{"id":684,"date":"2018-03-23T06:53:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T22:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allweneedisrighthere.com.au\/?page_id=684"},"modified":"2018-03-24T05:02:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T21:02:41","slug":"piesse-brook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/allweneedisrighthere.com.au\/piesse-brook\/","title":{"rendered":"Piesse Brook"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The suburb of Piesse Brook, within the Shire of Kalamunda was gazetted in 1972. It is largely bushland extending to the Helena River in the north and adjoining Paull\u2019s Valley to the east and includes the Kalamunda National Park.<\/h5>

The suburb is named for the creek, Piesse Brook, which meanders north through hilly country to meet the Helena River. \u00a0The main roads running through Piesse Brook include Mundaring Weir Road, Hummerston Road, Croxton Road and Aldersyde Road. There is considerable orchard activity in the area.<\/p>

Attractions<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>

Kalamunda National Park<\/span><\/p>

The 375-hectare Kalamunda National Park forms part of Piesse Brook.\u00a0 Walking trails take you along Piesse Brook and though forests timbered with marri, wandoo, jarrah and butter gum. Kalamunda National Park is also well known for its diversity of native plants and as an excellent place for bird watching.\u00a0 In particular, the Park is a significant as a non-breeding season roost site and foraging base for Long-billed Black Cockatoos.\u00a0 Other wildlife includes kangaroos, echidnas and bandicoots. The start of the Bibbulmun Track goes through the Kalamunda National Park.\u00a0 Some facilities are available, though limited. The best time to visit the Park is late winter and spring when the wildflowers are at their best.<\/p>

Piesse Brook Walk<\/span><\/p>

Piesse Brook flows northward through the area and meets the Helena River upstream from the Pipehead Dam in the north. There are lots of good views from the enclosing\u00a0rugged valley slopeswhich are covered with open woodlands of jarrah, marri, wandoo and butter gum, interrupted by numerous\u00a0granite outcrops\u00a0and some large areas of\u00a0open heathlands.\u00a0 The heathlands offer superb wildflower displays in late winter and spring. The route passes\u00a0small waterfalls on Piesse Brook\u00a0at Rocky Pool\u00a0and on a side stream and also visits the\u00a0Lower Helena Pipehead Dam reservoir\u00a0in the Helena River Valley.\u00a0\u00a0 The route also includes a 2 km section of the Bibbulmun Track which begins in nearby Kalamunda and crosses from SW to east through the area.\u00a0 The route also uses some of the various other, mainly unmarked tracks. Most\u00a0of these are rough 4WD vehicle tracks\u201d. (Information courtesy of\u00a0www.walkgps.com<\/a>)<\/p>

For more information on the Piesse Brook Walk, go to\u00a0WalkGPS Piesse Brook Walk<\/a><\/p>

Aldersyde Estate<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Formerly known as Piesse Brook Wines (established 1974), Aldersyde Estate is essentially a mother-daughter operation in the Perth Hills, specialising in reds from handpicked, estate-grown fruit. \u00a0Aldersyde Estate was the first vineyard established in the Perth hills and Larissa (Lara) Bray is the family\u2019s third generation\u00a0vigneron. \u00a0Lara takes care of the vines and winemaking while mother, Di Bray, runs cellar door. Lara\u2019s brothers, Peter and Michael, together with extended\u00a0family \u2013 families Boyanich, Tomanovic and Kovacevic -\u00a0get roped in to lend a hand at critical times, such as vintage and bottling.<\/p>

The epitome of a boutique and hand crafted label, Aldersyde Estate does not sell retail, only to select restaurants\u00a0such as Rockpool,\u00a0Amuse and Dear Friends, and through cellar door and their website www.aldersyde.com.au.\u00a0 The grapes come from their vineyard which is about 100m\u00a0from the winery, where practically all the winemaking procedures are done by hand, from hand picking and hand sorting the grapes to winding up the hydraulic wooden basket press to gently extract the wine press fraction.<\/p>

Aldersyde are open Saturday afternoons and Sundays for wine tasting and sales.<\/p>

Bibbulmun Track<\/span><\/a><\/p>

If you are a keen bush walker, the Bibbulmun Track could be just your cup of tea.\u00a0It is a long distance track of nearly 1000 kilometres from Kalamunda to Albany and passes through many different parts of Western Australia including the beautiful South West and Great Southern regions. If you have limited time, accessing the Bibbulmun Track from Kalamunda is a recommended option.\u00a0 The start of the Bibbulmun Track commences at the Northern Terminus on Mundaring Weir Road in Kalamunda. There are various other access points in Kalamunda including Fern Road and Asher Road. \u00a0\u00a0If you are planning an overnight trip, you can either sleep at the Bibbulmun track huts or bring camping gear. The huts are spaced approximately every 10 to 24 kilometres and can sleep around 8 to 15 people. Note that there is no booking system for securing a bed at the hut. It is on a first come, first served basis, so it would pay to bring your own camping gear as an alternative just in case the hut is full.\u00a0 Camping is allowed at the designated camp site adjacent to the huts. The camping sites also provide toilet facilities and rainwater from tanks.<\/p>

History<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>

The creek was first named in 1890 and is thought to honour William Roper Piesse who was a prominent citizen living in the Guildford area at that time.<\/p>

One of the focal points of the district was the Piesse Brook School (1928 \u2013 1954) which hung on the side of a very steep slope on Mundaring Weir Road near the intersection with Aldersyde Road. The Kalamunda Library Local History Room contains substantial information and photographs about the school and the families associated.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Piesse Brook school 1928<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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