Family HOLIDAY to Perth, australia
This year for our family vacation is in Perth, Australia. We have been to Brisbane and Gold Coast few years ago. It was fun in Brisbane and Gold Coast. It is just that the theme park was not really suitable for kids age 7 and below. Not many theme park attractions for younger children able for the children to take a ride due to the height restriction.
We decided Australia again and choose to go to Perth this time because of the cold weather in June (winter) and back to see the nature for the kids to experience.
1. PLANNING A TRIP
As usual, we travel in a family of 10 from the age of 3+ till 72 years old (my mom). So by looking at the big age gap, we must make sure that all our traveling needs being plan accordingly from the stroller to wheelchair.
Our main purpose for this trip is to visit the Wild Life Park, Fruit Picking at the Fruit Orchard, Sand Boarding, Beaches, Lobster Factory Visit , Nature’s Forest Park, Botanical Gardens, Historical Buildings and Honey + Nougat + Chocolate making factory visits.
Other planning was to go for Factory Outlet shopping mall for shopping: clothings, parfums, shoes , food shopping: chocolate, cheese, bakery, biscuits goods.
We also have planned a list of POPULAR EATERIES CAFE & RESTAURANTS for seafood, lobsters, good bakeries and pastries, ice-creams shops, popular local burgers stores, breakfast cafe, Indian and Middle Eastern restaurants.
Let me share we you the overall travelling itinerary done by our family.
2. TRAVELLING ITINERARY
No of pax : 5 adults, 5 kids
Duration of stay: 7 days 6 nights
We decided to rent an MPV vehicle online prior our departure and collect the vehicle at the Perth Airport.
3. TRAVELLING COST BREAKDOWN
Our Logistics and Accommodations
FLIGHT: We fly from Malaysia using MALINDO AIR. It was a good flight, big leg space and good services rendered by the cabin crew.
We had 4 choices of main meals to choose from Nasi Lemak ( Coconut Rice ), Vegetarian Fried Rice, Egg Omelette and Chicken Pasta. A free flow of fruit juice, coffee/tea drinks and a big banana muffin for snack.
Since it was a last minute planning and booking, our flight was a quite expensive.
Travel Time,approx.: 5 hrs 30 mins
Flight Cost ,approx.: USD 450.00 per pax. If you book the flight earlier, you can save the flight cost almost 20-30%.
TRANSPORT: We try to look for a 12 seaters MPV. Most of the MPV vehicle here are 8 seaters, so we decided to take one MPV and rest to UBER.
The cost of renting MPV for 7days: USD 600.00
The cost of UBER for 7 days: USD 400.00
HOTEL: We stay at Mercure Perth CBD Hotel , with 2 big Queen beds in a room. We booked 3 rooms.
This hotel locations is very convenient. Easily access to many eateries places, walking distance to shops (400meter) and close to the Free Bus Service around Perth Central Business District (CBD).
A very good hotel with disable facilities. Hotel provided a wheelchair for my mom throughout our stay.
The room rate: USD 120.00 per night x 6 nights
4. DAILY MEALS
FOOD: Many food eateries Turkish, Malay, Indian, Chinese, Western, Middle Eastern, Dessert and Fast Food . There are many HALAL restaurants available in Perth.
Even in convenient shop like 7-Eleven ( 24hours) sells bakery products and ready-to-eat meals.
We bought some fresh fruits (cherries, berries), bakery goods, fruit juices , packed milk, drinks and snacks in Coles & Woolworth Supermarket for our breakfast, supper also snacking in the room and for our daily outing. Sometimes, we had breakfast in café.
Breakfast ( in café ): approx. USD 90.00 per meal for 10 pax
Lunch: approx. USD 150.00 per meal ( Indian food / Burgers ) or USD 240.00 per meal ( sea food )
Dinner: USD 150.00 – per meal
Supermarket: USD 200.00
Notes: The cost of meals depending on your menu of choices.
5. SIGHT-SEEING ITINERARY
Day 1 – We touched down at noon and we checked-in hotel at 3.00pm a. We too rest for an hour. Late afternoon, we took a walk around the city as the shop closed early at 5.30pm during winter.
The winter in Perth is very pleasant, cool breezy during day and chilled at night.
There is only 24 hours convenience store and restaurant are open till 9.00-11.00 pm.
The weather was cool, breezy and nice for us to walk around the city during day and night.
Day 2 – Since Freemantle only open during weekend, we decided to take a short drive there. The travelling time is approximately 1.5 hours. We parked in front of the Coles Supermarket, lots of parking space availble, if you arrive as early as 9am.
Rate: 5hours – USD10.00
We went to the Freemantle market and also purchased souvenirs since there as many bloggers comments that the souvenir shop in Freemantle is the cheapest in Perth.
Many fresh fruits shops available with free samples food tasting and it was so juicy & tasty. There are many eatery places in Freemantle and we are spoils for choices from economy till high end restaurant.
We arrived at Freemantle around 9.00am, we walked around the park, seasides and shops. It is a must place to be if you make a trip to Perth. The Freemantle markets only open on Saturday & Sunday.
