The CBD and the Swan
6 stops · 3 h · walking + ferry · 6 stops
- Elizabeth Quay
- The Bell Tower
- London Court
- Yagan Square
- Perth Mint
- South Perth Foreshore
130 places · Good Food Guide, Broadsheet, UNESCO · no Eater coverage · 5 routes
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This interactive map of Perth (Australia) brings together 130 hand-picked places: 47 attractions, 42 restaurants, 21 cafés and 20 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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6 stops · 3 h · walking + ferry · 6 stops
6 stops · 3.5 h · walking · 6 stops
7 stops · 5 h · walking + Fremantle CAT · 7 stops
5 stops · full day · train + bus · 5 stops
7 stops · full day · ferry + bike · 7 stops
Kings Park · West Perth
Bigger than Central Park, with skyline views: native bush, lookouts and WA's 12,000 wildflower species.
Tip: In October the Kings Park Festival fills the botanic garden with wildflowers: enter via Fraser Avenue before 9am and the view is all yours.
🚇 Bus 935 from St Georges Terrace to Fraser Avenue
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Show on mapKings Park · West Perth
101 steps in a double helix for the best panorama of Perth, the Swan River and the Kings Park bush.
Tip: Climb at sunset: the sun drops behind the Indian Ocean and the bush below turns orange with wildflowers.
🚇 Bus 935 to Fraser Avenue · 12 min walk
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Show on mapKings Park · West Perth
The obelisk on the Kings Park escarpment, with the classic postcard of the Swan River and the CBD towers.
Tip: Come 40 min before sunset: the light hits the towers head-on and the river turns gold.
🚇 Bus 935 to Fraser Avenue · 5 min walk
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Show on mapKings Park · West Perth
A glass-and-steel walkway floating 16 storeys above the eucalypt canopy. Free and spectacular.
Tip: In spring the boabs and kangaroo paws bloom right below: the shot from the glass arch is the one that goes viral.
🚇 Bus 935 to Fraser Avenue · 10 min walk
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Show on mapElizabeth Quay · Perth CBD
Perth's new waterfront: an inlet, public art, terrace bars and the starting point of every ferry.
Tip: At night the footbridge and the Spanda sculpture light up: cross from the Barrack St side for the best shot.
🚇 Mandurah Line train (Elizabeth Quay Station) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapElizabeth Quay · Perth CBD
The white footbridge arcing over the inlet: the graphic symbol of modern Perth.
Tip: Stand at the top of the arch facing east: the whole skyline fits in one vertical shot.
🚇 Mandurah Line train (Elizabeth Quay Station)
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Show on mapSwan Bells · Barrack Square
The 600-year-old bells of London's St Martin-in-the-Fields, housed in a glass tower over the river.
Tip: At midday visitors get to ring the bells: arrive 15 min early to put your name down.
🚇 Free Red CAT to Barrack Square · 3 min walk
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Show on map310 Hay Street · East Perth
A live molten gold pour every hour and the one-tonne bullion bar you can actually touch. Pure WA.
Tip: The pour runs on the hour from 9.30am: sit front row on the right to watch the gold fall.
🚇 Free Red CAT along Hay Street · 2 min walk
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Show on mapPerth Cultural Centre · Northbridge
Perth's new museum (2020): a blue whale skeleton, WA meteorites and the living voice of the Noongar people.
Tip: Permanent galleries are free; you only pay for temporary shows. Start with Ngalang Koort Boodja Wirn.
🚇 Free Yellow CAT to Perth Cultural Centre
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Show on mapPerth Cultural Centre · Northbridge
WA's finest Aboriginal art collection plus a rooftop bar with CBD views. Free entry.
Tip: Head up to Rooftop at AGWA at sunset: cocktail, DJ and the tower views with no ticket needed.
🚇 Free Yellow CAT to Perth Cultural Centre
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Show on map25 Francis Street · Northbridge
WA's living archive in a light-filled building: antique maps, gold-rush photographs and free wi-fi.
Tip: The first-floor balcony overlooks the Cultural Centre plaza: the best free place to work in the CBD.
🚇 Free Yellow CAT to Perth Cultural Centre
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Show on mapWellington Street · Perth CBD
The square linking the CBD with Northbridge, named for Whadjuk Noongar warrior Yagan. Murals and a Digital Tower.
Tip: Shoot the Wirin sculpture (a nine-storey Noongar spirit) from the ramp on the Wellington St side.
🚇 Train to Perth Station · 3 min walk
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Show on map20 Labouchere Road · South Perth
Numbats, quokkas, koalas and orangutans in a leafy botanic setting, one ferry ride from the CBD.
Tip: Go at 9am opening: numbats and koalas are active and no school group has arrived yet.
🚇 Ferry from Elizabeth Quay to Mends St + 12 min walk
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Show on mapPerth Stadium · Burswood
Sixty thousand voices roaring for the West Coast Eagles or Fremantle Dockers. Australia's best-looking stadium.
