Bindoon is located 84 kilometres (52 mi) from Perth city on the Great
Northern Highway within the Shire of Chittering.
The majority of training and selection takes place in the area for the
Australian Special Air Service Regiment. Some of the facilities include
live-firing ranges, the Brigade Special Training Facilities (MOUT) and
full scale Boeing 747 mockup to simulate the storming of an airliner.
The Catholic Agricultural College is located nearby and was previously
known as Keaney College.
The town hosts the annual local agricultural show. The local districts
include, Chittering, Gingin and Bullsbrook among others. The show
features cattle, poultry, fruit and vegetable exhibition and
competition, horses in action, floriculture, cookery, art, general
crafts, needlecrafts, photography, amateur wine making and home
brewing, home produce, children's exhibition and pet parades.
The name is thought to be Aboriginal in origin and is believed to mean
"place where the yams grow". The name has been in use in the area since
1843 when an early settler, William Brockman, named the property he had
surveyed. The townsite was gazetted in 1953.
Accommodation in Bindoon