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Exclusive Discounts Explore Perth! YOUR FREE GUIDE TO: Attractions Shopping EXPLORE Dining PERTH! Events Fremantle Tours Rottnest Island Swan Valley Mandurah & Peel Perth Hills Scarborough Springtime in the Perth Hills! See page 106 EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS Helping your holiday dollar go further SPRING | 2019 PERTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA DAY TOURS & SHORT BREAKS COMPLIMENTARY PERTH CBD HOTEL PICKUP AVAILABLE TEL: 1300 551 687 www.ADAMSpinnacletours.com.au See your Hotel Concierge or call into our Sightseeing Office at Shop 1, Barrack Street Jetty, Perth for more information and to book They have Big Ben. We have Big Bells. Visit The Bell Tower, Perth city’s must see tourist attraction. Have a go at chiming a bell yourself in our Bell Tower Experience Tour, an experience offered nowhere else on the planet! See the oldest bell in Australia dating back to 1550, and the giant 6.5 tonne ANZAC Bell, the largest bell in Australia! Open from 10am Daily (Closed Christmas Day & Good Friday) Barrack Square, Intersection of Barrack St. & Riverside Dr. Perth Tel: (08) 6210 0444 www.thebelltower.com.au WHITEMAN PARK: SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A PARK Wonderful DISCOVER ALL THE SECRETS OF WHITEMAN PARK, FROM BUSH WALKS TO BUS RIDES AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. • Vintage bus, train and tram rides • Playgrounds, barbeques and shady picnic areas • 14 kilometres of shared-use paths • A range of speciality shops • Pedal kart hire • Caversham Wildlife Park • Motor Museum of WA • Tractor Museum of WA • Revolutions Transport Museum • Nocturnal Woylie Walks of Woodland Reserve For more information on this diverse tourist attraction contact 08 9209 6000 or visit www.whitemanpark.com.au Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/whitemanpark Hello and Welcome! Perth is bursting at the seams with cultural events, concerts, festivals, art and a burgeoning bar, cafe and restaurant scene that can rival any capital city in Australia. Wherever you have come from and whatever you look for in a holiday, you are sure to find it in Perth. I know you will leave full of Welcome to Perth, Western heart warming experiences and Australia’s beautiful capital city; many fond memories. voted one of the world’s most liveable cities with an enviable Let us help guide you with this lifestyle. useful publication packed full of things to see and do. You can Visitors can expect plenty of also visit our website, download sunshine, friendly locals, world our Apps and follow us on class cuisine from all corners of social media; don’t forget to tag the globe, magnificent wineries us - #helloperth - we’d love to so close to the city, plenty of hear from you! Wishing you a cultural activities to choose from wonderful holiday! and stunning beaches, coastline, wildlife and parks. Sarah Clozza Publisher www.helloperth.com.au [email protected] Hop On Hop Off Bus Tours Perth’s Favourite Tour! EXPERT COMMENTARY Frequent Departures 7 Days-A-Week BUY TICKETS ONLINE OR ON BOARD FROM THE BUS DRIVER T: (08) 9370 1000 | www.perthexplorer.com.au 3 Explore the beauty of Western Australia EXPLORE THE PINNACLES EXPLORE PENGUIN ISLAND EXPLORE THE SWAN VALLEY OR MARGARET RIVER Contents EXPLORE PERTH ON A CITY WALKING TOUR Use code HELLOPERTH when booking. 10% OFF See the Discount section for more information. Explore the beauty of Western Australia on a small group tour to destinations around Perth, Western Australia. Enjoy friendly, personal service with passionate knowledgeable tour guides. Free hotel pick- ups from central Perth hotels PLUS free Wi-Fi and air- conditioned, comfortable buses ensure a stress-free day. 4 Book online or phone 1300 135 752 OPEN 7 DAYS 46 MEWS ROAD, FISHING BOAT HARBOUR, FREMANTLE, WA 6160 (08) 9335 7755 [email protected] www.kailis.com Contents A Brief History...............................................................................8 General Info ...............................................................................10 Spring in Perth............................................................................14 Tours & Transport.......................................................................16 See & Do Perth City..................................................................24 City Fold Out Map.....................................................................29 Greater Perth Map....................................................................33 See & Do Fremantle..................................................................42 Fishing Boat Harbour................................................................48 Fremantle Map...........................................................................49 Shopping....................................................................................54 