Perth Holiday - To Do 22Sep2018 (Fremantle Markets, JDK Airport, King's Park, Elizabeth Quay, Caversham Wild Life Park, Perth Royal Show, Guildfort Street,Herrison Island, Subi Farmers Market)

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Perth Holiday - To Do
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SQ213 departs 0740 arrives 1250
SQ allows 10kg for infants in arms travel.
- That includes his car seat if you're bringing it along.
- Stroller's weight is not counted and you can use your own all the way to before boarding the plane, after which it will be checked into the cargo hold.
- Odd size items are checked in as per normal and they give you a huge plastic bag to wrap it up. Items are later checked in via the odd sized counter. Collection as per normal at the baggage carousel. (Some stations you can collect the pram at the arrival aerobridge.)

SGD7 Australian Visas from Kangaroos Kang as recommended by others. Easy and cheap!

Rented from Bayswaters Car Rental Recommended by others

Phone us on +61 (0)8 9370 1592 
When your plane lands so we know you need to be picked up.
(Shuttle takes about 8mins tops from their car rental location)T1 International & Virgin Domestic: Wait at Passenger Pick-up / Drop-off — Seated Booth Zone L near the International Terminal exit doors.
T2 Alliance, Tigerair & Virgin: Wait at Passenger Pick-up / Drop-off — Zone A Simply take a seat and signal our white minibus with yellow 'no birds' signage.
8Days AUD237 with AUD2000 insurance coverage. 
Return to airport shuttle is every 30min on the hour. Just be present 10mins before the half hour interval. A charge of AUD5 each way.

Even with airliner crew discount at other car rentals, No Birds car rental is still the cheapest there is around. If one goes without the car insurance the rent for a 8day stay was at AUD138. Round trip shuttle is 10AUD and is call on demand for the pick up and for airport return service is a half hourly departure on the hour.

Perth - To Stay
Click here for AirBnB Listing in Burswood

Free High Speed Wifi. Provides parking for rented vehicles as well
Oven, Microwave, Kitchen with stove top and decent size fridge.
Short 3min drive from large Woolsworth
Day 1 Arrival
Checking in and getting local supplies.

Ate at Earth and Ocean (New Entrant for Seafood near AirBnb)

Day2  
Fremantle Markets
Fri Sat Sun Mon Only 9am-9pm

Ate at Bather's Bath house

Click here for other One Evening in Fremantle Eats.

Day3
Jandakot Airport 

Jandakot Airport

Kings Park

King's park is huge. There's loads of parking spaces all over the place, so you either park nearest to whichever 'attraction you (Like the Glass Arched Bridge for us) want to catch or you can explore section by section and later proceed via car to the next location. Loads of beautiful open spaces for picnics and a nice show case of different fauna around Perth.

Most of the park are probably for the big kids, but May Drive Parkland where Zamia cafe is probably catered for the little ones.

*Some great photo opportunities with massive pre-historic rock animals sculptures.*

Ate at Zamia Cafe for Lunch (Recommended by Others)

King's Park Fraser Ave, Perth WA 6005, Australia

Elizabeth Quay
(Perth City)

"Opened in 2015 to much fanfare, Elizabeth Quay is built on the foreshore of the beautiful Swan River, and has a bit of something for everyone, from a great playground for kids, to gourmet restaurants, to farmer’s markets in the summer.

The Quay is architecturally stunning, and well worth a stroll, especially at night when the bridge is lit up with rainbow colors.

Elizabeth Quay is also famous as an event and festival space, so it’s worth checking out its website to see what’s on. - https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-things-perth-australia/"

A nice walk around the renovated Quay especially after a heavy, smoked meal at Side Door BBQ. 
Ate at Side Door BBQ for Dinner

Elizabeth Quay, The Esplanade, Perth WA 6000, Australia

Day4
Caversham Wild Life Park
Opens Daily 9.00am-5.30pm

A pretty good half day activity. Arriving at doors open is best as one activity naturally flows onto the next.