Tip: On AFL match days the ticket includes Transperth travel. Walk back across Matagarup Bridge afterwards.
🚇 Transperth train to Stadium Station on event days
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Show on mapBurswood · East Perth
A white-arched footbridge over the Swan, inspired by black swans. It changes colour at night.
Tip: Cross from the East Perth side at dusk: the stadium glows orange as you walk.
🚇 Midland Line train to Claisebrook + 12 min walk
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Show on mapHay Street · Perth CBD
A 1937 mock-Tudor arcade with mechanical clocks, stained glass and gargoyles, hidden between two CBD streets.
Tip: The mechanical clocks at both ends animate every 15 minutes: wait for the quarter hour.
🚇 Free Red CAT along Hay Street
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Show on map825 Hay Street · Perth CBD
A 1904 Edwardian theatre, the only one of its kind left in Australia. Opera, ballet and comedy.
Tip: Backstage tours run Wednesday mornings: book online, it costs very little.
🚇 Free Red CAT along Hay Street · 1 min walk
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Show on mapMatagarup · East Perth
The Swan River island where grey kangaroos roam free, a 20-minute walk from the CBD. Free.
Tip: The kangaroos come out at dawn and dusk: take the eastern trail and keep your distance.
🚇 Free Red CAT to the Causeway + 10 min walk
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Show on mapWilliam Street · Highgate
Two lakes, giant Moreton Bay figs and Perth's best nap. The locals' park.
Tip: Loop the northern lake at dawn: pelicans, black swans and nobody around.
🚇 Bus 950 along Beaufort Street · 6 min walk
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Show on mapMatilda Bay · Crawley
The Swan's widest bend: lawn under the pines, sailing boats and the full CBD view across the water.
Tip: Rent a kayak at the club next door and paddle to the Blue Boat House: the only way to have it to yourself.
🚇 Bus 950 from Perth Busport to Hackett Drive
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Show on mapBlue Boat House · Crawley
The little blue boatshed on the river: Perth's most photographed spot and its biggest Instagram export.
Tip: Arrive before 7am: after that there's a queue of 20 people for the exact same photo, no exaggeration.
🚇 Bus 950 from Perth Busport along Mounts Bay Road
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Show on mapMends Street Jetty · South Perth
Perth's definitive postcard: the entire skyline mirrored in the Swan, eight ferry minutes from the CBD.
Tip: Take the last sunset ferry back: the towers light up exactly as you cross. Free with a SmartRider.
🚇 Ferry from Elizabeth Quay to Mends St · 8 min
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Show on mapPoint Walter · Bicton
A white sand spit reaching a kilometre into the Swan River. At low tide you walk right out on the water.
Tip: Check the tide table: at low tide the spit is fully exposed and the aerial shot is unreal.
🚇 Transperth bus along Canning Highway · or 20 min drive
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Show on mapCottesloe · Perth
Perth's sunset beach: white sand, Norfolk pines and the Indian Ocean turning orange.
Tip: In March, Sculpture by the Sea turns the beach into a museum. By October the water is swimmable again.
🚇 Fremantle Line train (Cottesloe station) · 12 min walk
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Show on mapCity Beach · Perth
Wide sand, dunes and a restaurant promenade facing the Indian Ocean. Perth's family beach.
Tip: The lawn above the dune has free barbecues and the best sunset view without fighting for a spot.
🚇 Joondalup/Yanchep Line train (Glendalough) + Transperth bus
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Show on mapScarborough · Perth
Perth's liveliest beach: surf, giant murals, terrace bars and a pool facing the ocean.
Tip: Spring Thursdays kick off the Sunset Markets on the esplanade: food, music and the sun going down.
🚇 Bus 990 from Perth Busport
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Show on mapTrigg · Perth
Perth's surfer beach: serious breaks, limestone cliffs and far fewer people.
Tip: Humpback whales pass between September and November: take binoculars up to the Trigg Bushland Reserve lookout.
🚇 Joondalup/Yanchep Line train to Stirling + Transperth bus
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Show on map86 Southside Drive · Hillarys
A marina with a sheltered beach, aquarium, restaurants and the boats that head out whale-watching. A full day.
Tip: The inner beach has no waves and the water stays warm: Perth's best for getting in with kids.
🚇 Joondalup/Yanchep Line train (Whitfords) + Transperth bus
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Show on map91 Southside Drive · Hillarys
A 98 m tunnel beneath tiger sharks and rays, covering all five WA coastlines in one visit.
Tip: Ask for the shark feeding time: it's the only moment they really move.
🚇 Joondalup/Yanchep Line train (Whitfords) + Transperth bus
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Show on map1 The Terrace · Fremantle
A UNESCO World Heritage site: 136 years of convict prison, flooded tunnels and the torchlight tour.
Tip: Book the Tunnels Tour: you descend 20 m in a hard hat and boat through the convict tunnels. It sells out.
