Bibbulmun Track Access Points

The Bibbulmun Track is one of the world’s greatest long-distance walk trails, stretching nearly 1,000 kilometres from Kalamunda, on the outskirts of Perth, to Albany, with two nearby access points on the Dwellingup to Collie section of the track.

Approximately every 20km along the track there are campsites, tent sites, huts, sleeping platforms, toilets and water tanks.

Access Points

1. Harvey-Quindanning Road (Shire of Boddington)
   • The Harvey-Quindanning Road Access Point is approximately 42 km from Harvey. Continue along Weir Road which then becomes the Harvey-Quindanning Road.
   • Continue until you reach the Long Gully Road (this is a minor road/track) intersection. Note, that the Harvey-Quindanning Road road becomes gravel. Users should check road conditions before departing.
   • Look for the yellow triangular markers, symbolising the ‘Waugul’, the rainbow serpent of the Aboriginal Dreaming which makes the access point.

2. Driver Road (border of the shires of Harvey, Boddington and Waroona)

   • From South Western Highway, turn east onto Logue Brook Dam Road.
   • At 9.5 kms turn slightly east onto Clarke Road.
   • Travel for 8.6 kms. Continue straight onto Dupont Road.
   • Turn left onto Logue Brook Road.
   • Slight right onto Driver Road.
   • Turn right onto Murray Riv Fireline (Restricted-usage road)

Highlights

• The new Bilya Djena Bidi suspension bridge across the Murray River.
• The Murray River is a companion for walkers heading south with melaleuca thickets and flooded gum woodlands along its banks.
• Murray campsite is in a magic spot on the banks of the river.
• The Worsley Alumina conveyor belt just south of the Harvey-Quindanning Road crossing extends 50km transporting bauxite from the Mt Saddleback mine to the refinery on the coastal plain below the Darling Scarp.

Bilya Djena Bidi

In February 2015,  the historic Long Gully trestle bridge, built in 1949 and 128  metres long, was destroyed in the Boddington bushfire. The bridge provided the only viable crossing point of the Murray River for walkers on the Bibbulmum Track. The bridge was considered an outstanding example of an early railway bridge and was built by Western Australian Government Railways and was an integral part of the rail network from the Serpentine-Jarrahdale area to the Dwellingup region.

A new state-of-the-art bridge,  built 12  kilometres downstream of the old bridge site in Lane Poole Reserve, was named Bilya Djena Bidi, Aboriginal for a ‘(swinging) river footbridge’.

The locally designed and built bridge spans 82 metres and includes two 12-metre towers that hold the bridge above the 100-year predicted flood level, enabling Bibbulmun Track walkers to safely cross the Murray River.

The $850,000 project was funded by the State Government, Bibbulmun Track Foundation, and Alcoa Australia, with support from engineering company BG&E Pty Ltd who developed the concept design free of charge.

It is advised to carry a Bibbulmun Track map with you.