The picturesque Avon River flows through the township of Northam, offering wonderful picnic settings.
The pedestrian suspension bridge which spans the river, is the longest in Australia and is the perfect vantage point from which to take photographs and view Northam's unique white swan colony.
Northam gets very busy on the first weekend of August every year due to hundreds of canoeists and power boaters starting the gruelling 133 kilometre Avon Descent on the Avon River.
The Avon River Festival is held the Friday night before the early Saturday start of the white water classic.
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The White Swan was originally brought to Western Australia by early British colonists. The birds were reportedly brought to Northam at the turn of the century. They soon found the local river, with its small islands and banks thickly covered in vegetation (an ideal breeding ground) and quickly adopted Northam as their home. Nowhere else in Western Australia has the White Swan found a natural breeding ground. The swans are protected and cared for by a local volunteer swan warden, who has built up a special relationship with the birds. They are fed by the warden daily at 9.00am on weekdays, and 10.00am on weekends. The feeding area is next to the Suspension Bridge on Broome Terrace.
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