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Drive Yourself Wild on the Golden Quest Discovery Trail

Published 3rd January 2017

 

Goldfields Tourism Manager, Neil McGilp, escorted Tourism WA European Marketing Manager, Stefanie Bischof, around the Goldfields .

Stefanie promotes WA to travellers in Germany and Switzerland, both great tourism markets for the Goldfields region. It … Read More

Mulline – Ghost Town – near Site 21 Ularring Soak on the Golden Quest Discovery Trail

Published 13th October 2016

Mulline – Ghost Town
October 8, 2016 By Moya Sharp

Mulline was the most important town in the Ularring district. This was after the Government erected the State Battery there in 1899. It crushed ore from nearly 100 claims, mostly worked by their owners… Read More

Golden Quest Discovery Trail and Goldfields Tourism at the 2016 Perth Royal Show

Published 13th October 2016

Manager Neil McGilp and support officer Liz Cayzer along with an army of volunteers manned the display at the Perth Royal Show this year. The prospectors pit was a hit again for the kids with over 4000 kids enjoying the experience !

Look forward to doing it… Read More

Golden Quest Discovery Trail Finalist in Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards 2016

Published 13th October 2016

Breaking news !

Golden Quest Discovery Trail is a finalist in the Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards for 2016.

Category: Cultural Tourism

Awards night is the 12th November in Perth, best of luck everyone.

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Are you China ready in the Goldfields ?

Published 4th July 2016

A recent visit to the Goldfields by Fion Zhang from Enjoy Going ( Australia ), a Chinese Inbound Tour Operator, who designs unique Western Australian itineraries for Chinese Travellers.

Fion has visited the Goldfields twice now and is in the final stages of… Read More

Gold, Gold for Western Australia

Published 23rd June 2016

The 17th September 1892 was a landmark day in the fortunes of Western Australia. With the sun dipping towards the west, a young prospector named Arthur Bayley rode into Southern Cross with 554 ounces of gold in his saddlebags. The last of the great Australia… Read More

Credo Homestead

Published 12th April 2016

Credo Homestead, on the Golden Quest Discovery Trail, is a former pastoral station and is now a Conservation Reserve which was purchased as water catchment for Rowles Lagoon, site 23 on the trail.

See the history of Credo Station in the updated onl… Read More

Not Just a Presidents Wife – Lou Henry Hoover

Published 23rd August 2015 Lou Henry Hoover in Kalgoorlie 1902

Lou Henry Hoover was the wife of Herbert Clark Hoover, the 31st president of the United States of America. There has been a great deal written about … Read More

Hooshtah! The Afghans and their camels

Published 17th August 2015

Between 1860 and the early 1920’s, it’s estimated that some 2,000 Muslim camel-drivers were plying their trade within Australia’s vast interior. Having inherited centuries of experience in their homelands, they were expert in traversing desert terrain by… Read More

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