Drive the Tin Horse Highway Visitor Information

DRIVE THE TIN HORSE HIGHWAY VISITOR INFORMATION

IMPORTANT PLEASE VISIT INFORMATION AGAIN SOON! SAFETY ON COUNTRY ROADS IS A WHO KNOWS WHAT YOU MIGHT SERIOUS MATTER - PLEASE READ THE SEE THE NEXT TIME YOU DRIVE FOLLOWING SAFETY TIPS. THE TIN HORSE HIGHWAY?

The Shire of Kulin is home to a bustling farming community, The Tin Horse Highway is an ongoing and dynamic community project the surrounding roads play an important roll in the operations with new and interesting characters being created all the time. of this thriving industry. Roads throughout the Wheatbelt are Behind closed doors new and increasingly cheeky Tin Horses are frequented by trucks, tractors and other farming machinery being constructed by patrons of our community who have developed a which can pose a danger to road users if common sense and friendly one-upmanship with fellow tin horse pioneers. New additions appropriate caution is not applied. Please observe all road can be seen popping up all over the place, larger, more colourful, signage and avoid taking unnecessary risks. cheekier than the last. You’ll never know what you might see the next time you drive the Tin Horse Highway. If you choose to stop or slow down to view the tin horses, please remember to: Feeling creative? Every October, Kulin holds a competition for the best new Tin Horse as part of the Annual Kulin Bush Races weekend. • Pull well off the road and put your hazard lights on. Entry is free, and your creation could well become the newest attraction along the Tin Horse Highway. • Choose a clearly visible, safe place to pull over.

• Look out for other vehicles – Country roads may seem deserted but cars and trucks travelling at high speeds can appear suddenly and without notice. VISITOR • Be aware of slow moving vehicles and other tourists. INFORMATION • Stay alert and apply caution at all times For more info, contact the friendly staff at: Please drive safely and enjoy your visit to Kulin and the Kulin Visitor Information and Souvenirs Tin Horse Highway. Kulin Resource Centre - Johnston Street, Kulin WA 6365 Tel: (08) 9880 1021 or Email: [email protected] YOUR SAFETY IS OUR CONCERN BUT TIN HORSE HIGHWAY IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY! www.kulin.wa.gov.au KULIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA MORE ABOUT THE TIN HORSE HIGHWAY

The Tin Horse ‘Highway’ is a 15 kilometre stretch of road in Western Australia’s wheatbelt which heads east from the town of Kulin out to the location of the Kulin Bush Races Track at Jilakin Rock. The road’s official name is the Kulin - Lake Grace Road.

Whilst the majority of tin horses are found on the Tin Horse Highway, you will also find many equally impressive and imaginative tin horses along other roads in the Kulin Shire and in Kulin town. All tin horses THE TIN HORSE Tin Horse Highway HIGHWAY TO in the region contribute to the Tin Horse Highway story and reflect HIGHWAY West Kulin Tin Horses the vibrant, good humoured community that built them. There are SUCCESS currently over 70 tin horses displayed on the Tin Horse Highway, in DISCOVER ONE OF AUSTRALIAS MOST the town site of Kulin and along other roads to Kulin. All year long new tin horses are created and can be found popping up in different POPULAR AND UNIQUE TOURIST DRIVES - locations in and around the town. THE TIN HORSE HIGHWAY.

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WEST KULIN One of Australia’s most iconic natural land formations ‘Wave Rock’ WHOPPA attracts thousands of visitors each year. Located 350km S/E from Perth, on the route to Wave Rock (Hyden), you will find the vibrant country town of Kulin which has become the home of a very unique tourist destination all of its own. Kulin entertains its visitors with a fun Kulin Corrigin Road and exciting collection of colourful characters invented and created by Williams Kondinin Road the residents of this small farming community. KULIN BUSH RACES Jilakin Rock The dusty paddocks surrounding Kulin have become a living gallery & Lake of bright, quirky, community creations. The project which started KULIN as a community marketing campaign to promote the annual Kulin Town Centre Bush Races and has quickly become one of Western Australia’s Kulin Lake Grace Road West Kulin Tin Horses most popular and unique self-drive tourist attractions. The Tin Horse TO WAVE ROCK (HYDEN) On the west side of town (Kulin – Corrigin Rd) you will also find a herd WESTERN Highway provides a seriously entertaining tourist drive and a fun GRACE LAKE TO AUSTRALIA TO WICKEPIN alternative route through to iconic Wave Rock. of terrific tin horses including the BIGGEST tin horse in the region to date! Standing higher than your average caravan, the ‘West Kulin The Tin Horse Highway is FREE and OPEN all year round. Whoppa’ is a unique landmark and a reflection of many years of Kulin friendly competition between East and West Kulin farmers.

Kulin Town site Take a trot around Kulin townsite and discover our more urban tin steeds. One of the town’s latest cheeky sculptures, ‘Thorpedo’ resides at the new Kulin Aquatic Centre which is also home to the biggest waterslide in regional Australia! (Open during the summer months).‘Thorpedo’ was inspired by Australian Olympic swimming legend Ian Thorpe.