Perth Travel Stories

Dec 8, 2017 • 4 min read

A cluster of urban villages surrounds the heart of Perth city. Each has its own distinctive personality, whether hipster, grungy, multicultural or trendy,…

Sep 21, 2017 • 6 min read

Rottnest Island or Wadjemup (its Aboriginal name) has long been a playground for Perth’s outdoorsy population, but thanks to a very cute marsupial, the…

Jul 10, 2017 • 4 min read

Lonely Planet Local Fleur Bainger stopped in Perth on the way to Melbourne, and never left. Since that time in 2006, she keeps finding reasons to stay…

Jun 9, 2017 • 4 min read

For almost half a century, Australia’s Indian Pacific train has traced a three-day journey by rail between Sydney and Perth. Its 4,352km route between the…

May 3, 2017 • 6 min read

City tripping can be hungry work – and these days the options are seemingly endless. But what if you'd rather forgo the freakshake and bubble-waffle fads…

Dec 13, 2016 • 5 min read

Perth’s dining scene has reinvented itself over the past few years, with small bars championing petite eats, kitchens opening later, and standards…

Oct 19, 2015 • 6 min read

The port city of Fremantle, on Australia’s west coast, is like an old friend you haven’t seen for years. Time may have passed but the connection is felt…

Apr 1, 2015 • 5 min read

Perth is one of the most isolated major cities on the planet. Framed by endless cobalt skies, it stands remote at the western edge of Australia's massive…

Sep 22, 2009 • 2 min read

Australia's largest state, to describe Western Australia as vast is an understatement.  Much of its 2.5 million square kilometres is rough and dry, rich…