Start with the Koala meet and greet, which rolls nicely to Wombat and friends meet, followed by the Barn Yard show at the end. That pretty much covers the three major shows, after which one can take the time to enjoy the rest of the park at one's leisure. 

Most of the wild life in Caversham consist mostly of local bird life, with a huge section dedicated to free ranging kangaroos which of course one gets to feed. There's a pretty cool reptile section and Caversham is a great child friendly place for a half day activity. 

Ate lunch at TBSP on the way back. (Recommended by locals online as an amazing breakfast joint)
Ate Dinner at Pan Pacific Buffet

Caversham Wild Life Park B, Lot 99 Lord St, Whiteman WA 6068, Australia

Day 5

Perth Royal Show
IGA Show Grounds
22-29Spet2018

 *Wood Chopping championship at one of the pavilions*

Click here for more info on Perth Royal Show  
The Perth Royal Show is an annual carnival atmosphere event. The show grounds will feature craft competitions, loads of farm animal meet and greet as well as food produce. There are various acts and shows at the different pavilions. These can range from wrestling, song performances, cooking demonstrations and many many more.

 *The rather small food pavilion. They do have whole sale meat there as well.*

*The crafting pavilion which feature entrants from the various categories of art creations.*

Definitely stay for the night entertainment, which features motor stunts as well as the grand finale of fireworks. Each of the states in Australia have their own version of the same concept. In Brisbane its called the Ekka, and in Melbourne its the Royal Melbourne Show.

From recollection in comparison to the Ekka, the Perth Royal Show is much smaller. Like 30-40% the size of the Ekka. Its still a fun day out, but if you're already impressed by Perth Royal show, you're going to be blown away by the larger ones in other states. 

A great day out for the kids and family. Note that all the rides and eats are of course additional charges and the ride prices can be quite steep at about 8AUD range per pax.
Click here for more info on Perth Royal Show

Day 6

Water Town Shopping
Shopping day and freen and easy
Friday Opens 9am-9pm
Most other days closes at 5pm/5.30pm 
Water Town shopping previously known as Harbor town shopping

Ate at Mister Walker (Reported best romantic spot for a meal)

Harbour Town Harbourtown, Old Perth Markets, shop b42/840 Wellington St, Perth WA 6000, Australia

Day 7
Free and easy Day
more shopping
Guildford Street Near Swan Valley

Nothing much here. Just a big U-Turn after morning shopping. All I can say really is really good web presence and photos. A stretch of Antiques and oddities along this street. Nothing which really could keep us hanging around there for long. 

Guildford street

Herrison Island
Island of Kangaroos?

This connecting piece of island between Perth City and Burswood was supposed to be the island of Kangaroos. We went during dusk to check out the park. Like most of Australia's parks, beautiful large spaces and play areas.

Well, Island of No Kangaroos more like it. Its possible we were on the wrong side, but also passed by other tourist who too were on the hunt. Others have reported spotting a few during an early morning jog. So there's no guarantee if you can catch wild roos on the loose on Herrison Island.
Ate at Ciao Italia (Large portions and still pretty value for money joint)

Herrison Island 

 Day 8
Subi Farmers Market Opens from 8am

*Subi Farmers Market is one of the oldest and original farmers market in WA, operating since 2009. We have a number of simple objectives.  We support a healthy and sustainable lifestyle.  We support WA farmers, growers and producers.  We create a welcoming place where you can meet friends, shop for wonderful produce and gourmet foods, enjoy some fantastic fresh food and drink for breakfast or brunch, listen to talented entertainers and know that the kids will be having a great time. We are very proud of our relationship with Subiaco Primary School.  They have welcomed us at their lovely school since the beginning.  Subi Farmers Market is a not-for-profit organization that gives all of its profits to the school. We hope you enjoy attending Subi Farmers Market as much as we enjoy putting it on!  See you there next Saturday?*

Sadly it was a wet Saturday which did hurt the experience. Its got a pretty small spread of foods but plenty of fresh produce. One of the smaller weekend markets that's located in the school grounds. Most weekend/farmers markets follow a similar structure of food and fresh produce.

Subi Farmers Market Opens

 

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