Road Trip - Gingin

After we left Willowbrook, we stopped to have a look at Gingin. In the center of town there is a park. The archway on the edge of the park comes from one of the original homesteads in the area. The sign reads

The first house on "Ginginup Station", later called "Cheriton" was built by the owner W. L Brockman, about 1854. The front entrance to the house was through an archway which is reproduced here using some of the original limestone blocks. Rebuilt in 1987 by Gingin Shire Council with assistance from the Australian Bicentennial Authority.

There is a nearby water fountain with a plaque which reads

The Granville Scenic Pool officially named and opened by the shire president N T Fewster JP on Saturday 17th April 1976.

The waterfall reads:

This waterwheel is a replicate of one used to drive Cheriton Flour Mill. This mill was established in 1855 and was situated 2kms further upstream on this brook on Swan Location 101.

The axle is the original one from the mill. The wheel was remade by Mr Frank Butler of Gingin for the Gingin Shire Council in 1978. The pump being drive by the water wheel was designed by installed by Mr Neil Butcher of Beermullah in 1984. This pump operates the fountain in the centre of Granville Pool.

Across the road from the park is a picnic and BBQ area with a nature walk. By the picnic tables are a series of displays detailing the early settler's life in and around Gingin.



Later on in the day we stopped at a parking bay by the Moore River for Lunch. It was a very busy site, with lots of people stopping for a break. At the park they had a Composting eco-toilet, maybe that's the drawcard ...