Perth (Year 2012) Day 2: Perth City

For the next few days, we're on our own. We will be exploring the Perth City. Basically it's easy to travel around the city, you can walk or take a bus with a map. Most tourist attractions are placed near to each other. I like to walk when travel so that I can really see the place I visited.

Let's start our walking journey. 

St. Mary's Cathedral

St. Mary's Cathedral

St. Mary's Cathedral

17 Victoria Square, Perth, 

Western Australia 6000, Australia.

(Open daily for public entry from 8am to 6pm)

Royal Perth Hospital

We spotted the hospital located opposite St. Mary's Cathedral.

Perth Concert Hall

Perth Concert Hall

5 St Georges Terrace | Perth City Area, 

Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia.

The Government House

 30 St. Georges Terrace, Adjacent to Supreme Court Gardens | Perth Cbd, 

Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia (Perth CBD)

St. George's Cathedral

St. George's Cathedral

38 St George's Terrace | Perth Cbd, Perth, 

Western Australia 6000, Australia (Perth CBD).

Perth Town Hall

Completed in 1870, this delightful Victorian Gothic landmark was completely restored in 2005. It is the only convict-built capital city town hall in Australia, and a fragment of the original convict roll is on permanent display in the foyer with other City of Perth memorabilia. Generally open 11:00AM-1:00PM weekdays, but phone 08 9229 2965 first because it is sometimes closed for private functions. Free historic tour every Thursday at 2:00PM. (Source: Tripadvisor)

Perth Town Hall

Cnr Hay and Barrack Sts | Perth Cbd, Perth, 

Western Australia 6000, Australia (Perth CBD)

Any meaning for this???? Looks like kebab. LOL

When you see all the tall buildings, you are near to one of the attraction - The Bell Tower.

The Bell Tower

The Bell Tower is one of the largest musical instruments on earth and was custom built to house the historically significant bells of Saint Martin in the Fields Church, the parish church of Buckingham Palace in Trafalgar Square, London.

One of Western Australia's most unique and visited attractions, The Bell Tower offers tourists fascinating displays on these famous bells and the ancient art of bell ringing, as well as stunning 360 degree views of Perth city skyline and the Swan River from the sixth floor open air observation deck.

The Bell Tower is the only place in the world where you can view bell ringing in action or where you can even have a go at bell ringing yourself in one of their interactive demonstrations.
(Source: ExperiencePerth.com)

Love lock bridge @ The Bell Tower

The Bell Tower

Barrack Square, Corner of Barrack Street and Riverside Drive

P: +61 08 6210 0444

F: +61 08 6210 0499

E: admin@thebelltower.com.au

Website: http://www.thebelltower.com.au

Barracks Arch

St. George's Terrace/Malcolm Streets | Perth Cbd, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia (Perth CBD)

London Court

London Court

647 Hay Street | Hay Street Pedestrian Mall, 

Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia.

Open: Mon-Sat 5am - 9pm, Sun 6am - 9pm

Website: http://www.londoncourt.com.au/Core/Content/Public-Home-Page/Content1170.aspx?menuUT=1

Perth (Year 2012) Day 1: Catalano's Cafe @ Victoria Park

(Source: from internet) 

I did not take a photo of the restaurant, sharing this to show you how the restaurant looks like.

Friends brought us to this restaurant for dinner on our first night. Catalano's Cafe is an Italian restaurant. Almost full house when we were there. Our friends made the order. So, our duty is to sit and wait for food. :)

Generous portion of big prawns

To me, everything was nice! Haha...Probably I'm hungry. You know, you'll easily get hungry in cold weather. LOL.

Catalano's Cafe

266 Albany Hwy,

Victoria Park

WA 6100, Australia.

P: (08) 9362 1121

Opening Hours: Daily 7am - 11pm

Website: http://www.catalanoscafe.com/

Perth (Year 2012) Day 1: Kailis' Fish Market Cafe @ Fremantle

Do visit the Fishing Boat Harbour when you're at Fremantle! A Beautiful place.

Make sure you visit Kailis' Fish Market Cafe! Recommended!

G.P. Kailis and sons was founded in 1928. Today, Victor, the youngest son of the founder, and his family continue the tradition at Fishing Boat Harbour, Fremantle. 

Located on the waterfront at Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour, Kailis' provides the finest seafood available and excellent service in a working fishing industry environment, creating an ambience that makes Kailis' unique, and one of the most memorable dining experiences in the world. 

(Source: Kailis' website: http://kailis.com/fremantle/index.html)

Queue to make your order at the counter and this thingy will beep you when your food is ready.

We ordered this seafood platter to share among 4 of us. This platter is truly big and a lot of chips were given. Thumbs up for this!

KAILIS FISH MARKET CAFE 

(Open 7 DAYS: 8AM TILL LATE)

46 Mews Road, Fremantle, WA

P: (08) 9335 7755

F: (08) 9430 4695

E: seafood@kailis.com

Perth (Year 2012) - Day 1: Fremantle

We reached Perth International Airport very early in the morning. It's very very cold outside even it's not windy. Our friend pick us up and we head to Hungry Jack's for an early breakfast since there's no other shops opening at that time.

