Sightseeing In Perth

Location: Perth is the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. The metropolitan area of the city is situated in the south west of the continent between Indian Ocean and the Darling Range.

Transport: The Perth airport at the eastern end of the city deals with the national and international flights to and from the city. To move around in the city , trains, buses and ferries are equally active. The port of Freemantle at the mouth of the Swan river is the chief container and passenger harbor of the city.

Sites Of Attraction: Most of the city's attractions are a bit far away from the main city.

• The Monkey Mia Resort: This resort about 525 miles north of Perth in the Shark Bay Heritage area where the tourists flock in bunches to gather an experience of lifetime. Have you ever dreamt of interacting with the bottlenose dolphins and feed them by your own hands. If not then visit the beach at Monkey Mia where you will be asked to get down in the water of the sea and offered to give them food by your own hands. The Dolphin Information centre is very interesting and full of revealing details.
• The Karijini National Park is one of the largest of its kind in Western Australia. With umpteen kinds of flora and fauna, this park in the Pilbara Region is famous for its sparkling rock pools, cascading waterfalls, incredible gorges and stupefying scenery.
• The wildflower region near Perth is nothing but Paradise. As far as your vision reaches the place is covered with series of white, pink and yellow daisies. The region has more than 800 species of flowering shrubs that mesmerizes the visitors.
• The Goldfields near Perth attracts tourists to have a glimpse of the remnants of the gold rush. Australia's biggest open cut mine the Super Pit is admirable.
• The Margaret river with its 350 caves and a picturesque landscape on the bank
• The Freemantle port is one of the most attractive destinations in the town with the plethora of chic restaurants and eateries around the harbor and the bronze statuette of Connor in the front.
• Kings Park and Botanic Garden
• Perth Zoo that is popular for the Numbats, the marsupial that is the symbol of Western Australia.
• The Swan Bells is a historic tower which has bells from St Martin – in – the- fields
• Art Gallery of Western Australia which houses the best collection of aboriginal art.
• The Perth Mint, is very interesting to the tourist as it offers them to see A$200,000 gold bars being poured and they are even allowed to touch it. They can even observe gold, silver and platinum coins being manufactured
• The Aquarium of Western Australia where cheery dolphins performs thrice a day for food. The less attractive shark and crocodile brigade also charms the tourist.

Beaches: The Monkey Mia beach is one of the finest white sand beaches of Western Australia and swimming here is very pleasurable. The other unique beach is the Shell Beach that is full of shells up to stacks rising to 33ft high. The nearby houses of the shell beach are made of the shells found here. The Sunset coast beaches, and the Coogee beach are wonderful and have lots of recreational facilities.

Things to do: Swimming, bushwalking, windsurfing on the Swan River or the beaches, surfing, body surfing and scuba diving are the major activities done here.

Shopping: Apart from the duty free shops at the Freemantle port area the heart of the city's shopping is the Hay street and Murray Street Malls and the Forrest Chase Complex. The Australian gems available in the area like the Argyle diamonds, Broome Pearls and the Kargoorlie gold are exotic.

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