Very interesting place to visit. Two hour tour of buildings well with $13 fee for senior. Guide very informative Husband is chef for the hotel on-site. Artwork and museum very good. Plenty of useful items in monastery shop at reception centre to purchase.
My friend and I didn't check the web and as a result we were 10 minute late for the afternoon group tour ...
Thank you for the lady at the visitor centre, we could find nice places around on our own and utilize our 4-hour drive, return ...
The old church is one of a kind ... the college is amazing ... the hotel, well, I wish I could check in ...
Not much, of course, of the places for us to get in ... but from the impression, the placard, the building ... I could tell that they are important to our present being and to learn for a better present and future ...
An educational 2hr walking tour of the Benedictine Community at New Norcia was an inspiring informative activity that we adults and the kids totally enjoyed. How much work these monks did back in the 1800s was staggering. The head monk went back to Perth to perform a concert four times a year for ten years to raise money to support his community. Some great construction artworks, handmade lace to see and Abbey ale and bread to buy. Really worth a visit to keep this wonderful place around for future generations.
Went to attend a holy mass last Friday, its my first to be here and I was fascinated by the architectural design, needless to say the choir who sang during the mass was outstanding.
So many people still don’t know about this place and it’s great! Not only do we have some Australian history we have some of the best architectural buildings here with rich history!
Definitely worth the stop and doing the tours! Also definitely do the museum section which has a lot of interesting things to see! Highly recommend seeing this place and what it has to offer.
Lovely and serene town with plenty of history to go around. It’s a lovely place to take a walk and read about the rich history of all the buildings located in this town. There are guided tours available if that’s your thing as well. The products from the bakery are great, even if you can’t visit the bakery itself. All up you could spend a couple of hours here - worth it if you’re passing by!
A very peaceful place. It was wonderful to join the monks in their prayer times.
But it's also a very sad place if you know about the history and the bad things happened to the indigenious people here in the name of the Christian faith. For more information there're information displays but they don't tell the whole truth. Better pay a visit to the Museum of Western Australia in Perth - there's a whole section just dealing with this topic.
Anyway: New Norcia nowadays is a lovely place and well worth for a visit.
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