Moir Homestead Ruins - WA

  Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -33.8386 121.18
DMS: 33º 50' 18.96" S 121º 10' 48" E
UTM: 51 H 6254250mN 331599mE
Altitude: 8.87m

Description

Place Type

Recreation - Tourist Attraction

Location

539.69kms SouthEast of Perth

Address & Contact

LOT 1 South Coast Highway
Coomalbidgup WA 6450
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Information

Visitors are welcome to visit the ruins, consisting of roofless limestone walls, but access via Fanny Cove Track is suitable only for high clearance four-wheel drive vehicles.In 1873, Alexander and John Moir were granted a lease of 14,000 acres around Stokes Inlet, extended by 57,000 acres in 1888. The Moirs established a homestead near the eastern shore of the inlet and grazed sheep through the coastal vegetation, which they burned in patterns to provide fresh feed. They shipped their wool from nearby Fanny Cove, together with valuable sandalwood they gathered from the surrounding country.A small area was cleared near the homestead and first barley and then other grain crops were grown as feed for the stock. In the 1890s, the cove was used by miners going to the Dundas and Norseman goldfields.
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Closest Weather Station

Munglinup West at 14/12:30pm WST
Distance from Moir Homestead Ruins 54.47km NW
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
30.0°C27.1°C35%12.9°C1011.3hPa0.0mmSSE20km/hr
11knots
32km/hr
17knots

Closest Climatic Station

Munglinup West
Distance from Moir Homestead Ruins 54.47km NW
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C28.529.127.124.220.917.516.617.919.823.126.027.4
Mean Min. °C14.515.213.812.09.87.76.66.77.29.311.312.7
Mean Rain mm49.226.728.935.340.536.242.237.137.738.831.725.8

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