Things to see and do in and around Bridgetown

Within Bridgetown

Visit Laurenbrook or Tin Gully Wineries * Sip soft cider and Bottlared from the Blackwood Valley Cidery * Have a caricature drawn at Fat Arts and Inkling * Eat in half a dozen restaurants (including Ford House) * Buy a hand made bear at the Craft shop * Buy pottery at  Bridgetown Pottery * Get a massage at the Natural Therapies Centre * Invest in some fine furniture made by Glen Holst *  Spend a night at an award winning B&B* Visit the eclectic Horti Towers * Play tennis on lawn at the Bridgetown Tennis Club * Challenge your partner to a game of giant chess at the Boat Park * Pretend you are a pirate on the good ship "Bridgetown" in Memorial Park * Visit Pioneer Park" and read very old gravestones for the afternoon * float up the river on a kayak from the Bridgetown Caravan Park * Visit one of the eight art galleries in town * Keep fit doing a "Pump It" class at the Recreational Centre * Go to Gaol without spending $200 (The Old Gaol) * Complete a jigsaw at the Bridgetown Tourist Centre * Walk or ride along the Geegelup Brook * Play bowls at the Bridgetown Bowling Club * Gain inner peace at the Ain Karim Retreat House * Gain a 360° view of Bridgetown and beyond at Suttons lookout * Visit "Bridgedale" historic home, built 150 years ago * or just wander around talking to the frogs, birds or any or every Bridgetonian* Come to the Blackwood Festival of Country Gardens.

In the local district

Walk the Bibbulmum track » Have a picnic at the Jarrah Park » See the enormous pit at Greenbushes Tin Mine » Walk around Harvey Dixons Music and Rodeo centre » feed the kangaroos and emus at Donnelly Mill » drive along Tweed road and have a picnic by the old iron bridge » Visit the lavender farm, Old Cheese factory and Llama farm in Balingup » drive through the accredited  most beautiful drive between Bridgetown», Nannup and Balingup » come for the Blues Festival, The Bridgetown Garden Festival, the Blackwood Chamber Festival » the Blackwood Marathon», The Blackwood Classic »  follow the Blackwood River on the backroads »  and  then, and only then visit Margaret River, Augusta, Boyup Brook, Walpole, Pemberton, Bunbury, Northcliffe, Capel, Busselton, any of which are only an hour and a half away or less.