GuildfordWA

Rhythmos, Curtin University's award-winning a cappella choir performing at the inaugural Guildford Songfest, 2017. Spread across several easy-to-stroll-between venues in the beautiful Guildford village, the inaugural Guildford Songfest in 2017 featured dozens of top-class vocal acts from around Australia. The good news is that the brilliant Songfest is back again this September (2018) , bigger and better.

The Guildford Hotel stood derelict and unprotected from the elements for 8 long years after a fire ripped through her belly, destroying much that will never be replaced . . .   . . . and even that which has been replaced just ain't quite exactly as it was. It's close. Very close. But . . . missed it by that much . . . Local residents mounted an unrelenting campaign to save the grand old building from demolition by neglect, facing often unsupportive Government machinations and, to be honest, much indifference from the wider Perth community. The irony is that the reworked hotel is reportedly now a more popular venue for many from that once indifferent wider Perth community than it is for the locals. C'est la vie.

St Matthew's Church in Guildford is the only Garrison Church in Australia. Guildford was also the staging post for the 10th Light Horse Battalion during World War 1. Needless to say, the legendary Light Horse Regiment features prominently in all ANZAC day commemorations