🚇 Fremantle Line train (Fremantle station) · 12 min walk
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Show on mapSouth Terrace · Fremantle
An 1897 Victorian market with 150 stalls: WA produce, Aboriginal craft, a food court and buskers.
Tip: Open Friday to Sunday only. Come Friday at 9am and buy WA fruit before the crowds take over.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT · 5 min walk from the station
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Show on map15 Captains Lane · Fremantle
Western Australia's oldest building (1831): a twelve-sided gaol perched on the limestone cliff.
Tip: At 1pm sharp they fire the signal cannon: get up on the roof 10 minutes early and look out at the Indian Ocean.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT to High Street · 4 min walk
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Show on mapCliff Street · Fremantle
The original hull of the Batavia, wrecked in 1629, plus treasure from the Dutch wrecks of the Indian Ocean.
Tip: Entry by donation, inside an 1850 commissariat store. The Batavia mutiny story is darker than any TV series.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT · 6 min walk from High Street
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Show on mapVictoria Quay · Fremantle
Australia II, the yacht that won the 1983 America's Cup, a real submarine and harbour views.
Tip: The HMAS Ovens submarine tour is ticketed separately and runs hourly: claustrophobic and worth every minute.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT to Victoria Quay
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Show on mapBathers Beach · Fremantle
The only beach in Australia where you can legally drink on the sand, right below the Round House.
Tip: Order a beer at Bathers Beach House and sit on the sand: it's legal, and the sunset is free.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT · 5 min walk from High Street
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Show on mapMews Road · Fremantle
The fishing harbour with the rock lobster boats, the breweries and WA's most famous fish and chips.
Tip: Arrive at 4pm: the boats land the western rock lobster and the restaurants put it on the menu that night.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT to Mews Road
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Show on map1 Finnerty Street · Fremantle
An 1864 Gothic convict-built asylum turned arts centre, with free concerts on the lawn.
Tip: Spring and summer Sundays bring free lawn music from 2pm: bring a rug and buy wine inside.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT · 12 min walk from the station
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Show on mapThomson Bay Settlement · Rottnest Island
The quokka island: 63 beaches, zero cars and the world's happiest-looking animal waiting for a selfie.
Tip: Book your bike with the ferry: cheaper than hiring on the island and it's waiting as you step off the boat.
🚇 Rottnest Express ferry from B Shed (Fremantle)
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Show on mapRottnest Island · Wadjemup
A turquoise natural pool ringed by reef, a 20-minute walk from the jetty. The island's best swim.
Tip: Get there before 10am: after the second ferry of the day there isn't a free inch of sand.
🚇 Bike or Island Explorer bus from Thomson Bay
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Show on mapRottnest Island · Wadjemup
White sand, pool-clear water and the Bathurst lighthouse behind. Rottnest's most photographed beach.
Tip: Shoot from the northern dune with the lighthouse in frame: that's the postcard that sells Rottnest.
🚇 Bike or Island Explorer bus · 15 min from Thomson Bay
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Show on mapRottnest Island · Wadjemup
The squat 1900 white-banded lighthouse beside Pinky Beach: the island's most recognisable landmark.
Tip: At sunset the lighthouse silhouettes against the sun, and in October the surrounding dunes bloom with natives.
🚇 Bike from Thomson Bay · 15 min
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Show on mapRottnest Island · Wadjemup
A marked snorkel trail over living coral, with tropical fish 20 km off the Perth coast.
Tip: Bring your own snorkel from Fremantle: there's no hire at this end of the island and the water is glass-clear.
🚇 Bike along Ngank Wen Bidi · 35 min from Thomson Bay
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Show on mapRottnest Island · Wadjemup
A sheltered cove with another snorkel trail and underwater plaques explaining what you're looking at.
Tip: The western side of the cove is sheltered from the afternoon wind: that's where the water stays calmest.
🚇 Bike along Ngank Wen Bidi · 40 min from Thomson Bay
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Show on mapRottnest Island · Wadjemup
Rottnest's western tip, with a colony of New Zealand fur seals sunbaking on the rocks.
Tip: Go down to the southern viewing platform: the seals are 30 paces away and completely unbothered. Bring binoculars.
🚇 Island Explorer bus to West End · or 1 h by bike
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Show on mapRottnest Island · Wadjemup
The island's full story inside an old hay shed: shipwrecks, convicts and the Aboriginal memory of Wadjemup.
Tip: Visit before you start pedalling: understanding that Wadjemup was an Aboriginal prison changes the whole day.
🚇 4 min walk from the Thomson Bay Ferry Landing
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Show on mapWhiteman Park · Caversham
The only place in WA where you can pat a koala and hand-feed a kangaroo on the same visit.
Tip: The 10am, 11.30am and 3pm Farm Show has sheep shearing and whip cracking: the most Australian hour of the trip.
🚇 Rental car · 25 min from the CBD
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Show on mapWhiteman · Swan Valley
Four thousand hectares of native bush with heritage trams, steam trains and wildflowers everywhere.
