Local Government
Armadale
Region
Metropolitan
Collins Rd Roleystone
Armadale
Metropolitan
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 01 Sep 2015 | Category 2 | |
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 01 Dec 2008 | Category 2 | |
The place is an attractive natural pool formation situated in a picturesque bushland setting, and combined with the modest picnic structures, creates a pleasing environment. The place was used by the Roleystone Swimming Club as early as the 1920s. The place is valued by the community as a well-known local swimming hole with associated picnic facilities, that continues to be an important site for public recreational and social activities.
The place comprises a natural pool formation in the Canning River, located south of Collins Road in Roleystone. The pool is set far below road level, in a narrow section of valley, and is accessed via a long flight of stone steps that lead from a gravel parking area to a clearing on the north side of the pool. This clearing features picnic structures and a distinctive stone chimney structure, only metres from the water’s edge. The pool is surrounded by bushland and features smooth rocky outcrops near its edge and further downstream.
This natural pool area was used by the Roleystone Swimming Club, from as early as the 1920s. In 1951, the Roads Board purchased the site from the estate of John Joseph Simons, for community use.
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| Ref Number | Description |
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| No.89 | MI Place No. |
Landscape
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| Original Use | PARK\RESERVE | Park\Reserve |
| Present Use | PARK\RESERVE | Park\Reserve |
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