Lake Hinds Nature Reserve

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Lake Hinds is approx 23kms from Wongan Hills on Waddington/Wongan Hills Road turn off either Lake Hinds North Road or Smith Road. Lake Hinds covers an area of approx 2000 hectares. The catchment area is from the Ballidu district, east Dalwallinu and the west Cadoux district. The whole area drains into the Avon River at Northam and called the north branch of the Mortlock River.

The lake is 10 km’s west of Wongan Hills on the Calingiri Road. There are picnic spots with tables/seating. No toilets.

When the lake is full, it is used for water skiing, sailing, canoeing etc. and there is an abundance of different water birds at this time.

In 1917 the lake was filled and overflowed. The next overflow was in 1963. The lake was 4.5 metres deep when the overflow happened and ended up a 0.5 deep overflow. In 1999 history was made again with Lake Hinds overflowing on 25th July for the third time in white-mans history.

Wongan Hills Cemetery

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The Wongan Hills Cemetery is situated approx. 2kms from the centre of town on Ningham Road. There are many beautiful wildflowers in evidence at the Cemetery.

The first recorded burial in the Wongan Hills Cemetery was in 1914.

The Cemetery is in two sections, divided by a centre roadway. The left hand side is the earliest section in which many members of Pioneer families are buried, and which was used until 1956. The right hand side was commenced in approx. 1943 and is currently still in use.

Unfortunately, there are many graves in the Pioneer Section of the Cemetery that are unmarked, because we are unsure of grave locations. There are no early records of the Cemetery, but it is presumed that this area was selected for the Cemetery as it is on a sandplain, and is therefore easy to dig.

Wongan Hills Water Tower

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 The Water Tower was built between 1913-1914. The stand is 12ms (40ft) high and made of karri and jarrah.

The tank holds 100,000 Ltr (32,000 Gal). The water tank was built for steam trains and used solely this.

In 2005 the Wongan Hills Tourism Group raised funds to light the water tower with amber coloured lights. For the month of October the Water Tower is lit “Pink” for Global Illumination Breast Cancer Research.

Wildflowers in Wongan Hills

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12th  July with approx 50mm of rain, an awesome amount after a very dry, freezing cold spell. Hakea’s flowering in some areas.

We have had some beautiful rain over the weekend May 23 2010 and more due this week so hope that will be the start to some orchids flowering like the Winter Spider Orchid, mayby some Bunny Orchids and Greenhoods, hope to get out over the next week or two to have a look around. Keep you posted and best of luck to all the farmers madly seeding.

Wildflowers season peaks in September in Wongan Hills with many species flowering from July through to December. Our wildflowers depends on the season to what flowers. We have had great falls of rain now and we are expecting a great display of flowers this season.

For all your up to date information of wildflowers call to the Wongan Hills Visitor Centre. Ask our friendly volunteers and they may be able to organize someone to show you to the best spots.