Craft Beer Meets Mining Heritage in WA

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Collie’s Heritage Beyond Coal and Timber Tour

When Forest Explorers leads our Premium Taphouse Tours through Collie, WA, visiting iconic stops like the Collie Providore, Crown Hotel, and Vic Hotel, we’re exploring more than just a charming country town. We are uncovering layers of industrial history that many visitors never see.

Most people know Collie for its coal and jarrah timber, but beneath our feet lies a story of clay, bricks, and pottery. In March 1926, a group of local visionaries William Hollingsworth, Clifford Benjamin Gibson, and Hyrum Whiteaker registered the Collie Brick, Tile and Pottery Company, Ltd. Their aim? To transform Collie’s rich clay deposits into bricks, tiles, pottery, cement, lime, plaster, and more.

This company wasn’t just about manufacturing. They operated as builders, quarry owners, general contractors, and carriers, providing essential building materials for a growing town. The historic buildings you pass on our Taphouse Tour are living reminders of this industrious era.

✨ Experience it for yourself – join the locals who know Collie best on our Premium Taphouse Tour:

• Duration: 3 hours

• From: $120 per person

• Max: 8 persons

📌 Book now: info@forestexplorers.com.au | 0427 981 187

Walk through history, sip local flavours, and discover the hidden stories that built Collie, beyond coal and timber.

Tour group strolls down Throssell Street in heritage town of Collie, passing by shops emitting one hundred plus years of stories.