Merredin
Merredin is the largest regional centre in the eastern Wheatbelt and the ideal base for exploring the eastern Wheatbelt.
In the town, Cummins Theatre oozes yesteryear charm from every classic 1920s' features and houses one of the best collections of Australian theatre archives in the state. Today, this thriving business centre also boasts the longest grain storage facilities in the southern hemisphere, as well as a good selection of eating houses and accommodation options.
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MERREDIN TODAY PART 2
CARAVAN TRIP 2008 DON PUGH WA WESTERN AUSTRALIA Merredin (including Burracoppin) 'The Garden Town in the Heart of the Wheat-belt'. Located on the Great Eastern Highway 259 km east of Perth and 314 m above sea level, Merredin is the most substantial settlement of the Central Wheat Belt. It is strategically located and, as the town promotion says, it likes to think of itself as 'The Garden Town in the Heart of the Wheat-belt'. Merredin Railway Water Tower The railway water tower, which still advertises the now defunct Kalgoorlie Bitter (one can only imagine what a beer made in a goldmining town must have been like), was built in 1893 and still stands as a sentinel for people arriving at Merredin. Merredin Railway Museum It stands beside the Merredin Railway Museum which must be one of the finest railway museums in Australia. The railway line arrived in Merredin in 1893 and the station was built in 1895. It consisted of one shed on a ramp. The foundations of the original shed are still under the railway ramp today. By 1904 Merredin was the locomotive depot for the line and there were a number of small branch lines reaching out into the wheat-belt to service the surrounding farmers. In 1968, when a new station was built, the Merredin Historical Society took over the old station. It now is a near-perfect re-creation of the old station with just about every piece of railway memorabilia possible. It has a working windmill, a beautifully preserved 1897 G117 steam engine, and the station still has the old scales and cream cans. Historic Buildings The township of Merredin has a number of interesting and unusual buildings. The Post Office (1913), on the corner of Bates and Barrack Streets, is a handsome building at the entrance to the main part of the town and the Town Hall (1925) in Mitchell Street has a clock tower (made by the same company who built 'Big Ben' in London) which is a memorial for the local soldiers who died during World War I. But the most interesting building by far is the Cummins Theatre in Bates Street which was built in 1928 from remnants of some demolished Coolgardie pubs and the old Coolgardie Tivoli Theatre. Local legend has it that the bricks still have small deposits of gold in them.. DON PUGH CARAVAN TRIP 2008
Merredin Pictorial - Western Australia
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Merredin Today
Merredin (including Burracoppin)
'The Garden Town in the Heart of the Wheat-belt'.
Located on the Great Eastern Highway 259 km east of Perth and 314 m above sea level, Merredin is the most substantial settlement of the Central Wheat Belt. It is strategically located and, as the town promotion says, it likes to think of itself as 'The Garden Town in the Heart of the Wheat-belt'.
Merredin Railway Water Tower
The railway water tower, which still advertises the now defunct Kalgoorlie Bitter (one can only imagine what a beer made in a goldmining town must have been like), was built in 1893 and still stands as a sentinel for people arriving at Merredin.
Merredin Railway Museum
It stands beside the Merredin Railway Museum which must be one of the finest railway museums in Australia. The railway line arrived in Merredin in 1893 and the station was built in 1895. It consisted of one shed on a ramp. The foundations of the original shed are still under the railway ramp today. By 1904 Merredin was the locomotive depot for the line and there were a number of small branch lines reaching out into the wheat-belt to service the surrounding farmers. In 1968, when a new station was built, the Merredin Historical Society took over the old station. It now is a near-perfect re-creation of the old station with just about every piece of railway memorabilia possible. It has a working windmill, a beautifully preserved 1897 G117 steam engine, and the station still has the old scales and cream cans.
