Busselton Special SI50-05 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

Geographe Bay, the Leeuwin–Naturaliste coast, and the forests and communities of the Margaret River region—mapped in one authoritative South West overview

Covering Busselton, Dunsborough, Yallingup, Margaret River, Augusta, and the Leeuwin–Naturaliste region, this special-format AUSTopo 1:250,000 sheet provides a clear, authoritative overview of one of Western Australia’s most varied and heavily visited regional landscapes. From Geographe Bay and the two great capes to limestone ridges, karri forest, vineyards, river valleys, coastal settlements, and major touring routes, it is designed for professionals, land managers, residents, and travellers who need dependable big-area context.

The special sheet brings a long, ocean-fringed section of the South West into one coherent view. Towns, highways, local roads, waterways, forests, conservation areas, contours, vegetation patterns, and administrative boundaries are shown together—valuable for emergency coordination, environmental management, tourism planning, infrastructure work, field research, regional logistics, and broad-scale trip preparation.

At 1:250,000 scale (1 cm = 2.5 km), this is the largest scale at which published topographic maps cover the entire Australian continent—ideal for regional planning, land management, emergency coordination, and understanding how the South West’s towns, roads, forests, and coast fit together.

Explore adjoining sheets and national coverage with the official AUSTopo 1:250,000 map index.

🧭 Why this map stands out

• Updated mapping (2025) — aligned to modern Australian datums for confident, current use

• Special extended coverage — Geographe Bay, the Leeuwin–Naturaliste ridge, Margaret River, and Augusta presented in one practical regional view

• Professional-grade cartography — suited to emergency services, environmental teams, engineers, planners, and land managers

• Dual coordinate systems — seamless transition between office planning and field navigation

• Printed in Australia — precision output, locally finished and quality-checked

🗺️ What you’ll see

• Detailed coastlines, contours, and spot elevations across Geographe Bay, Cape Naturaliste, Cape Leeuwin, coastal cliffs, limestone country, forested ridges, and river valleys

• Busselton, Dunsborough, Yallingup, Cowaramup, Margaret River, Witchcliffe, Karridale, Augusta, and surrounding rural localities

• The Margaret and Blackwood river systems, Vasse–Wonnerup wetlands, coastal inlets, creeks, drainage lines, and prominent bays

• Bussell Highway, Caves Road, Vasse Highway connections, Brockman Highway, local roads, forest access routes, and regional tracks

• Leeuwin–Naturaliste National Park, Boranup forest, conservation reserves, agricultural and viticultural districts, vegetation patterns, administrative boundaries, and clear grid overlays

📐 Map details at a glance

• Scale: 1:250,000

• Series: AUSTopo — Australian Digital Topographic Map Series

• Coverage: Busselton Special SI50-05

• Map currency: 2025

• Coordinates: Geographical & MGA

• Datum: GDA2020, AHD

• Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

• Sheet size: 800 mm (W) × 750 mm (H)

💧 Field-Ready Options for Rugged Use

Choose the format that best suits your intended use—from lightweight trip planning to demanding all-weather fieldwork.

✅ Standard Paper

• Printed on 100 gsm FSC® coated paper

• Produces crisp, clear text and finely defined map symbols

• Lightweight and convenient for general reference or protected field use

• An economical choice for trip planning, research and office applications

✅ Waterproof and Tearproof Tyvek®

• Made from genuine DuPont™ Tyvek®, an advanced synthetic material composed of pure polyethylene fibres

• Waterproof, tear-resistant, foldable and extremely lightweight

• Printed using HP pigment-based inks for a permanent waterproof finish

• Suitable for backpacks, vehicles and exposed field conditions

• Ideal for bushwalkers, emergency personnel and outdoor professionals

• Provides exceptional durability without the weight and bulk of lamination

✅ Laminated

• Fully encapsulated between two 80-micron gloss laminate sheets

• Highly resistant to water, stains, smudges and tearing

• Draw on the surface with whiteboard markers for route planning or instruction

• Use Mark-It-Dots to identify campsites, hazards, access points or other locations without marking the map permanently

• Wipeable and reusable

• Ideal for offices, classrooms, operations centres and repeated field reference

🎯 Who it’s for

• Emergency services and regional operations coordinators

• Environmental, conservation, fire-management, and land-management professionals

• Local government, engineers, surveyors, and infrastructure planners

• Tourism operators, accommodation providers, and regional businesses

• Forestry, agriculture, viticulture, and field-research teams

• South West residents, road-trippers, bushwalkers, and trip planners

🇦🇺 Our commitment

Every AUSTopo map we supply is printed and finished in Australia, colour-managed for accuracy, hand-checked, and packed with care—so it arrives ready for real-world use.

Follow the coast, understand the forests and river country, and explore the Busselton–Margaret River region with confidence. Choose your finish and add this essential 2025 AUSTopo map to your kit today.