ATTRACTIONS HOVEA WA

Our team of nurturing therapists love to make every client feel important. At Annasha , we have a holistic approach to everything we do, and we use natural organic products in almost all of our treatments from companies such as Sodashi , Margaret River Savi and Victoria’s Essentials.

Some of the treatments available at Annasha Day Spa Perth include Relaxation Massage, Hot Stone Massage, Facials, Pedicures , Manicures, Spa treatments specifically tailored for men, Deep Tissue Massage, Spray Tanning, Reiki, Sound Therapy.

Our philosophy is to awaken your senses, nurture your soul, renew your thoughts and restore your wellbeing. We focus on combining the best of modern and ancient therapies to enhance the mind, body and spirit.

We focus on you..... While you relax and enjoy us rejuvenating and nurturing your body, mind and soul...
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We use and promote natural products free from harmful chemicals and carcinogens, and stock locally prepared essential oils for safe, toxin-free beauty therapy.

Our mission is to provide you with a personalised service which is eco-friendly, naturally enhancing and nurturing though touch to heal. de-stress and achieve a simpler, safer, value for money attitude to beauty and well-being in today's hectic lifestyle.

As one of Australia’s first drive-in operators and the company responsible for the construction of Perth’s first cinema complex, The Cinecentre, Ace Cinemas has, since the 1950’s, been synonymous with the growth and diversification of Western Australia’s independent cinema industry.

Through entering an affiliation with Grand Cinemas under The Movie Masters banner in the mid-nineties, Ace Cinemas has confirmed its interest and position within the industry and continues a range of innovative new developments throughout Perth.

Now with three state-of-the art venues, both metropolitan and regionally based, with cinemas in Midland, Rockingham and Subiaco, Ace Cinemas offers movie-goers a range of sophisticated modern venues and reinforces itself as a leading independent exhibitor in the Australian cinema industry today.

The Mundaring Arts Centre is situated in the heart of the creative hills community of Mundaring, only 40 minutes north east from the Perth central business district.

We champion local Western Australian artists and crafts people by promoting and exhibiting their work, fostering and advocating their inclusion in the activities and cultural development of the Mundaring Shire, Eastern Metro Region and the State of Western Australia.

We aim to nurture the growth of an interactive arts environment in the Shire of Mundaring. An environment that expresses promotes and values the arts and culture as an integral to the well being and life of our unique community.

We develop, promote and produce high quality visual arts and crafts through a range of arts access and education programs in our Gallery, Gift Shop, Studio and through community activities and events.

The House of Honey and the Sticky Spoon Cafe is located only 30 minutes from Perth’s City Centre, in the heart of the beautiful Swan Valley.

Our Honey Shop showcases a wide range of Honey and Honey based products all proudly made locally in Western Australia.

On display is a live observation hive in our education area where you can see bees at work in a real hive and learn about bees and honey production.

The Sticky Spoon Cafe offers a large range of loose leaf teas, coffee, home made scones, honey based cakes and of course Honey ice cream.

We are a Children's Play Centre and Birthday Party venue that has been running for 15 years. We cater for ages 0 - 14 years with our play areas and structure. We have a multi-level structure with tunnels, a helicopter, submarine, spaceship and multiple slides including one that reaches from roof level down to ground level. We have a Toddler area for ages upto 4 years which includes a ballpit, a tunnel, climbing wall and slide. There is also a bouncy castle for ages upto 5 years. We have play stations and x-box's for the use of all ages. We have a full cafe for mum and dad to enjoy a coffee or lunch while the kids play.

Established in 1907, the Midland Town Hall is one of the City's most recognisable buildings, full of historical charm and ambience. Located at the corner of Great Eastern Highway and Old Great Northern Highway, the building is a perfect function venue.

The main hall has a capacity to hold 291 people or 180 in a cabaret style setting and features a fully functional stage area with lighting grid, backdrop and an extendable stage if required, as well as a commercial kitchen on site and easy access off Great Eastern Highway.
 