Historic Buildings
The township of Merredin has a number of interesting and unusual buildings. The Post Office (1913), on the corner of Bates and Barrack Streets, is a handsome building at the entrance to the main part of the town and the Town Hall (1925) in Mitchell Street has a clock tower (made by the same company who built 'Big Ben' in London) which is a memorial for the local soldiers who died during World War I. But the most interesting building by far is the Cummins Theatre in Bates Street which was built in 1928 from remnants of some demolished Coolgardie pubs and the old Coolgardie Tivoli Theatre. Local legend has it that the bricks still have small deposits of gold in them.. DON PUGH CARAVAN TRIP 2008
SETTLEMENT OF MERREDIN WA PAST AND PRESENT
CARAVAN TRIP 2008 DON PUGH WA WESTERN AUSTRALIA Merredin (including Burracoppin) 'The Garden Town in the Heart of the Wheat-belt'. Located on the Great Eastern Highway 259 km east of Perth and 314 m above sea level, Merredin is the most substantial settlement of the Central Wheat Belt. It is strategically located and, as the town promotion says, it likes to think of itself as 'The Garden Town in the Heart of the Wheat-belt'. Merredin Railway Water Tower The railway water tower, which still advertises the now defunct Kalgoorlie Bitter (one can only imagine what a beer made in a goldmining town must have been like), was built in 1893 and still stands as a sentinel for people arriving at Merredin. Merredin Railway Museum It stands beside the Merredin Railway Museum which must be one of the finest railway museums in Australia. The railway line arrived in Merredin in 1893 and the station was built in 1895. It consisted of one shed on a ramp. The foundations of the original shed are still under the railway ramp today. By 1904 Merredin was the locomotive depot for the line and there were a number of small branch lines reaching out into the wheat-belt to service the surrounding farmers. In 1968, when a new station was built, the Merredin Historical Society took over the old station. It now is a near-perfect re-creation of the old station with just about every piece of railway memorabilia possible. It has a working windmill, a beautifully preserved 1897 G117 steam engine, and the station still has the old scales and cream cans. Historic Buildings The township of Merredin has a number of interesting and unusual buildings. The Post Office (1913), on the corner of Bates and Barrack Streets, is a handsome building at the entrance to the main part of the town and the Town Hall (1925) in Mitchell Street has a clock tower (made by the same company who built 'Big Ben' in London) which is a memorial for the local soldiers who died during World War I. But the most interesting building by far is the Cummins Theatre in Bates Street which was built in 1928 from remnants of some demolished Coolgardie pubs and the old Coolgardie Tivoli Theatre. Local legend has it that the bricks still have small deposits of gold in them.. DON PUGH CARAVAN TRIP 2008
EARLY MERREDIN PART 1 OF 2
CARAVAN TRIP 2008 DON PUGH WA WESTERN AUSTRALIA Merredin (including Burracoppin) 'The Garden Town in the Heart of the Wheat-belt'. Located on the Great Eastern Highway 259 km east of Perth and 314 m above sea level, Merredin is the most substantial settlement of the Central Wheat Belt. It is strategically located and, as the town promotion says, it likes to think of itself as 'The Garden Town in the Heart of the Wheat-belt'. Merredin Railway Water Tower The railway water tower, which still advertises the now defunct Kalgoorlie Bitter (one can only imagine what a beer made in a goldmining town must have been like), was built in 1893 and still stands as a sentinel for people arriving at Merredin. Merredin Railway Museum It stands beside the Merredin Railway Museum which must be one of the finest railway museums in Australia. The railway line arrived in Merredin in 1893 and the station was built in 1895. It consisted of one shed on a ramp. The foundations of the original shed are still under the railway ramp today. By 1904 Merredin was the locomotive depot for the line and there were a number of small branch lines reaching out into the wheat-belt to service the surrounding farmers. In 1968, when a new station was built, the Merredin Historical Society took over the old station. It now is a near-perfect re-creation of the old station with just about every piece of railway memorabilia possible. It has a working windmill, a beautifully preserved 1897 G117 steam