Tip: In October the bush trails fill with kangaroo paw and native orchids. Park entry is free.
🚇 Rental car · 25 min from the CBD
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Show on mapCOMO The Treasury · Perth CBD
WA's most awarded restaurant: a menu that shifts with the six Noongar seasons, in a glass rooftop pavilion.
Tip: Order the tasting menu and ask for a river-side table: in October the menu brings wildflowers and WA marron.
🚇 Free Red CAT to Cathedral Square
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Show on mapState Buildings · Perth CBD
WA-produce cooking inside the 1874 Treasury building: house bread, live fire and Margaret River wines.
Tip: If you can't get a table, Petition Beer Corner next door serves the same kitchen with no booking.
🚇 Free Red CAT to Cathedral Square
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Show on mapState Buildings · Perth CBD
David Thompson's Thai street food, genuinely spicy, in the Treasury basement.
Tip: Order the pork pad thai and the panang curry, but say if you can't handle heat: they don't tone it down.
🚇 Free Red CAT to Cathedral Square
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Show on mapThe Ritz-Carlton · Elizabeth Quay
Live fire, WA produce and the Swan River view from the Ritz-Carlton. The CBD's prettiest breakfast.
Tip: Book a window table for lunch: the Swan and the footbridge sit right in front of you.
🚇 Mandurah Line train (Elizabeth Quay Station) · 3 min walk
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Show on map6 The Esplanade · Perth CBD
A basement wine bar with one of Australia's most serious lists and European cooking without the gimmicks.
Tip: Let the sommelier choose by the glass: they pour Margaret River vintages that never make the list.
🚇 Free Red CAT to Barrack Square · 4 min walk
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Show on map125 St Georges Terrace · Perth CBD
Four bars and restaurants in the old West Australian newsroom, with a rooftop and Neapolitan pizza.
Tip: Head up to Bob's Bar on the top floor at sunset: Perth's biggest after-work crowd and the view costs nothing.
🚇 Free Red CAT along St Georges Terrace
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Show on mapBrookfield Place · Perth CBD
A woodfired tavern in the financial heart: roast chicken, WA meats and a bar that never stops.
Tip: The whole woodfired chicken with potatoes feeds two and costs less than two separate mains.
🚇 Train to Perth Station · 7 min walk
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Show on map37 Barrack Street · Perth CBD
Giant New York-style pizza slices, cheap beer and loud rock until late.
Tip: Open till the early hours on weekends: the compulsory stop after the Northbridge bars.
🚇 Free Red CAT to Barrack Square · 3 min walk
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Show on mapEquus Arcade · Perth CBD
Cult ramen in a CBD arcade: 12-hour tonkotsu broth and a pavement queue every single day.
Tip: Go at 11.30am or after 2pm: in between it's a 30-minute queue and they don't take bookings.
🚇 Free Red CAT along Hay Street · 2 min walk
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Show on map214 William Street · Northbridge
Mediterranean cooking and natural wine at the Alex Hotel: Northbridge's most elegant dining room.
Tip: Head up to the first-floor Shadow Lounge before dinner: armchairs, a cocktail and William Street below.
🚇 Free Blue CAT along William Street
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Show on map252 William Street · Northbridge
Southern Italian cooking with no tablecloths and no ceremony: cicchetti, fresh pasta and rare Sicilian wine.
Tip: Walk-ins only: arrive at 5.30pm, grab the window bar and order cicchetti with a vermouth.
🚇 Free Blue CAT along William Street
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Show on map200 William Street · Northbridge
Indian subcontinent street food at full volume: chaat, Keralan curries and spiced cocktails.
Tip: The shared banquet for four costs less than ordering à la carte and brings everything worth trying.
🚇 Free Blue CAT along William Street
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Show on map349 William Street · Northbridge
Perth's cult pho since the 90s: 14-hour broth, shared tables and a queue out the door.
Tip: Order pho tai with bun cha gio and a ca phe sua da: Northbridge's cheapest and best lunch.
🚇 Free Blue CAT along William Street
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Show on map222 William Street · Northbridge
A rooftop bar hidden behind an unmarked door, with Perth's best burgers served next door.
Tip: The entrance is a metal door on William Street: climb the stairs and order the Flipside burger.
🚇 Free Blue CAT along William Street
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Show on map164 Beaufort Street · Highgate
An open-air Italian courtyard in a converted service station: pizza, spritz and DJs until late.
Tip: Spring Sundays the courtyard fills from 3pm: no bookings for the garden, come early.
🚇 Bus 950 along Beaufort Street
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Show on map458 William Street · Northbridge
A tiny natural wine bar run by a doctor turned winemaker. The list is handwritten fresh every day.
Tip: Twenty-eight seats and no bookings: arrive at 5pm sharp or you'll be looking in through the window.
