Feel the power: Suburb #73 Pearce

I recently made my final excursion to Woden Valley to visit my final two suburbs there (first district in the ACT completely explored and documented!). [And Dad, in answer to your question, Woden, built in 1964,is named after a nearby homestead which was named after the Old English god of Wisdom].

First up was the suburb #73 Pearce, which is named after Sir George Pearce who was the longest-serving Senator and longest service Minister in Australia's federal history. Originally a carpenter, Pearce helped set up the ALP in Western Australia, and was involved in what is referred to, much to my amusement (though I am sure not the emus), as the 'Great Emu War' of 1932.

The streets here are name after Pearce's contemporaries.

I had been to Pearce before...but realistically when picturing to this suburb, below were the only images that came to mind - as well as, lots of foodgasmic memories of meals at Ramas at the Pearce shops....and various attempts to chilli my tastebuds to death with their egg curry (OMG yum!).

But on my adventures, I was to discover so much more here...to start with even at the shops as it was day time I got to visit the famous original Deeks cafe aka 'mecca' for coeliacs and GF intolerant folk. I bought some yummy GF banana bread and even ran into the 'Deek' himself! These looked very tempting as well...

But beyond the shops I was also surprised to find a very beautiful suburb with gorgeous views and much more opulent houses than I expected...as well as just the right amount of 60s and 70s design.

But even more amazing was that this suburban visit felt more like a trip to a bird park or the zoo, I don't think I have ever seen more wildlife in the one suburb on one of my adventures. Definitely the bush capital at its best!