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Photography, writing and simply enjoyable at New Norcia

New Norcia is Australia’s only monastic town and right here in WA, a mere hour-and-a-half’s drive north-east of Perth. It was founded in 1847 by Rosendo Salvado, a former member of the Spanish Benedictine monastery of St Martin in Compostela. There is still a small number of Benedictine monks, who will remain in residence as […]