Traditionally Birak is known as the” first summer” and time for controlled fire burning. With easterly winds most mornings and sea...

The Oldest Church in the Shire of Mundaring As this year is swiftly coming to an end, we notice it is Thanksgiving Day in America on...

You may have noticed in the Echo a report of work being undertaken to improve the facilities at John Forrest National Park. This park was...

DONT MISS THIS EXCITING TALK A talk about the incident at Chippers Leap in Greenmount in 1832. 11 ½ year old Rueben Beacham was helping...

Remembrance Day is observed in Commonwealth countries on 11 November to commemorate the signing of the Armistice in 1918 to cease...

Bilgoman Aquatic Centre in Darlington closes through the winter months and last week, after some refurbishments, it was open to the...

As we are seeing a lot of Halloween images around our streets just reminder of the origins of this custom. All Saints’ Day , in the...

The Pioneer Women’s Memorial at Kings Park opened in 1968, following six years of vision, planning and significant fundraising by the CWA...

On Saturday 19th October the CWA group Forrest Darlings met at Darlington Hall to celebrate their 5 year anniversary and of course the...

This week 13-19 October 2024 is Carer’s week focusing mainly on the many people who provide care for a family member or friend usually in...

What is so important about an old photograph taken in the 1920s?

Sawyers Valley Primary School began in 1884 In October 1998 a townsite was declared at Sawyers Valley but prior to that the second stage...

This beautiful church will be celebrating it's 100th anniversary next year but it's foundation stone was laid on the 13th September 1924,...

The name Great Eastern Highway (GEH) was gazetted in 1938. It commences at the Eastern end of the Causeway in Perth to the southwestern...

The Mundaring Toy Library is one of the longest running Toy Libraries in WA. It was established in 1974 and has just celebrated its 50th...