engine, and the station still has the old scales and cream cans. Historic Buildings The township of Merredin has a number of interesting and unusual buildings. The Post Office (1913), on the corner of Bates and Barrack Streets, is a handsome building at the entrance to the main part of the town and the Town Hall (1925) in Mitchell Street has a clock tower (made by the same company who built 'Big Ben' in London) which is a memorial for the local soldiers who died during World War I. But the most interesting building by far is the Cummins Theatre in Bates Street which was built in 1928 from remnants of some demolished Coolgardie pubs and the old Coolgardie Tivoli Theatre. Local legend has it that the bricks still have small deposits of gold in them.. DON PUGH CARAVAN TRIP 2008
CBH - Tour de Wheatbelt
This was a great result. A 30 second TVC filmed over one long day down a country road out the back of Northam in the Western Australian wheat belt. Wonderful script from Malcolm Maclean, great agency folk in Annette Hasluck from Rubis with Head of Colouring In Dave Elliott and a wonderful client in Jodie McMiles. Many thanks to Mike Djukic the farmer talent from Actors International and the sterling effort from all the riders. Great work from DoP Richard Malins, camera assistant Kallan Gerard and grip Greg McKie. Camera was the Arri Amira. Very cool. All post at The Sandbox with sound-sweetening by Tim at MDS. Yours truly director/producer with rock solid support from darling wife Carole. Roll the film!!!
Cunderdin WA WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Cunderdin, Western Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LGA: Shire of Cunderdin
State District: Central Wheatbelt
Federal Division: O'Connor
Coordinates: 31°39′22″S 117°14′38″E/31.656°S 117.244°E/-31.656; 117.244
Cunderdin is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia 156 km east of Perth,[2] on Great Eastern Highway.
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[edit] History
The first European visitor to the area was Charles Cooke Hunt, who explored the area in 1864 and recorded the name Cunderdin, from the Aboriginal name of a nearby hill. The meaning of the name is unknown but is thought to mean place of the bandicoot.
Like many small towns in the area, Cunderdin developed as a stop-off town during the gold rush in the WA Goldfields. Significantly in 1894 the railway arrived signalling the earliest settlement in the town. Later, in 1901, the Goldfields Water Scheme designed by C. Y. O'Connor led to a renewed increase in population of the town. The townsite was gazetted in 1906.[3]
[edit] Economy
As part of the wheatbelt, the economy of Cunderdin is primarily agricultural. There is an agricultural college 3 km north of the town; it is one of the six campuses of the Western Australia College of Agriculture. There are approximately 110 students supported by 50 staff and their families.[4]
Cunderdin Airstrip is situated next to the agriculture college.[4] It was built early in the Second World War as a base for the RAAF flying school and bomber base.[5]
[edit] Farming
Cunderdin is mostly a farming community. Former Chairman of the WA Colleges of Agriculture, Alan Carter, is one of the many farmers to occupy land in the region. His produce consists of wheat, lupins, canola and also livestock. There is also great livestock production. The Jolma Poll Dorset Stud, run by Perry Jasper and Co., has been very successful when competing in exhibition shows in Perth and Adelaide.
[edit] Places of interest
Ettamogah Pub, CunderdinCunderdin Museum [6]
Youndegin, 19 km south of Cunderdin, has the ruins of the earliest settlement in the area
Cunderdin Hill Lookout - panoramic views of the area
Railway Water Tower
Ettamogah Pub
Cunderdin mini-golf course, which is situated next to the Cunderdin Reservoir, itself part of the Goldfields water supply scheme
Cunderdin Pool
Historic sites of Youndigin and Doonananning
Cunderdin Town Oval
Rick Hart Seconds
Golden Pipeline
C Y O'Connor Park
Cunderdin daviesia (Daviesiacunderdin) is a small to medium sized shrub, which grows to 1.6 m high. It appears that it is isolated to the Cunderdin area.[7]
Visitors cannot help but notice the large Ettamogah theme hotel and pub when driving through the town, due to its redness and a car on its roof. It is based on the comics of Ken Maynard and is one of a few of these pubs scattered throughout Australia. There are similar venues in Sydney, Albury-Wodonga,[8] The Sunshine Coast, Queensland and Morley.