Discount Vouchers....................................................................58 Wine & Dine...............................................................................66 Rottnest Island...........................................................................78 See & Do Greater Perth...........................................................86 Including Scarborough, Swan Valley, Perth Hills, Pinnacles, Rockingham, Mandurah & the Peel Region Swan Valley Map.....................................................................103 Events..........................................................................................110 5 Experience the magic of gold. Unique Heritage Enjoy a guided tour in our heritage building where you will witness a live gold pour and see the world’s Make a day of it largest coin – weighing 1 tonne and worth over AUD 50 million. at Optus Stadium Nuggets View Australia’s most dazzling display of natural gold nuggets Discover Australia’s most including the second largest gold state-of-the-art Stadium nugget in existence. on a behind-the-scenes tour Personalised medallions Enjoy the stunning river Create a forever keepsake or gift and city views from the with a personalised medallion City View Café displaying your own unique message on the back. Explore the Stadium Park precinct including nature Open 7 days from 9am to 5pm playgrounds, public art and 310 Hay Street, East Perth picnic facilities Plan your day now at perthmint.com/visit optusstadium.com.au MINT0058-210x99mm TourismPress_CrownPublication.indd 1 19/2/19 11:56 am Experience the magic of gold. Unique Heritage Enjoy a guided tour in our heritage building where you will witness a live gold pour and see the world’s largest coin – weighing 1 tonne and worth over AUD 50 million. Nuggets View Australia’s most dazzling display of natural gold nuggets including the second largest gold nugget in existence. Personalised medallions Create a forever keepsake or gift with a personalised medallion displaying your own unique message on the back. Open 7 days from 9am to 5pm 310 Hay Street, East Perth perthmint.com/visit MINT0058-210x99mm TourismPress_CrownPublication.indd 1 19/2/19 11:56 am Fremantle Prison A Brief History The first inhabitants subsequent report by Stirling to His Majesty’s Government back of Australia arrived in England, led to the foundation from the north of the Swan River Settlement in approximately 40,000 June 1829. to 60,000 years Using the Swan River for transport, ago. Prior to the three towns were formed; arrival of Europeans, Perth, Fremantle and Guildford. Western Australia Fremantle, 20 kilometres downstream on the coast served was occupied solely as the colony’s functional port by Indigenous and Guildford, 20 kilometres to Australians who had the east was chosen to supply lived peacefully and in produce to the surrounding region harmony with the land because of the rich, fertile soil for tens of thousands found in the Swan Valley. of years. Experiencing severe labour shortages, the British sent Indigenous Australians have a convicts to Western Australia rich history and culture that is well between 1850 and 1868 to help worth exploring. Like so many establish settlements. 9721 Indigenous cultures of the 18th convicts were transported to WA and 19th centuries, things were on 43 convict voyages. Between about to change. 1850 and 1868 Western Australia was a Penal Colony. The convicts In March 1827, Captain James were involved in a significant Stirling of the Royal Navy arrived amount of infrastructure such as in the Swan River and discovered the Fremantle Prison, Government a land that possessed great House, The Cloisters, the Swan natural attractions, in contrast to River Mechanics’ Institute and the the previous Dutch and French Perth Town Hall. navigators who described New Holland (a name given to Australia by the Dutch) as sterile, forbidding and inhospitable. This landing and www.helloperth.com.au 8 The Noongar people have a rich cultural heritage that offer The Indigenous Cultures visitors an experience found no where else in the world; they of Australia are the have forged a strong identity that oldest living culture in resonates throughout the state. View the Indigenous art at the Art the world. Gallery of WA and the Aboriginal Art Gallery in Kings Park. Visit the Indigenous communities Charnock Woman, a 25 metre pavement mosiac in Victoria kept their cultural Gardens, East Perth, or the Yagan statue on Heirisson Island. heritage alive by passing Yagan was a Whadjuk Noongar warrior, who fought fearlessly to their knowledge, protect their culture and people during the Swan River Colony in arts, rituals and 1833. There is also a new, nine metre high sculpture of him at performances from one Yagan Square, which was built to embody the spirit and culture of generation to
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