🚇 Free Blue CAT along William Street · 8 min walk
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Show on mapShafto Lane · Subiaco
Friulian pasta rolled by hand each morning: Perth's best Italian restaurant, no argument.
Tip: Book three weeks out. If you can't, walk-ins take the bar from 5.30pm Tuesday to Thursday.
🚇 Fremantle Line train (Subiaco station) · 6 min walk
Featured in: The West Australian Good Food Guide
Show on map29 Richardson Street · West Perth
A neighbourhood trattoria with handmade pasta and West Perth's most loyal regulars for 30 years.
Tip: Ask for the gnocchi of the day: it changes with the market and never appears on the printed menu.
🚇 Free Red CAT to West Perth · 5 min walk
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Show on map16 Gordon Street · West Perth
A 1930s mechanics' workshop turned into Perth's most sought-after brunch, with its own roastery out back.
Tip: Weekends mean a 40-minute wait after 9am: come at 7.30am on a weekday and you can work there.
🚇 Fremantle Line train (City West) · 5 min walk
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Show on map196 Oxford Street · Leederville
Another converted service station, this one with woodfired pizza and a palm-filled courtyard in Leederville.
Tip: The back courtyard is Leederville's best spot for a long spring afternoon: get there before 5pm.
🚇 Joondalup/Yanchep Line train (Leederville station) · 4 min walk
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Show on map613 Beaufort Street · Mount Lawley
An unpretentious French bistro: pâté en croûte, steak frites and a Franco-Australian wine list.
Tip: The Wednesday-to-Friday set lunch is the best value in Mount Lawley.
🚇 Bus 950 along Beaufort Street
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Show on map640 Beaufort Street · Mount Lawley
Italian cheese, charcuterie and pasta in a small room where everything happens at the open kitchen bar.
Tip: Sit at the bar facing the cheese counter and let them build the board: they won't miss.
🚇 Bus 950 along Beaufort Street
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Show on map46 Grantham Street · Wembley
House-made mozzarella every morning and Neapolitan pizza from a woodfired oven. An absolute Perth cult.
Tip: Order the burrata of the day as soon as you sit: they make a limited batch and it's gone by 8pm.
🚇 Joondalup/Yanchep Line train (Glendalough) + Transperth bus
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Show on map13 King William Street · Bayswater
A neighbourhood wine bar with 400 labels and small plates that have won national awards.
Tip: Tell the sommelier your budget and let them pick: they open small WA grower bottles you can't buy anywhere.
🚇 Midland Line train (Bayswater station) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapMends Street · South Perth
Modern Chinese with a skyline view, a minute from the ferry jetty. Dumplings and crisp duck.
Tip: Eat here and take the last ferry back: the lit CBD from the water is Perth's best after-dinner view.
🚇 Ferry from Elizabeth Quay to Mends St · 2 min walk
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Show on map88 Marine Parade · Cottesloe
An Italian canteen facing Cottesloe Beach: pasta, wine and the Indian Ocean sunset through the window.
Tip: No bookings: put your name down as you arrive, take a spritz outside and wait for sunset.
🚇 Fremantle Line train (Cottesloe station) · 12 min walk
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Show on map99 Marine Parade · Cottesloe
The white colonial pavilion planted on Cottesloe sand. Perth's most sold-out view.
Tip: The first-floor balcony is the best seat for sunset: request a table there or use the downstairs bar.
🚇 Fremantle Line train (Cottesloe station) · 12 min walk
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Show on map44 Mews Road · Fremantle
Western Australia's most famous fish and chips since 1903, with a giant aquarium and harbour views.
Tip: Order the western rock lobster combo and eat it on the jetty: the seagulls are professionals, guard your plate.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT to Mews Road
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Show on map46 Mews Road · Fremantle
The fish market that supplies all of Perth, with a café beside it: oysters, lobster and the day's landing.
Tip: Buy WA oysters by the dozen at the counter and they shuck them on the spot: half the restaurant price.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT to Mews Road
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Show on map40 Mews Road · Fremantle
The brewery that changed Australian craft beer, inside a former crocodile shed on the harbour.
Tip: Order the Pale Ale fresh from the tank with the mussels: the harbour deck fills from 4pm.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT to Mews Road
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Show on map43 Pakenham Street · Fremantle
A bakery and communal dining room in an 1898 warehouse: sourdough, live fire and 20-seat tables.
Tip: Order the sourdough with seaweed butter and the WA lamb: the menu changes weekly.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT · 5 min walk from the station
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Show on mapPakenham Street · Fremantle
Everything cooks over manuka wood: 25 seats, a short menu and one of WA's best kitchens.
Tip: Take a bar seat facing the coals and let the chef send things out: there's no fixed menu at night.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT · 4 min walk from the station
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Show on mapWarders Hotel · Fremantle
Modern Asian in the courtyard of an 1851 hotel: dumplings, Peking duck and cocktails under the vines.