Cunderdin also serves as a stop on the Prospector and Avonlink rural train services. wa CARAVAN TRIP 2008 DON PUGH
Shire of Merredin
The town of Merredin is a thriving regional centre, centrally located between Perth and Kalgoorlie; 257kms from Perth (via the Great Eastern Highway) and 334kms from Kalgoorlie. Merredin services a hinterland of over 15,000 people and is the regional base for government and commercial organisations, and supports quality facilities for business, education, health, transport, recreation and tourism.
The Shire of Merredin covers an area of 3,372 sq kms, incorporating the townsites of Burracoppin, Muntadgin, Hines Hill and the localities of Goomarin, Korbel, Nangeenan, Nokanning, Norpa, Nukarni, South Burracoppin, and Tandegin.
The Council strives to encourage a vibrant community that offers a comprehensive range of local and regional services. Its aim is to work with all communities in the Central Wheatbelt to support quality of life as well as economic and social development within the region.
The Shire of Merredin
Eden Productions is honored to be apart of the promotional video for the Shire of Merredin.
The Shire of Merredin includes the towns of Hines Hill, Burracoppin, Sth Burracoppin, Goomarin, Korbel, Merredin, Muntadgin, Nangeenan, Nokanning, Tangedin, Nukarni and Norpa. It is situated approximately 260 kilometres east of Perth (the capital city of Western Australia) and is the major commercial and retail centre for the eastern Wheatbelt.
Some attractions include the historic Cummins Theatre, Merredin Peak, Merredin Railway Water Tower, two museums, an art gallery, the longest grain storage facilities in the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the remains of military installations from the town's role as second line of defense, during World War II.
Located on the Great Eastern Highway and having the benefit of railway facilities (Merredin is serviced daily by the TransWA Prospector train) it is convenient to find by road and rail.
+61 8 9041 1611
King St, Merredin WA 6415, Australia
Cunderdin Museum
Cunderdin, Western Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LGA: Shire of Cunderdin
State District: Central Wheatbelt
Federal Division: O'Connor
Coordinates: 31°39′22″S 117°14′38″E/31.656°S 117.244°E/-31.656; 117.244
Cunderdin is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia 156 km east of Perth,[2] on Great Eastern Highway.
Contents [hide]
[edit] History
The first European visitor to the area was Charles Cooke Hunt, who explored the area in 1864 and recorded the name Cunderdin, from the Aboriginal name of a nearby hill. The meaning of the name is unknown but is thought to mean place of the bandicoot.
Like many small towns in the area, Cunderdin developed as a stop-off town during the gold rush in the WA Goldfields. Significantly in 1894 the railway arrived signalling the earliest settlement in the town. Later, in 1901, the Goldfields Water Scheme designed by C. Y. O'Connor led to a renewed increase in population of the town. The townsite was gazetted in 1906.[3]
[edit] Economy
As part of the wheatbelt, the economy of Cunderdin is primarily agricultural. There is an agricultural college 3 km north of the town; it is one of the six campuses of the Western Australia College of Agriculture. There are approximately 110 students supported by 50 staff and their families.[4]
Cunderdin Airstrip is situated next to the agriculture college.[4] It was built early in the Second World War as a base for the RAAF flying school and bomber base.[5]
[edit] Farming
Cunderdin is mostly a farming community. Former Chairman of the WA Colleges of Agriculture, Alan Carter, is one of the many farmers to occupy land in the region. His produce consists of wheat, lupins, canola and also livestock. There is also great livestock production. The Jolma Poll Dorset Stud, run by Perry Jasper and Co., has been very successful when competing in exhibition shows in Perth and Adelaide.
