Aussie 2015; Perth CIty & Rockingham

Day 1: Singapore to Perth

Scooting off to Perth! 

Always love travelling with you! 

Photo time! Mum, Dad, Stanley & me! 

Accommodation: Perth Ambassador Hotel, 196 Adelaide Terrace, Perth City Center, Perth, Australia 6004.

Accommodation is 20 min from Airport, by City shutter $15/person, $38 by Taxi.

We landed in Perth at 5.25p.m, thus it was really late by the time we exit the airport and thus, by the time we checked into the hotel and all it was just dinner time and just roaming around the city for a bit before we have to turn in to rest.

We had dinner at the The Burger Bistro, 181 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth WA 6004.

Dad and me! 

Feed me! 

Love 

Great Burger! 

Yum Yum! 

Tasty!

Look @ the Meat!! 

Chicken! Chick Chick! 

Day 2: Perth City

We started day 2 early as we wanted to cover Perth city and all the places of interest here before we head down south!

Places to visit:
1) Perth Mint; 310 Hay St, East Perth
2) Perth Town Hall, City shops & malls; 471 Hay St, East Perth
3) King's Park; Fraser Avenue, King's Park WA 6005 (Transperth bus 37 travels from St Georges Tarrace right into the heart of King's PArk at the Fraser Avenue Precinct, FREE travel from the city!)

Breakfast @ the Coffee Cafe on Hay St

Tasty Breakie 

Dad & Stanley always entertaining each other! 

me & mummy! 

Perth Mint Exterior

Perth Mint!

Along Hay St

St Georges Terrace St

Dad being naughty! 

Asian Food for Lunch! 

St Georges Terrace Weekend Fair! 

Shop Shop Shop 

When the ladies shop the men stop! 

King's Park! 

Top of King's Park 

View from King's Park 

Cheer Yeah! 

Transperth bus 37! 

FREE Bus ride! 

Dinner back @ our Hotel! 

Day 3: Perth City to Rockingham to Coogee 

We pick up our rented car early at 8am and drove our way to Rockingham Beach. Today is the day we check item off our bucket list; skydiving! It is an estimated 1hr 8min drive from Perth City to Rockingham and a 53min drive from Rockingham to Coogee (night accomd). 

Car Pick up; Avis Perth City, 46 Hill St, Perth WA 6000 

Rockingham Macdonalds; 2 Robinson Rd, Rockingham WA 6168

Skydive the Beach and Beyond; 41 Rockingham Beach Rd

Rockingham Beach Fish & Chips (MUST TRY! Lunch!); 5 Rockingham Beach Rd, Rockingham WA 6168

Rockingham Shopping Centre; 1 Council Ave, Rockingham WA6168

Coogee Beach Chalet; 6166 Coogee, 3 Powell St off Cockburn Rd

Breakie @ MacD

Reporting to the Skydive place! 

fun along Rockingham Beach before the Skydive

Getting Ready! 

The young JUMP, the Young @ heart CHEER! 

Preparing for the Dive! 

Dad playing the swing! 

Rockingham Beach Fish & Chips! 

Must try! 

Happy eater! 

Fresh from Coles! 

Chilling @ Coogee Beach Chalet! 

Our Accomd for the next 2 days! 

Home Cooked Dinner! 

Rooms! 

Kitchen! 

Dinning Area! 

Rooms! 

Dinner! 

Continue to the next post! 

Planning for Perth, Aussie Trip 2015!

For the past 6 years, Stanley and I have traveled mainly in asia and have yet venture out of the asia region as a couple. Thus, we decided that for once, we will head to the pacific region to lovely Australia at Perth. However, having not been there before, we realized that we need to do quite a bit of research and therefore, decided to blog about it, so that we can share it with the rest who are like us!

1) Aussie Visa!

As Singaporeans, travelling to Australia means we need an Australia ETA (Electronic Travel Authority to Australia), which is an easier and simpler version of a actual VISA. Countries which are eligible for an ETA are Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Rep. of (South), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, British Nationals Overseas(BNO), USA, Vatican City State. 

To apply for an ETA, we did some research and found the easiest way to do so is by JATravel they offer the Australia ETA application online at only $10! And it only takes 1 to 2 working days to process. So easy and fuss free! 

2) Travel Insurance! 

So far, we always buy travel insurance as long as we travel, sometimes, I do think that we should buy an annual one, but usually we don't as our destination is never fix, given the fact that we can be quite impulsive at times. So usually, I will get mine from Aviva, which is fuss free online, and offers very competitive prices. 

3) Data plan! 

Data plan can be easily gotten at the airport in Perth, one company to follow is Vodafone, they offers a prepaid of $30 for 28days with 1.5GB of data and unlimited talk time. 

Else, OPTUS provides a $2 per day, pay as you go plan where by each day offers you unlimited talk time and 500MB per day of data. 

4) Airport Transfer 

There is buses from Perth Airport to Perth City; Airport shutters @ $15 per person. 

Else taking the cab to Perth city cost you about $40 to $65 which is ok if there are 4 of you! 

5) Car Rental

There are many good options for Car Rental in Aussie and a normal Mid-size Sedan cost about $25 per day. Rental company are recommended as the following;

a. Avis
b. Budget 
c. Europcar 
d. Hertz
e. Thrifty 

Car can be book before hand, it safe you lots of troubles and worries! 

6) Transport within Perth City

Perth City is well linked with CAT buses which can be free within a certain region. The buses are free within the city hall area.

Perth City; Bus Line Map

Perth City Map 

7) Others. 

Once you have pretty much most of the information above, the rest is really to plan out your trip; to list the places you want to visit and go go go! 

If you are planning on doing a road trip (self-drive) like us to other parts beyond Perth City, it will be good to have the following planned and researched out too; 

a. Address of places of interest. 

b. Opening hours. 

c. Food places / Supermarket 

d. Petrol Station Address

e. Plan your route! 

Hope this post has been helpful for those travelling to Aussie; Perth for the first time. 

We will update the rest with of our trip in the post to come! 

Cheers

Stanley & Suvie