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Planning
Use this page if you are new to Perth or planning for visitors. Choose one main area first, then add nearby stops instead of crossing the whole city in one day.
Last fact-checked: 2026-09-24
Planning
For a first city day, start with Elizabeth Quay, Kings Park, Perth Cultural Centre, WA Museum Boola Bardip or The Perth Mint. These pages keep the day close to the CBD, river and central transport links.
For a Fremantle day, keep the plan around Fremantle Prison, Fremantle Markets, the maritime museums, heritage streets and Bathers Beach. Fremantle works best when you walk a compact area rather than adding distant suburbs.
For a coast day, choose one main beach area such as Cottesloe, Scarborough, City Beach or Hillarys, then check weather, wind, patrols and transport before leaving.
For families, choose one main attraction first. Perth Zoo, Scitech, AQWA, Kings Park and Caversham Wildlife Park are easier to plan when you do not overload the day.
For a first Perth day, compare Kings Park, Elizabeth Quay and the Perth Cultural Centre because they are central and easy to rearrange. Fremantle works better as its own cluster of markets, prison, maritime museums and coast. Rottnest Island, Swan Valley and the Perth Hills need separate transport and weather decisions.
Do not treat a popularity list as a fixed itinerary. Choose one anchor attraction, one nearby secondary stop and a fallback that suits the same area.
Check timed tours, admission, transport and closing times on official pages. Keep attractions in the same area and allow for meals, heat and walking. For a no-car day, confirm the last connection as well as the outward trip.
Priority Family Attractions
Choose one main family stop first, then add a nearby park, foreshore, food break or short indoor backup only if the day still feels manageable.
Plan a Perth Zoo visit with animal highlights, current ticket prices, keeper talks, a suggested route, ferry directions and practical family access advice.
Scitech is a hands-on science centre in West Perth with more than 100 interactive exhibits, live science experiences and planetarium shows included in general admission.
Plan a visit to AQWA at Hillarys: shark tunnel, seadragons, coral displays, tickets, seasonal hours, family facilities and accessible transport advice.
Plan Caversham Wildlife Park with koala and wombat experiences, current prices, a half-day schedule, train directions and family accessibility information.
Plan Kings Park with named garden highlights, the Federation Walkway, family play areas, free buses, accessible routes and a practical first-visit plan.
Family park
Whiteman Park can fill most of a day: bushland, picnic areas, playgrounds and transport heritage are spread over a large site. Park entry is free , while museums, rides or booked activities may have separate prices and hours. Decide on a few stops instead of arriving at the main gate and expecting everything to be within one short walk.
Adventure World is a Perth theme and water-park attraction for families who want rides, seasonal outdoor fun and clear age or height-rule planning.
Perth's Outback Splash in Bullsbrook combines water play with other activities. It is a ticketed, seasonal park; choose the day's activities around your children's ages and the posted ride rules.
Priority Museum Attractions
Plan a visit to WA Museum Boola Bardip: Otto the whale, Aboriginal stories, meteorites, family highlights, tickets, access and suggested gallery routes.
Explore Fremantle's WA Maritime Museum, from Australia II and pearling luggers to HMAS Ovens. Plan tickets, gallery highlights, access and a visit route.
The Perth Mint is an East Perth heritage attraction where a 60-minute guided Gold Tour covers gold history, a live gold pour and major bullion displays.
Scitech is a hands-on science centre in West Perth with more than 100 interactive exhibits, live science experiences and planetarium shows included in general admission.
World Heritage former prison and guided-tour attraction
Compare Fremantle Prison tours, free gatehouse displays, accessibility and practical transport before planning your visit.
Public art museum and gallery
Plan an AGWA visit with current gallery hours, collection highlights, family activities, accessible facilities and transport advice.
Priority Art Galleries
Public art museum and gallery
Plan an AGWA visit with current gallery hours, collection highlights, family activities, accessible facilities and transport advice.
Contemporary visual and performing arts venue
Plan a PICA visit with current exhibition dates, free admission details, entrance directions during precinct works, parking and accessibility information.
Public university art gallery
A practical guide to Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery in Crawley, with exhibition dates, temporary closure information, access facilities and transport advice.
University contemporary art gallery
Plan a visit to John Curtin Gallery at Curtin University in Bentley, with exhibition information, opening hours, parking and a guide to the separate city venue.
Cultural centre and public gallery
Plan a Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre visit around its free exhibitions, café and shop hours, separate events and important upper-level access limits.
Commercial Aboriginal art gallery
Plan a free exhibition visit to Japingka on High Street, with current hours, programme context, access questions and practical buying guidance.
Priority Parks And Gardens
Plan Kings Park with named garden highlights, the Federation Walkway, family play areas, free buses, accessible routes and a practical first-visit plan.