As well as being an idyllic place for a scenic drive, a picnic with friends, or bushwalking, Mundaring Weir is also an important part of Western Australia's heritage. Located in natural bushland in the Perth Hills, Mundaring Weir is one of the world's greatest engineering projects. Completed in 1903, the Weir was the start of the water pipeline that pumped water to the Kalgoorlie goldfields, some 700 kilometres away. At the foot of the weir is the Number 1 Pump Station Museum where you can learn more about the brilliant engineer behind the project, C.Y. O'Connor, who endured much public criticism and tragically took his own life. A drive trail that follows the pipeline called the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail starts at the museum. There are several walking trails around Mundaring Weir that take you deep into virgin bush. You'll see beautiful native plants, animals and plenty of birds. You can also walk across the massive concrete Weir wall. Pack a picnic and enjoy the barbecue facilities, grassed areas and shady trees. While improvement works are underway, there will be limited access both above and below the Weir wall. Mundaring Weir is about a 40 minute drive from Perth.

Lamont's Swan Valley venue has personalised over the years to market demand in regards to the wine and food styles it represents. In November 2009 Fiona and Kate Lamont designed a new look cellar door and "small taste" menu to give a fresh approach to the way they feel their customer base is heading. By offering a new monthly changing menu with dishes designed to be shared in their cellar door at rustic wooden tables, benches and stools - it lends itself to a relaxed comfortable atmosphere being able to showcase their premium wines with expert advice and suits the discerning wine customer and food lover.

The Munda Biddi Trail (which means path through the forest in the Nyoongar Aboriginal language) is Western Australia's premier long distance off-road cycling experience. The Track extends 1,000 kilometres from Mundaring in the Perths hills to Albany in WA's south. Starting in Mundaring, the Top Trail meanders through scenic river valleys and the magnificent forests of the state's south west. Joined by purpose built track, the Munda Biddi uses a network of bush tracks, firebreaks, and disused railway formations and has sections suitable for cyclists of all ages and experience levels. Every day out on the Trail promises a different experience. Cycle through towering eucalyptus forests and ancient, unspoiled bushland, discovering plants and wildlife not found anywhere else in the world as you enter one of the world's 25 biodiversity hotspots. Camp out in purpose built shelters spaced a day's ride apart or stay in quaint country towns. Learn about Aboriginal culture and the rich heritage of the region as you visit wineries and attractions of the south west.

Eagle's View Walk Trail is a 15 kilometre moderate loop walk around John Forrest National Park, Western Australia's oldest national park, with impressive views across the Swan Coastal Plain to distant Perth the track passes through varied vegetation types, including heath lands, open wandoo woodlands and mixed jarrah-marri-wandoo forest. This Top Trail takes walkers away from the picnic areas, initially following Jane Brook down the valley. It then climbs up the valley wall to great views of the city and ocean. The trail then weaves its way up and down valleys, creek lines and hills before heading back to the brook. There are different ecosystems along the way and spring wildflowers are spectacular. Hovea Falls is a pretty place for a picnic lunch when water is flowing. The trail follows Jane Brook back to the main visitor's area. Signs every two kilometres advise how far you have walked and how far to go. The trail can be tackled clockwise or anticlockwise. The walk trail brochure is available from the ranger's office, along with the walker's log book. Walkers must register before they head off and on their return.

If you like to hear and see history unfold before your eyes and are interested in Western Australia's rail heritage, plan a visit to the Interpretive Centre at the former Midland Railway Workshops. The Midland Railway Workshops Interpretive Centre, which is a Western Australian heritage icon and is a partnership between the Midland Redevelopment Authority and Rail Heritage WA. The Interpretive Centre is the former Time Keeper's Office at the entrance to the Workshops site. The Centre is dedicated to all who worked there from 1904 to 1994 and their families. The weatherboard building retains its 1920s ambience while high-tech audio-visual equipment brings back the voices of the workers to the site. The Centre gives visitors vivid insights into a former industrial workplace with a fascinating social history. Large panels give a cameo into Workshops activities, and a DVD and interactive touch screen allow you to find out more.

