Blackwall Reach (Western Australia)

Point WalterBlackwall Reach is a section of the Swan River in Western Australia.

As a section of river it was named in the 1830s - and referred to the the part of the river, not just one side of the river or other. It was in the twentieth century that the riverside land on the eastern bank that lies just south of Point Walter was specifically called "Blackwall Reach" where there are limestone cliffs.

It is commonly known as BlackiesFact|date=August 2008. It is popular with local residents as a spot to jump off the cliffs into the river and as a rock climbing spot. Fact|date=August 2008

External links

*City of Melville. [http://www.melville.wa.gov.au/service_areas/infrastructure/attachments/blackwallreach_management_plan.pdf "Blackwall Reach and Point Walter Bushland Management Plan"] , July, 2004. Accessed March 30, 2007.
* [http://www.climberswa.asn.au/climbwa/crags.asp?region=Around%20Perth&crag=Blackwall_Reach&sort=NAME Blackwall Reach] "Climbing Association of Western Australia"
* [http://3degree.cci.ecu.edu.au/articles/view/373 "Perth's Best Kept Secrets."] "3rd Degree", Edith Cowan University Journal.

Further reading

* "Landscaping project for the reserve" - 'About Melville', Mar 1993, p. 2.
* Dickson, Rod (1994) "Ships registered in Western Australia from 1856", Vol. 4, p. 32 concerning "Molly - history of the barge" a 66 ton barge that collided under tow with barge "Emerald" adjacent to Blackwall Reach on the 16th of April 1928.