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Cue
Take an hour s drive north from Mount Magnet to experience Cue and its fascinating history The scene of a huge gold rush during the late s this area is a tribute to the past Many magnificent buildings constructed at ...
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Gascoyne Junction
Gascoyne Junction where the Lyons and Gascoyne Rivers meet is two hours drive east of Carnarvon First proposed as a town site in Gascoyne Junction now has a population of people and is a centre for mining pastoral and desert ...
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Boulder
Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamated in Up untill then they were two towns lying side by side Boulder s main street Burt Street is five kilometres from Kalgoorlie s main street Hannan Street Boulder was named after quot The Great Boulder ...
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Coolgardie
Coolgardie is located seven hours drive east of Perth and a forty minute drive south west of Kalgoorlie The Coolgardie of today has retained many aspects of its rich and colourful history Its charm and friendliness make it a great ...
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Esperance
For squeaky-white beaches getting off the beaten track and bunking down under the stars head south to Esperance This place is so relaxed even the kangaroos sun bake on the beach Situated a one and a half hour flight or ...
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Hopetoun
The coastal town of Hopetoun lies on the shores of the beautiful Mary Ann Haven minutes drive from Ravensthorpe or seven and a half hours from Perth Hopetoun is an unspoilt picturesque and quiet waterfront holiday destination To the east ...
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Kambalda
Forty five minutes drive southeast of Kalgoorlie Kambalda consists of two separate towns seven kilometres apart Kambalda East and Kambalda West Situated at the Kambalda Visitors Centre the Kambalda Herbarium is the largest collection of regional flora displayed in the ...
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Laverton
Located about kilometres east of Leonora and around a hour drive northeast of Perth lies the early goldmining town of Laverton Laverton almost became a ghost town when the gold ran out Luckily nickel was discovered and the mining industry ...
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Leinster
The town of Leinster is located approximately kilometres north of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia s northern goldfields Leinster has often been referred to as the home of the wedge tailed eagle Initially a goldmining town Leinster is now more famous ...
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Leonora
Leonora three hours drive north of Kalgoorlie is a very clean and well kept busy little outback town It was discovered and named by John Forrest in The main thoroughfare of Tower Street is well laid out and attractive The ...
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Norseman
The gateway to Western Australia Norseman is a welcoming sight after crossing the Nullarbor from the east Norseman was discovered in by Laurie Sinclair who named the site after his horse Norseman who pawed the ground uncovering a gold nugget ...
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Ravensthorpe
Ravensthorpe is located approximately kilometres southeast of Perth The area is renowned for the natural beauty of its ancient ranges rocky hills rugged river valleys estuaries and large inlets The bushland including national parks reserves and vacant crown land is ...
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Murchison
Murchison three and a half hours drive northeast of Geraldton depicts the real Australian outback with open space beautiful scenery natural pools historic homesteads and an abundance of wildlife Situated on the Murchison River Murchison s surrounds are mainly pastoral ...
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Merredin
Merredin is the largest regional centre in the eastern wheatbelt around three hours drive east of Perth on the Great Eastern Highway An alternative route is via Toodyay and Goomalling along the Pioneer Pathway The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail also ...
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Southern Cross
Southern Cross is located on the Great Eastern Highway three hours drive west of Kalgoorlie It is the centre for the Yilgarn Shire Yilgarn is the Aboriginal word for white stone or quartz The area includes Bullfinch Marvel Loch Moorine ...
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Mount Magnet
Mount Magnet the oldest surviving gold settlement of its region is four and a half hours drive east of Geraldton on the Great Northern Highway The first pastoralists Watson and Jones walked their sheep from Geraldton to Mount Magnet in ...
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Sandstone
Sandstone lies in the heart of the spectacular East Murchison Goldfields kilometres or a days drive from Perth via the Great Northern Highway It is an ideal stopover for travellers en route to many of Western Australia acirc s destinations ...
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Narrogin
Narrogin a two hour drive from Perth is located in the heart of Western Australia s richest farming land Narrogin is a great base to explore the region with many attractions within a half hour drive from the town Dryandra ...
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Warburton
The Warburton township located approximately kilometres northeast of Perth is an Aboriginal community on private land and is not open to the public Central Land Council permits must be obtained by potential visitors contact This remote community sits between the ...
