Tall Gum Short Walk (.65km), Balingup, Western Australia

Tall Gum Short Walk is a 650m, grade 2 hike located in the Balingup, Western Australia. The hike should take around 30 mins to complete.

Length: 650m

Duration: 30 mins

Grade: 2

Style: Circuit

Start: Old Padbury Road

End: Old Padbury Road

Location: Balingup

Closest town: Balingup

Western Australia

From state capital: 234km

Longitude: 115.992273

Latitude: -33.800102

Hike summary

The Tall Gum Short Walk in Golden Valley Tree Park, Balingup, celebrates the majesty of Australia’s tall eucalypt trees. Living up to its name, this trail is the shortest and easiest to negotiate at only 650 metres. Many of these trees were planted in 1987, but even so they are already reaching impressive heights.

Along the way you will see mountain gums from Victoria and New South Wales, shining gums from Tasmania, silvertop ash from New South Wales and Victoria, broadleafed peppermint from New South Wales and Victoria. There are other species of tall eucalypts, all well spaced so they will eventually grow to their full potential. An interpretive sign showing a 114-metre eucalypt superimposed against the 67-metre high Sydney Opera House effectively shows how massive these trees can get.

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Start Point: Old Padbury Road, Balingup which is 234km (2hrs 40mins) south of Perth

End Point: Old Padbury Road, Balingup which is 234km (2hrs 40mins) south of Perth

Region: Balingup, South West

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About the region

Balingup is a town in the South West of Western Australia, 241 kilometres south of the state capital, Perth, and 31 kilometres southeast of the town of Donnybrook. The town takes its name from Balingup Pool, located on the Balingup Brook which flows through the town.

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