[edit] Places of interest
Ettamogah Pub, CunderdinCunderdin Museum [6]
Youndegin, 19 km south of Cunderdin, has the ruins of the earliest settlement in the area
Cunderdin Hill Lookout - panoramic views of the area
Railway Water Tower
Ettamogah Pub
Cunderdin mini-golf course, which is situated next to the Cunderdin Reservoir, itself part of the Goldfields water supply scheme
Cunderdin Pool
Historic sites of Youndigin and Doonananning
Cunderdin Town Oval
Rick Hart Seconds
Golden Pipeline
C Y O'Connor Park
Cunderdin daviesia (Daviesiacunderdin) is a small to medium sized shrub, which grows to 1.6 m high. It appears that it is isolated to the Cunderdin area.[7]
Visitors cannot help but notice the large Ettamogah theme hotel and pub when driving through the town, due to its redness and a car on its roof. It is based on the comics of Ken Maynard and is one of a few of these pubs scattered throughout Australia. There are similar venues in Sydney, Albury-Wodonga,[8] The Sunshine Coast, Queensland and Morley.
Cunderdin also serves as a stop on the Prospector and Avonlink rural train services.
MERREDIN EARLY SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
CARAVAN TRIP 2008 DON PUGH PRODUCER WA WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Merredin (including Burracoppin) 'The Garden Town in the Heart of the Wheat-belt'. Located on the Great Eastern Highway 259 km east of Perth and 314 m above sea level, Merredin is the most substantial settlement of the Central Wheat Belt. It is strategically located and, as the town promotion says, it likes to think of itself as 'The Garden Town in the Heart of the Wheat-belt'. Merredin Railway Water Tower The railway water tower, which still advertises the now defunct Kalgoorlie Bitter (one can only imagine what a beer made in a goldmining town must have been like), was built in 1893 and still stands as a sentinel for people arriving at Merredin. Merredin Railway Museum It stands beside the Merredin Railway Museum which must be one of the finest railway museums in Australia. The railway line arrived in Merredin in 1893 and the station was built in 1895. It consisted of one shed on a ramp. The foundations of the original shed are still under the railway ramp today. By 1904 Merredin was the locomotive depot for the line and there were a number of small branch lines reaching out into the wheat-belt to service the surrounding farmers. In 1968, when a new station was built, the Merredin Historical Society took over the old station. It now is a near-perfect re-creation of the old station with just about every piece of railway memorabilia possible. It has a working windmill, a beautifully preserved 1897 G117 steam engine, and the station still has the old scales and cream cans. Historic Buildings The township of Merredin has a number of interesting and unusual buildings. The Post Office (1913), on the corner of Bates and Barrack Streets, is a handsome building at the entrance to the main part of the town and the Town Hall (1925) in Mitchell Street has a clock tower (made by the same company who built 'Big Ben' in London) which is a memorial for the local soldiers who died during World War I. But the most interesting building by far is the Cummins Theatre in Bates Street which was built in 1928 from remnants of some demolished Coolgardie pubs and the old Coolgardie Tivoli Theatre. Local legend has it that the bricks still have small deposits of gold in them.. DON PUGH CARAVAN TRIP 2008
The Town Of Merredin ( My Home Town )
Merredin's history varies from that of other wheat-belt towns in Western Australia in the sense that it started as a stopping place on the way to the goldfields. The first European explorer into the area was the Surveyor General J. S. Roe, who travelled through the region in 1836 but was not impressed by its dryness and the low rainfall.
By the 1850s sandalwood cutters were in the area but there was little agriculture. It was not until Assistant Surveyor Charles Cooke Hunt explored the area in the period 1864–66 that it began to open up. Hunt saw the pastoral potential but realised the importance of water. He called the area Hampton Plains after John Stephen Hampton, Governor of Western Australia 1862–68.
Hunt made five journeys through the area. Of the five journeys the first was exploratory (1864), the second established a track which moved from waterhole to waterhole (1865) and the third built a series of wells and dams (the Hunt's Dam at Merredin is located about 10 kilometres north of town off the Merredin-Chandler Road). The result was a road which later became known as the York to Goldfields road and, until the arrival of the railway, was the only link between the coast and the gold towns of Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie.
