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Event Information:
Perth
is the home of the Perth marathon.
This year will be the 33rd
anniversary of the Perth Marathon
that has been conducted annually by
the West Australian Marathon Club
since its inception in 1979. The
event starts and finishes at the
WAMC Headquarters at the Burswood
Water Sports Centre with a very
picturesque course following the
river on the shared paths through
East Perth, South Perth, along the
Freeway path to Canning Bridge, then
following the riverside paths to
Troy Park in Applecross and then
returns.
The
Swan River estuary flows through the
city of Perth, in the south west of
Western Australia. Its lower reaches
are relatively wide and deep, with
few constrictions, while the upper
reaches are usually quite narrow and
shallow. The Swan River drains the
Avon and coastal plain catchments,
which have a total area of about
121,000 km2. It has three major
tributaries, the Avon River, Canning
River and Helena River. The latter
two have dams (Canning Dam and
Mundaring Weir) which provide a
sizeable part of the potable water
requirements for Perth and the
regions surrounding. The Avon River
contributes the majority of the
freshwater flow. The climate of the
catchment is Mediterranean, with
mild wet winters, hot dry summers,
and the associated highly seasonal
rainfall and flow regime.
The
Avon rises near Yealering, 100 km
southeast of Perth: it meanders
north-northwest to Toodyay about 90
km northeast of Perth, then turns
southwest in Walyunga National Park
- at the confluence of the Wooroloo
Brook, it becomes the Swan River.
The Canning River rises not far from
North Bannister, 100 km southeast of
Perth and joins the Swan at
Applecross, opening into Melville
Water. The river then narrows into
Blackwall Reach, a narrow and deep
stretch leading the river through
Fremantle Harbour to the sea.
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