Formal garden
Queens Gardens is an old-style city garden with waterlily ponds, lawns and trees. The Peter Pan statue gives children something to seek out, but the ponds and quieter corners are the reason to stay longer. It is a public garden, distinct from the former Queens Gardens car park discussed in separate city planning news.
River foreshore
The South Perth Foreshore is a chain of reserves, not a single lawn with one address. Sir James Mitchell Park, South Perth Esplanade, Mill Point and Clydesdale each give a slightly different angle across the Swan River. Decide whether you want the ferry, a playground, a picnic or a longer waterside walk before choosing where to start.
Family park
Whiteman Park can fill most of a day: bushland, picnic areas, playgrounds and transport heritage are spread over a large site. Park entry is free , while museums, rides or booked activities may have separate prices and hours. Decide on a few stops instead of arriving at the main gate and expecting everything to be within one short walk.
National park
John Forrest rewards a full day more than a rushed waterfall stop. There are picnic sites, winter-flowing falls, historic railway country and tracks ranging from a short stroll to a more demanding walk. The park is also being improved, so check the current trail and parking notices before following an older map.
Choose a koala visit, Crystal Cave tour and named walk, with prices, picnic information and practical access advice.
Priority Beaches
Plan a beach walk, swim or sunset at Cottesloe, with practical transport, facilities and access information.
Plan a Scarborough Beach visit with swimming and surf advice, free Surf CAT transport, beach wheelchairs, facilities and a relaxed coastal outing.
Open-ocean swimming beach and foreshore
Plan a City Beach visit around foreshore facilities, current beach conditions, patrol information and bookable accessibility equipment.
Surf beach and foreshore reserve
Plan a Trigg visit for surf watching, ocean swimming and Clarko Reserve, with clear reef, patrol and transport checks.
Plan a reef-lagoon visit at North Beach with clear cautions about changing snorkelling conditions, outer-reef surge and the water-access route.
Hillarys Boat Harbour is a marina and waterfront precinct for Sorrento Quay, AQWA, dining, ferry departures, harbour walks and protected swimming.
Priority Markets
Markets work best when paired with a nearby walk, museum, beach or food street rather than treated as the whole Perth plan.
Explore Fremantle Markets with Hall and Yard opening hours, named traders, food stops, building history, accessibility advice and a nearby walking route.
Farmers market
The Saturday market at Perth City Farm feels like a small city pause: fresh produce, a working garden and coffee in East Perth. Its seasonal hours change in December, so arrive for the correct morning rather than relying on the farm's weekday opening hours.
Farmers market
Subi Farmers Market fills the Subiaco Primary School site on Saturday mornings. It is a community-run place to buy fresh produce and meet producers, not a daily market or a permanent row of the same vendors. Its short year-end break matters if you are visiting around Christmas or New Year.
Artisan market
Perth Upmarket turns Winthrop Hall and its surrounds at the University of Western Australia into a design market on selected Sundays. It is an occasional event, not an every-weekend market. The next date on the organiser's site as checked 25 September 2026 is Sunday 22 November 2026 .
Makers market
Perth Makers Market is an event series for goods handmade in Western Australia, not a permanent shop with daily hours. Most visitors will find the easiest starting point is the next event page: it names the location, time and participating makers. Dates can shift between Applecross and Burswood, so the venue matters as much as the market name.
Beach market
Winter markets run on Saturdays through 24 October 2026. The organiser announces summer Thursday evenings from 5 November 2026 to 29 April 2027; confirm visitor hours and holiday exceptions.
Priority Wildlife
Compare managed wildlife attractions, aquariums, island wildlife and national-park pages by weather, transport and how much walking your group wants.
Plan a Perth Zoo visit with animal highlights, current ticket prices, keeper talks, a suggested route, ferry directions and practical family access advice.
Plan Caversham Wildlife Park with koala and wombat experiences, current prices, a half-day schedule, train directions and family accessibility information.
Plan a visit to AQWA at Hillarys: shark tunnel, seadragons, coral displays, tickets, seasonal hours, family facilities and accessible transport advice.
Island wildlife
Quokkas live wild on Wadjemup / Rottnest Island, and watching one forage can be the quiet highlight of a visit. They are not pets or performers. You may see them around the main settlement, or further along an island walk or ride. Give yourself time for the whole island rather than trying to arrange a close-up “quokka selfie.”
Penguin Island is a small conservation island off Shoalwater with seasonal public access, seabird habitat, boardwalks and ferry-based visitor trips.
Choose a koala visit, Crystal Cave tour and named walk, with prices, picnic information and practical access advice.
Official source: Transperth JourneyPlanner
