Area Profiles

Honi B Realty services the Albany, Denmark, Mount Barker and Surrounds

This area is diverse, and buyers are spoilt for choice. The area offers everything from turquoise beaches, mountains, rivers, forests and wineries.Rural properties and small suburban inner-city homes. There is a lifestyle property to suit all those looking for their perfect home or investment.

Albany

Kinjarling is the Menang Nyungar (indigenous) name of Albany. The meaning of Kinjarling is ‘Place of Plenty’ or ‘Place of Rain’.

The City of Albany was formed with the amalgamation of the Town and the Shire of Albany in 1998 and stretches more than 150km along the south coast of Western Australia.

Albany is a Port City located 408km south of Perth on the south coast of Western Australia in the Great Southern region. It was the first colonial settlement in WA and was established more than two years before Perth and Fremantle. Albany’s naturally protected; Deepwater harbour made it Western Australia’s premier port in the State’s early years.

Today, Albany’s population is 37,800 (2018). Albany is a tourism hot-spot. Located 4.5 to 5 hours from Perth by road and just over an hour away by plane. The City’s airport has daily return passenger services to Perth.

Albany is a major service hub for the region and is surrounded by the smaller suburbs of ; Bayonet Head, Lower King, Little Grove and Goode Beach, along with rural villages such as Wellstead, Manypeaks, Youngs Siding, Redmond and Elleker.

Major industries in the City of Albany include aquaculture, agriculture, timber products and tourism. Grain from the Great Southern is exported through the Port of Albany.

Denmark

The town of Denmark is set on a tree covered hillside along the Denmark River. Surrounded by trees, this charming town is a haven of rest and is naturally beautiful.

Denmark town centre is peaceful, with no traffic lights. There are a host of wonderful places to shop as well as delightfully delicious restaurants and cafes. Denmark is home to artisans, so everywhere you see evidence of their creativity dotted around!

The ambiance is relaxed and with everything is so close together it is possible to park in one spot and meander through town leisurely. The cafes and shops are a delight to browse around.

The locals are very welcoming of visitors and continue to retain a friendly small-town atmosphere that will having you returning time and time again. It is one of the most historic, stylish and naturally beautiful destinations in Australia. The Town was formed around 1895, when a high demand for timber from Europe and around the world and the nearby goldrush kept the sawmills in Denmark busy.

Today Denmark is a vibrant and peaceful town, home to around 5000. The economy is sustained by tourism, farming, fishing and the arts.

Denmark Region Profile

https://www.amazingalbany.com.au/about/the-region/denmark.aspx

History Of Denmark

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark,_Western_Australia

Shire Of Denmark

https://www.denmark.wa.gov.au/

Area Information

https://www.denmarkwesternaustralia.com/index.htm

Mount Barker

Mount Barker, just 360 kilometres south of Perth, is located within the Shire of Plantagenet, one of thirteen Local Government municipalities that make up the Great Southern Region. Framed by the spectacular Stirling (to the north) and Porongurup (to the south) Ranges, Mount Barker and the surrounding shire offers a wealth of Tourist opportunities and experiences.

Clean air, large National Parks, fertile farmland, bountiful vineyards, wonderful award-winning wines, captivating cellar doors, eating and tasting experiences for every palate and budget, breathtaking scenery, leisurely “old fashioned” friendly shopping and service and history steeped heritage attractions.

An abundance of seasonal wildflowers (some of which are found nowhere else in the world) coupled with incredible and diverse accommodation combine uniquely to make Mount Barker a MUST SEE AND STAY tourist destination!

Throughout the year, Mount Barker hosts a vast array of spectacular Festivals and Events, including Grapes and Gallops (January), Porongurup Festival and Graze Mount Barker (March), Porongurup Art In The Park (March/April) and the Taste Great Southern Festival (February to April) and Mountains and Murals in November, to name but a few.