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Australia is vibrant. It is fast. It is dynamic too. But Toodyay, Perth is one village where the air of history still hangs heavy and life is as easy-paced as it was centuries back. Do drop in here for a feel of an era gone by and to revel in the charming and picturesque scenery of Toodyay. About Toodyay The quaint village of Toodyay is located just 85-kilometers north-east of Perth, in the heartlands of the Avon Valley. The village is surrounded by lovely rolling country gardens, olive and lavender orchards and in the village you will find age-old wineries still carrying on with their time-honored traditions of wine-making and tearooms that still give off that turn-of-the-century colonial charm. Toodyay, Australia is a place where you can still catch glimpses of architecture that dates back to the 19th century convict era, when times were turbulent and the village acquired the tag of "wildest town in the west". Learn all about the escapades and the daredevilry of bushranger Moondyne Joe at the Old Newcastle Gaol Museum in Toodyay and feel the hair standing on their ends. If you are imaginative enough you can ever a gunshot or two. However, life is not always so slow here. Toodyay sees a flurry of activity and a horde of tourists during the numerous festivals that take place here throughout the year. You have the Toodyay Agricultural Show, the Picnic Races, the Jazz Festival and the Healing Festival. Come down to Toodyay for a bout of sightseeing in Perth that is going to spell difference with a capital D.
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