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Satellite imagery of the Swan River and surrounds. The Swan River drains the Swan Coastal Plain, a total catchment area of over 100,000 square kilometres (39,000 sq mi) in area. The river is located in a Mediterranean climate, with hot dry summers and cool wet winters, although this balance appears to be changing due to climate change.
The event ran every year from 1985 to 2022, except for 2017 when the show was cancelled due to a plane crash on the Swan River, and in 2021 when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After the 2022 Skyworks, the City of Perth decided to end the long running event for a number of reasons including waning interest, environmental concerns ...
The Crawley Edge Boatshed, commonly referred to as the Blue Boat House, [1] is a boathouse located on the Swan River at Crawley in Perth, Western Australia.A well-known landmark, [2] the boatshed was built in the 1930s, and since the 1940s has been owned mainly by the Nattrass family.
Blackwall Reach was named after an area of the River Thames near Greenwich UK in 1896 by admiralty surveyor L. S. Dawson. The name originally referred to that part of the river, rather than either side, but this changed in the twentieth century when the riverside land on the eastern bank just south of Point Walter was specifically called ...
The Belmont Railway Line was a branch railway in Western Australia that extended from the Eastern Railway at Bayswater to cross the Swan River to Belmont near the Ascot Racecourse. The line closed in 1956. The line was also known as the Belmont Spur line, [1] Belmont Branch, and Perth Racecourse Railway. [2] [3]
In July 1987 the business was sold to Tony Baker and John Goodbody with the MV Captain Cook and the MV Swan Explorer. In May 1990 the Swan River Scenic Cruises business was purchased with the MV Jolly Jumbuck which was rebuilt and renamed the MV Swan Princess. From October 1992 until September 1997, the MV Perth was leased from Transperth.
Point Belches is a small point on the south side of Swan River, Western Australia, about 250 metres (820 ft) east of The Narrows within the area known as Perth Water. [1] [2] The land is part of the South Perth Esplanade, and the water off the point is used as a commercial water skiing area.
The Causeway is an arterial traffic crossing in Perth, Western Australia, linking the inner-city suburbs of East Perth and Victoria Park. It is carried over the Swan River at the eastern end of Perth Water by two bridges on either side of Heirisson Island. The current Causeway is the third structure to have been built across the river at this ...