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When the Wander out Yonder vouchers were released last year to help the tourism industry in WA, I was one of the lucky 10,000 to snap one up. After much contemplation on where to spend it, I spied something I’d…

After the recent closure of The Cheese Barrel, we didn’t have long to wait for a new gourmet cheese venue to make an appearance in the Swan Valley. Officially opened on 27 November, Two Birds Fromagerie is one of the…

After a few months of being closed this year, Taylors Café in the Swan Valley has recently re-opened under the new name of Taylors In The Valley. We booked a table for brunch late on the Sunday morning of their…

If you know your South African shops in Perth’s northern suburbs, you’ll undoubtedly have come across the Village Hut Café.

It’s true that we have no shortage of mini golf courses in Perth – or putt-putt as we used to call it in South Africa. But by far the most fun one I’ve ever played has to be Holey Moley…

With our state border closed at the moment (2020), now is the perfect time to explore our gorgeous home state of Western Australia. With a state that’s the second largest in the world (second only to a state of Russia),…

I don’t know about you but for me, half of the fun of going on holiday is the planning stage. And when you’re heading south for a getaway, you have to make a plan of where to stop for lunch…

A few weeks ago we stopped in for lunch at A Patch Of Country cafe in Mundaring. It was a Monday during the school holidays and we’d just been on a trail ride in the Perth Hills nearby and were…

After the last few Covid-crazy months, when the regional borders started to open, I started looking around at some farm stay options in the south west region of WA. After hours of scouring the internet I hit the jackpot with…

Now that the regional borders in WA are starting to open I’m sure many of you are, like me, itching to get away for a long weekend at least. That means I’ve been spending some time looking at where we…