 About a three hour drive north east of Albany, in the state's south, is Jerramungup, the western gateway to the Fitzgerald River National Park.
Jerramungup was developed as a war service settlement area in 1953 and officially became a shire on the 1 July 1982. A country town situated at the T junction of two major highways, the South Coast Highway and the Esperance to Jerramungup Highway, it is easily accessible by car.
The town is situated in an agricultural district supporting the production of sheep, wool, grains and fresh water crayfish. The district has also diversified into the tourism and fish processing industries.
In town see All Saints Church built in 1967 and the Town Hall known as the “Root Pickers Hall”. This name came about because the Hall was paid for through volunteers picking mallee roots. Nearby Roe Park was named after John Septimus Roe who was the first Surveyor General.
Lions Park is an attractive tree-shaded park with electric barbecue, picnic facilities, and is the starting point, for the Jerramungup Heritage Trail encompassing the Tourist Information Centre, Old Powerhouse, former War Service Office, Jerramungup Town Hall, Major Colin Cameron Plaque in Roe Park, All Saints Community Church and the Shire of Jerramungup Administration Building.
There is hotel, motel, bed and breakfast and caravan park accommodation available.
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