When life throws change, you catch it and run with it! I was originally supposed to go to Melbourne this December, but things decided to take a different turn, so instead of meeting my parents there, they flew over to Perth for a weekend. The biggest challenge was that I was instructed specifically not to involve food and coffee. Well… considering I know nothing else, what was I going to show my parents as “fun things to do in WA”?

A lot of what they wanted to do was undoable without a car – such as a Margaret River tour. However, I was lucky enough to discover a tour bus in the Swan Valley which could cover Caversham Wildlife Park as well as a wine and beer tour! That sounded like fun! My parents also wanted to “catch the famous Perth ferry” which I assumed was Rottnest since that’s what you take the ferry for as a tourist.

It turned out to be a great time, even with some last minute itinerary changes and my limited knowledge of how to do an actual “Perth tour” of Perth. Continue reading →