Western Australia Perth : Airport Apartment by Aurum

Every year , I will bring my parents to one destination of their preferences for a trip.

This time round, we decide to be slightly more adventurous and try a non-Asia country, Perth.

My parents are more than 70 year old and quite conservative.

We took a flight that reach at around midnight.

It was not possible to rent a car at midnight. We decide to go visit Margaret River before Perth City.

We decided to book an apartment near the Airport.

We choose Airport Apartment by AURUM .

1.The apartment is it provide free transfer from Airport to the apartment to and back to the airport. We need to get back to the Airport in the morning to pick up our car.

It is safer for us to get  a good night sleep and set off tomorrow.

2. There are 2 toilets which make it much easier to get ready.

3. The price is quite reasonable as we are only staying for the night. 

Review of the place

1. The arrangement of the Airport transfer was easy. The driver was friendly and helped with our luggage. Good first impression.

2. The room was big and clean. There are two bedrooms, 2 toilet and a washing machine/dryer. The living room/kitchen is quite big with a sofa, bed, dining table and a fully equipped kitchen.

It is quite weird to see a bed right in the living room. There is also a balcony.

3. We did not get to try the kitchen nor the laundry facilities so we can't comment much. The shower is hot and not too weak. We had a good night sleep.

4. I am not sure if there is a lift or escalator. We took the stairs. Maybe email the apartment if you are need to know.

Overall, I am quite satisfied with the place and the free transfer. There is nothing around the apartment so breakfast will be at the airport or somewhere else. 

 The airport car which is a bit blur.. Sorry for the bad photo. 

The living room. I missed out the photo of the microwave. There is a microwave.

One of the double room.

One of the toilet with the laundry facilities.

  

outside view of my apartment

Australia Perth free and easy: Our 1 day walking tour Swan's bell Tower + King's Park + WA day Perth cultural center + supermarket

We did a walking tour on our own on the first day as our car rental only starts on the second day.

Took some nice photos on the walk to Swan's bell Tower

Finally reach the Swan's bell Tower, took around 20 to 30 minutes from our apartment at Hay Street.

It was not opened so we take some photos with it, not from within. And also the ticket is quite expensive.

Can check the opening hours

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

For couples

Behind the SWan's bell tower, there is this berth for you to relax and take some photos

King's park. We walked to King's park. Was a bit lost so we 40 minutes instead of the recommended 25 mins.

We tried to follow one of the tour on flora and fauna but it was bit boring to us. This is because we are not really into plants. The good thing is you can leave anytime you want. They will check with you before they proceed to any long walks. Can just try it out. It is conducted by volunteers

It has a nice view of Perth

You can bring your mat and food to have a nice little pinic.

There is maybe only one eatery around here so I will suggest that you bring your own snacks and drinks

Sounvenir shop

Stamps from the information service counter

Goodbye

Initially we wanted to take the bus to WA day at the Perth cultral center but the bus is not operating on weekends so we walked

Food trucks. There are quite a number of food trucks with wide selection of food. The queue was quite long and I was not in the mood to queue after walking for most part of my day. I did not try buying any food to eat here.

There are some activities going on at the cultural center, I will not say there is a lot but can take a look around.

Some nice photo spots along the way on our quest to search for a nice place for lunch

We found this nice place for lunch Northbridge Brewing company. The pizza was good  and the fried food was crispy and yummy. They specialise in beer, guess you know form the title

http://www.northbridgebrewingco.com.au/food/

We walked to the supermarket near our place, coles. We stock up on fresh food. We have a big kitchen and CBD is quite quiet in the evening. Bought some fresh fruits so we will stay health and pretty during the trip. Bought some snacks for our road trips. And bought some interesting to share with families and friends in Singapore

Rushed home to catch the sunset.

Cooked dinner. One to save cost, two as we are too tired to dine out and three to try out local produce and four to make use of our nice kitchen. After dinner, some healthy frozen yogurt from the supermarket.