Swan River, Perth

From Perth

Today we explored downtown Perth on foot and took a boat cruise up the Swan River.

The centre of Perth is quite compact, and really only consists of about 8 blocks between three main streets, so easy to see everything on foot within about 2 hours, assuming you do not stop off at any of the attractions on the way. Nothing that is too photogenic, but the city is still impressive for the quality of its newer buildings and its general neat, tidy, and clean appearance.

We stopped for a couple of hours in the city's art gallery, which includes a fine collection of modern Aboriginal art. In the afternoon, we did the boat trip upriver. Not much of note to see, but a pleasant enough trip.