Tip: The back courtyard, walled in the warders' limestone, is the prettiest place to eat in Freo.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT · 6 min walk from the station
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Show on map5 Nairn Street · Fremantle
A cult cocktail bar with small plates and WA's best gin list. Always full, always good.
Tip: No bookings: arrive before 6pm and order the WA gin with boab tonic. The fries are famous.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT · 5 min walk from the station
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Show on map9-13 High Street · Fremantle
An Italian wine bar with High Street's most wanted pavement and a huge natural wine list.
Tip: The outside tables look at the Round House and the Indian Ocean: Fremantle's best spring aperitivo.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT to High Street
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Show on map406 South Terrace · South Fremantle
Indian Ocean seafood and natural wine in a tiny bar the Australian press named the country's best.
Tip: Thirty seats and a month-long wait: if you miss out, Ootong & Lincoln is three blocks away for plan B.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT to South Terrace
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Show on map73 George Street · East Fremantle
A French bistro on East Fremantle's prettiest street: soufflé, steak tartare and real tablecloths.
Tip: George Street packs six good restaurants into two blocks: eat here, take dessert at Sweetwater.
🚇 Transperth bus along Canning Highway · 15 min walk from Fremantle
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Show on map1 Silas Street · East Fremantle
A rooftop over the Swan with tropical cocktails and the best river sunset in Perth's west.
Tip: Book the north-east corner lounge for sunset: it looks straight at the river and the Fremantle bridge.
🚇 Transperth bus along Canning Highway from Fremantle
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Show on mapHarris Road · Caversham
A winery, brewery and restaurant on the Swan River: the most complete cellar door in the Swan Valley.
Tip: Book Sunday lunch under the gum trees: in October the whole valley is in bloom and there's live music.
🚇 Rental car · 30 min from the CBD
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Show on map3210 West Swan Road · Caversham
WA's oldest winery (1840) with a dining room over the vines and summer concerts on the lawn.
Tip: The house Margaret River tasting runs at the cellar door and is credited back if you stay for lunch.
🚇 Rental car · 30 min from the CBD
Featured in: Australian Good Food Guide
Show on map1 Bedford Avenue · Rottnest Island
The 1864 governor's residence turned into the Indian Ocean's most famous beer garden, facing Thomson Bay.
Tip: It's the last stop before the ferry home: order a WA beer on the sand and keep an eye on the clock.
🚇 5 min walk from the Thomson Bay Ferry Landing
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Show on map159 James Street · Guildford
An 1886 Federation pub rebuilt after a fire: grill, WA beers and the gateway to the Swan Valley.
Tip: Get off the train at Guildford, eat here and walk the heritage streets before heading to the wineries.
🚇 Midland Line train (Guildford station) · 4 min walk
Featured in: Time Out Perth
Show on mapWesley Quarter · Perth CBD
The CBD's most architectural specialty bar: a concrete counter, single-origin filters and zero noise.
Tip: Order the V60 filter of the day and ask which farm it's from: they'll explain, and the second taste is free.
🚇 Train to Perth Station · 6 min walk
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Show on map140 William Street · Perth CBD
Café by day, bar by night in one room: flat whites in the morning, WA wine after dark, CBD brunch between.
Tip: Breakfast runs till 3pm: get the eggs benedict with Tasmanian salmon and a double long black.
🚇 Train to Perth Station · 4 min walk
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Show on map480 Hay Street · Perth CBD
Japanese minimalism, champion baristas and a filter list that changes every week.
Tip: Order the batch brew to go: the CBD's cheapest and best coffee, out in 30 seconds.
🚇 Free Red CAT along Hay Street
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Show on mapMoney Street · Northbridge
An absolute Perth specialty classic: a bougainvillea courtyard, own roast and serious pastry.
Tip: The back courtyard with the bougainvillea in bloom is Northbridge's prettiest corner in spring.
🚇 Free Blue CAT along William Street · 3 min walk
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Show on map236 Lake Street · Highgate
Textbook Australian brunch with a pavement queue every Saturday for the last ten years.
Tip: Go on a weekday at 8am: same menu, zero wait and the courtyard tables are free.
🚇 Free Blue CAT along William Street · 7 min walk
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Show on map498 William Street · Highgate
A tiny bakery with Perth's best sourdough and filled doughnuts that sell out before noon.
Tip: Get there before 10am for the cream doughnuts: by 11 there are none left, less on Saturdays.
🚇 Bus 950 along Beaufort Street · 6 min walk
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Show on map507 Beaufort Street · Highgate
Filled doughnuts, fried chicken and sourdough: the bakery that defines Perth brunch.
Tip: Order the cream doughnut and the fried chicken waffle: sounds odd, has been their top seller since 2014.
🚇 Bus 950 along Beaufort Street
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Show on mapBeaufort Street · Mount Lawley
A tiny shop that only does coffee, and does it better than almost anyone in Western Australia.
Tip: No food, no wi-fi: you come, drink the best flat white on Beaufort Street and move on. That simple.