Located within the picturesque Perth Hills in Western Australia, Railway Reserves Heritage Trail retraces 59 kilometres of the old Eastern Railway that formerly linked Fremantle to York in the late 1880s. This popular walking, cycling and horse riding rail trail begins its journey at Bellevue forming a unique 41 kilometre loop at Mount Helena entirely on railway formations, before extending to Wooroloo Reserve. The Trail is the perfect place to relax and unwind as it takes in the peace and tranquillity of the attractive flora, fauna and natural landscapes of the Darling Range and John Forrest National Park. Enjoy the pleasures of time with family and friends, connecting with nature or simply appreciating the fresh air. Whether you explore the Trail by walking, running, jogging or riding, fulfil your appetite for activity by choosing from different sections, challenges and lengths. While on your journey, take in the romance of the rail era as you discover the history and character of the many charming settlements that evolved alongside the railway line, including Darlington, Parkerville and Mundaring. Railway Reserves Heritage Trail is accessible from many of the town sites within the Shire of Mundaring, a 40 minute drive east of Perth.

The Red Dirt Arts Studio displays Joel Smoker's ceramics, drawings and photographs and is open to the public by appointment. Joel's Ceramics are represented in the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia and the National Gallery of Victoria as well as many other public and private collections. Joel's studio is located in the hills east of Perth and a visit there can be a rewarding afternoon's drive. Joel is also an accomplished musician and is available for performances. To find out more about Joel's art and music please look up his web site.

Lovers of art and culture will delight in a day spent at the Mundaring Community Sculpture Park. Artistic sculptures are set amidst natures own masterpieces of Golden Wattles, gums, and wildflowers. Immerse yourself in the local history, appreciate the artistic merits of the sculptures, and enjoy the beautiful natural environment. Mundaring Community Sculpture Park is located on the site of the former Mundaring Railway Station. Eight Western Australian artists have created sculptures for the park. In addition to creating an individual sculpture, artist Trevor Woodward was involved in formulating the original design concept of the park. The visually exciting Moodae-ring acoustic sculpture is carved from Karri and Wandoo timbers and is fun to experience. A variety of sounds can be heard by pressing the touch activated panels. If you have time, take a walk or cycle along the adjacent Mundaring Railway Reserves' Heritage Trail, or pack a picnic to enjoy while the kids take advantage of the well equipped playground. Mundaring is located a short one hour drive from Perth via Kalamunda or Midland.

John Forrest National Park is one of Australia's oldest conservation areas and Western Australia's first national park. Located in the Darling Ranges about half an hour's drive from Perth, the park offers excellent bush walking, mountain biking, scenic drives and rock pools ideal for swimming. Western Australia's colonial pioneers recognised the park's environmental value, declaring it a reserve in 1898. Go walking along one of the trails through rugged wilderness, or along a disused railway line to quiet pools and spectacular waterfalls. You'll also be rewarded with magnificent views over the city and metropolitan area. Popular Rocky Pool picnic area is set among attractive wandoo and paperbark woodland. Here, after winter rains, you can sit and watch the waters of Jane Brook tumble down a series of small rapids into the pool. There's plenty of wildlife to observe including many native birds, possums and bandicoots. In spring time, wildflowers colour the landscape. There are great picnic facilities, extensive walk trails, and limited camping facilities. Tearooms and a tavern are open regularly. The park covers more than 1,500 hectares of land and is best accessed from Great Eastern Highway.

Darlington Estate Winery and Restaurant is situated just 25 kilometres from Perth, set atop a beautifully wooded valley with sweeping views of eucalypt bushland.

The winery offers wine tastings and cellar door sales, while the restaurant is famous for its ambience, atmosphere and rustic surroundings.

This is combined with unsurpassed quality of produce and service, attested to by its many prestigious awards and positive media reviews. Dalington Estate was a Goldplate Award winner last year and is also proud to have won the Excellence Awards in 2001 and 2002.

The Estate regularly hosts functions, weddings and jazz evenings in addition to its regular a-la-carte lunches and dinners. Bookings are essential.

