Arts & Culture

Students at Toodyay District High School can play more safely in the sun thanks to the installation of shade sails over the nature playground on the oval.

It has been an active time in the Community Development space with the popular Moondyne Festival returning to Toodyay.

Toodyay is a town with many claims to fame, and locals Hazel and Michael McKone are the minds behind one a little more unusual than the rest. Housed in an unassuming shed on their sprawling property on Bindi Bindi Road is the sole alpaca fleece spinning mill in Western Australia – and it’s accompanied, of course, by a herd of the friendly and fleecy animals themselves.

On 17 January 1871 the Road Districts Act was gazetted. This divided the State into Districts. On 29 January of the same year, the Toodyay Road District boundaries were described and on 15 February the first election for membership of the Toodyay Road Board was held.

The Shire of Toodyay is one of the two WA towns to have achieved ‘wildflower-friendly’ status as a result of the 2020-21 Wildflower Friendliness Award Scheme

This year’s theme for the National Trust’s Australian Heritage Festival (18 April – 19 May) is “Our Heritage for the Future”.

you looking for a way to showcase your food and beverage product range to a wider audience of consumers and buyers?

In 2015 we conducted a significant assessment of objects in the museum collection associated with farming. At the time, the Wicklow Shearing Shed in the Newcastle Gaol Museum precinct had a dirt floor and was being used for storage with entry permanently blocked off.

Do you know someone great in our Toodyay community? It could be for outstanding contribution and community service in areas such as; education, health, fund-raising, charitable and voluntary services, business, sport, arts, the environment, social inclusion or any other area that contributes to the advancement and wellbeing of a community.

The Aboriginal Arts Commissioning Fund will provide opportunities for Aboriginal artists to share their stories through the development of new, large scale work.

Recreation Centre Update Saturday 3 October at 10am

Wildflower season is upon us again with sightings of some lovely orchids in our reserves and everlastings blooming again at Pelham Reserve.

The people behind Toodyay’s Bush Fire Brigades are an assortment of extraordinary individuals - and departing Deputy Chief Control Officer Rowan Hunter is the rule, not the exception.

Full of what? Full of wonderful people who go about their business each day and in doing so, make a difference.

The Market has now been running for 5 years with a substantial amount of hard work from some very dedicated locals and the support of the Shire of Toodyay.

July Community Newsletter - Camel-ccino anyone??; Election news; budget at a glance; the Shire is hiring and going out to tender; and lets not forget 'What has our Council been up to this month?"; this month's newsletter is jam packed full of stories and information.

Monday 6th July 1.30pm-3.30pm and Monday 13th July 1.30pm-3.30pm.

Produced by the Shire of Toodyay

Produced by the Shire of Toodyay

May is coming to an end (shockingly) and with it comes good news: the library is open for business again. The now-normal precautions – sanitising, social distancing et cetera – apply to all visitors, and we are also required to record details of every visit.