Travel: Australia - Perth

[Cuppamocha]

concern_mum:

Anybody tried farmstay in Perth? which farmstay is good?

We stayed at Margaret River Hideaway. The children loved it ! interacting with the farm animals and the care taker Julien is very helpful.

[jeparent]

Cuppamocha:

concern_mum:

Anybody tried farmstay in Perth? which farmstay is good?

We stayed at Margaret River Hideaway. The children loved it ! interacting with the farm animals and the care taker Julien is very helpful.

We stayed at this one, also at Margaret River

http://www.sunflowersfarm.com/

[jeparent]

concern_mum:

Looks like it is not too difficult to travel without driving. I intend to stay in Goodearth Hotel and via budget airline. How is Goodearth Hotel? is it very run down?

We stayed in 2008 . No complains and it met our budget. It is self-contained, so you can do some simple cooking.

As described by Just888, free shuttle city bus is around the corner. We also chose it because it is near to the car rental company.

[nissin]

Hi

We are going to visit Perth this May with 2 kids in tow and we do not wish to do a car rental as I had heard horror stories abt renters being charged or ripped off upon returning the car.

As ours is a free and easy trip, is it worthwhile to buy day tours from the hotel?
Is it easy to travel with 2 young kids via their public transport? Need some advice here… Tks.

[Rachelynn]

Just sharing my personal thots


Actually most of my friends self-drive in perth and they have no problem with car rental.

With a car it’s easier to travel to more areas and more relaxed. In Perth city itself and Fremantle, their buses are free but can be quite crowded. Day trips are expensive in aussie. Just a nearby day trip to Swan Valley will set you and yr family about $250 - $300 AUD.

We did a combo of self drive and without car (our last 3 days) in perth last year. We could really feel the difference in terms of convenience. And their airport shuttle buses are quite hit and miss type. They almost missed our time to the airport despite me emailing them reminders before my departure and also calling them one day before departure.

I will most probably be travelling to perth again during the May/June school holidays but this time I will opt for self drive all the way.

[nissin]

Rachelynn:

Just sharing my personal thots


Actually most of my friends self-drive in perth and they have no problem with car rental.

With a car it's easier to travel to more areas and more relaxed. In Perth city itself and Fremantle, their buses are free but can be quite crowded. Day trips are expensive in aussie. Just a nearby day trip to Swan Valley will set you and yr family about $250 - $300 AUD.

We did a combo of self drive and without car (our last 3 days) in perth last year. We could really feel the difference in terms of convenience. And their airport shuttle buses are quite hit and miss type. They almost missed our time to the airport despite me emailing them reminders before my departure and also calling them one day before departure.

I will most probably be travelling to perth again during the May/June school holidays but this time I will opt for self drive all the way.

Hi thanks for replying.

As we are only planning to visit Perth for 5 days, we will only visit the wildlife park, swan valley, Fremantle and some Perth city shopping, not forgetting the harbourtown..ha

Which car rental co. did u use previously? I had initially wanted to rent a car but besides the ripped off cases..the rental fee cum insurance etc is quite high also - ranging from AUD $500(collect from Perth city) to 800(from airport).
Day tour to the places I want to visit for a family is about AUD $580.
So we more or less decided to go with day tours as this is our first time there and save my hubby some hassles..

Guess it should be more worthwhile to rent a car if we are exploring more areas.

Btw, have you tried their hop on hop off buses and trams? We are including this in our plan but not too sure if it's too ley Cheh with kids.

[concern_mum]

Hi all


I intend to visit Perth this Nov and hv no intention to rent a car. We will visit area which are within walk or short distance via train or bus from Goothearth Hotel.

1.\tHarbour, swan lake,
2.\tfermentle
3.\tkings park
4.\tzoo ( take a ferry from the jetty)
5.\tspend a night at farm with Orchard Glory Resort. (AUS1500 for a family)

By the way, we need to apply visa to Australia, anybody how to do it?

[nissin]

concern_mum:

Hi all


I intend to visit Perth this Nov and hv no intention to rent a car. We will visit area which are within walk or short distance via train or bus from Goothearth Hotel.

1.\tHarbour, swan lake,
2.\tfermentle
3.\tkings park
4.\tzoo ( take a ferry from the jetty)
5.\tspend a night at farm with Orchard Glory Resort. (AUS1500 for a family)

By the way, we need to apply visa to Australia, anybody how to do it?

Hi
We will be staying at Goodearth hotel too! But we will be travelling at end May. Booked the 1 bedroom apartment. Heard it's just 5-10min walk to barrack jetty so I will buy the triple tour package from city sightseeing which includes the return captain cook cruise tour. This will take us to Fremantle.

As for Visa, I had shortlisted either JA travel or newway travel to do it for us. $10 per person.

How many days will u be spending in Perth?

[mezzo17]

Hi Ladies, am travelling to perth in April. Am going to rent a car from Hertz. The rental is pretty reasonable with unlimited mileage.

Regarding visas, can do it at Misa travel as well. They charged $10 per head

[concern_mum]

hi Nissin


how much is the captain cook cruise tour per pax?