It is almost certain that Hunt climbed Merredin Peak (a short distance out of town to the north) and that he heard the town's name from the local Aborigines. Hunt claimed that the local Aborigines referred to the place as Merriding while other explanations suggest that the name comes from merrit-in – the place of the merrit (merrit being a kind of tree which was used for making spears) – or that it was the name used by the Aborigines to describe the huge bare granite rock which the locals call Merredin Rock but which is officially named Merredin Peak.
In the late 1860s a number of large pastoral leases were taken up in the area but no township evolved. As late as 1889, when Assistant Surveyor Henry King set up camp on the north side of Merredin Rock, there was still no township. The first settlement was established to the north of Merredin Peak on the York to the Goldfields road but it was hastily moved when the railway, which could not follow the gradients of Hunts Road, was built a few kilometres to the south.
The town really came into existence as a result of the goldrush. In 1888 the area to the east of Merredin was officially proclaimed a goldfield and over the next decade prospectors and fossickers poured through the area. Gold was discovered at Coolgardie in 1892 and at Kalgoorlie a year later. At first the prospectors used Hunt's waterholes road and this meant that they passed through the site of the modern town. In 1893 the railway reached the town. Merredin's importance as a town was directly related to the establishment of a superb water catchment scheme on Merredin Peak.
A rock wall was built around the contours of Merredin Peak. It led to a 100 m channel which in turn led into a dam which had a storage capacity of 25 million litres. The scheme held every drop of water which landed on the Peak and directed it all into the dam which provided water for both the town and the railway. The entire structure is still intact and can be easily reached at the northern end of town. Constructed between 1893 and 1896, the Railway Dam ensured that Merredin would become much more than just another wheat-belt siding.
The need for the water from Merredin Peak disappeared in 1903 when C. Y. O'Connor's 565 km pipeline was completed. The pipeline joined the waterless goldfields at Kalgoorlie with the plentiful supplies of water in the Helena River east of Perth. Merredin Peak's Railway Dam continued to supply water to the railway until 1968 and even today is still used as the water supply for the fountain outside the Merredin Railway Museum.
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Music By -
John Mellencamp, Song Titled - Small Town.
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Intro & Outro -
Song - Kevin Blight (Stratboy999)
Graphics - Jeroen Oppers
CUNDERDIN WA
Cunderdin, Western Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LGA: Shire of Cunderdin
State District: Central Wheatbelt
Federal Division: O'Connor
Coordinates: 31°39′22″S 117°14′38″E/31.656°S 117.244°E/-31.656; 117.244
Cunderdin is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia 156 km east of Perth,[2] on Great Eastern Highway.
Contents [hide]
[edit] History
The first European visitor to the area was Charles Cooke Hunt, who explored the area in 1864 and recorded the name Cunderdin, from the Aboriginal name of a nearby hill. The meaning of the name is unknown but is thought to mean place of the bandicoot.
Like many small towns in the area, Cunderdin developed as a stop-off town during the gold rush in the WA Goldfields. Significantly in 1894 the railway arrived signalling the earliest settlement in the town. Later, in 1901, the Goldfields Water Scheme designed by C. Y. O'Connor led to a renewed increase in population of the town. The townsite was gazetted in 1906.[3]
[edit] Economy
As part of the wheatbelt, the economy of Cunderdin is primarily agricultural. There is an agricultural college 3 km north of the town; it is one of the six campuses of the Western Australia College of Agriculture. There are approximately 110 students supported by 50 staff and their families.[4]
Cunderdin Airstrip is situated next to the agriculture college.[4] It was built early in the Second World War as a base for the RAAF flying school and bomber base.[5]
[edit] Farming
Cunderdin is mostly a farming community. Former Chairman of the WA Colleges of Agriculture, Alan Carter, is one of the many farmers to occupy land in the region. His produce consists of wheat, lupins, canola and also livestock. There is also great livestock production. The Jolma Poll Dorset Stud, run by Perry Jasper and Co., has been very successful when competing in exhibition shows in Perth and Adelaide.
