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Reynoldson Reserve Festival

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Wongan Hills Tourism Group proudly presents our 6th Annual Reynoldson Reserve Festival.

A spectacular display of seven varieties of Verticordia flowering in October to December.

List of Events:

Friday: Wine and Cheese evening with Opening of Photo Exhibition from 5.00pm at Wongan Hills Visitor Centre. Photo Exhibtion open all weekend. Sausage Sizzle or Steak Burgers on sale. Live entertainment Duncan Gardiner on classical guitar , also local singer Gerogie Sadler. Global Illumination Wongan Hills Water Tower lit pink for Breast Cancer Awareness.

Saturday: Breakfast from 7.30am at the Visitor Centre

Guided Tours of Reynoldson Reserve, 10.00am and 2.00pm bus departs from the Visitor Centre, Cost gold coin donation.

Scones/Jam/Cream available for morning and afternoon tea.

Markets/Stalls/Swap Meet 9am – noon

Family Expo at Community Park 10.00am, fun for all the children

Saturday Evening: BYO BBQ at the Wongan Hills Airstrip with live entertainment Duncan Gardiner from 5.30pm, then followed by Phil Witt Amateur Astronomer returning to Wongan Hills for a night under the stars.

Sunday: Breakfast from 7.30pm at the Visitor Centre

Guided Tours of Reynoldson Reserve, 10.00am and 2.00pm bus departs from the Visitor Centre, Cost gold coin donation.

Scones/Jam/Cream available for morning and afternoon tea.

Sunday Evening: Thanksgiving Service Mt O’Brien with Community Voices Choir at 6.00pm. Entertainment David Brown and Lyn Hood. BYO BBQ and nibblies.

Weather permitting Phil Witt will give another informative evening under the stars at Mt O’Brien.

For all enquiries contact the Wongan Hills Visitor Centre.

Reynoldson Reserve Festival 2010

Save our Water Tower

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Save our Water Tower.
Great News for the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu who have been unofficially notified of being successful with their grant application for $89,000 to save the Wongan Hills Water Tower. This means we are on track and have already raised over $22,000 in the community with a goal of $25,000 – $30,000 and the shire contributing the balance.
Our Railway Water Tower is falling over. The “Friends of the Water Tower” are raising monies to restore the tower. Built in 1913 to supply water to the steam trains. The water came from the railway dam a few kilometres to the north. Water is collected from Christmas Rock and channeled from the rock across the highway into the dam. The water tower is one of our main attractions. One of only a few still standing in the state. As you can see it is leaning to the north. Some of the legs and cross beams are rotting. The tank is made of cast iron panels bolted together, very heavy. Standing on Jarrah & Karri poles. Call into the visitors centre for more information, any donations accepted.