Wellstead Australian Heritage Museum - Top Tourist Parks - Discover Downunder
TV presenter from Discover Downunder Tim Smith is checking out Wellstead Australian Heritage Museum, located in Bremer Bay on the doorstep of Fitzgerald National Park, Western Australia. Tim talks to Kevin Batty about the history of the Wellstead family and the museum.
John Wellstead built the 'Peppermint Grove' homestead four generations ago and Max Wellstead has opened up the homestead to the public and has now turned it into a museum. Kevin talks about Max's first motorcar brought in the 1940's won through a lottery ticket and can be seen here today.
Wellstead Australian Heritage Museum is open 7 days a week in the summer holidays between 10am and 4pm. In the quieter months it's open for 3 days during the week and all weekend.
Discover Downunder Episode 13
Brooke and Tim visit the Esperance Seafront Caravan Park, where you stay within metres of beautiful beachside views. Tim catches up with Dan Paris, a well known actor and local photographer who introduces him to one of Esperance's stunning beaches. Brooke and Tim visit the Esperance Bay Museum, home to debris from Skylab, the NASA space station that crashed back to earth in 1979. Tim visits Esperance Bay Holiday Park and speaks to the owners of this friendly place to stay. Later, Tim drops by the Wellstead Museum, home to many vintage cars and items collected by the Wellstead family. Tim visits Bremer Bay Beaches Resort and Caravan Park, a park ideally situated for those wishing to explore the surrounding unspoilt sights.
April 2015 - South Western Australia
This video shows the 9 days journey 16 students from Australia, Switzerland, England, Netherlands, Finland, United States, Germany, Italy and Canada.
South Western Australia is an amazing place to be, beautiful, vast, and colourful. We covered 2450 km by going through Hyden, Esperance (Cape Le Grand), Bremer Bay, Albany, Denmark, Margaret River, Yallingup and Dunsborough, Busselton, to close the circle in Perth.
Great thanks to Josh, for letting me use his camera, to Kara and Kiah for two unbelievable nights on great farms, and to all those 15 travellers who are an endless source of inspiration.
Currently studying at The University of Western Australia on exchange from HEC Montreal, I'm creating one video per month about my journey.
The song is Drifters, by Patrick Watson, from the album Close to Paradise. I do not own any rights for the music.
UWA Exchange - 2015