The walk between Forrest Hall and the Old Swan Brewery, with a one-way distance of 2.1 km, allows walkers to walk on flat riverfront walking paths alongside Mounts Bay Road and the Swan River, and visit three of Perth city’s iconic landmarks – Blue Boat House, the Eliza Sculpture, and the Old Swan Brewery.
Forrest Hall
Located at the bank of the Swan River and the northern end of the Matilda Bay Reserve, Forrest Hall is an accommodation facility of the Forrest Research Foundation designed to provide a creative living environment for research scholars attending Western Australian universities.
Forrest Hall is just a 5-minute drive from Perth CBD and is adjacent to the University of Western Australia (UWA) in the Crawley suburb by the Swan River.
What does the Forrest Research Foundation do? The Foundation was set up to attract outstanding minds to Western Australia to undertake high-quality research with the potential to change the world.
To learn more about the Forrest Research Foundation, check out the Forrest Research Foundation website.
Blue Boat House
Blue Boat House is about 600m from Forrest Hall. Officially known as Crawley edge Boat Shed, the Blue Boat House is a privately owned boathouse. The boathouse has been around since the 1930s. The owner revamped the boathouse in 2004 and repainted it with a beautiful blue colour, which was how it got its new and better-known name: Blue Boat House. Its new colour scheme has made the boathouse stands out on the Swan River whatever the season or the weather, or the time of the day. Blue Boat House is probably most beautiful in the morning and evening.
Arguably Blue Boat House is the most photographed sight in Perth. Often you see people queuing up to take photos at the Blue Boat House. Check out the hashtag #blueboathouse on Instagram and you will know why.
Eliza Sculpture
Eliza Sculpture is about 250m from Blue Boat House. It is a bronze sculpture of a woman about to dive off. Standing at 2.2 m tall and 15 m off the shoreline, the sculpture was the work of Perth’s local artist Tony Jones completed in 2007. Eliza Sculpture has taken the name of Mount Eliza, a hill on the eastern side of Kings Park.
You may notice some mysterious persons regularly put on different outfits on Eliza Sculpture. You may need some luck to spot the mysterious persons while they are dressing up Eliza Sculpture.
The Old Swan Brewery
The Old Swan Brewery used to be a brewery site and is a heritage-listed riverfront building on the Swan River. The site was redeveloped by the Western Australia state government in the 1980s and 1990s after ceasing to be a brewery.
Today, the Old Swan Brewery is a mixed-use precinct with residential apartments, commercial floor space for offices and restaurants, and a car park.
Breathtaking views of the Swan River have made this riverfront building a Perth’s iconic landmark.
Want to discover more great walking locations around Perth? Check out the “By the Waters” blogs.
Today, the Old Swan Brewery is a mixed-use precinct with residential apartments, commercial floor space for offices and restaurants, and a car park.