Balladonia Heritage Museum Overview
Balladonia Heritage Museum Overview
Balladonia Heritage Museum Overview
Balladonia Heritage Museum Overview
Balladonia Heritage Museum Overview
Balladonia Heritage Museum Overview
Balladonia Heritage Museum Overview
Balladonia Heritage Museum Overview
Balladonia Heritage Museum Overview
Balladonia Heritage Museum Overview

Balladonia Heritage Museum

Get directions
A museum located near the ‘Ninety mile straight’.

Located in a roadhouse, this little museum has items and information about Ngadju and Mirning people. It also covers the early settler history at Balladonia station, Skylab, an around Australia car race, the Afghan cameleers and local natural history. After you leave Norseman, Balladonia is one of the first stops travelling east. It is at the beginning of the one of the longest straight stretches of road in the world.

Visit website
Address:

Eyre Hwy
Balladonia WA 6443
Australia

Tel:
(08) 9039 3453
Opening Hours
Mon to Sat 6am - 7:30pm
Trails across the sky

Wiring from Skylab

Trails across the sky

Pieces of Skylab, a United States space station, were strewn over a largely unpopulated area of Western Australia, from Balladonia to Esperance. NASA had planned for Skylab to function as a space...

Continue reading
Plants of the arid regions

Seeds and nuts

Plants of the arid regions

Balladonia is located on the edge of the Great Western Woodland, which has the tallest trees in an arid zone, in the world. The plants which grow in the region are adapted to low rainfall and long...

Continue reading
The Reliability Trial

Vauxhall – Redex 23

The Reliability Trial

Imagine driving a standard sedan over unsealed roads, in a race where you had to carry extra fuel and water. The Redex Around Australia Car Trial travelled around Australia three times, through...

Continue reading

More Golden Outback collections

Coolgardie Visitors Centre & Goldfields Exhibition Museum Overview
Coolgardie Visitors Centre & Goldfields Exhibition Museum
A local collection housed in the historic old Courthouse or Gold fever, old geezers, heroes and bold pieces.

From a tent town to bricks and mortar, the old Coolgardie Courthouse unpacks the history of the 1890's gold fever and is a treasure trove of items from local collectors. Learn about Coolgardie’s...

Continue reading
NEXIS (Narrogin Exhibition Space) Overview
NEXIS (Narrogin Exhibition Space)
View local and Australian art at this nexis.

This is a wonderful art collection in a heritage listed building. NEXIS (Narrogin Exhibition Space), located in the Town Hall complex, hosts exhibitions and fund-raising events. The Shire’s art...

Continue reading
Esperance Mechanical Restoration Group Overview
Esperance Mechanical Restoration Group
Sheds full of vehicles, tractors, machines and a library compactus of manuals

The Esperance Mechanical Restoration Group’s name speaks for itself. The members restore and collect everything from machines to matchboxes. The site takes in several sheds full of cars, trucks and...

Continue reading
WA School of Mines Mineral Museum Overview
WA School of Mines Mineral Museum
Be mesmerised by minerals.

More than just rocks of the region, this collection is a learning tool, with mineral specimens from all around the world, housed in a beautiful heritage building. The minerals include sulphides, like...

Continue reading

While you're in the area

Filter

No businesses found in this area