An easy walk from the car park leads to the falls, which pour into a rock-lined pool after autumn and winter rain. Arrive before 10am, because the area often fills and closes to new visitors. Do not climb or jump from the falls; people have died doing this.

Fourteen hectares of gardens fill a sheltered Perth Hills valley at Roleystone, about an hour's drive from the city. In spring the tulips bloom, and the 2026 Tulip Festival runs until 18 October, 9am to 5pm. Ask at the gate for a $5 Children's Activity Pack, and leave bikes, scooters and balls at home.

A large picnic area with a playground sits beside the dam, and free gas barbecues are on the lawn below the wall. Marked trails lead to lookouts and bird-watching spots. Come between July and November for the wildflowers.

The City of Gosnells calls Ellis Brook Valley the richest wildflower spot in metropolitan Perth, at its best from mid-September to early November. The 500m Easy Walk Trail loops from Honeyeater Hollow, where there are barbecues and composting toilets. Entry is free, but the gates stay shut on total fire ban days.

You can walk or cycle across the top of the weir, which was built to keep salt water out of the upper Canning River. The park beside it has barbecues, sheltered tables, a playground and a place to launch canoes. A free scavenger hunt for the weir is in the Nature Play WA Play Trails app.

Volunteers run diesel and sometimes steam engines on what they call Australia's longest 7¼-inch gauge railway, beside the Canning River. Public run days are usually the first Sunday at Niana Station and the third Sunday at Kent Street Weir Park, 10am to 2pm. Tickets are sold online only through TryBooking, which lists each run day, so book before you go.

A Rotary lookout gives views over the valley and coastal plain, and on a clear day you might see Garden Island. Model boats can be sailed on the recreation lake below the dam wall. Watch for kangaroos and wallabies; the dam is about 40km from the city.

The waterslide is free with any paid entry on weekends and in school holidays, 9.30am to 12.30pm and 1pm to 4pm. Riders must be at least 6. The deep bombie pool, where jumping is allowed, opens 1pm to 4pm on those days, except in swim-school weeks.

John and Emma Wilkinson built this Gosnells homestead in 1912 on what became a big citrus orchard by the Canning River. The museum opens Saturdays 10am to 1pm, with a Halloween family challenge on 31 October. John Okey Davis Park next door has a playground.