Not many tourists to Western Australia venture out of Perth, and if they do they tend towards Margaret River. The same could be said for the majority of Perth residents who rarely venture out of the metropolitan area. It’s a great shame, as only an hour or so from Perth lies the beautiful Avon Valley. Reminiscent of the...

Aruluen Botanic Park is 35km south-east of Perth in the Darling Range, with breathtaking gardens and scenery as well as a cafe, coffee shop, and free to use barbecues. Aruluen is well known for the multitude of flowers in bloom in the Spring season. Photographs [Show as...

50km north of Perth, and only a few hundred metres off shore, lies the ghost ship Alkimos. Once part of the United States’ Liberty ship program at the tail end of World War II, it was re-assigned to the Norwegian Shipping & Trade Mission under the name Viggo Hansteen. It served as a troop and cargo ship within...