Guidebook for West Leederville
Food Scene
Great cafe hang out, designed and run by an architect and popular with the young happening set.
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Hylin
178 Railway ParadeGreat cafe hang out, designed and run by an architect and popular with the young happening set.
Myrtle Ivy
3 Northwood StVery cool hole in the wall cafe, with casual kerbside seats.
The best complex of ultra-modern beachside restaurants in Perth by far! General surfing opportunities in the area. Bus 82 on Cambridge street (c.20 minutes plus some walking).
Challenger Parade
Challenger ParadeThe best complex of ultra-modern beachside restaurants in Perth by far! General surfing opportunities in the area. Bus 82 on Cambridge street (c.20 minutes plus some walking).
Albany Highway is a long edgy main street, frequented by Curtin Uni students:
https://www.zomato.com/perth/victoria-park-restaurants. Catch train to Victoria Park Station on Perth to Armadale line.
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Victoria Park
Albany Highway is a long edgy main street, frequented by Curtin Uni students:
https://www.zomato.com/perth/victoria-park-restaurants. Catch train to Victoria Park Station on Perth to Armadale line.
Cute neighbourhood cafe a short walk away. Rave reviews, rated as one of Perth's best cafes. Try and get a spot in the courtyard behind, though it can get extremely busy. c.10 minute walk from home.
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Piccolo's Corner
58 St Leonards AveCute neighbourhood cafe a short walk away. Rave reviews, rated as one of Perth's best cafes. Try and get a spot in the courtyard behind, though it can get extremely busy. c.10 minute walk from home.
A shady courtyard off eclectic rooms within a solid stone complex (c.1850's). A grisly past with many executions as a gaol
http://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/galleries/new-muse-cafe-wa-museum-perth
The Muse Cafe
Francis StreetA shady courtyard off eclectic rooms within a solid stone complex (c.1850's). A grisly past with many executions as a gaol
http://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/galleries/new-muse-cafe-wa-museum-perth
Drinks & Nightlife
J.B. O'Reilly's
99 Cambridge StAs authentic as you can get an Irish pub in Australia.
Rokeby Road
Rokeby RoadMain street with theatre, bars, cafes, restaurants and weekend street markets.
Edgy main street with cafes, restaurants, and nearby 24 hour supermarket and clubs.
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Oxford St
Edgy main street with cafes, restaurants, and nearby 24 hour supermarket and clubs.
Upstairs bar with rooftop terraces worth the search.
http://mechanicsinstitutebar.com.au/
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Mechanics Institute Bar
222 William StUpstairs bar with rooftop terraces worth the search.
http://mechanicsinstitutebar.com.au/
An outdoor trendy beer garden for the young & fashionable, 15 minute walk from home:
http://www.thegarden.net.au/
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The Brisbane Hotel
292 Beaufort StreetAn outdoor trendy beer garden for the young & fashionable, 15 minute walk from home:
http://www.thegarden.net.au/
A gentrified beach suburb with one or two places worth checking:
http://www.cottesloebeachhotel.com.au/
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Cottesloe Beach Hotel
104 Marine ParadeA gentrified beach suburb with one or two places worth checking:
http://www.cottesloebeachhotel.com.au/
Essentials
Convenient supermarket (with pharmacy, Indian restaurant, cafe & barber combined). Post office, hairdressers, travel agencies etc. are nearby.
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Coles West Leederville
115 Cambridge StConvenient supermarket (with pharmacy, Indian restaurant, cafe & barber combined). Post office, hairdressers, travel agencies etc. are nearby.
Sightseeing
Nearby park with huge norfolk pine trees great for picnics, near Subiaco Oval.
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Mueller Park
150 Roberts RdNearby park with huge norfolk pine trees great for picnics, near Subiaco Oval.
Excellent jogging around a huge lake with native black swans.
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Lake Monger Reserve
Lake Monger DriveExcellent jogging around a huge lake with native black swans.
One of the world's great city parks featuring spectacular views over the city and river, plus a botanical garden with rare native West Australian plants.
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Kings Park and Botanic Garden
Fraser AvenueOne of the world's great city parks featuring spectacular views over the city and river, plus a botanical garden with rare native West Australian plants.
Perth
The central business district and capital city of Western Australia.
New tourist heart of Perth city on the river featuring an island and range of eating outlets. Changing events such as the Fringe Festival in February.
