Story: Golden Quest Discovery Trail - Stop #4
Episode: 12
Presenter: Chrissy Morissy
Air Date: 21st May 2023

Chrissy steps up to Leonora, where the Gwalia Ghost Town awaits her, possibly the most thoughtful part of her trip down the Golden Quest Discovery trail.

• The Gwalia experience is unique. Stepping inside the quaint cottages built of corrugated iron, timber and whitewashed hessian and imagining the life of the miner’s family living in the home, almost picturesque.
• Look through the windows of Mazza’s store, where one could once buy everything from two pounds of flour for the day’s baking to a length of fabric to make a frock for dancing at the State Hotel.
• The museum features displays covering the cultural heritage of the Aborigines, Afghans, Italians, Yugoslavians and other cultures who resided in the area.
• Explore one of the original electric trams which operated between the towns of Leonora and Gwalia up until 1908, as well as a fully restored 1935 mail truck and Australia’s largest 1000 horse-power steam winding engine.
• The hoover House was once the home of American President Herbert Hoover, who came to WA to seek his fortune and was Goalie’s first mine manager, and is now a luxury Bed and Breakfast. You can enjoy coffee on the veranda overlooking the vast open pit of the modern gold mine on the site of the historical Sons of Gwalia mine.

For more information:
https://goldenquesttrail.com/