Perth City

Western Australia and its capital city Perth are adored for brilliant blue skies, warm sunny climate, white sandy beaches, fascinating sights and a lovely outdoors lifestyle.

Perth is home to just over 2 million people and enjoys more hours of sunshine than any other capital city in Australia. One of the country's most beautiful cities, Perth is flush with green parks and bushland and an inner-city sophisticated, yet relaxed and uncomplicated lifestyle, that all nestle around the majestic expanse of the Swan River.

London Court


How to get there: Take the free shuttle BLUE CAT to Hay Street Mall West.

London Court is a three and four level open-roofed shopping arcade located in the central business district in Perth, Western Australia. It was built in 1937 by wealthy gold financier and businessman, Claude de Bernales for residential and commercial purposes. The arcade runs between the Hay Street Mall and St Georges Terrace and is considered an important tourist attraction in the City of Perth. It received a National Trust of Australia classification in 1978 and was recorded in the Register of the National Estate in 1982. The Heritage Council of Western Australia included it in the State Heritage Register in 1996.

This is where the shopping complexes gathered, within the Murray Street and Hay Street. Restaurants, cafe, boutiques, Meyers, David Jones, etc.....

Swan Bells Belltower

How to get there: Take the free shuttle BLUE CAT to Barrack Street Jetty


Opens daily 10am to 6pm. Admission fee: Adult AUD10; Concessions AUD7

The Bell Tower includes the twelve bells of St Martin-in-the-Fields which are recorded as being in existence from before the 14th century and recast in the 16th century by Queen Elizabeth I.The bells were again recast between 1725 and 1770 by three generations of the Rudhall family of bell founders from Gloucester in England, under the order of the Prince of Wales who was later crowned as King George II. They are one of the few sets of royal bells and are the only ones known to have left England.

It was opened to celebrate the Y2K!

Everyday except Wednesday and Friday, there is demonstration of bell ringing at 12pm to 1pm...feel free to listen to the orchestra of bells ^_^

Perth Mint

How to get there: take the free shuttle RED CAT to Perth Mint (No.10 station)

Opens 9am to 5pm on Monday to Friday; 9am to 1pm on weekends. Free admission.

The Perth Mint opened in 1899 in response to the discovery of rich gold deposits in Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. It was Australia's third branch of Britain's Royal Mint - the others being the Sydney Mint and the Melbourne Mint (both closed).

In 2003, The Perth Mint officially opened an 8,400 square metre state-of-the-art manufacturing facility next door to its original limestone building. Dominating the Mint's heritage precinct, these two important buildings are powerful symbols of more than 100 years of minting excellence in Western Australia

In the Perth Mint, you can follow the guided tour through out the building, watch a gold pour, visit the World's largest gold bar exhibition, Australian largest gold nugget collection exhibition, Historic Perth Mint coin exhibition, and also shop for souvenirs in the Perth Mint Shop.