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Elizabeth Quay
The EsplanadeNew tourist heart of Perth city on the river featuring an island and range of eating outlets. Changing events such as the Fringe Festival in February.
Barrack street ferry terminal + bar/restaurants. Ferries available for river cruises & ferry rides to the South Perth Zoo, Fremantle port town & Rottnest Island (idyllic beaches & total relaxation).
Barrack Square
Barrack street ferry terminal + bar/restaurants. Ferries available for river cruises & ferry rides to the South Perth Zoo, Fremantle port town & Rottnest Island (idyllic beaches & total relaxation).
An oasis with mature century-old trees and doing important conservation work:
http://perthzoo.wa.gov.au/
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Perth Zoo
20 Labouchere RdAn oasis with mature century-old trees and doing important conservation work:
http://perthzoo.wa.gov.au/
Impressive old worlde Victorian market buildings:
http://fremantlemarkets.com.au/
Take train from West Leederville train station to Fremantle (c.20 minutes).
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Fremantle-Märkte
Henderson StreetImpressive old worlde Victorian market buildings:
http://fremantlemarkets.com.au/
Take train from West Leederville train station to Fremantle (c.20 minutes).
Impressive bar overlooking the best beach for the young and energetic:
http://www.matissebeachclub.com.au/
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Scarborough Beach
Impressive bar overlooking the best beach for the young and energetic:
http://www.matissebeachclub.com.au/
The place to hangout for an afternoon wind down. Also visit the spectacular beaches around the island and see the cute local marsupials; quokkas.
Catch a ferry from either Perth or Fremantle.
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Rottnest Island
The place to hangout for an afternoon wind down. Also visit the spectacular beaches around the island and see the cute local marsupials; quokkas.
Catch a ferry from either Perth or Fremantle.
Arts & Culture
Intimate exclusive shopping street with shops like Prada, the Belgian Beer Cafe and the splendour of the Edwardian "His Majesty's Theatre".
Also visit the Flour Factory on Queen Street; hip deli+bar.
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King Street
King StreetIntimate exclusive shopping street with shops like Prada, the Belgian Beer Cafe and the splendour of the Edwardian "His Majesty's Theatre".
Also visit the Flour Factory on Queen Street; hip deli+bar.
Entertainment precinct with restaurants & clubs, plus the WA museum and art gallery.
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Northbridge
Entertainment precinct with restaurants & clubs, plus the WA museum and art gallery.
Concert & sporting venue inside highly inventive & sculptural geometric enclosure.
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Perth Arena
700 Wellington StConcert & sporting venue inside highly inventive & sculptural geometric enclosure.
Casino complex with theatre, bars and high end restaurants such as Nobu. Train to Burswood station on Perth to Armadale line, c.25 minutes including walking:
https://www.crownperth.com.au
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Crown Perth
Great Eastern HighwayCasino complex with theatre, bars and high end restaurants such as Nobu. Train to Burswood station on Perth to Armadale line, c.25 minutes including walking:
https://www.crownperth.com.au
Magnificent contemporary architecture including the Heath Ledger theatre, right in the thick of the Northbridge entertainment district. http://ptt.wa.gov.au/venues/state-theatre-centre-of-wa/
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State Theatre Centre
176 William StMagnificent contemporary architecture including the Heath Ledger theatre, right in the thick of the Northbridge entertainment district. http://ptt.wa.gov.au/venues/state-theatre-centre-of-wa/
Shopping
Fashionable shopping area, 10 minutes away on train (half way between home and Fremantle).
Bayview Terrace
Fashionable shopping area, 10 minutes away on train (half way between home and Fremantle).
Large outlet shopping complex with plenty of bargains. Less than 20 minute walk away:
http://www.watertownbrandoutlet.com.au/
French Connection
840 Wellington StLarge outlet shopping complex with plenty of bargains. Less than 20 minute walk away:
http://www.watertownbrandoutlet.com.au/
Everything Else
24 hour quality supermarket, only a 15 minute pleasant walk:
313 Vincent Street, Leederville (near the Oxford Street cafe strip)
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The Good Grocer Leederville IGA
313 Vincent St24 hour quality supermarket, only a 15 minute pleasant walk:
313 Vincent Street, Leederville (near the Oxford Street cafe strip)