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I associate driving holidays with freedom and adventure. I’ve done a few short road trips with friends (e.g. driving down south to small towns like Mandurah and Denmark). However, I’ve always wanted to do a longer road trip with friends. After some coordinating, my friend and I managed to align our leave for a trip to New Zealand. In April this year we flew across the country and across the Tasman Sea to land in Auckland, New Zealand, where our road trip began.
Every year the Good Food and Wine Show comes to Perth. This year was the first time I checked it out. I’ve always avoided it because the crowds are always insane. A friend of mine was keen to go again this year and I figured why not check it out for once. This year it was at the Perth Convention Centre. We purchased tickets for the Saturday session and headed in at 10am when the doors opened to beat the crowd.
During one my of days off after coming back from New Zealand, I met up with an ex-colleague of mine who loves her hikes and coffee for just that. We started our day at a relatively new cafe in Innaloo called Cup & Co. According to the owner, they’ve only been open for around 6 months at the time. I love having weekdays off from work. It’s nice to drive a little further out to suburbs I don’t normally go to. The barista Simone is a fun kind of guy. He chatted to plenty of regulars who popped in to grab a take away coffee while we were there.
Decided to have a few days off after coming back from my two week New Zealand adventure to just relaxing in Perth and check out some of the local cafes without the busy weekend lunch crowds. It’s definitely a different vibe going to a cafe on a work day than it is on a weekend. I find the cafes are noisy and the staff are generally more stressed. On a weekday, the crowds are smaller and the shops are not as busy, which makes for friendlier staff who you can have a pleasant conversation with without holding anyone up.
Our final day in Denmark started off rainy and stormy, but it didn’t stop us from making the most of the weekend before we all headed back to the hustle and bustle of city life. We started out the day with warm and tasty pies from the award winning Denmark Bakery in town. Despite the weather there were plenty of people (locals mostly) coming and going through the Bakery. They have a massive selection of pies, pastries and breads.