Day Tripping from Perth - The Beginning

This blog is dedicated to the pursuit of finding something interesting within a day's travel from the city of Perth.

My SIL (and the clever lady who suggested I put my little trips on a blog) is Japanese. In the last few years, since she and my brother returned from living in Tokyo, we have a fair number of visitors to Perth. Every time we make plans to be a 'guide' for one of our visitors we stand around scratching our heads wondering what could possibly be interesting for them to see.

Having been born and bred in Perth, I have pretty much taken for granted most of what my local area has to offer. When living or visiting in other countries I make a pretty good tourist, I want to see everything (or at least as much as possible) in the short time available. So my challenge is to become a tourist in my own town.

I have roughly a six hour gap on a weekday to travel from Perth (and a little longer on weekends but I always aim to be back in my own bed every night). How far can I travel, where can I go and what will I discover in and around the edges of Perth?

Map of Perth, WA from Google Maps

Please keep in mind that the opinions shared in this blog are just my opinions, you might not agree with them and that's cool. We can agree to disagree or if you feel I got it totally wrong about your favourite place leave me a comment suggesting how I can enjoy the experience (or what I should put on my must see list) on my next visit. Now let's settle in and just have a bit of fun.