Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the state of Western Australia.
Perth is the capital and largest city of the state of Western Australia. It is the fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.2 million in the city and 2.3 million within Greater Perth as of 2023. The world's most isolated major city by certain criteria, Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of Perth's metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which its central business district and port of Fremantle are situated.
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Worth seeing in and around Perth
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia is a public research university in Crawley, Western Australia, Australia. UWA was established in 1911 by an act of the Parliament of Western Australia.
8 km · university in Perth, Western Australia · Wikipedia - 02Curtin University
Curtin University is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia from 1941 to 1945, and is Western Australia's largest university, with 58,607 students in 2022.
800 m · university in Perth, Western Australia · Wikipedia - 03Perth Rectangular Stadium
Perth Rectangular Stadium is a stadium located near the Perth central business district. It is primarily used for soccer and rugby union as the home ground of Perth Glory FC in the A-League Men and the Western Force in the Super Rugby Pacific.
6.7 km · stadium in Vincent, Western Australia · Wikipedia - 04Perth Stadium
Perth Stadium is a stadium located in the Perth suburb of Burswood. It is primarily used for Australian rules football and cricket as the home ground of the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League and the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League.
5.5 km · stadium in Perth, Western Australia · Wikipedia - 05Murdoch University
Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with additional campuses in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975.
9.6 km · university in Western Australia · Wikipedia - 06Central Park
Central Park is a 51-storey office tower in Perth, Western Australia. The building measures 226 m from its base at St Georges Terrace to the roof, and 261.7 m to the tip of its communications mast.
6.6 km · skyscraper in Perth, Western Australia · Wikipedia - 07Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University is a public research university in Western Australia. It is named in honour of Edith Cowan, the first woman to be elected to an Australian parliament.
8.6 km · university in Perth, Western Australia · Wikipedia - 08Perth Arena
Perth Arena is an entertainment and sporting arena in the city centre of Perth, Western Australia, used mostly for basketball games. It is located on Wellington Street near the site of the former Perth Entertainment Centre, and was officially opened on 10 November 2012.
7.3 km · stadium in Perth, Western Australia · Wikipedia - 09Kings Park
Kings Park is a 400.6-hectare park overlooking Perth Water and the Perth central business district, Western Australia. The park is a mixture of grassed parkland, botanical gardens and natural bushland on Mount Eliza with two-thirds of the grounds conserved as native bushland.
7.7 km · park and botanical gardens in Perth, Western Australia · Wikipedia - 10Perth Zoo
Perth Zoo is a 17-hectare zoological park in South Perth, Western Australia. The zoo first opened in 1898, and by 2011 housed 1258 animals of 164 species and an extensive botanical collection.
5.3 km · zoo in Perth, Western Australia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Top sights in and around the city are: The renovated WA Museum, the Art Gallery of WA and PICA, and the Perth Mint — see city centre page. Kings Park and Botanic Gardens — see city centre page Fremantle Prison, Maritime Museum and Shipwrecks gallery — see Fremantle page Outside of the metropolitan area are some unspoilt national parks, unpopulated coasts and other interesting locations.
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Things to do
Cycle. Perth has excellent bike paths and fantastic weather almost all year round which makes it perfect for cycling. The paths that follow the Swan River are very scenic and mostly flat. You can take your own bike or hire a bicycle from one of the bike hire providers located near the Swan River.
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Where to eat
One of Perth's drawbacks is that its people have not embraced late night dining. Very few places will serve food after 10PM, even on Friday or Saturday nights. Most restaurants in Perth do not cater for vegetarians or vegans, and if they do - the range is extremely limited. If you are looking for a place that embraces vegetarian food, Fremantle is great. There is an extensive array of restaurants in Northbridge.
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Getting to Perth
- Airports
- Perth (PER), 9 km
- Stations
- Perth Airport, 9.1 km · Perth railway station, 6.6 km
- Port Hedland → Perth1322 km · quickest by air, 5h 25m · A$260–400
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Perth
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Perth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundA paper ticket purchasable from ticket machines at train stations and ferry jetties, and from bus drivers.
- Get aroundA ferry service operates between Elizabeth Quay in the city and Mends Street Jetty in South Perth.
- Get aroundElizabeth Quay train station is adjacent to the ferry terminal.
- Get aroundLocal Bicycle Routes (a series of on-road routes and some suburban off-road sections that run through parks).
- Go nextIt's a favourite place for day trips and overnight getaways from Perth, and once the home of Bushranger Moondyne Joe.
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- Bentleysuburb of Perth, Western Australia1.1 km
- Crawleysuburb of Perth, Western Australia7.5 km
- Booragoonsuburb of Perth, Western Australia7.6 km