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Hyden
Hyden is situated kilometres east of Perth More than tourists visit the town every year on their way to the famous Wave Rock Wave Rock is just four kilometres east of Hyden on a nature reserve of some hectares The ...
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Meekatharra
Located approximately kilometres inland from Geraldton Meekatharra is the centre of a mining sheep and cattle district The area has many old worked out gold mines and old machinery relics This old gold mining area abounds with remnants of its ...
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Doodlakine
Doodlakine is kilometres east of Perth on the Great Eastern Highway just two hours and forty minutes drive from Perth located in the eastern wheat belt Where once a bustling little community existed in on the Goldfields Road there is ...
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Dryandra
Two and a half hours drive southeast of Perth Dryandra Woodland is an especially scenic area with magnificent wandoo forests and spectacular wildflowers in the spring It is also the largest remaining forest in the area As such it is ...
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Arthur River
Two and a half hours drive south east of Perth on the Albany Highway is the historic town of Arthur River which dates back to the early s Arthur River s past is evoked by the town s grand buildings ...
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Corrigin
Corrigin is a popular stopover when visiting Hyden s Wave Rock and the seasonal wildflowers of the area Located two and a half hours drive east of Perth Corrigin is a very attractive tidy wheat belt town Tour the surrounding ...
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Dumbleyung
Dumbleyung is a town kilometres southeast of Perth in the West Australian wheatbelt The area s main attraction is Lake Dumbleyung the largest semi-permanent natural stretch of inland water in Western Australia Approximately kilometres long and kilometres wide it is ...
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Kondinin
Kondinin is known as the gateway to Wave Rock which is a leisurely minute drive away The region is in the heart of grain and sheep farming country Attractions of the town include Kondinin Lake Pioneer Cemetery the trail of ...
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Kulin
Kulin is a convenient stopover for travellers between Perth and Esperance While in this five star tidy town don t miss a visit to the excellent local herbarium Jilakin Rock kilometres east of Kulin is a spectacular grey monolith overlooking ...
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Lake Grace
Lake Grace is kilometres southeast of Perth and was named in after a shallow salt lake nine kilometres west of the town A striking feature of the surrounding region is the abundance of salt lakes along the ancient river systems ...
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Munglinup
Munglinup is located between Ravensthorpe and Esperance on the South Coast Highway Munglinup Beach and the Oldfield Estuary are kilometres west of Esperance or kilometres east of Hopetoun approximately a seven hour drive south east of Perth Munglinup Beach and ...
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Newdegate
Newdegate was settled in and the railway line was extended from Lake Grace in By Newdegate had four general stores a hotel bakery saddlery two garages fruit shop and a town hall Today the town though smaller is a self-sufficient ...
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Pingelly
Pingelly is a farming town two hours drive southeast of Perth This attractive town offers a rare insight into Western Australia s rich colonial heritage The Mourambine Heritage Trail starts at St Patrick s Church which was built in and ...
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Wagin
Wagin is an inland town about three hours drive southeast of Perth The town is the centre of a thriving Merino stud industry and proud home to the Wagin Woolorama Western Australia s largest agricultural show held annually in early ...
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Wandering
The town of Wandering lays one and a half hours drive south east of Perth It was first settled in by members of the George Stedman Watts family when they found their straying wagon team horses grazing in lush grass ...
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Wickepin
The small wheatbelt town of Wickepin lies two and a half hours drive southeast of Perth The well known Australian author Albert Facey lived in Wickepin and many of his stories are about the area His house has been moved ...
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Williams
Williams is located on the Williams River two hours drive south of Perth along the Albany Highway This attractive and historic town is an ideal resting spot for travellers Take a stroll along heritage trails picnic by the river and ...
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Widgiemooltha
Widgiemooltha is located an hour and fifteen minutes south of Kalgoorlie and is home to the famous Golden Eagle Nugget the largest gold nugget ever found in the Goldfields tipping the scales at ounces in See the mineral rock display ...
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Balladonia
Balladonia is situated on the Eyre Highway at the Western Australian end of the long Nullarbor journey and is a great place to stop and revive when travelling long distances Visitors can see claypans typical of the region and old ...
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Kumarina
Two hours drive northeast of Meekatharra or two days northeast of Perth Kumarina is located on the Great Northern Highway and is ideal for stopovers Kumarina features a wildlife sanctuary roadhouse tavern motel restaurant and a caravan park Restaurant meals ...
