6PR with Burgo: From Dams and Jetties to Lighthouses – let’s visit our WA man- made things

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Talking Travel on 6PR with Burgo (audio at the end) spends a fair share of time overseas but came home this week to visit the things we’ve made that we can travel to.

Man-made attractions play a really important part in tourism, they represent heritage, engineering and sometimes are just there for fun. We had a caller who is about to visit Lake Argyle, the second biggest man-made lake in Australia. We mooooved our way down south to Cowarumup where they’re encouraging travellers to stop a while and enjoy the 42 life size cows that are in the streets and parks of this little town.

The Busselton Jetty, Lake Ballard sculptures, dams and lighthouses all got a mention and we even included the biggest periodic table in the world, right here in Perth!

Enjoy the pics and audio below:

Nearly 30 lighthouses are on the WA coast, many of which can be climbed and enjoyed.
Busselton Jetty is nearly 2km’s long and you can walk or ride a train to the end. Heritage listed with an underwater observatory makes this an amazing jetty experience.
The water cooler statue of CY O’Connor on Hannan Street in Kalgoorlie reminds us of the extraordinary water pipeline from Perth to the Goldfields. The Cunderdin Museum, located in an original pumping station, has a lot of pipeline history that’s worth a visit.
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