Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.cafeyasou.com.au
;
175 Fitzgerald St; mains $11-18; 8am-4pm Mon-Fri, to noon Sat)
This sunny cafe
serves excellent coffee, grilled haloumi and Greek salads. If you're not in a Med mood,
there's a selection of sandwiches and cakes. Our pick is the Yasou Breakfast, crammed
with bacon, mushrooms, tomato and feta cheese on rosti potatoes.
Riversedge Cafe
(
www.riversedgecafe.com.au
;
1 Grey St; breakfast $10-21, lunch $13-26; 8am-4pm)
The verandahs of this
big corrugated-iron building are a wonderful place to soak up the sun and river views.
CAFE
$
8
Information
Visitor Centre
( 08-9622 2100;
www.visitnorthamwa.com.au
; 2 Grey St; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, to 4pm Sat &
Sun)
Overlooking a picturesque portion of river with fountains and a compact island. The
Experience the Avon Valley
brochure has good maps.
8
Getting There & Away
Transwa
( 1300 662 205;
www.transwa.wa.gov.au
)
coach GS2 heads to East Perth ($19, 1½ hours,
six per week), York ($8, 33 minutes, six per week), Mt Barker ($56, 5¾ hours, four per
week) and Albany ($63, 6½ hours, four per week).
Northam is a stop on the AvonLink and Prospector lines, with trains to East Perth ($19,
1½ hours, 12 per week), Toodyay ($8, 20 minutes, 12 per week) and Kalgoorlie ($71, 5¼
hours, nine per week).
TOP OF CHAPTER
Toodyay
POP 1100
Historic Toodyay, only 85km northeast of Perth, is a popular weekend destination for
browsing the bric-a-brac shops or having a beer on the verandah of an old pub. As you'd
expect of a town classified by the National Trust, it has plenty of charming heritage build-
ings. Originally known by the name Newcastle, Toodyay (pronounced '2J'), came from
the Aboriginal word
duidgee
(place of plenty); the name was adopted around 1910.
1
Sights & Activities
