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Photographs of Perth, Western Australia Home | Locality A-Z | Notes Serpentine Peaceful rural town situated about 45 kms south of Perth, just south of Mundijong. The townsite was gazetted in 1893 and is named after the serpentine-looking local river |
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Serpentine - Falls Roadhouse If you are breezing down the South Western Highway, you don't get to the see the townsite of Serpentine at all and it's a couple of minutes west of the highway. You should however see the Serpentine Falls Cafe and Roadhouse which is located right on the highway. January 2009 |
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Serpentine - Anglican Church This Church is just across Falls Road from the roadhouse and fronts onto the South Western Highway. This is St Stephens Anglican Church. The Foundation Stone was laid by the Lord Bishop of Perth on 10th May 1913. January 2009 |
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Serpentine - Butchers The blue butcher's shop on Richardson Street looks great. January 2009 |
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Serpentine - Church Thrift Shop St Stephens Op Shop on Richardson Street looks fine. Through the bush behind this shop is the train line and station. January 2009 |
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Serpentine - Store The General Store and Post Office seems pretty well patronised when open but closed right now. This is on Wellard Street. May 2012 |
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Serpentine - Blue Moon Collectables Across the road from the General Store is the Blue Moon Collectables shop. The signs on the windows says it all. January 2009 |
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Serpentine - Railway Crossing Railways "road-car" carefully sneaks across the railway crossing without activating the lights. Looked cute so we did a back-track to get this photo. January 2009 |
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Serpentine - Stock Shed Cattle enjoying a bit of shade on the left of this Serpentine farm shed. April 2011 |
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Serpentine - Tavern The Serpentine Tavern on the corner of Richardson and Wellard Streets. Often hard to photograph as this side never gets much sun. Today it's a cloudy day and the tavern is yet to open. April 2011 |
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Serpentine - Park Looking back across the park from the train station. You can see the blue butcher's shop and also the brownish Church Thrift Shop through the trees. April 2011 |
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Serpentine - Highway A section of the South Western Highway looking south, at the corner of Karnup Road which runs off to the west to the Serpentine townsite. On the left you can see part of the road-house. The cream building is Baldwin's Cottage. May 2012 |
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Serpentine - Baldwin's Cottage Baldwin's Cottage constructed circa 1856 sits directly across the highway from the road-house. A beautifully maintained piece of local history. This is a private residence. May 2012 |
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Serpentine - Turner Cottage Turner Cottage is located right beside the South Western Highway, on the western side, next to the river bridge, but largely shrouded by trees to almost impossible to see as you drive past. This wonderful dwelling was built by early settlers Edward and Elizabeth Turner in 1856. May 2012 |
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Serpentine - Turner Cottage Another view of Turner Cottage from a north-west aspect, showing off the fine old brickwork and shingled roof. May 2012 |
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Serpentine - Turner Cottage - Craft Shop In the grounds of Turner Cottage are a number of "out-buildings" which were probably added after the original cottage was built. This is the Craft Shop, a brick, timber building with metal roof. May 2012 |
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Serpentine - Turner Cottage - Stables Tea Rooms Still on the Turner Cottage property, this is the fine-looking Stables Tea Rooms. Undoubtedly the original stables. This restaurant/tea rooms provide in-dining or take-away. Unfortunately I don't know the trading hours. May 2012 |
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Serpentine - Turner Cottage - Wool Shed Last out-building featured in this area is the old wool shed. This is the northern aspect showing off the sturdy brick chimney and the vertical wooden slats. Turner Cottage is still owned and operated by the descendants of the original residents who can, on application, provide a guided tour on the vicinity. May 2012 |
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Serpentine - Catholic Church Set in the southern end of the town-site is the eye-catching St Kevin's Catholic Church. The Church looks rather 1920's in construction style, with the horizontal local hard-wood, although the tin roof probably would have been added later as would have been the cream and grey paintwork. May 2012 |
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Serpentine - Train Station Little station where the Australind stops on demand. The tracks gleam as a result of a lot of freight traffic, mainly going down to Alcoa. The track wends off to the south - next station, North Dandalup. Here was one of the first stations built on the Perth - Bunbury line after it was opened in 1893. May 2012 |
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