Mingenew Travel Guide

 keeweechic Says:  The museum has on display a typical collection of local pioneering equipment and other memorabilia depicting early life in the town from the 1850’s. 

 keeweechic Says:  The Mingenew museum has taken residence in the old Primary school which operated from 1894 – 1960. The museum is run by volunteers who are happy to show you around. 

 keeweechic Says:  The current Expo office is housed in the Roads Board Office which ws built in 1905. In September each year, Mingenew has a huge regional agricultural field day. This Expo is run by the Lions. 

 keeweechic Says:  There is a water tank in the park which amusingly has some old boots and shoes strung around it. Just what the significance is, I don’t know. 

 keeweechic Says:  In the little park at the foot of the hills there is a board with G.J. Gooch’s Memoirs. It begins “Tis good once more to climb the hill, and watch the Lockier flow, and meditate on happy days, of thirty years ago.” Gooch was an early settler who owned Wandagee Station. 

 keeweechic Says:  There is a cairn or monument with a signpost on top of the hill, erected in 1975, which points in the direction of certain locations and shows their distances. 

 keeweechic Says:  Once you have managed to get to the top, and my climb was on a stinking hot day, the view is great. If you are there during the wildflowers season, you will see yellow pom poms and even orchids flowering. 

 keeweechic Says:  Mingenew Hill overlooks the town and surrounding areas of the Irwin Valley. Not exactly the easiest of climbs but at the same time, its not too steep. Don’t attempt it if you have disabilities and there is little assistance and its only in the initial stages. 

 keeweechic Says:  The old Mingenew railway station was built in 1894 from local stone. The Midland Railway line first ran through the town in the same year. Some of the old station and residence was torn down in 1974 but the rest of the building is now used by the Mingenew Art & Craft group. 

 keeweechic Says:  In the centre of Cecil Newton Park, a small park on the mail road through the town is this hug Wheat Stalk Sculpture. The local’s nickname it ‘Big Ears’. It is significant of the local industry in wheat farming and its importance to the local economy. 

 keeweechic Says:  This is a small park on the main road in Mingenew. There is a rotunda and BBQ facilities as well as info boards of the Mingenew area. 

 keeweechic Says:  Transwa offer a bus from Perth to Geraldton (via Mogumber) on Sundays and Fridays. Also Perth to Kalbari (via New Norcia) on Tuesday and Thursday. 

 aussirose Says:  Well after a big day flower viewing we had built up a thirst as usual......oh shoosh!! ...... you don't need to remind me of the coldie I had at Coalseam?!! ;o)The kids were hungry ok?!! .... So we headed back to the Mingenew pub for some dinner and a few ales.....and to get... 

 aussirose Says:  Anyway, finally at the Coalseam National Park....and this year in 2008 we were pleasantly surprised to see that the paperdaisys or everlastings were out. Colours of yellow with the odd blue flower on one side and a sea of pink on the other. Absolutely stunning!! See my... 

 aussirose Says:  When travelling on open roads you still have to keep your wits about you. You might come up over a hill and be confronted with one of these..... 

 aussirose Says:  The Australian scenery changes dramatically. One minute you are driving in the bush and the next it's wide open spaces with roads to Timbuktoo...... :o)Here's the road into Coalseam National Park. 

 aussirose Says:  Mingenew is about 4 and a half hours north from Perth.You'll find the everlastings in Coalseam National Park and to get there, we travelled east towards Morawa and about 5 minutes up the road is the turn off for Coalseam National Park.