Couple
weeks ago we went to the Kalamanda Village Market which is held only on
the first Saturday of every month. I’ve been longing to check the
market since long time ago, but always every Saturday we had the boys
swimming lesson. Thanks God this week the swimming lesson is on mid-term
holiday for 2 weeks. The market was jammed packed with sellers and
people wandering around. It has lots of arts and crafts things, food,
plants, antiques, and lots more.
Kalamanda is situated in
Perth hills. I love this little suburb which is to me is more like a
little mixed English and France country town. It’s so leafy hills with
cute nice looking houses and one of the suburb nearby has an unique name
that I like, Gooseberry Hill village. I wish we could have a house in
Gooseberry Hill now. But Kalamanda and Gooseberry Hill are very closed
by and they have this kind of French looking little shops and
restaurants with a French names too. Like, La Provence it’s an exquisite
French home-wares, also sells beauty and bath products from the South
of France. Le Paris Brest has a delicious lunch with cute settings that
you can enjoy your coffee with yummy patisserie by day in alfresco or
becomes ‘cafe du soir’ - exquisite a la carte dining at night. If you
are a pizza fans, you can enjoy the wood fired pizzas in the cosy Embers
pizza restaurant. Also there’s a Thai on the Hill Restaurant which
serve authentic Thai cuisine at the top of the hill.
How can’t I
fall in love with Kalamanda?? This unique Perth hill suburb has a
different character than any other suburb. If you love old English
country houses then you should love Kalamanda and Gooseberry Hills
villages. And it’s not that far away from Perth too, it’s about 20
minutes drive only. During the year, the Perth Hills area hosts many
enjoyable activities like Spring Flower Show, Gooseberry Hill Arts &
Crafts Exhibition, Wine Show, and many more.
So, if you don’t
have plan for this week-end why don’t you go up to the hills and check
it out. You can stroll along the streets and enjoy the windows shopping
(or the real shopping) and have lunch or coffee at one of those nice
restaurants or cafes. Or if you want to have a mini-get away from a
hectic life in the city, you can stay a night ( or more) at one of those
very gorgeous lodge or b&b. The Possum Creek Lodge and Rosebridge
House are recommended.
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