Located 317 km south of Perth, Augusta is the third oldest settlement in West Australia.

Augusta is on the mouth of the Blackwood River, only 9 kms from the geographic point where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet.

One of the highlights of any visit to Augusta is to continue down the coast for 8 km until you reach the rocky headland of Cape Leeuwin. The walk up to the lighthouse, through an area which is often ablaze with wildflowers, and the view out over the point where the Southern and Indian oceans meet, is a great ... (more)