Adventurers

Cellar doors, cheese caves, mountain bike single track and big-tree lookouts — a weekend that earns its long lunches.

Drive
~2 hrs from Perth
Days
2 days
Activity
Adventurers

The trip

Cheese caves at Wokalup, gin made from cheese whey, single track through the jarrah, and a cabin near Glen Mervyn Dam for the night.

The kind of weekend that earns its long lunches — and asks you to slow down for both.

Day One

Wellington walking

Perth Collie Wellington

Wambenger Mountain Bike Trails

Collie's umbrella trail network — Arklow, Wagyl Biddi, Mount Lennard and more. Walking sections suit a slow morning; ride the technical bits if the legs are up for it.

Forest pool in the Collie River Valley
Photo · Russell Ord

Honeymoon Pool

River walk before the drive back to Collie. The pool sits in deep Wellington National Park forest along the Collie River — quiet and atmospheric in winter.

Wellington Dam Mural

The world's largest dam mural — 8,000m² of public art across the Wellington Dam wall. Combine with the WaterCorp lookout for the full vantage.

Evening at your Collie / Wellington stay

Settle in around Collie or the Wellington Valley. Fire, dinner, an early night before the slow walk home tomorrow.

Day Two

Ferguson + home via Harvey

Ferguson Valley Harvey Perth

Crooked Brook Forest Walk

Easy 600m loop through Ferguson Valley bush — wheelchair-accessible picnic shelters if you want a slower start.

Forest country around the Wellington Discovery Forest
Photo · Dylan Alcock

King Jarrah

A 36-metre jarrah estimated to be 300–500 years old, deep in the Wellington Discovery Forest. Spend an hour on the surrounding trails; you'll usually have the forest to yourself in winter.

Stirling Cottage Gardens Precinct

Harvey's heritage precinct — the 1880s cottage is a replica of where May Gibbs grew up. Wander the May Gibbs Trail through the gardens, stop in at the Boola Biddi Dreaming Centre, and pick up something from Stirling Cottage Kitchen on the way through.

The route, mapped

Each day, in colour

Day by day, stop by stop — coloured lines show the order you'd travel and the time of day for each leg.

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Stops along the way

6 places mentioned

  • Family
    Wambenger Mountain Bike Trails
  • Family
    Honeymoon Pool
  • Family
    Wellington Dam Mural
  • Family
    Crooked Brook Forest Walk
  • Family
    King Jarrah
  • Family
    Stirling Cottage Gardens Precinct
Perth · Collie · Wellington · Ferguson Valley · Harvey