Birralee Loop


AD sign eastbound on Frankford Main Rd (B71) approaching the junction with Priestleys Ln (C714), 2km east of Frankford. Source: Peter Renshaw, June 2007.

Introduced: 1980

Length: 10km

Northern Terminus: Frankford Main Rd (B71) & Priestleys Ln (C714), 2km east of Frankford

Southern Terminus: Birralee Main Rd (B72) & Priestleys Ln (C714), 15km north of Westbury

Route taken: Priestleys Ln

Focal Points: Birralee

Responsibility: Local Government

C714 is a partly unsealed loop route to the west of Frankford (B71) and Birralee (B72) Main Roads. It's primary reason for existence is to provide access to the popular fishing and boating spot of Brushy Lagoon. It also serves farmland near the tiny hamlet of Birralee.

Photos of route C714

Top: AD sign eastbound on Frankford Main Rd (B71) approaching the junction with Priestleys Ln (C714), 2km east of Frankford.
Source: Peter Renshaw, June 2007.

Bottom: New AD sign eastbound on Frankford Main Rd (B71) approaching the junction with Priestleys Ln (C714), 2km east of Frankford.
Source: Peter Renshaw, October 2007.

Top: AD sign westbound on Frankford Main Rd (B71) approaching the junction with Priestleys Ln (C714), 2km east of Frankford.
Source: Peter Renshaw, June 2007.

Bottom: New AD sign westbound on Frankford Main Rd (B71) approaching the junction with Priestleys Ln (C714), 2km east of Frankford.
Source: Peter Renshaw, October 2007.

Original fingerboard signage at the intersection of Frankford Main Rd (B71) & Priestleys Ln (C714), 2km east of Frankford.
Source: Peter Renshaw, June 2007.
New fingerboard signage at the intersection of Frankford Main Rd (B71) & Priestleys Ln (C714), 2km east of Frankford.
Source: Peter Renshaw, October 2007.
Priestleys Ln (C714) looking south from the junction with Frankford Main Rd (B71), 2km east of Frankford.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Priestleys Ln (C714) looking south near Halls Rd, 1.2km south of Frankford Main Rd (B71).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Priestleys Ln (C714) looking south as it descends into the Back Sugarloaf Creek valley, 2km south of Frankford Main Rd (B71).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Priestleys Ln (C714) looking north across the Back Sugarloaf Creek valley from Brushy Rd, 3.5km south of Frankford Main Rd (B71).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Priestleys Ln (C714) looking south at the intersection with Brushy Rd, 3.5km south of Frankford Main Rd (B71). Traffic bound for Brushy Lagoon makes the right turn here.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Priestleys Ln (C714) looking south towards the first crossing of Mahoneys Creek, 4km south of Frankford Main Rd (B71).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Priestleys Ln (C714) looking south, 200m south of Mahoneys Creek. There is an intermittently sealed surface from here to Birralee.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Priestleys Ln (C714) looking south towards the second crossing of Mahoneys Creek, 6.1km south of Frankford Main Rd (B71).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Priestleys Ln (C714) looking north towards the second crossing Mahoneys Creek, 6.5km south of Frankford Main Rd (B71). The route is sealed from this point south to Birralee Main Rd (B72).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Priestleys Ln (C714) looking south towards Benemans Rd, 7km south of Frankford Main Rd (B71).
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Priestleys Ln (C714) looking north at the junction with Benemans Rd, 2.5km west of Birralee Main Rd (B72). Priestlys Ln (C714) goes off to the right.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Priestleys Ln (C714) looking east towards the junction with Birralee Main Rd (B72) at Birralee.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Fingerboard sign assembly at the intersection of Birralee Main Rd (B72) & Priestleys Ln (C714), Birralee.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.

Last updated 8 June 2009
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