The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail takes you to Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields, rich in gold, history and scenery, revealing the story of a unique engineering feat. Travel on the old Goldfields Road along which fortune seekers rushed in the 1890s. Stop to explore where they stopped to rest and fill their waterbags. Prospectors learned that water is more precious than gold - some died of thirst - and a scheme was devised to deliver water further and higher than ever before to supply the goldfields. The well-signposted Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail follows this life-giving water east from its source in the forested Perth Hills, through the golden expanses of the Wheatbelt to the gold boomtown of Kalgoorlie. This Top Trail is an easy 650 kilometres and is ideal for motorists who have a couple of days or more to explore the history, hospitality and horizons of Golden Pipeline Country. There's plenty to get you out of your car: 100-year old pumping stations, remote sites where workers lived to keep the water flowing, walk trails around massive granite outcrops - 25 interpreted sites in all. The Golden Pipeline Trail begins only three-quarters of an hour east of Perth at scenic Mundaring Weir.

The No 1 Pump Station Mundaring stands at the foot of Mundaring Weir and provides an opportunity to explore one of Australia's most significant industrial heritage sites. The pump station was opened in 1903 to transfer water from the Perth hills to the goldfields of Western Australia, a distance of 560 kilometres. With its' specially developed 'interpretation machine' and a number of informative plaques on display to explain the history and vision of the site, you will be amazed at the stories and controversy surrounding its development. The building and its 41.5 metre chimney is a fascinating display of late 19th Century architecture, and if you have a passion for historic machines, you will be struck by the genius of a technology that has seen ninety million litres of water pumped daily uninterrupted. You can see three of the original Babcock and Wilcox boilers, the Green's Economiser and one of the original Worthington triple expansion steam engines. The No 1 Pump Station is the starting point for The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail, which offers a range of walk and cycle trails around the weir. Mundaring Weir is located a short one hour drive from Perth via Kalamunda or Midland.

See first-hand the traditional old fashioned way the prime selected nuts are hand roasted and lightly coated in Morish Nuts special recipe of candied caramel. Morish Nuts produce quality confections the traditional slow way, using only selected natural ingredients.

Savour the aroma and treat your taste buds to a very special pleasure. 

Call into the Swan Valley for the full Morish Nuts experience. There’s free tastings, demonstrations, merchandise and our full range of freshly made, original recipe, mouth watering Morish Nuts. But beware, you won’t be able to stop at just one!

Fred Jacoby Park is a great spot for picnics, watching wildlife, photography or just relaxing before, or after heading off, on one of the numerous walk trails within the Mundaring National Park. Fully equipped with picnic facilities, free barbecues and a children's playground, you will enjoy communing with nature in this beautifully landscaped park. The park features a range of trees from many parts of the world including one of the biggest English Oak Trees in Western Australia. A boardwalk enables visitors to get in under the canopy of this 140 year old heritage listed tree, whilst protecting the tree roots from compaction. Mundaring National Park has over 3,000 hectares of park land abundant with flora and fauna that is native to Western Australia. See possums, echidnas, kangaroos and wallabies as well as Jarrah trees, Marri trees and Banksias. Mundaring is located a short one hour drive from Perth via Kalamunda or Midland.

The Romeo Family proudly invites you to experience the Mondo Nougat factory. Discover the secrets and traditions of Mondo Nougat as you watch on from our special viewing area.

Mondo Nougat is quite simply made from the very best ingredients. The almonds, honey and eggs all combine with our secret ingredients to make the perfect Australian nougat.

Be tempted by our range of homemade Gelati, Biscotti and cakes including the famous Mondo Nougat Cheesecake and the decadent Rum Baba or rich Rum Balls made with the locally produced Canefire Rum

Then pick your perfect coffee of indulge with a Mondo Nougat Deluxe Hot Chocolate. We also stock a range of gluten, lactose, sugar and cholesterol free treats. Visit our factory outlet in the heart of the Swan Valley to watch your favourite nougat being made today.