[edit] Places of interest
Ettamogah Pub, CunderdinCunderdin Museum [6]
Youndegin, 19 km south of Cunderdin, has the ruins of the earliest settlement in the area
Cunderdin Hill Lookout - panoramic views of the area
Railway Water Tower
Ettamogah Pub
Cunderdin mini-golf course, which is situated next to the Cunderdin Reservoir, itself part of the Goldfields water supply scheme
Cunderdin Pool
Historic sites of Youndigin and Doonananning
Cunderdin Town Oval
Rick Hart Seconds
Golden Pipeline
C Y O'Connor Park
Cunderdin daviesia (Daviesiacunderdin) is a small to medium sized shrub, which grows to 1.6 m high. It appears that it is isolated to the Cunderdin area.[7]
Visitors cannot help but notice the large Ettamogah theme hotel and pub when driving through the town, due to its redness and a car on its roof. It is based on the comics of Ken Maynard and is one of a few of these pubs scattered throughout Australia. There are similar venues in Sydney, Albury-Wodonga,[8] The Sunshine Coast, Queensland and Morley.
Cunderdin also serves as a stop on the Prospector and Avonlink rural train services.
wa CARAVAN TRIP 2008 DON PUGH WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Bruce Rock 2011.wmv
The 2011 Veterans Reunion parade at Bruce Rock in Western Australia on Saturday Nov 5th 3011 with vehicles from the Veteran Car Club of WAS (Military Section) and the Merredin Military Museum
MERREDIN FARMING PAST AND PRESENT
PRODUCER DON PUGH CARAVAN TRIP 2008About Merredin The Shire of Merredin is situated approximately 260 kilometres east of Perth (the Capital City of Western Australia) and is the major commercial and retail centre for the eastern Wheatbelt. Merredin is also a regional base for a range of Government agencies and services. It is an area with high employment and extensive community involvement.
The region is known for agriculture; approximately 40% of Western Australias wheat production comes from a 100km radius around Merredin. Sheep farming is also popular in the region, along with production of many grains other than wheat.
Located on the Great Eastern Highway and having the benefit of railway facilities (Merredin is serviced daily by the TransWA Prospector train) it is convenient to find by road and rail.
Some attractions include the historic Cummins Theatre, Merredin Peak, Merredin Railway Water Tower, two museums, an art gallery, the longest grain storage facilities in the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the remains of military installations from the town's role as second line of defence, during World War II. Wildflowers and granite rocks are also a picturesque natural environmental feature of the area.
Hot, dry summers and mild winters are enjoyed with an average maximum temperature of 24.70C and an average minimum temperature of 10.6°C. The temperature remains in the low 30s or above between December and February.
The average annual rainfall is 314 millimetres, with wettest months usually being May until August.
Hillside BIG Day Out
11th September 2010 the Hillside Men are getting out! The BIG day out will include Cunderdin museum and Nungarin Military museum and check out the largest wooden shed in the Southern hemisphere.
Hope we'll see you there
HIGHLIGHTS: Tour of Army Museum of Western Australia
On 30 August 2018, WA DEFENCE REVIEW in partnership with AIM WA had the pleasure of organising an interactive tour of the iconic Army Museum of Western Australia located at the Artillery Barracks site in Burt Street, Fremantle. Involving over 20 decision-makers and senior professionals from government and industry, the tour provided a valuable insight into WA's military heritage, largely unknown to many, in what is arguably one of Australia's best military museums. Included in the tour was an insightful presentation by BRIG David Thompson AM (Rtd), former Commander, 13 Brigade, Australian Army, who spoke on military leadership and its transferable lessons for civilian management professionals.
Nungarin - Western Australia
Nungarin is in the northern wheatbelt on the road from Merredin to Trayning.
Located away from the main tourist trails, Nungarin is one of the hidden gems of the wheatbelt. Hidden within the town is one of the most impressive collections of military equipment and farm machinery in the state. Located at the end of Museum Road is the Heritage Machinery and Army Museum
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