Travel Reference
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heading out on a wildflower pilgrimage. See the website also for information and photo-
graphs on many variants.
Moora Caravan Park
( 0409 511 400; Dandaragan St; unpowered/powered sites $18/25, chalets $110-160)
of-
fers basic, shady sites, and some comfortable new chalets. Pay at the Gull service station.
The visitor centre can arrange accommodation at well-maintained B&Bs, but you'll need
a car as most are slightly out of town.
Right in town, the
Drovers Inn
( 08-9651 1108; cnr Dandaragan & Padbury Sts; hotel $65-85, motel
$110, mains $20-34; 11am-late)
is a classic Aussie pub with standard rooms with shared bath-
rooms and counter meals. Out the back are more moderm motel rooms.
Moora's
Pioneer Bakery & Restaurant
( 08-9651 1277; 50 Padbury St; meals $5-20; 7.30am-4pm
Mon-Fri)
is a great place for brekkie and pies. The best coffee (and muffins!) in town is at
the
Wheatbelt Gallery
(Padbury St; 9am-5pm Tue-Sat)
, opposite the visitor centre, while art fans
can cross the tracks to
Moora Art Gallery
(
10am-4pm Thu-Sat)
.
0447 997 423; 95 Gardiner St;
There is a supermarket and ATMs on Dandaragan and Padbury Sts.
Transwa buses go to Perth ($30, three hours) and Geraldton ($46, four hours) via Rte
116.
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Wongan Hills
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From New Norcia, take the back road via Yerecoin and you'll pass the intriguing
Lake Nin-
an
, a huge saltpan. Wongan Hills, with its gently undulating country and myriad verticor-
dias, makes a pleasant change from the flat wheat-belt towns, and there are plenty of trails
for bushwalkers.
The
visitor centre
( 08-9671 1973;
www.wongantourism.com.au
;
Wongan Rd, Railway Station;
9am-5pm, closed Sun Nov-Easter)
has maps (and guides) for popular wildflower haunts such as
Mt
Matilda
(8km return), 12km west of Wongan Hills, and
Christmas Rock
(behind the caravan
park; 2km return).
Reynoldson Nature Reserve
(1km one way), 29km north of Wongan Hills,
has spectacular verticordias, and you can drive to the top of
Mt O'Brien
, 11km west of
Wongan Hills.
Wongan Hills Caravan Park
( 08-9671 1009; Wongan Rd; unpowered/powered site $19/24, cabins & chalets
$70-110)
has shady sites and a good kitchen.
