Rocky Gully, Western Australia


Rocky Gully is a small town and locality of the Shire of Plantagenet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. A large part of the south of the locality is covered by the Mount Roe National Park. Additionally, the Tootanellup Nature Reserve is also located within Rocky Gully.
The town is located along the Muir Highway, about from the Kent River.

History

A site was selected for a town when land in the area was sub-divided in the 1930s. By 1951 a small community was established as part of the War Service land settlement scheme and the townsite was gazetted.

Geography

Climate

Rocky Gully has a warm-summer mediterranean climate ; with warm, dry summers and mild, moderately wet winters. Extreme temperatures ranged from on 1 February 2024 to on 13 July 2016 and 24 August 2016. The wettest recorded day was 2 April 2005 with of rainfall.

Nature reserve

The Tootanellup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 24 November 1944, has a size of, and is located within the Jarrah Forest bioregion.