Southern Forests
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Southern Forests reads as a producer's region wrapped around old timber towns. Bridgetown, Manjimup and Pemberton anchor a dense run of cellar doors, distilleries, honey producers and truffle growers, while Nannup and Eastbrook add smaller pockets of the same. Running alongside is a quieter thread of heritage museums — in Bridgetown, Manjimup, Northcliffe, Nannup and Walpole — each tied to forestry, mining or pioneer history rather than polished tourism. Boutique stays cluster among the karri around Pemberton, Manjimup and Bridgetown, tucked into forest rather than town centres. Together the mix suggests a region still defined by what grows and what was logged, with hospitality built quietly around both.
Best time to visit
With cellar doors, forest walks and karri-shaded stays as the backbone, cooler months suit the forest character best, while the cool-climate vineyards point to autumn for harvest-season interest. Winter brings damp, dense forest atmosphere; summer favours the outdoor picnic grounds and heritage park settings scattered through the smaller towns.
What sets it apart
No other category comes close to matching the region's seventeen small-batch producers — wineries, distilleries, honey and truffle operations spread from Bridgetown to Peerabeelup — set against nine heritage museums tracing timber, mining and pioneer history in towns as small as Northcliffe and Collie. Boutique accommodation sits deliberately inside forest rather than town, and dining remains almost entirely absent bar a single forest-based chocolate maker. The imbalance itself is telling: this is a place organised around production and preserved history, not visitor infrastructure.
At a glance
- 70 places
- 20 towns & localities
- ≈ 250 km from Perth
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Generated from 34 verified listings · Last updated 6 July 2026
Towns & localities
Highlights
A selection of standout places across Southern Forests
Barnett Custom Knives
At Windy Hollow Forge outside Bridgetown, Bruce Barnett forges pattern-welded…
TableFontanini Fruit and Nut Farm
Two Tuscan brothers, Archimede and Germano Fontanini, arrived from Garfagnana…
RestSerenity Gully
Off-grid tents spread across 478 acres of old-growth Jarrah forest in the hills…
Fine GroundsSouthern Roasting Co.
Green beans are roasted on-site at this Giblett Street espresso bar, where Ian…
FieldWarren National Park
Three thousand hectares of old-growth karri forest on the Warren River, just…
CultureNorthcliffe Pioneer Museum
On Wheatley Coast Road opposite the Post Office in Jubilee Park, this…
Small Batch
Ampersand Estates Winery
Peerabeelup, WA
Two Americans-meet-South-Africans-in-West-Australia origin stories don't always pan out, but…
Black Cockatoo Distillery
Bridgetown, WA
Modern gins made on-site in the south-west forests of Western Australia, built on the idea of…
Blackwood Valley Distillery
Bridgetown, WA
A grounded origin story: airline pilot Dave was stood down during COVID, so he and father-in-law…
Bridgetown Winery
Bridgetown, WA
Brayden and Tayla came to winemaking from an electrician's run through the Pilbara and a yoga mat,…
Culture
Bridgetown Historical Museum
Bridgetown, WA
Bridgetown Historical Museum is a museum in Bridgetown, WA. The museum explores themes of social…
Coalfields Museum
Collie, WA
Collie Museum celebrates the coal mining heritage of Western Australia's only coalfield, with…
Manjimup Heritage Park
Manjimup, WA
Manjimup Heritage Park preserves a collection of historic timber industry buildings in the heart of…
Manjimup Timber & Heritage Park
Manjimup, WA
Manjimup Timber & Heritage Park is a heritage-listed museum in Manjimup, WA. The museum explores…
Rest
Beedelup House Cottages
Beedelup, WA
Set among towering Karri trees near Lake Beedelup, this collection of private one and two bedroom…
Bridgetown Valley Lodge
Bridgetown, WA
In Bridgetown, deep in the Blackwood River Valley of WA's South West, a former 1950s trainmen's…
Cleves Hut
Nannup, WA
On 790 hectares of rolling hills and bushland outside Nannup, in Western Australia's forested…
Clover Cottages
Upper Warren, WA
Built in 1875 on the banks of the Warren River between Pemberton and Manjimup, this limestone…
Field
Beedelup Falls
Pemberton, WA
Seventeen kilometres west of Pemberton off the Vasse Highway, Beedelup Brook drops through a…
Gloucester Tree
Pemberton, WA
A karri fire-lookout tree three kilometres south of Pemberton, fitted with metal pegs that spiral…
Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk
Walpole, WA
A 600-metre elevated walkway through the canopy of giant tingle trees in the Valley of the Giants…
Warren National Park
Pemberton, WA
Three thousand hectares of old-growth karri forest on the Warren River, just south-west of…
Table
Australian Truffle Traders
Dingup, WA
A family-run truffle orchard in the karri country outside Manjimup, where fresh black Perigord…
Barrabup Organics
Nannup, WA
A family farm in the deep south-west that grows certified-organic herbs and turns them into its own…
Bridgetown Pottery-Restaurant
Bridgetown, WA
Approaching four decades on Hampton Street, this Bridgetown fixture pairs a working pottery gallery…
Chefingo's Restaurant
Pemberton, WA
On the edge of Pemberton along the Vasse Highway, this a la carte restaurant and wine lounge sits…
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