Perth Day 1

@ Penang Airport 

 her birthday gift, Smiggle

Perth Train Station

 

 @ Elizabeth Quay & Bell Tower

  

 across Swan River

 

 Swan River Cruise

 Perth Town Hall

 London Court

We touched down at Perth International Airport at 5.35am with a very excited heart. Since we have a very long day, we took things rather slow passing through the immigration and purchasing an Optus sim card. The queue to purchase the sim card took us minimally 30mins. By 7.30am we are all ready to board the bus 380 to the city. The weather was super cold, which was probably at 8 degree. The whole journey was very pleasant and we stopped at St George Terrace, William Street. It took us a short while to navigate before we walked towards William Street. We made our way to Mantra on Murray and tried calling the person in charge of the airbnb but there was no answer. Instead of waiting, we headed out to grab our breakfast. Our very first meal in Perth was at Hungry Jack.

After filling up our tummies, we walked pass Coles Supermarket towards Wellington Street. From there we took a free CAT bus to Watertown Brand Outlet. Upon reaching, we quickly made our way to the tourist lounge to refill our water tumbler and to leave our luggage there while we went shopping. Emeryn bought a tee shirt from Cotton On for daddy and requested for a huge pencil case from Smiggle. That was probably the most expensive stuff we bought. After a short shopping spree, we received a call from the airbnb administrator and we later meet him up at the venue at 12.30pm. After the check in, we headed out to our next destination at Barrack Street. We hang out at Elizabeth Quay while admiring the stunning view of the Bell Tower.

Next, we hopped on to the Transperth Ferry to go across the river. While cruising by, we were literally taken aback by the beautiful view of the Swan River. After alighting from the ferry, we walked to the supermarket to run some errand. Before going back to Elizabeth Quay, the kids enjoyed themselves at the playground filled with soft sand. We went back to Elizabeth Quay in 2 hours and proceeded on our tour via foot. 

We walked to London Court and also snapped a photo of the Perth Town Hall which is situated next to it. By the time we visited London Court, the stalls are already closing up for the day. Only some stalls are still open. London Court is a three and four level open-roofed shopping arcade captured in a setting of Tudor England. We were like transported to London all of the sudden. We had a pleasure stroll before coming into Hay Street and then Murray Street. We missed the Supreme Court and Stirling Garden as we took the wrong lane earlier.

Walking through the busy walkaway at Murray Street, we finally landed ourselves at Taka Japanese Cuisine. It is one of the budget meal suggested in some of the forum. Yes, the food were indeed very cheap. After our early dinner at about 5.30pm, we slowly walked back to our accommodation. We did walked in to some random shop in search of small souvenirs to bring home.

Back to our airbnb accommodation, it was a good catch. Mummy negotiated for only RM400 per nite for 2 bedrooms apartment. We sure had a very comfortable stay. The location was perfect, right in the middle of the happening street, 305, Murray Street. Highly recommended.