. This year’s line[…]
Spring is a spctacular time of the year. The colours abound, with blossom, flowers…and wildflowers. Balingup’s Racecourse Flora Reserve is recognised as a biodiversity hotspot with many delicate wildflowers to be found. We’d been told that our 25 acre hilltop forest was also home to wildflowers and recently we took[…]
The annual Golden Valley Tree Park Spring Picnic is being held on Saturday 14th October, 2017. A true community event which celebrates this stunning arboretum and the beauty of spring. This year’s theme is ‘back to its roots’. Program • 4.00 – 5.00pm Children’s games. • 4.30 –[…]
The Blooming Wild Festival got underway this week! Showcasing the beauty of spring in the Southern Forest & Valleys, this event offers a variety of experiences and wildflower events in the South West from 2 September to 19 November 2017. This event celebrates the diversity and magnificent natural gardens that[…]
The Blackwood River Valley, will blossom once again next weekend when the Nannup Flower and Garden Festival returns for 2017 – Thursday 17th – Sunday 20th August! Join us for the weekend and day-trip to Nannup to enjoy exhibitions, open gardens, workshops, market stalls and the Great Hall of Flowers.[…]
Taste of the Blackwood is the major food and wine festival in the Blackwood Valley Region, a market-style event designed especially for food and wine lovers. Entertain the entire family with plenty of samples, free workshops and cooking demonstrations running throughout the day. While the kids create something in a[…]
Balingup transformed into a storybook world on the 9th and 10th July for the annual Telling Tales in Balingup event. Over 200 families from all over WA were treated to a wonderful weekend of children’s storytelling sessions, and workshops with WA authors and illustrators. Published authors and illustrators including, Norman[…]
Balingup locals have been telling people for years . . . but now QANTAS Inside Traveller has made it official! Balingup and the Blackwood River Valley has been nominated as one of the five best places in Australia to see autumn colours. Autumn is a perfect time to discover the[…]
The Blackwood Basin Group is one of many community groups achieving amazing things for the environment in the Balingup region. One of their key projects has been to create a wetland haven at Schwenkes Dam in Greenbushes. Schwenkes Dam is a steep-sided water body which was created during previous mining[…]