Visiting & staying in Gwalia
Visiting Gwalia
The Shire of Leonora welcomes visitors to Gwalia Ghost Town and Museum, where visitors can wander round more than a dozen buildings in the Gwalia ghost town. They include miners’ cottages, the single men’s camps, Patroni’s Guest House and Mazza’s Store.
In the historic town’s mine precinct, there are the Mine Manager’s House (now Hoover House Bed and Breakfast), Assay Office, the headframe and winder, and many outdoor exhibits.
Gwalia Museum is open daily from 9am-4pm. Its cafe is open from 10am-3pm.
The mean maximum temperature in Gwalia in October is 30C.
Hoover House B&B
Once the grand home of the managers of the Sons of Gwalia gold mine, Hoover House is a luxury bed and breakfast and function venue near the historical settlement of Gwalia.
The house was designed in 1897 by the mine’s manager, Herbert Hoover, who later became the 31st President of the US.
The building has been completely renovated, and today B&B guests can enjoy Hoover’s legacy — three magnificent bedrooms now opulently decorated in period style, the grand dining room where mining deals were once negotiated, and the tranquil views over the spectacular Goldfields landscape from the wide verandas.
Guests can enjoy sitting on the verandas or the wide green front lawn overlooking the modern open-pit mine, for gold is still mined at Gwalia. As night falls and the stars emerge, the peaceful ambience on the back veranda overlooking Mt Leonora has to be experienced — you might even see a kangaroo!
B&B rates are from $168 a night to $199.50 a night. All rooms sleep two people.
9037 7122 and gwalia@leonora.wa.gov.au.
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