🚇 Bus 950 along Beaufort Street
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Show on mapWest Leederville · Perth
Design-forward brunch with plates built to be seen, plus rotating local roasters.
Tip: The ricotta hotcake with WA honey is the suburb's most photographed plate: order it at opening.
🚇 Fremantle Line train (West Leederville) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapOxford Street · Leederville
Pure specialty on Leederville's trendiest street: serious baristas, house pastry and zero posturing.
Tip: Order a long black with an almond croissant and sit outside: Oxford Street watches itself.
🚇 Joondalup/Yanchep Line train (Leederville station) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapSubiaco · Perth
An independent roastery with microlot beans and Perth's best Saturday origin cupping.
Tip: Saturday mornings they run a free open cupping: ask the time, it's never advertised anywhere.
🚇 Fremantle Line train (Subiaco station) · 5 min walk
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Show on map77 Coogee Street · Mount Hawthorn
A family roastery obsessed with traceability: every bean comes with the grower's name on it.
Tip: Order the cold brew on tap come spring: made with a natural Ethiopian, it's a different animal.
🚇 Joondalup/Yanchep Line train (Glendalough) + 15 min walk
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Show on mapAngelo Street · South Perth
South Perth's specialty bar: a filter counter, rotating roasters and the stop before the ferry.
Tip: Angelo Street is South Perth's café strip: eat here and walk down to the foreshore.
🚇 Ferry to Mends St + Transperth bus along Angelo Street
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Show on map59A Queen Victoria Street · North Fremantle
A competition roastery: Australian champion baristas and the Gesha varietal as its flag.
Tip: Order the three-filter flight: the same bean in three methods, and the difference is genuinely startling.
🚇 Fremantle Line train (North Fremantle) · 5 min walk
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Show on map46 Henry Street · Fremantle
A café-gallery in an 1890 warehouse with a limestone courtyard, local art and Freo's brunch.
Tip: The back courtyard, between limestone walls and bougainvillea, is Fremantle's prettiest spring breakfast.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT to High Street · 3 min walk
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Show on mapSouth Terrace · South Fremantle
The South Freo classic: old armchairs, specialty coffee and breakfast until mid-afternoon.
Tip: The back courtyard under the grapevine is the one place in Fremantle nobody rushes you: stay two hours.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT to South Terrace
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Show on map1 South Terrace · Fremantle
The café that invented the Cappuccino Strip in the 80s: Italian espresso, a huge pavement and no pretension.
Tip: Sit out front with a macchiato and a cannoli: that's how Fremantle has been watched for 40 years.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT to South Terrace
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Show on map180 William Street · Northbridge
The gelateria with a nightly pavement queue: strange flavours that change every single week.
Tip: Check their Instagram first: they post the day's flavours and the weird ones sell out before 9pm.
🚇 Free Blue CAT along William Street
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Show on map4752 West Swan Road · West Swan
A Swan Valley roastery with unlimited free tasting: try eight blends before you buy one.
Tip: The tasting is free and unlimited: the obligatory first stop on the Swan Valley Food and Wine Trail.
🚇 Rental car · 30 min from the CBD
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Show on mapFraser Avenue · Kings Park
Breakfast with the full skyline and river view, inside Kings Park. Unbeatable in spring.
Tip: Ask for an east-facing terrace table: breakfast with the skyline and the botanic garden's wildflowers.
🚇 Bus 935 from St Georges Terrace to Fraser Avenue
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Show on mapGeordie Bay · Rottnest Island
A café with a terrace over Rottnest's calmest bay, quokkas wandering between the tables.
Tip: The best mid-morning stop if you're cycling the island: shade, coffee and a near-guaranteed quokka selfie.
🚇 Island Explorer bus or bike from Thomson Bay
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Show on mapMurray Street · Perth CBD
Perth's pedestrian shopping spine: Australian chains, buskers and the pulse of the CBD.
Tip: Enter via Forrest Chase and exit through London Court: you cross the whole retail CBD without touching a road.
🚇 Train to Perth Station · 2 min walk
Featured in: Time Out Perth
Show on map200 Murray Street · Perth CBD
The station shopping centre: Myer, Australian chains and a direct link to the trains.
Tip: If it rains, this is the shelter: it links under cover to Murray Street Mall, Enex and Raine Square.
🚇 Train to Perth Station · direct exit
Featured in: Time Out Perth
Show on map300 Murray Street · Perth CBD
The CBD's newest centre, with Australian design labels and a genuinely good food hall.
Tip: The lower-level food hall has the CBD's best quick options, and La Veen Coffee is inside.
🚇 Train to Perth Station · 4 min walk
Featured in: Time Out Perth
Show on map190 St Georges Terrace · Perth CBD
The hand-stitched leather boots that have been the Australian uniform since 1932. The definitive souvenir.
Tip: Try the Comfort Craftsman: they fit them in store and they last decades. Claim the tax refund at the airport.
