New Norcia Benedictine Community: Visitor Centre, Tours & Museum + Art Gallery

You should visit here. It was an amazing experience, especially with Tracy. We did a 1:30pm tour for 2 hours. My parents were super tired after the tour but I was fascinated about history of New Norcia. Even I didn’t missed it any single minute ❤️🙏🫶

Visited this Monastery during my recent visit to Australia. It was interesting to find the timelines and wondered how the entire area was built by the priests and other well wishers. Most of the structure is intact even today and maintained carefully. The bakery which was started long back is still functioning and they are selling the bread at the information centre. Walked around the place and enjoyed each and every part of the Monastery.

An amazing place for a day visit or a short stay. Stay at the Monastery Guesthouse for the full monastic experience or even just for a few days of tranquility. Beautiful history, nature walks and sights ...eco therapy at it's best.

Very interesting look at the only monastic town in oz. Excellent tour guide and well worth a visit

We decided to take a little road trip from Perth to New Norcia today, and we were not disappointed. Driving into town I can understand the reviews saying it’s all closed up, but if you have the time to do one of the tours you will be treated to an entertaining and informative experience, and get to see inside many of the buildings there. Today we were hosted by Sue, who has been working there for 50 years. She was engaging, funny, and had so many stories to tell. We were also lucky enough to see a monk perform on the organ and piano. After the tour we went into the museum and the art gallery, which was much bigger than we anticipated with lots of art work, including historic, contemporary and from Aboriginal artists. We really enjoyed the trip and would thoroughly recommend it.

A place of peace and retreat to rest and pray. Committed kind staff at the guesthouse. Very hospitable atmosphere and well prepared meals at fair prices. The museum and art gallery are well worth visiting, beautiful quality art honouring Jesus. Very inspiring.

Amazing place with an interesting history. I highly recommend the paid tour. Sue, our guide was a wealth of knowledge and genuinely loved answering questions. The architecture is worth the trip alone, but the artwork is the cherry on top.

Lovely and serene town with plenty of history to go around. It’s a lovely place to take a walk and read about the rich history of all the buildings located in this town. There are guided tours available if that’s your thing as well. The products from the bakery are great, even if you can’t visit the bakery itself. All up you could spend a couple of hours here - worth it if you’re passing by!