Gidgegannup is a large rural location  in the Perth Hills, offering a wide variety of places nearby to explore and admire.  Here's a selection.

• Walyunga and Avon Valley National Parks.  Both parks straddle the Avon Valley, and offer  walking trails and spectacular scenery, and in October - wildflowers galore.  There's camping at both, however the Avon Valley  Park camping is on the South side of the Valley, and Walyunga on the North side.

• Mundaring Weir, the head of the historic Goldfields water supply, is in the centre of the Beelu National Park. There's a museum devoted to the history, scenic walks and picnic spots, and a pub dishing up good food and sometimes entertainment. There's also a campsite and environmental education centre. 

• Toodyay is an historic town about 40ms East of Gidgegannup.  It was one of the early goldmining towns in WA, and was orginally known as Newcastle until 1910.

• Lake Leschenaultia is a nice spot for a picnic, canoeing, and has camping.

• Eating Out. There are some great pubs and restaurants around the area that serve up decent meals.  

• The Swan Valley is 25 minutes down the hill.

• Shopping.   Each location has a small store, post office, cafe etc, however the main shopping centre is in Mundaring - 15 minutes from the venue - there's Woolworths, Coles and Aldi and smaller stores, cafes, bakeries  etc. The regional centre with the larger shops and services, including a hospital, is Midland, 25 minutes down the road.