Mount Barker Visitor Centre

08/08/2026

30/07/2026

Winter time in the Porongurups.
The landscape transforms into a misty magical wonderland.
How lucky we are to have such a special place so close by.
Plan your winter adventure and visit one of the many amazing local businesses in the Porongurups.
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Local Park passes available at the Mount Barker Visitor Centre

Karribank Friends of the Porongurup Range Porongurup Range Tourist Park Porongurup Village Inn, Shop & Tearooms Woodlands Distillery Castle Rock Estate IRONWOOD Estate Wines Duke's Vineyard Manyat Peak Cottages

28/07/2026

Winter in Barker ...

📷 Joanna Wharton and Rob Olver

23/07/2026

We are asking artists and creatives of all levels and ages to be part of the 2026 Fantasy Door Fesitval by Mountain Country Tourism & Mount Barker Visitor Centre in conjunction with Shire of Plantagenet as part of the Bloom Festival Great Southern

Have you registered for YOUR door? There are two sizes available - Large or small or you can use your own door, $20 per registration.
Registrations close 31st August with doors to be returned to the Centre by 18th September.
Theme is Fantasy so let your imagination run wild!! Any Art medium is allowed, they will be displayed outside for 2 weeks so it needs to be durable, not decorated with anything that is not waterproof.
Display with run 26th September to 18th October.
Thanks to our sponsor Community Bank Mount Barker

Please share with the Plantaganet community and get behind this Fantastic Art installation.

18/07/2026

Vale Sam Neill, 1947 - 2026.

A great actor and by all accounts a genuine down to earth bloke.

A few years ago (2020) he starred in the movie "Rams" along with Michael Caton and Miranda Richardson. A wonderful film set in Mount Barker (WA) and surrounds and including views of our spectacular Stirling and Porongurup ranges.

A sign was made especially for the movie and today it hangs in the Mount Barker Visitor Centre ! We also have a "Rams" Self-drive brochure available showing important locations in the movie like the Plantagenet Hotel, the Sheep Pavilion at Frost Park and even the farm home of the ram who was a star in the movie ...

Rob Olver

11/07/2026

Yongergnow Australian Malleefowl Centre is dedicated to the conservation of the iconic and vulnerable Malleefowl.
The centre is located near the small WA town of Ongerup, about 45km NE of Bluff Knoll in the Stirling Range.
It has large custom built avaries with live Malleefowl, and they have had breeding success over the years and returned young birds to the wild.
The centre has a multimedia interpretative mallee and Malleefowl display. There is also a cafe and a gift and souvenir shop. Well worth a visit!

# Great Southern Treasures
# Great Southern Experiences
# Yongergnow Australian Malleefowl Centre

📷 Joanna Wharton and Rob Olver

07/07/2026

When we first moved to Kendenup we missed the Nativity play and Christmas Carols at the Kendenup Town Hall. We said we'd go next year, but then the hall was closed by the Shire.
The curtains were removed, and the stage declared unsafe.
I'm so proud to be part of a community that has rallied around the hall to get it reopened, especially as a lot people are involved in volunteering in one, or more, of the other community groups in town.
So many people have contributed, some big, some small and I can't thank everyone enough.
We have new curtains, the stage is now safe, and we're going to host the Nativity play this year!
If you'd like to be involved, every little bit counts.
Thanks from the Kendenup Town Hall committee.

04/07/2026

It is mid winter but wildflowers are already out in the Stirling Range National Park - all shapes and sizes! Stirling Range Trails

27/06/2026