Perth for kids - Top 25 activities in Perth and surroundings for kids
The Wacky Duo |
Heading to Perth this year-end holiday?
Perth is the most underrated city in Australia. When it comes to planning a holiday for kids in Australia, most would choose the bustling Sydney or the adrenaline theme park filled Gold Coast as a choice destination. Perth is probably the fourth or fifth city, one would consider for holidays in Down Under.
In honest truth, Perth was our backup plan when our trip to New Zealand was postponed. At the end of the trip, we had such a blast that it will be a shame not to share this hidden gem. Move over Sydney, Melbourne and Gold Coast, Perth had now become our favourite family destination in Australia. With a manageable flight time of 5 hours, Perth makes a choice get away from the city-state Singapore whenever we need one.
First Stop: Perth City
Perth is the capital of Western Australia. Perth is of approximately 5386km² and almost 8 times larger than Singapore. With a population of the only 1.8M, it means acres of space to explore.
1 Crawly Edge Boatshed (Blue Boat House)
Swan River, Perth Western Australia, Australia
The Blue Boat House is iconic to Perth. It is the place to go to take a photo of the OOTD for a day out at Perth. If you are driving, park at the open-air carpark at Perth Dinghy Sailing Club and take a 5-minute walk to the destination
2 Perth Zoo
20 Labouchere Rd, South Perth WA 6151, Australia
Perth Zoo |
3 SciTech
City West Centre, City West Centre, Sutherland St, Perth WA 6005, Australia
SciTech |
4 Swan Bells
Barrack Square, Riverside Dr, Perth 6004, Australia
Swan Bells |
5 King's Park and Botanic Gardens
Perth WA 6005, Australia
Kings Park |
View from Botanic Garden |
6 Perth Mint
310 Hay St, East Perth WA 6004, Australia
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7 Timezone
Timezone North Bridge |
8 See the City Skyline from S Perth Esplanade
Perth Skyline |
Next Stop : Perth Surrounds
The best way to explore Perth is by driving. Given the vastness of the city, it is a pleasure to soak in the sights from one point to another in a car.
FREEMANTLE
Fremantle |
9 Fremantle Market
South Terrace & Henderson St, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia
Fremantle Market |
10 Fremantle Prison
1 The Terrace, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia
Read our review here.
11 Skyview Wheel Freemantle
Head to the Skyview Wheel across the fishing boat harbour to explore Fremantle from the Sky
12 WA Maritime Museum
45 Cliff S
13 Have Fresh Seafood at Kailis
46 Mews Rd, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia
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When you are at Fremantle, do drop in to one of their Seafood restaurant for fresh seafood. We had ours at Kailis
14 Caversham Wildlife Park
B/99 Lord St, Whiteman WA 6068, Australia
15 Margaret River Chocolate Factory
5123 W Swan Rd
Margaret Chocolate Factory - Swan Valley |
16 The Pinnacles
Pinnacles Drive, Cervantes WA 6511, Australia
The Pinnacles is a natural limestone formation found within Nambung National Park in the town of Cervantes. It is a 3 hours drive from Perth City but trust us, it will be worth the sight. You will be amazed by how many of these rocks just popping up in the desert.
You can book your Pinnacles tour here ( Includes Lancelin Sand Dunes and Lobster Shack)
17 Lancelin Sand Dunes
Beacon Rd, Lancelin WA 6044, Australia
18 Lobster Shack
11 Madrid St, Cervantes WA 6511, Australia
If you are heading to Cervantes, you have to make a stop at Lobster Shack.
Here you can do a quick tour of the factory, More importantly, you get to eat fresh lobsters at a great price point.
351 Progress Dr, Bibra Lake WA 6163, Australia
20 Adventurescape
MARGARET RIVER
Busselton Jetty |
If you have the time, opt for a farm stay. Otherwise, mysterious underground caves, life-saving lighthouses and even whales await in Margaret River. Do spend at least a night (we recommend 3!) there to enjoy what Margaret River provides.
21 Busselton Jetty
Busselton Beachfront, Busselton WA 6280, Australia
Head to the longest wooden Jetty that stretches 2 km into the ocean at Busselton. Too lazy to walk? How about taking a train instead?
22 Explore a lighthouse
Cape Naturalistic |
CApe Leeuwin Lighthouse |
23 Explore an underground limestone cave
24 Visit a vineyard
Cheeky Monkey |
Whale Watch Augusta |
There you have it, 25 activities for kids in Perth. There are lots more to do in Perth and it will take a repeated visit to discover all the nuggets this city has in store. Hopefully we would be back in the future to add on to this list!
If you want to plan an itinerary to Perth, we have a week long self drive road trip all map out for you!
thanks so much for posting this ;) your blog has been such a great help in our holiday planning. in fact, after reading your posting about perth as one of your family best holiday every, i quickly told my husband about it and we decided to go perth.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoy the post . If you are heading to Perth , donchwck out our new post on Margaret River , Perth for more travel ideas :)
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Have a good trip !
Wow.. Fantastic! Thanks for sharing cos you changed my mind as initially I am afraid Perth will be a boring and expensive place to go. Planning a family trip with my 5yo boy and 15 mths boy really makes me headache. After reading your post, I think I can follow your itinerary. Hahahhaaa..
ReplyDeleteBut seems like accommodation there are not cheap too. But we would love to have farmstay. Any recommendation?
If you are heading to Margaret River, Sunflowers Animal Farm looks decent. For hotels, you can check out our post here https://www.thewackyduo.com/2016/07/self-drive-holiday-perth-blog-week-long.html
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