After long stroll at the pier, we had our Seafood lunch at Kaillie’s Seafood Restaurant near to the pier. It was really good with so many choice of seafood menu.
Many other restaurants for option in Freemantle. In General, Freemantle is a “Seafood Heavens”. It is a must place to go if ever anyone in Freemantle.
After we had our lunch, we took a stroll to the park and lastly, we went to the local “Coles” Supermarket to buy some chocolates, biscuits, cheeses etc.. to be taken home.
On the way back, we stop at Watertown Factory Outlet Mall and did some shopping for the family.This Factory Outlet Mall has good range of Aussie brand and also International brand goods.
At the end of our day, we had dinner in restaurant nearby to our hotel.
Day 3 – Carversham Wildlife Park ( an hour drive ) . Entry fees : Aussie Dollar 29.00 ( adult ) , Aussie Dollar 13.00 ( kids ). It is a good place to explore wildlife especially kangaroo and koala.
At the end our day, we went shopping at nearby to our hotel. There are many boutique shops and K-Mart departmental store selling at very reasonable cost.
Day 4 – We drove to Pinnacle Desert a 2 hours drive with an Indian Ocean picturesque view along the coast. The Entrance Fee : Aussie Dollar 12.00 per car. It was a beautiful scenery of rock formation.
We are so lucky because on that day, we had encounter several rainbows along the way to Pinnacle and at the Pinnacle area.
We had lunch as “LOBSTER SHACK” in Cerventes. It is about 20mins drive from the Pinnacle. The food in Lobster Shack is so good and yummy. After our meals, we did a factory tour at Lobster Shack.
I would suggest to make a tour in the morning as there is no operation when we did our tour at 2pm after our lunch.
After our good filling lunch, we went to Lancelin for Sand Boarding. It is about 40mins from Cerventes. The rental cost per board for Sand boarding (Aussie Dollar 10.00) for 2 hours.
On the way back to our hotel, we stop over at Swan River: Chocolate Factory, Nougat Factory . All shops opened except for the Honey factory is closed every Monday.
We also make another stop over at Yanchep National Park. There are so many wild kangaroos around the park. We walked around the park about an hour.
Day 5– We make an early trip to the Perth Zoo. It is just short drive of 30 mins from our hotel. We bought a Mini Group Ticket consists of 2 Adults + 2 Kids package : Aussie Dollar 83.10 and a Senior Ticket for Aussie Dollar 25.00
We had lunch at the Zoo café. There many choices of HALAL local and Asian lunch box available. It is just heat and served pipping hot.
The end of the day, we went shopping at the Watertown Factory Outlet again and we had Turkish kebab dinner in the mall.
Day 6 – We make and early morning tour around the city King’s Park Garden, Botanical Garden, Crawley Edge Boatshed, Perth Bell Tower, The Perth Mint, Elizabeth Quay, Barracks Arch and the rest of days, we went for shopping at K-Mart, Target, Big W and walked along Hay Street Mall and Murray Street which is nearby to our hotel .
Day 7– We packed all our luggage and sent it to the Concierge for temporary storage while making a short walk outside hotel.. We make a short stroll nearby our hotel and we had our breakfast in a local cafe. We checked out from the hotel and drove to the airport.
overall conclusion
It was a good travelling experienced for the kids and us in Perth. The Perth city was not so busy and we really took our good time to explore the city, natures walks and other attraction places.
The Quality of food was at the highest and the taste is superb. The family loves Aussie Ice-Cream and Desserts. We bought a lot of dried food stuffs home. Shopping in Perth was great too.
In total, we had spent approx. USD 12,500.00 inclusived of flight from Malaysia, logistics, accommodations, foods, tickets and lots of shopping stuffs.
These expenses depending on the family, say if you do not want to go shopping and would like to do more of sight-seeing then the cost will be much lesser.
Same goes to the food, if you are on budget you can rent an apartment and cook too. There a re many halal ingredients available around the city. As for us, we enjoy dining out, and most of the times we are able to try many different types of cuisine in the local and international restaurant and cafe.
You may need to plan your budget prior travelling to Perth.
our recommendationS
If you would like to explore more places by driving on your own, it is best if you can go out as early as 7.30am. Not many people in the park and many sight seeing places. If you are early at the Zoo, you are able to touch and take nice photo without many people surrounding you.
Our main recommendations to bring home : Chocolate, Cheeses, Biscuits, Coffee, Chocolate drinks, Honey, Candies and Sweets with honey based. We even bought some bakery stuffs to be taken home.
We purchased some fresh fruit from the supermarket for snacking while waiting for our flight to depart. Our family favorite fruits are: Cherries, Strawberries, Blueberries and Rasberries.
The Food Supplement, Parfume, Make-up and Personal Care products are REALLY! at very good prices. You can found it at Chemist Warehouse and Priceline. Highly Recommended !!…
All Our Family Members Really Do Enjoyed and Happy for This Family Trip to Perth…..
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