PERTH GOLF

Secret harbour Golf Course
Secret Harbour
Designed by the renowned golf architect and player, Graham Marsh, Secret Harbour Golf Links reflects the style of the traditional Scottish courses such as Muirfield, Turnberry and St. Andrews. To all golfers who are used to treelined parkland courses this will present a totally new and exciting challenge, and one to be savored.Go to Golf Page

HIGHLIGHT Tours/Cruises

Perth tours
Hop On Hop Off City Bus Tour Enjoy the unique experience of our hop-on-hop-off double decker tour of Perth. An open top Double Decker bus guarantees a bird's eye view of Kings Park and the City's attractions.
Be guided around by our friendly drivers while listening to informative and professional commentary.
Hop-on-hop-off privileges at eleven (11) stops and tickets are valid for 48 hours.

Margaret River Winery Tours
Margaret River Luxury Wine Tour: The Margaret River area is Western Australia’s best know wine region and is known for its elegant premium white wines and distinctive premium red wines
Their personalised small group luxury 4WD wine tours to the Margaret River region specialise in providing for people who are discerning and passionate about their wine, take pleasure in their food and delight in a great day out.
Tour Highlights
Moss Wood for Private Barrel.... Room and Cellar Tasting. Lunch at award winning Voyager Estate....
Visit  two other wineries of your choice or our recommendation.....
Cape Mentelle, Cullen, Evans & Tate, Howard Park / Mad Fish,
Leeuwin Estate, Moss Wood, Windance, Woodlands, Vasse Felix. Advise of your choice when booking this tour

Perth Tours
York Northam Toodyah Tour: York is a charming rural town rich in Victorian and Federation buildings. Visit the Court House Museum, Browse at York Mill Gallery and take a look around in the local shops.
York is one of the premier historical towns in Western Australia and one of the best preserved historical towns in the whole of Australia. With its historical buildings, natural beauty and close proximity to Perth York has emerged and the State’s premier festival town.
Northam is a large central wheat belt town in the heart of the Avon Valley agricultural community. Farming and Grazing Wheat Sheep and Cattle. We have lunch over looking the Avon River. Northam is home to a colony of white swans. Walk on the Suspension Bridge, which crosses the Avon River near the town centre.
Toodyay located by the Avon River. Many of its buildings date back to the convict era. Toodyay is a picturesque township with a village atmosphere. Visit Connors Mill Museum or go for a walk in the village
This tour presents a wonderful opportunity to see a premier Western Australian agrigcultural region a short drive from Perth.

Perth Tours
Dolphins at Monkey Mia: Shark Bay’s World Heritage Area is outstanding on a global scale, on par with some of the most famous natural treasures on earth.
To be listed for United Nations’ World Heritage an area needs to meet only one of four criteria. Of the 166 Natural World Heritage sites on our planet, only 19 meet all of the criteria, among these sites are the Galapagos Islands, the Great Barrier Reef, the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park and… Shark Bay. Now you can discover the secrets of this unique and awesome wilderness.

Perth Tours
Dolphins and wildlife sailing day cruises: Marvel at Shark Bay's famous dolphin, dugong and other marine wildlife when you come day cruising on the catamaran "Aristocat 2". It's an exciting wildlife sailing cruise off Monkey Mia beach in the Shark Bay World Heritage Area of Western Australia
Dolphins up close and personal is only part of your Shark Bay cruising adventure when you sign for one of our marine wildlife cruises. Your skipper and crew are experts at finding the pods of dolphins, dugong and other marine creatures which inhabit the Shark Bay World Heritage Park. Sharks, turtles, rays, sea snakes and whales can often appear when least expected so rest assured, you'll never be bored.

Highlight Tours
National Parks & Wildlife
Shark Bay world heritage Area
Ningaloo Reef
Pernululu National park
Karijini National Park
Margaret River Wineries
Fremantle City & Regions
We use & recommend local experienced
Aussie tour operators for all add-on tours

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Vacation Australia's Kangaroo Kelly will include any tour of your choice in your custom planned itinerary!

Vacation Australia provides self drive or driver guide luxury coach tours to independent groups.
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City Highlights

Perth, the go-ahead capital of Western Australia, a State bigger than many countries, set on the banks of the sparkling Swan River, a few miles from the Indian Ocean and a short way downstream is the vibrant, historic port of Fremantle. Population 1.5 million

Visit the Perth Mint to see how coins are made, witness a gold pour and mint a coin or medallion. Visit Kings Park, a popular picnic area with many walking trails and a 30 acre/12 hectare botanical garden, famous for its spring wildflowers. The Park is a pleasant walk from the city centre and is well serviced by public transport and the Perth Tram. Located in the city centre is the Art Gallery of Western Australia, housing a collection of Aboriginal art, Australian and international paintings and sculptures.

Perth enjoys more hours of sunshine than any other capital city in Australia. Its warm sunny climate, clear blue skies and beautiful beaches are making it an increasingly popular destination with tourists.

There is good shopping available, plenty of riverside and beachside restaurants and cafes, a 24 hour world class casino, international quality golf courses, over 80 kilometres (50 miles) of white sandy beaches and a huge range of outdoor activities and experiences to enjoy.

