Day 638 - Perth, Australia
Day 638 - 8th March 2007 +9:00 GMT
Today I decided to visit the city centre, so caught a bus from Heathridge to Whitfords station, you can buy a zone 3 pass for $4 which allows you to use the bus and the train for 2 hours. The bus arrives at the station a couple of minutes before the train is due as the transport system in perth is well co-ordinated. The Train system is reasonably new and the trains are very clean and spacious. The train only takes about 15 minutes into the city centre. Jill and I then decided to take a walk around the shops in the pedestrianised zone and visit the Tourist information centre.
Church In Perth City Centre
We then took a stroll through stirling park and down to the waterfront.
Sculpture In Stirling Park
Here they have the Swan Bells, which is one of the worlds largest musical instruments.It is a huge 83m tower housing 12 bells which ring out across the city. The tower looks very futuristic.
Swan Bells Tower
We sit at a bar by the waterfront and have some lunch and a cold beer.
View Of City
Then we take a walk up to London Court, which is a long alleyway housing various shops even a couple of british shops.
London Court
Along London Court
We then decide to cool off by visiting the nicely air conditioned Western Australia Art Gallery, it has two large floors full of art ranging from Aborigini art to pieces produced by local art students. Unfortunately there was not a single piece by anyone I had ever heard of but there were some nice pieces to look at.
Western Australia Art Gallery
By this time we were not hot and tired so decided to head back to whitfords. When Peter got home we went out shopping at Joondalup and Sarah went hockey training, we then spent the rest of the evening at home.
Today I decided to visit the city centre, so caught a bus from Heathridge to Whitfords station, you can buy a zone 3 pass for $4 which allows you to use the bus and the train for 2 hours. The bus arrives at the station a couple of minutes before the train is due as the transport system in perth is well co-ordinated. The Train system is reasonably new and the trains are very clean and spacious. The train only takes about 15 minutes into the city centre. Jill and I then decided to take a walk around the shops in the pedestrianised zone and visit the Tourist information centre.
Church In Perth City Centre
We then took a stroll through stirling park and down to the waterfront.
Sculpture In Stirling Park
Here they have the Swan Bells, which is one of the worlds largest musical instruments.It is a huge 83m tower housing 12 bells which ring out across the city. The tower looks very futuristic.
Swan Bells Tower
We sit at a bar by the waterfront and have some lunch and a cold beer.
View Of City
Then we take a walk up to London Court, which is a long alleyway housing various shops even a couple of british shops.
London Court
Along London Court
We then decide to cool off by visiting the nicely air conditioned Western Australia Art Gallery, it has two large floors full of art ranging from Aborigini art to pieces produced by local art students. Unfortunately there was not a single piece by anyone I had ever heard of but there were some nice pieces to look at.
Western Australia Art Gallery
By this time we were not hot and tired so decided to head back to whitfords. When Peter got home we went out shopping at Joondalup and Sarah went hockey training, we then spent the rest of the evening at home.
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