Historic York Western Australia
York is an historic country town located in the Avon Valley 95 kilometres East of Perth.
It's just an hour and a half easy drive from Perth via the great Eastern Highway through the timbered Darling Ranges and the Great Southern highway through the attractive rolling hills of the Wheat-belt.
Surrounded by farmland and located on the Avon River the town is a popular holiday destination and attractions include beautiful country landscapes and restored buildings dating from the 1800's from when the town was a stopover on route to the Goldfields. York was first settled in 1831 and is the oldest inland town in Western Australia.
It's just an hour and a half easy drive from Perth via the great Eastern Highway through the timbered Darling Ranges and the Great Southern highway through the attractive rolling hills of the Wheat-belt.
Surrounded by farmland and located on the Avon River the town is a popular holiday destination and attractions include beautiful country landscapes and restored buildings dating from the 1800's from when the town was a stopover on route to the Goldfields. York was first settled in 1831 and is the oldest inland town in Western Australia.
The Avon River, an upper reach of Perth's Swan River:
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Surrounding Countryside, hills, native bush, and farmland:
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