Blackwood Section Re-opens

16 June 2015

Tents sites being constructed at Blackwood Campsite
Tents sites being constructed at Blackwood Campsite

The section south of Balingup incorporating the Blackwood Campsite has been reopened and the diversion to Wright's Bridge has been removed.

While the campsite is now open, it will take many years to recover from the loss of the pines which gave walkers protection from the elements. The campsite is now quite exposed on the hill.

The new road bridge has now been finished and ready for walkers to use. The bridge was destroyed in a bushfire in February 2013.

Markers on the realignment north of Blackwood Campsite
Markers on the realignment north of Blackwood Campsite

Blackwood Campsite opens but the protection offered by the pines is no more.
Blackwood Campsite opens but the protection offered by the pines is no more.

The new Southampton Bridge across the Blackwood River - built 2015.
The new Southampton Bridge across the Blackwood River - built 2015.