01 Albany is considered the birthplace of the ANZAC Daydawn service.

02 Southern WA is home to some of the world’s oldest andtallest trees.

03 Cowaramup has the nickname ‘Cowtown’, although its realname has nothing to do with bovines.

04 At a length of 1841m, Busselton Jetty is the southernhemisphere’s longest timber-piled jetty.

05 The Margaret River region produces more than 25% ofAustralia’s premium wine.

06 Cape Leeuwin is the most south-westerly point of mainlandAustralia and is the meeting point of the Southern andIndian oceans.

07 Perth’s Kings Park and Botanic Garden is one of the biggestcity parks in the world at 400ha. New York’s Central Park is‘only’ 315ha.

08 There are more than 100 limestone caves beneath thesurface of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge.

09 The Ferguson Valley sub-region has a quirky ‘town’ calledGnomesville that features thousands of garden gnomes.

10 Perth is the only Australian capital named after a UK townor city (its namesake is in Scotland).

Bussleton Jetty, WA

Southern WA

FUN FACTS

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