South West
The South West is a region of Western Australia. It offers some of the most varied travel experiences in Western Australia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Albany and Bunbury.
Albany
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Albany is a port city on the south coast of Western Australia, 400 km south of Perth, the state capital.
Bunbury
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Bunbury is a coastal city of 74,000 people in Western Australia. It draws many tourists who come to see the dolphins.
Mandurah
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Mandurah is a fast growing coastal town immediately south of Perth in the Peel region of Western Australia.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Rockingham and Busselton.
Rockingham
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Rockingham is a local government area in the Perth metropolitan area, about 50 km south of central Perth and 20 kilometres north of Mandurah. An unsung hero of the metro area, it is often left off tourist radars, but it is well worth a visit for its stunning beaches and laid back coastal lifestyle.
Busselton
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Busselton is a city of 28,000 people on Geographe Bay in the South West region of Western Australia. It is famous for its 2-km-long heritage jetty, which has been restored for tourism, and is also famous for its beaches and fishing.
Margaret River
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Margaret River is a coastal town south of Perth. It is renowned for its wineries, food and surf beaches. It is located in the 'south west' and as many features in the region are now tied into the name, Margaret River is now the common term for the region between The Capes - Cape Naturaliste in the north, and Cape Leeuwin in the south.
Denmark
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Denmark is a small tourist-oriented town in Western Australia. It has numerous arts and craft shops, coffee shops and lots of holiday accommodation. It has surrounding wineries and places of scenic beauty. It is within an hours drive of Albany…
Collie
Collie is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, 213 kilometres south of the state capital, Perth, and 59 kilometres inland from the regional city and port of Bunbury.
Dunsborough
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Dunsborough is a coastal town in the South West of Western Australia, 254 kilometres south of Perth, on the shores of Geographe Bay. Dunsborough is a popular tourist destination for Western Australians; in 1999 it was voted the state's best tourist destination and in 2013 awarded the Top Tourism Award for Population Under 5,000.
Pemberton
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Pemberton is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, named after original settler Pemberton Walcott.
Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park
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Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park is a popular national park in Australia's southwest, just a few hours from Perth, the capital of Western Australia. Rugged cliffs, granite headlands and striking rock formations such as the Canal Rocks or the Sugarloaf Rock characterise the coast of the national park.
Yallingup
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Yallingup is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, 256 kilometres south of Perth. Yallingup is a popular tourist destination because of its beaches and limestone caves, and proximity to Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park.
South West
- Type: Region with 123,000 residents
- Description: administrative region of Western Australia
- Also known as: “Australia’s South West”, “South West Western Australia”, “South west, W.A.”, and “Western Australia South West region”
- Category: Regions of Western Australia
- Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“South West” goes by many names.
- Basque: “South West (Mendebaldeko Australia)”
- Basque: “South West”
- Catalan: “South West”
- Central Kurdish: “ساوت وێست”
- Chinese: “西南區”
- Dutch: “South West”
- Esperanto: “Sudokcidenta Okcident-Aŭstralio”
- French: “South West”
- Georgian: “საუზ-უესტი”
- German: “South West”
- Hebrew: “אזור הסאות‘ וסט”
- Hebrew: “דרום מערב, אוסטרליה המערבית”
- Hebrew: “סאות‘ וסט, אוסטרליה המערבית”
- Hebrew: “סאות‘ וסט”
- Indonesian: “South West (Australia Barat)”
- Indonesian: “South West”
- Italian: “South West”
- Japanese: “南西部地域”
- Korean: “사우스웨스트”
- Occitan (post 1500): “South West”
- Persian: “ساوت وست”
- Polish: “South West”
- Portuguese: “Sudoeste da Austrália Ocidental”
- Portuguese: “Sudoeste”
- Spanish: “Sudoeste”
- Swedish: “South West, Western Australia”
- Swedish: “South West”
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