🚇 Free Red CAT along St Georges Terrace
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Show on map61 King Street · Perth CBD
A WA jeweller working Broome pearls, Argyle diamonds and gold from the Kimberley mines.
Tip: King Street is Perth's luxury strip: come here for Australian pearls you can't buy outside WA.
🚇 Train to Perth Station · 6 min walk
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Show on map185 William Street · Northbridge
A 1929 spice merchant with open sacks on the floor: olives, nuts and coffee by weight.
Tip: Buy Australian macadamias and WA jarrah honey by weight: Perth's cheapest edible souvenir.
🚇 Free Blue CAT along William Street
Featured in: Broadsheet Perth
Show on map115 Hay Street · Subiaco
One of Australia's most respected Aboriginal art galleries, with certified work from the desert communities.
Tip: Always ask for the art centre's provenance certificate: it's what separates real work from fake souvenirs.
🚇 Free Red CAT to West Perth · 10 min walk
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Show on map567 Beaufort Street · Mount Lawley
An independent bookshop with Perth's best Australian and Aboriginal writing sections.
Tip: Ask for WA author recommendations: they'll name titles that never leave Western Australia.
🚇 Bus 950 along Beaufort Street
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Show on map23 St Quentin Avenue · Claremont
Perth's premium centre: Zimmermann, Aesop, Dion Lee and the Australian labels worth the suitcase space.
Tip: The Australian designer labels sit on the upper level: claim the tax refund if you spend over 300 dollars.
🚇 Fremantle Line train (Claremont station) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapBay View Terrace · Claremont
A multi-brand boutique of independent Australian design and Bay View Terrace's finest curation.
Tip: Bay View Terrace packs six independent boutiques into two blocks: Perth's prettiest shopping walk.
🚇 Fremantle Line train (Claremont station) · 4 min walk
Featured in: Broadsheet Perth
Show on map40 Jarrad Street · Cottesloe
Cottesloe's gourmet market: WA fruit, local cheese, seafood and everything for a beach picnic.
Tip: Build your picnic here and walk down to Cottesloe Beach for sunset: a third of the Marine Parade price.
🚇 Fremantle Line train (Cottesloe station) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapVictoria Quay · Fremantle
A covered market in a port shed: craft, vintage, souvenirs and food from everywhere.
Tip: Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The best Fremantle plan when the Fremantle Doctor blows hard.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT to Victoria Quay
Featured in: Time Out Perth
Show on map47 High Street · Fremantle
Thirty years buying direct from desert art centres: WA's benchmark Aboriginal gallery.
Tip: Free entry and browsing is welcome: each work comes with the artist's and community's story.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT to High Street
Featured in: Lonely Planet
Show on mapBannister Street · Fremantle
Ceramics, textiles and objects by WA designers in an open workshop in historic Freo.
Tip: Bannister Street holds Fremantle's artisan workshops: walk the whole thing, it's three blocks.
🚇 Free Fremantle CAT · 4 min walk from the station
Featured in: The Urban List Perth
Show on map152 The Esplanade · Scarborough
Food trucks, craft and live music on the esplanade, with the sun dropping into the Indian Ocean behind.
Tip: They start in spring on Thursday and Sunday evenings: bring cash, several stalls don't take cards.
🚇 Bus 990 from Perth Busport
Featured in: The Urban List Perth
Show on map5123 West Swan Road · West Swan
WA chocolate with unlimited free tasting and a view into the factory. The kids' favourite stop.
Tip: The chocolate buttons at the entrance are free and unlimited: the valley's number-one stop with kids.
🚇 Rental car · 30 min from the CBD
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Show on map867 Great Northern Highway · Herne Hill
WA jarrah and wildflower honey, with free tasting and a glass hive to watch the bees at work.
Tip: Jarrah honey has higher antibacterial activity than manuka and only exists in WA: the best gift to take home.
🚇 Rental car · 35 min from the CBD
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Show on mapFraser Avenue · Kings Park
The Kings Park Australian design store: ceramics, jewellery and WA wildflower seeds.
Tip: The WA wildflower seeds come with an export certificate: the one souvenir that grows at home.
🚇 Bus 935 from St Georges Terrace to Fraser Avenue
Featured in: The Urban List Perth
Show on mapHillarys Boat Harbour · Hillarys
The shop and gelato boardwalk at Hillarys harbour, with the sheltered beach ten steps away.
Tip: Combine it with AQWA and the inner beach: Perth's easiest full day out with kids.
🚇 Joondalup/Yanchep Line train (Whitfords) + Transperth bus
Featured in: The Urban List Perth
Show on mapGeordie Bay · Rottnest Island
The bay's general store: supplies, sunscreen, coffee and the only shade for a long stretch of riding.
Tip: There are no ATMs on Rottnest outside Thomson Bay: load up on water and snacks here before the West End.
🚇 Island Explorer bus or bike from Thomson Bay
Featured in: The Urban List Perth
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