quercus

I am a lone woman with two weeks in Perth to look around. I will be using public transport and on a budget. Any suggestions please?

Dorothy

Where will you be staying? What do you want to see? Are you looking for tourist stuff or are you looking for jobs and places to live?

quercus

Hi Dorothy, I am staying in Bayswater which is handy for the trains. I am visiting a friend who will be working away for a fortnight so I am just after touristy stuff really. It would be nice to get a feel for the city while I am here and also make a couple of trips, maybe to Rottnest? Thanks! Penny.

Dorothy

Rottnest is pretty expensive (the ferry is anyway). If you're relying on public transit you're a little more limited.

However, I would take the train down to Mandurah (train to Perth then transfer to the Mandurah line - you'll have to walk to the underground station) and take one of the boat trips around the fabulous homes, have fish & chips and walk around the foreshore. You can get the train to Fremantle (again, train to Perth then transfer to Fremantle line) and take a walk around the markets there, too. While you're in Fremantle take a tour of the prison http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/Pages/default.aspx. Maybe take a trip to Hillarys Boat Harbour (Joondalup line train to Whitfords then a bus to Hillarys). I think the Rottnest ferry leaves from there as well is you decide to go. Take the train into the city for a visit to the Perth Mint http://www.perthmint.com.au/ and then you can walk along the river to the Barrack St Jetty and the Bell Tower. The Blue Cat will take you across to Northbridge where you can go to the museum http://museum.wa.gov.au/ and no trip to Perth is complete without a trip to King's Park and Botanic Garden. http://www.bgpa.wa.gov.au/

Once you get within the city public transit is free, so if you get tired of walking just jump on a bus - the CAT buses go all over the city or you can jump on any TransPerth bus.

quercus

Dorothy you are a star!

Thank you so much for those suggestions, I have noted them all and am looking forward to exploring.

Sending Karma! x

Bibbs

Save me typing it all again.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=696255

quercus

Thanks for sending that, lots of ideas thanks. I have already toured down as far as Augusta and been around Margaret River, Jewel caves and also a quick stop in Seashells at Mandurah for one night. I may go back there on the train as I was only there one night and it was too cold to be outside much. That tour is why I am now on a budget.

Before I head back east I am also intending to travel up as far as Mokey Mia taking a week or so and will be looking for ideas, but will start another thread for that.

Sending karma. Penny x