{"id":251,"date":"2008-09-04T00:16:44","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T16:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/?p=251"},"modified":"2008-09-04T00:16:44","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T16:16:44","slug":"perth-western-australian-vacation-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/perth-western-australian-vacation-guide.html","title":{"rendered":"Our Perth Vacation Itinerary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Catherine who did most of the legwork of compiling brochures and putting up the vacation itinerary. I did try to look up some info online, but it was very difficult to plan the Perth Vacation itinerary myself sue to my unfamiliarity. Before the trip, I went to MPH bookstore, I couldn&#8217;t find any books about Perth either. Most of it was about Melbourne and Sydney, the main tourist destination. Perth was somehow overlooked by most tourists. Even if you were to book a tour from a travel agent, it would usually just be a 5D\/4N or 6D\/5N affair. A very short tour indeed. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/imgs\/wp\/perth_australia_king_street500x290.jpg\" alt=\"King Street where we had our brunch. Some life was beginning to show as the day wore on in Perth, Western Australia\"><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-5685769204706262\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"eeeecc\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"336x280_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text\";\n\/\/2007-08-06: JanLeow.com Blogs\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"5832813811\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"CC0000\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"808080\";\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:0\";\n\/\/--><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p>We were staying so long in Perth as our Sara Worldwide Vacation club timeshare duration was one week long. At first we wondered what we will do for such a long period especially many friends and relatives feedback was that Perth has nothing much to do. Trust Catherine to come up with an itinerary, since she had been studying there and now working to know some of the various interesting places to go. Besides, she already planned several itineraries for her parents and other relatives for their trip to Perth. So ours is not much different from theirs. We did skip some of the more adventurous stuff as we got seniors in tow. Not good to stress them out, so we took a more easy going tour.<\/p>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t follow her itinerary exactly but followed some and modified where needed. After all, we were on self-drive and could change the plan as we saw fit. We didn&#8217;t cram in a whole load of must see sights like most tours do, we just kept it simple and easy and took our time to enjoy the place. So our actual vacation tour became as below. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/imgs\/wp\/perth_catherine_yanxia200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait shot of Catherine and Yan Xia in Kingstreet Cafe, Perth.\" style=\"float:right;\"><br \/>\n<strong>23 Aug Sat<\/strong><br \/>\nMH125 KUL 09:40 &#8211; PER 15:00<br \/>\nArrival and arrange for car rental at airport<br \/>\nItalian Dinner @ Leederville Sienna in Perth<br \/>\nCheck in The Vines Apartment \/ Novotel Grand Mercure<br \/>\nVerdelho Drive, Swan Valley, WA, 6069<br \/>\nTel: +618 9297 3000<\/p>\n<p><strong>24 Aug Sun<\/strong><br \/>\nBreakfast\/Lunch @ No.44 King Street<br \/>\nQuick look around at Hay Street \/ Murray Street<br \/>\nAfternoon attend FGA Church<br \/>\nDinner Vietnamese Food<br \/>\nVisit to Casino<\/p>\n<p><strong>25 Aug Mon<\/strong><br \/>\nDay trip to Perth city<br \/>\nHarbourTown @ Wellington Street<br \/>\nPerth City Centre &#8211; Hay Street \/ Murray Street<br \/>\nChinese Hong Kong Dinner<br \/>\nKingspark for night view of Perth City<\/p>\n<p><strong>26 Aug Tue<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/swan-valley-food-and-wine-trail.html\">## Swan Valley Food &#038; Wine Trail<\/a><br \/>\nOggies Ice Cream<br \/>\nDuckstein Brewery<br \/>\nBlack Swan Winery &#038; Cafe for lunch<br \/>\nCaversham Wildlife Park<br \/>\nThe Margaret River Chocolate Company<br \/>\nSandalford Wines Caversham Vineyard<br \/>\nStrawberry Farm<br \/>\nStratton Park Shopping Centre for groceries and dinner<\/p>\n<p><strong>27 Aug Wed<\/strong><br \/>\nMondo Nougat<br \/>\nSwan Bell Tower<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/fremantle-western-australia.html\">Frementle Town<br \/>\nDinner @ Kailis Cafe for Fish &#038; Chips<br \/>\nFrementle Prison Torchlight Tour<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>28 Aug Thu<\/strong><br \/>\n<u>Sunset Coast Tour<\/u><br \/>\nSorento Beach \/ AQWA Aquarium<br \/>\nScarborough Beach<br \/>\nAraluen Botanic Park to view Tulips<br \/>\nKorean BBG dinner<\/p>\n<p><strong>29 Aug Fri<\/strong><br \/>\nHoughton Winery<br \/>\nSubiaco Market in Perth<br \/>\nFrementle Market<br \/>\nDinner @ Belgium Bar<\/p>\n<p><strong>30 Aug Sat<\/strong><br \/>\nCheck out The Vines Apt by 10am<br \/>\nLunch Dim Sum @ Roe Street<br \/>\nLondon Court Shopping area<br \/>\nTo airport for return flight<br \/>\nMH124 PER 16:30 &#8211; KUL 10:10<\/p>\n<p>Related pages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/perth-western-australia.html\">Perth Western Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/perth-western-australian-vacation-guide.html\">Our Perth vacation itinerary guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/driving-around-perth-australia.html\">Driving around Perth Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/the-vines-apartment-swan-valley-perth-australia.html\">Our accommodation at The Vines Apartment in Swan Valley Perth Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/fremantle-western-australia.html\">Frementle port town, Western Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/swan-valley-food-and-wine-trail.html\">Swan Valley food and wine trail guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/swan-valley-australia-oggies-ice-cream.html\">Swan Valley: Oggies Ice-Cream<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/swan-valley-black-swan-winery-and-cafe.html\">Swan Valley: Black Swan Winery and Cafe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/caversham-wildlife-park-swan-valley-australia.html\">Swan Valley: Caversham Wildlife Park<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Catherine who did most of the legwork of compiling brochures and putting up the vacation itinerary. I did try to look up some info online, but it was very difficult to plan the Perth Vacation itinerary myself sue to my unfamiliarity. Before the trip, I went to MPH bookstore, I couldn&#8217;t find any &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/perth-western-australian-vacation-guide.html\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Our Perth Vacation Itinerary<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[19],"tags":[78,142,151],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1bS5F-43","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":245,"url":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/perth-western-australia.html","url_meta":{"origin":251,"position":0},"title":"Perth, Western Australia","author":"Jan","date":"4 September 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"We had a great time in Perth, Western Australia for vacation! 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