Regardless of their artery-clogging, tummy-enlarging, generally unhealthy food offerings I find it very difficult to pass through an Australian country town without sampling the fare at the local bakery. In the Northern Territory and northern Western Australia this wasn’t so much of a problem for us as bakeries were very few and far between. As we made our way into Perth and south of Western Australia’s capital it seems that I’m now dining for almost every lunch at a new bakery (Lisa joins in when my sounds of enjoyment make it impossible to do otherwise!). Some of the offerings have been unreal… I have no doubt that we’ll continue to sample many country bakeries on our travels so want to make sure that I catalogue some of the standouts.
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I hear you Sam! I’ve been reading about your amazing travels but I feel this subject is one I cannot refrain from commenting on.
I attended a wedding in Mount Gambier the other week and found in difficult to resist the combination of a good ‘road trip’ and bakery fare as well.
I flew into Adelaide, jumped into a car with a merry band of travellers for the 4.5 hour drive down there and before I had even closed the car door all I could think about was bakery we would be stopping at for lunch. I ended up ‘murdering’ a sausage roll and pastie (both with sauce) in Meningie, a small town bordering The Coorong.
I would also like to nominate another two worthy recipients for Australia’s Best Bakeries. And the nominees are:
1) Perryman’s bakery in Tynte Street, North Adelaide; and
2) Bourke Street Bakery in Surry Hills, Sydney.
If you happen to be swinging through Sydney look me up. I’d love to grab a pie or two at the infamous Bourke Street Bakery and have a gab about your travels.
John Kaesler
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