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Welcome to #GATEWAYMERREDIN - WA's newest regional festival to be held September 24 - 26 2021!

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Share your Feedback to Win! Thank you to everyone who attended the inaugural Gateway Merredin Festival! Let us know what you thought about the Festival, and you could win a teeth whitening kit from AIM Dental valued at $180! ➡️ bit.ly/GatewayMerredinSurvey
Festival Zone ✅ We’re all ready to go for the inaugural Gateway Merredin Festival! See you at 5.30pm for the sausage sizzle 🎉 #merredin #gatewaymerredin #festival #tourismwa #WA
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Collgar Community Shuttle Bus🚏 This weekend there will be a free community shuttle bus, proudly sponsored by Collgar Wind Farm, operating to pick up and drop off our festivalgoers! You can find a copy of the Shuttle Bus Route in your Event Programs ➡️ bit.ly/GatewayMerredinProgra…
Overflow Camping NOW AVAILABLE! 🏕️ Just a short walk from the Festival Zone, the Merredin Rec Centre offers toilet and shower facilities, as well as lush green lawn and beautiful views of the shimmering stars! 🟠 $12.80 per night for 2 people 🟠 $7 per additional person
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Kids Zone 🎉 Stretching across the Market Area and Old NMPS Precinct, the Kids Zone will be a hive of activities that will keep the kids busy all day long! There will be a slime workshop, Cuddly Animal Farm, face painting, balloon art and a playground area.
MERREDIN MURAL 🖌️ Immerse yourself into a live Mural art installation with the skills and experience of Artist in Residence Mel McVee. If you prefer viewing art instead of making it, why not grab a map and head on a self-guided tour of our newest public art trail!
The Merredin Fine Arts Society have been busy creating extraordinary works of art for display over the Gateway Merredin festival weekend! They will be open all weekend at the following times; ✨ Friday 24th: 1pm - 4pm ✨ Saturday 25th: 9 am - 2pm ✨ Sunday 26th: 10 am - 2 pm
Did you know that there is just ONE week to go until the inaugural Gateway Merredin Festival?! 🎉 Download the full events program NOW and plan your September long weekend escape to the Eastern Wheatbelt! 🌾 ➡️ bit.ly/GatewayMerredinProgra… #Merredin #Wheatbelt #WesternAustralia #WA
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Are you ready to plan your escape to the Eastern Wheatbelt? 🚗 Click below ⬇️ to check out the full Program of Events for the Gateway Merredin Festival, this September long weekend. #Wheatbelt #Merredin #WesternAustralia #WA #Perth
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Experience BREATHTAKING views in an aerial adventure of a lifetime!🚁 Gain the most unique perspective as you soar across ancient granite outcrops, blooming wildflowers, fields of hay, and the major wind and solar farms! Book your adventure NOW ➡️ bit.ly/GatewayTreasuresTour
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Gateway Hub 🌾 A wander out yonder to the Eastern Wheatbelt this spring can offer so much more than just a one-stop visit to the Gateway Merredin Festival this September long weekend! Find out more ➡️ gatewaymerredin.com.au
A taste of WWII HISTORY 🏥 Did you know that in December 1942, the 2/1 Army General Hospital became stationed in Merredin?! Merredin was chosen an an ideal spot for the hospital as it was inland, making it less likely to be a target for bombings. ➡️ bit.ly/TroopsTour
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER... 🎉 ✨ Paul Christian from Busselton ✨ Thank you to everyone who entered, and we look forward to welcoming you to Merredin for the inaugural Gateway Merredin Festival very soon! #GatewayMerredin #Merredin #WesternAustralia
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Getting to Merredin 📍 🚗 Merredin is a short three hours drive east of Perth down Great Eastern Hwy 🚆Transwa operates the Prospector rail service between Perth and Kalgoorlie, stopping in the Eastern Wheatbelt towns of Cunderdin, Tammin, Kellerberrin, Meckering, and Merredin.
Do you just LOVE the FOOTY?! From 3.30pm onwards, make yourself at home in the Hutton and Northey Sales game day lounge by grabbing a bite to eat and a bevvy at the bar, before kicking back in front of our MASSIVE 3.5m x 2m screen set up with a live simulcast of the Grand Final!
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Sunday Church Service ⛪ Merredin Churches Fraternal will be hosting a Combined Churches Service at Cummins Theatre on the Sunday morning of the Festival weekend. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/SundayChurchService
LAST chance to ENTER the Ultimate Gateway Merredin Experience! How would you like to WIN a weekend escape for two to the Eastern Wheatbelt this September long weekend? The Ultimate Gateway Merredin Experience competition will be closing at 11.59pm tonight, 10 September 2021.
DISCOVER our hidden TREASURES!🚌 Are you ready to see some of the most unique treasures the Wheatbelt has to offer? During this 1.5 hour Treasures Bus Tour visiting; ✨ Merredin Airport ✨ Collgar Windfarm ✨ Risen Energy ✨ CBH/Silos Don't miss out! ➡️ bit.ly/TreasuresBusTour
CAPTURE yourself in CARICTURE!✏️ Award winning Perth Caricature Artist, Terry Dunnett, will be attending Gateway Merredin! Terry’s wonderfully rendered, realistic style of caricature is very distinct from the quick cartoony type that abound. ➡️ bit.ly/GatewayMerredin
Experience FUN with FOOD at Gateway Merredin 🍕 Get ready to learn the craft behind making the PERFECT pizza dough and sauce, before having the opportunity to create your own pizza masterpiece! Be sure to get in quick before tickets are sold out! ➡️ bit.ly/GatewayFoodWorkshop