Wongan Tourism

Also known as the Mount Matilda Walk Trail.

418 hectare reserve approx 12kms from Wongan Hills on the Waddington/Wongan Road.

The landscape of the hills is a complex of ridges dissected by steep gullies with the rugged ground unsuitable for farming and grazing. It remains an island of natural vegetation surrounded by cleared farmland. The highest point of the reserve is Mt Matilda at 434 metres above sea level.

The significance of the Wongan Hills is that it is not only floristically rich, but it also contains an assembly of plants that does not occur anywhere else in the wheatbelt.

The flora of the Wongan Hills is extremely diverse with more than 250 species of flowering plants, an exceptionally high number of species for this area. Of greater importance is that 16 of these species are unique to the Wongan Hills.

There are five species gazetted rare flora in the Wongan Hills Nature Reserve and numerous species of priority flora.

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341 hectare reserve is the second largest nature reserve in the Wongan Hills area 8kms west of Wongan Hills on the Waddington/Wongan Road. A spectacular display of many and various wildflowers. Visit the Wongan Hills Visitor Centre for up to date information on what is flowering and where to find them.

Flora: Eucalyptus sp., Grevillea sp., Isopogon sp., Pertophile sp., Conospermum sp., Verticordia sp., Stylidium sp., Daviesia sp. Orchids and many more.

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Reynoldson Reserve 16kms north of Wongan Hills is a truly outstanding reserve in November when the Verticordia abound with several different varities. The 1 hour walk trail resembles a massive garden of colours, shapes and sizes with scarcely room to tread. We recommend you keep to the bitumen and drive to Kondut which is approx 29 km’s to the reserve.

Flora: Verticordia chrysantha, Verticordia eriocephala, Verticordia monadelpha, Verticordia picta, Verticordia pritzelii, Verticordia venusta, Verticordia wonganensis, Grevillea sp., Xylomelum angustifolium, Persoonia sp. and more.

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Enjoy a picnic at this Fauna and Flora Reserve on the Manmanning Road 25kms east of Wongan Hills. During the late winter and spring the reserve develops a picturesque covering of wildflowers. This large granite outcrop has a ‘Gnamma’ hole on the rock face. This was a water collection site. Picnic area with tables/seating and parking bays.

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