This year’s Donnybrook Food and Wine Festival is being held on Saturday 28th November at the Donnybrook Amphitheatre on the banks of the beautiful the Preston River, just a few steps from the centre of town. The event will run from 11am to 5.30pm. . . better still, it’s free[…]
Calling all bushwalking enthusiasts!! Join us on Sunday 1st Nov on the Bibbulmun Track to celebrate the launch of Australia’s first International Friendship Trail. The Friendship Trail twins the section between Balingup to Donnelly River Village on the Bibbulmun Track with the Bruce Trail in Canada. Book a cottage for the[…]
The annual Golden Valley Tree Park Spring Picnic is being held on Saturday 17th October, 2015. A true community event which celebrates this stunning arboretum, the arts, the environment and spring. This year as always, the entertainment is diverse featuring live music, maypole dancing, pony rides, tug-o-war and a spectacular[…]
The Blackwood River Valley and the Southern Forests is an internationally recognised biodiversity hotspot. There are over 2,400 plant species to be found . . . and right now, the region is one massive wildflower treasure hunt! (Spider Orchid & Flying Duck Orchid – Photos courtesy Wendy Eilby) Orchid enthusiasts are[…]
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Taste of Blackwood is the major food and wine festival in the Blackwood Valley Region, a market-style event designed especially for food and wine lovers. Experience stalls showcasing the quality, diversity and value of local Blackwood Valley products, and indulge in free tastings of fine food and wine. Take the[…]
Now in its 19th year, the Nannup Flower and Garden Festival Nannup Flower & Garden Festival, runs over four days Thurs 13 to Sun 16 August 2015. This year’s special guest is celebrity chef, award winning journalist and author Indira Naidoo joined by WA’s Sabrina Hahn, Neville Passmore, Josh Whitehead[…]
Our very popular Balingup Heights Photography Workshop weekend is back for 2015. Thanks to Seng Mah and his team from Venture Photography, the weekend is jam packed with new photographic experiences to make the weekend even more amazing! If you enjoy photography in the outdoors and would love to learn[…]
Thanks to everyone who joined us in January for the first of our star gazing evenings! Despite it being an unseasonally cold January evening, the Balingup Heights Hill offered the perfect vantage point for star gazing. The crew from the Astronomical Society of the South West set up two large[…]
Our fabulous Balingup Saint Nicholas characters are ‘on the street’ and look as regal as ever! Saint Nicholas, was a historic 4th-century Christian saint and Greek Bishop. Many miracles are attributed to him and he had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those[…]