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Cocklebiddy
Cocklebiddy is a tiny settlement between Madura and Caiguna that provides facilities for travellers on the Eyre Highway Visit Cocklebiddy Cave to the town s northwest or the remains of one of the old telegraph stations nearby For those travelling ...
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Gibson
Located minutes drive north of the town of Esperance on Western Australia s southern coast Gibson is home to one of the few remaining examples of a true Australian country pub Experience the great country atmosphere at the pub which ...
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Kalgoorlie
Get ready for a heady trip to Kalgoorlie WA acirc s largest goldfields town famed for its fascinating gold rush history fabulous old buildings and old gold miners acirc ghost towns acirc Kal acirc was born amid the s gold ...
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Kookynie
The small goldfields town of Kookynie is located two hours drive north of Coolgardie or ten hours east of Perth Kookynie is an authentic living ghost town not to be missed if visiting the Northern Goldfields This is true outback ...
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Menzies
One and a half hours drive north of Kalgoorlie is the goldmining town of Menzies The town was settled in by Lesley Robert Menzies a gold miner who found significant reserves in the area The subsequent gold rush saw the ...
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Mundrabilla
An hours drive east of the border town of Eucla or two days east of Perth is Mundrabilla Settled in the nearby Mundrabilla station was the first station on the Nullarbor Plain Take a detour to the tablelands situated above ...
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Ora Banda
A ghost town coming back to life Ora Banda minutes drive northwest of Kalgoorlie is set in bushland that typifies the early pioneering days of the Western Australian goldfields Today s goldmining companies are still working the same sites discovered ...
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Bencubbin
Bencubbin is located two and a half hours drive northeast of Perth in the centre of the north eastern wheat belt Sandalwood cutters were in the area as early as the s and a sheep station was established in The ...
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Bruce Rock
Bruce Rock is a wheat-belt town located about kilometres east of Perth A farming town Bruce Rock produces crops of wheat barley lupins and peas Sheep pigs and goats are also farmed in the area The Bruce Rock Museum comprises ...
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Cunderdin
Located a two hour drive east of Perth on the Great Eastern Highway is the town of Cunderdin Cunderdin was first settled with the arrival of the railway in In the Goldfields Water Scheme reached the town bringing with it ...
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Dalwallinu
Dalwallinu is a sheep and wheat farming town located three hours drive north of Perth along the Great Northern Highway Dalwallinu is the first town along the Wildflower Way a route that stretches north to Mullewa and showcases beautiful wildflowers ...
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Dowerin
Dowerin is situated kilometres northeast of Perth on the Northam-Wyalkatchem-Merredin railway loop line The name Dowerin is taken from the Aboriginal word Daren that was given to a series of lakes some eight kilometres south of the town The nearby ...
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Kellerberrin
Kellerberrin is located in the centre of the wheat belt region a comfortable two hour drive east of Midland The main industries are wheat and sheep farming and the manufacture of agricultural equipment It is widely believed that the town ...
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Meckering
Meckering is kilometres or one and a half hours drive east of Perth on Great Eastern Highway The township of Meckering is best known for being completely destroyed by an earthquake on the morning of October The quake measured on ...
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Moora
Moora is situated on the banks of the Moore River about two hours drive kilometres north of Perth Mainly a farming community producing wheat and sheep but in recent years wildflowers cattle and various other grains have been farmed in ...
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Mukinbudin
Mukinbudin is three and a half hours drive northeast of Perth in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia The district is famous for its wheat and sheep farming The town was gazetted in and has many interesting historical and natural ...
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Narembeen
Narembeen is located a three and a half hour drive east of Perth and about kilometres south of Merredin It lies in Western Australia s wheat belt area Narembeen named after its aboriginal heritage as the quot place of the ...
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Nungarin
Located a three and a half hour drive east of Perth is the historic town of Nungarin Nungarin was a depot for Australian army personnel from to McCorry s Hotel and adjoining blacksmith s building was built in and also ...
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Westonia
Westonia is located just over four hours drive east of Perth where the wheatbelt meets the goldfields The town owes its origin to gold mining although it now relies on wheat and sheep farming Westonia has a unique charm nestled ...
