Australia's Golden Outback Holiday Planner 2022/23

SELF DRIVES CENTRAL WHEATBELT through the

GOLDEN PIPELINE hERITAGE TRAIL Duration: 2 to 4 days Distance: One way Perth to Kalgoorlie 650km Road Conditions: Sealed roads with short stretches of maintained unsealed road to attractions. Accommodation: Bed & Breakfasts, Self-Contained Units, Farm Stays, Motels, Hotels, Caravan Parks and RV Friendly Camp Sites. An impressive engineering feat, C.Y. O’Connor’s water pipeline was constructed over 100 years ago. See the 1968 earthquake memorial sites at Meckering or experience an earthquake simulation room at Cunderdin’s No.3 Pump Station Museum. South of Tammin visit Charles Gardner Nature Reserve on route to see Tammin’s Hunt’s Well. Take in the views from Kellerberrin Hill. South of Merredin visit Totadgin Conservation Park and another of Hunt’s Wells then travel on to the ruin of Merredin’s No.4 Pump Station and Merredin Peak & Railway Dam. Two museums at Merredin showcase the Military & Railway history of the town. The site of the No.1 Rabbit Proof Fence is 5km east of Burracoppin. North of Carrabin is Westonia where the town’s buildings facades are preserved and its history encapsulated in the Hood-Penn Museum. Visit Southern Cross’s Yilgarn History Museum displays and mineral collection and 50km east Karalee Rock & Dam with an original timber and steel aqueduct. The Great Western Woodlands follows the Great Eastern Highway to RV Friendly sites on the way to Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. www.goldenpipeline.com.au For more information visit www.wheatbelttourism.com or www.weroc.com.au

PIONEERS’ PAThWAY Duration: 2 to 5 days

Distance: 292km One Way Perth via Toodyay to Merredin Road Conditions: Sealed road with some unsealed access sections into nature reserves. Accommodation: Bed & Breakfasts, Self-Contained Units, Heritage Homestead, Motels, Hotels, Caravan Parks and RV Friendly Camp Sites. Traverse the Wheatbelt following the well worn trail many prospectors once took on their way to the Yilgarn and Kalgoorlie Goldfields. This scenic journey wanders past expansive Wheatbelt farmland and through the small towns of Goomalling, Dowerin, Wyalkatchem, Trayning, Kununoppin and Nungarin, providing a classic experience of Western Australia’s Wheatbelt heartland. Whether you’re travelling from Perth to the Goldfields, or from the west to east coast, this trip is a rewarding alternative to the Great Eastern Highway direct route, adding only 44 kilometres to the journey. It offers the remarkable view of wildflowers in colourful profusion during the season, invigorating leg-stretching nature walks, as well as numerous buildings and museums reflecting the unique rural historical significance of the region. www.pioneerspathway.com.au

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WAVE ROCK

HYDEN

LAKE GRACE

WYALKATCHEM

KALGOORLIE-BOULDER

TRAYNING

DOWERIN

COOLGARDIE

FOR YOUR FREE MAP & GUIDES CALL 1300 736 283 (WA ONLY) OR (08) 9041 1666

NUNGARIN

WESTONIA

GOOMALLING

MERREDIN

MECKERING

TAMMIN

SOUTHERN CROSS

TOODYAY

NORTHA

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MERREDIN

An International Civil Engineering Landmark

KELLERBERRIN

NORTHAM

CUNDERDIN

PERTH (Mundaring Weir)

PERTH

85 BARRACK ST, MERREDIN www.wheatbelttourism.com

CENTRAL WHEATBELT VISITOR CENTRE

Granite Outcrops • Walk trails • Bushland Wildflowers • Museums • Drive In Caravan Parks • Free Camping Country Accommodation • RV Friendly

An open road adventure

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