Hungry Jack's is a franchise of Burger King operated in Australia. Nothing special, they are selling the similar items like other fast food restaurants.

Then we headed to our friends' house to have a rest before we depart to Fremantle, our first destination of our trip.

Look at this cute little guy, its name is Muffin, belongs to our friend. So hyper-active and friendly.

Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. It's a distance away from the Perth City. Some of the must visit in Fremantle include Fishing Boat Harbour, Fremantle Markets, Fremantle Prison, Maritime Museum and The Round House.

We had a walk at the beach before we visit the attractions of Fremantle. Such a beautiful beach! Blue sky, blue sea... I love it!

Let me tell you something about the weather here. It is very very cold in the morning but when the sun rise and near to noon, it's going to be hot, and again when it comes to evening, the weather turns cold again. This is Spring in Perth.

We had a morning tea after a walk at the beach. Our friends just simply pick one cafe.

Here's the main entrance of the Fremantle market. Oh, I love this market. It is so big and everything were arranged neatly at every stall. You can buy some snacks to eat too while "shopping" in the market. 

This is the entrance of the Fremantle's Prison. Nothing much to show you. You can see the layout of the prison and there's a mini museum displaying the old age items from the prison.

This was taken at The Round House.  From here you can have a nice sea view.

Big submarine

The end of the tour for Day 1. :)

Perth (Year 2012) - Itinerary

This is my first trip to Perth and my first visit to a place of 鬼佬. :)

Full details may not be available as the itinerary was planned by our friends staying in Perth and so sorry that I did not jot down much details. Hard to recall as well as this trip was way back in year 2012. 

We were staying at friend's house and hence, there will not be any accommodation information available in the coming blog posts about Perth.

Do remember to apply VISA and you can had your VISA done online. It's easy. You may refer to this website: http://www.visas-australia.com/visas/etavisa.asp

And please get your research done online what you can bring into Perth and what you should not.

This is the itinerary of the trip:

2012-09-09
Airport - Friend's home - Fremantle 
Breakfast: Hungry Jack's; a cafe in Fremantle (no details available)
Lunch: Kaili's
Dinner: Catalano's Cafe

2012-09-10
Perth City: St Mary's Cathedral - Perth Concert Hall - St George Cathedral - Perth Town Hall - Swan Bells - London Court
Breakfast: Croissant Express
Dinner: Atencion!

2012-09-11
Perth City: State Library - Western Australian Museum - Shopping Mall
Brunch: King Street

2012-09-12
Breakfast - Perth Zoo - Little Caesars Pizzeria - Chocolateria San Churro

2012-09-13
Brunch at McDonald - Kings Park - Bentley Hotel

2012-09-14
Perth City: China Town - The Perth Mint - KTV
Breakfast: Dome
Lunch: Jus Burger
Dinner: Viet Hoa

2012-09-15
Wild Dolphins watching - Penguin Island - Winery visits
Lunch and dinner: No details available

2012-09-16
Back to Malaysia

Coliseum Cafe & Grill Room @ Jaya 33

"Established in 1921, Coliseum Cafe & Grill Room is one of the oldest in the country and is a walk down memory lane for KL in the early 1920s. Over ninety years old and it's one of the best examples of the city's colonial heritage.

The furniture and decorative memorabilia creates a wonderful nostalgic feeling. The old furniture and decorations are preserved from when it was first opened in the 1920s when at that time, the Coliseum was the finest cafe & grill room in Malaysia."

(Source: The Coliseum Cafe & Grill Room's menu)

Banana & Chocolate Spring Rolls with Vanilla Ice Cream(RM 11.90)

If you asked me if this is nice, I would say it's quite messy eating this. I don't think it's a good combination.

Fried Ice Cream (RM 7.90)

The fried ice cream comes as a ball. When you cut it, you will be able to see the vanilla ice cream. :) The "ball" itself is sweet, wonder what is it made of. Is it Gula Melaka?

Should come back again to try their sizzling steak. I've seen people ordering and it smells so nice.

Coliseum Cafe & Grill Room
Ground Floor, The Plaza, Jaya 33, 

Section 13, Petaling Jaya.
Tel: 03-7932-3228
Opening hours: 10am-10pm

The Lazy Cook: D.I.Y. Nissin Instant Noodle

又是懒人午餐的时间。单吃泡面很单调。吃泡面也可以吃得多样化。以上材料都可以在超市买得到。这一次泡面的配料有一盒已切成薄片的五花肉、一包金针菇和一盒cherry tomatoes。这些分量可以煮两人份。

材料次序建议先放猪肉再放cherry tomatoes最后放面和金针菇。猪肉是生的，当然煮久一点也比较安全。Cherry tomatoes 煮的皮略裂开了就好了，太软的话没什么口感。金针菇煮太久的话也会绵绵的，完全没有口感，所以等到最后跟面一起煮几分钟就好。