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Wongan Hills
Located two hours drive or kilometres northeast of Perth is the rural town of Wongan Hills the centre of a prosperous grain sheep and pig farming district The name Wongan Hills translates from the Aboriginal Wongan Katta or Whispering Hills ...
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Wyalkatchem
Wyalkatchem is at the centre of Western Australia s wheat belt about kilometres northeast of Perth The town is thought to have been named after the Wyalkatchem Tank which was built by sandalwood cutters in Wyalkatchem is in some of ...
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Morawa
Morawa is a wheatbelt town located approximately four and a half hours drive north of Perth The surrounding area supports sheep and wheat farming The first European occupation of the Morawa district was by pastoralists shepherds sandal wood cutters and ...
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Paynes Find
Paynes Find located kilometres from Perth on the Great Northern Highway with its small community of no more than people marks the centre of pastoral and goldmining activity A gold crushing plant for extracting gold new gold discoveries and the ...
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Perenjori
Perenjori comes from the Aboriginal word perangery meaning waterhole and is situated on the Wubin-Mullewa Highway three and a half hours drive from Perth In the railway line was officially opened and the population was Today Perenjori is one of ...
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Wiluna
Wiluna is an outback town with friendly people and a real bush atmosphere It is on the Goldfields Highway joining Meekatharra Leonora and Kalgoorlie kilometres northeast of Perth The town prospered with the discovery of gold in however today it ...
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Yalgoo
The Yalgoo township can be accessed from the Morawa Yalgoo Road or the Yalgoo Ninghan Road and is located six hours north of Perth Yalgoo is a wonderfully historic town with well preserved buildings from the beginning of the last ...
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Condingup
Condingup is situated minutes drive east of Esperance Bed and breakfast accommodation is available Restaurant and counter meals can be obtained from the tavern ...
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Caiguna
Caiguna is located on the Eyre Highway and is a good spot to pick up petrol and food before or after the long drive across the Nullarbor Between Balladonia and Caiguna is the mile straight - the longest straight stretch ...
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Eucla
Eucla is the largest settlement on the Nullarbor Plain just minutes short of the South Australian border In the early acirc s Eucla was buzzing the town was home to the busiest telegraph station in Australia beyond the capital cities ...
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Quairading
Quairading is located kilometres east of Perth in Western Australia s wheat belt The town derived its name from the Aboriginal word Kwirading meaning the home of a small bush kangaroo It boasts vast paddocks of wheat canola and wildflowers ...
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Cuballing
The historic town of Cuballing is situated on the Great Southern Highway two and a half hours drive southeast of Perth Cuballing has many lovely buildings dating from the early s including the newly restored Cuballing Tavern Post Office and ...
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Koorda
Just under three hours drive northeast of Perth is the wheatbelt town of Koorda The predominantly farming community dedicates itself to growing wheat coarse grains and sheep Early in September Koorda hosts its annual Agricultural Show which brings together past ...
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Trayning
Trayning is a small agricultural town located two and a half hours drive east of Perth in the north eastern wheatbelt of Western Australia The name originated from the Trayning Historical Well derived from the Aboriginal word During meaning snake ...
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Wubin
The wheat belt town of Wubin is just kilometres north of Dalwallinu and is the gateway to the pastoral country The Heritage Wheatbin Museum depicts Wubin s grain growing history through pictorial photos with the emphasis on bulk handling and ...
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Tammin
The wheat belt town of Tammin is located two hours drive east of Perth It is said to derive its name from a small marsupial found in the area the Tammar Hunts Well is a historical site located a few ...
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Popanyinning
Popanyinning is situated kilometres north of Cuballing and has a population of approximately people Popanyinning was originally named Popaning which stands for waterhole in the Aboriginal language The name came about from a large waterhole that was situated just outside ...
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Darkan
Darkan is located two and half hours drive southeast of Perth just off the Albany Highway Throughout the Shire of West Arthur there are many areas with beautiful wildflowers The Boronia Reserve is cared for by a local warden who ...
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Gwalia
Discovered in by John Forrest Gwalia is a must see when visiting the Goldfields The Gwalia Museum and Historic Precinct sits alongside the historic gold mine Sons of Gwalia which has been worked since The Precinct includes abandoned miners cottages ...
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Lake King
Lake King is five and a half hours drive east of Perth The town is a stopping place for visitors travelling across arid country and through Frank Hann National Park to Norseman It is a crossroads centre with a tavern ...
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