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Bluff Knoll is the highest point in the south-west of Western Australia and is situated in the Stirling Range. It is 1,095m above sea level, and is one of the very few places that snow can be seen in Western Australia, with snow falling once every four years or so. Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ... The Stirling Range is a range of mountains and hills in the South West region of Western Australia, 337km south-east of Perth. ...
Climbing bluff knoll takes three to four hours, on a 6km return track and can be achieved by anyone with a reasonable level of fitness. It is also possible to ascend up the face of the bluff with rock climbing equipment, or absail down it.
The view from the summit encompases the Stirling and Porongorup mountain ranges, as well as the coast near Albany. Albany is a city of approximately 30,000 people on the south coast of Western Australia, 400 kilometres southeast of Perth. ...
This was to be the fulfilment of a dream that started in 1987, when I rode by the western edge of the Stirling Range and was prevented by weather and tiredness from taking a detour into it.
Starting fresh from albany, I would be able to climb the Porongorups on Day 1, ride to a camp near BluffKnoll on Day 2, ride to it and climb it on Day 3, then start home on Day 4, proceeding via Gnowangerup, or Cranbrook, or Ongerup, depending on wind and weather and inclination.
BluffKnoll from this side rises very steeply to a sheer cliff.
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