Perth is an ideal base from which you can explore the diverse surrounding attractions. Only minutes away, you can visit wineries with sumptuous lunches, swim with wild dolphins in their natural environment, holiday on an island, and explore the colourful port city of Fremantle

Sports to see:

Horse racing.
Aussie Rules football and international cricket.
Tennis - Hyandai Hopman's Cup Dec 29/Jan 5
Formula 1 road racing
Boardsailing Championships
12 metre and Round the World sailing
Track Cycling championships
Triathlon Championships
Heineken Golf Classic.
Johnny Walker Cup (golf)

The Vines Resort

Perth - Western Australia golf

Play many wonderful world class resort courses such as Lake Kurrinyup, Joondalup, The Vines where you can stay and play in absolute luxury. Two of the very best private golf clubs are Royal Perth and Royal Fremantle. There are many other great golf courses to play in the Perth, Fremantle and Margaret River regions. Play all year round.

Click on the golf ball on the left hand side-bar to see Perth Golf

Golf & Wine

Kangaroo Kelly says, "The wineries of the Margaret River Region stretch over some 60km, from Cape Naturaliste in the north to almost Augusta in the south. See Margaret River. Overnight stay at the Perth Burswood Casino Hotel or other Perth,or Fremantle hotel. Stay at the Margaret River Resort.

Nightlife

International cuisine has its epicentre in Northbridge. Taste excellent Western Australian fish and seafood including freshwater lobster, king prawns and oysters. Try your luck at the Burswood Casino Resort, a large complex set in beautiful parkland close to the centre of Perth. Burswood offers 5 star accommodation, a convention centre, recreation facilities, nine restaurants and six bars. The casino has an international room and private gaming rooms.

Beyond the City

Places of interest - Founded in 1829, Fremantle, 11 miles/18 km south-west of Perth, is a colourful busy port at the mouth of the Swan River, easily accessible by bus, train, ferry and taxi. Take a leisurely cruise from Barrack Street jetty to the Swan River wineries, Rottnest Island lies 11 miles/18 km off the coast of Fremantle. The island is known for its quokkas (small kangaroo like marsupials), beautiful beaches and clear waters teeming with marine life. Bicycles are the main form of transport. Ferry services leave from Fremantle and Perth. There are also flights from Perth. Avon valley, 62 miles/100 km east of Perth, is an agricultural area rich in spring wildflowers from September to November. Wildflower tours run from late August to late October.

Goldfields 373 miles/600 km east of Perth. Towns such as Kalgoorlie, Coolgardie, and Kanowna struck it rich in the 1890's. Now, most are more ghost than gold although Kalgoorlie is the fastest growing gold producer in the world.
Visit the Museum of the Goldfields and historic Coolgardie. Take a Ghost Towns tour, a camel trek or a ride on the hour long commentary train around Kalgoorlie's golden mile. Daily air, coach and train services operate from Perth.

Discover the State's south

Known for its wineries, coastal scenery, surfing beaches and limestone caves at Margaret River. Don't miss the unique tree top walk near Walpole. Albany, a resort town and former whaling port located on the picturesque Princess Royal Harbour, 249 miles/409 km south -east of Perth. There is excellent estuary fishing and magnificent coastal scenery in the Torndirrup National Park.

Discover the State's North

Located in the Nambung National Park, north of Perth, are the Pinnacles - limestone pillars in the desert landscape. Further north is Shark Bay, a world heritage-listed area of great significence. Here is Monkey Mia, well known for its friendly dolphins which come to the shallows every day.

Rangers are on hand to supervise. Ningaloo Reef, 702 miles/1130 km north of Perth, is Australia's closest fringing reef and the focus of Ningaloo Marine Park. It can be reached by boat from Coral Bay and offers scuba diving or snorkelling. Semi submersible boats offer a close look at the reef without getting wet.

Karijini National Park in the Pilbara region, 870 miles/1400 km north of Perth, has ancient gorges and rugged ranges. Tour fascinating mine and port excursions to Tom Price, Newman and Dampier. The Kimberly, a vast region in the State's north, offers wild contrasts - from the pearling town of Broome to the spectacular gorges of west Kimberly and the rugged East Kimberly Ranges.

Visit the Argyle Diamond Mine, near Kununurra, the world's largest open cut diamond mine.

Other Regions

Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie is the fastest growing gold producer in the world. Visit the museum of the goldfields and historic Coolgardie. Take a ghost towns tour, a camel ride or ride on the hour long "Rattler" commentary train around Kalgoorlie's golden mile. Take an evening or night tour or Hay Street and Langtrees Bordello. Camping or overnight at your choice of hotel or motor inn

Esperance
The name, roughly translated, is French for 'hope' and it's the French that are credited with the towns discovery, naming it and other local landmarks whilst sheltering from a storm in this area in 1792. Whalers, sealers and pirates followed as did pastoralists and miners, keen to cash in on free land and a gold boom to the north at Kalgoorlie. Today, tourism, agriculture and fishing steer the economy of this stunning coastal community.

Albany
a resort town and former whaling port located on the picturesque Princess Royal harbour. Go whale watching, river and estuary fishing.

Margaret River
Nornalup National Park. See giant forests and scenic coastal views. Wineries, excellent golf courses, there are so many things to do and see in this region.

 

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Getting Around

Public transport within the central city is free. The very popular CATS bus service travels on fixed east-west and north-south routes, guaranteeing the traveller's return to their point of boarding. Two major bus terminals and the central train station make public transport access to other suburbs in Perth an inexpensive and easy travel option.

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Vacation Australia's "Kangaroo Kelly" has comprehensively golf and travelled all States in Australia over a period of 44 years. He not only knows the popular tourist regions but also knows the favourite places of the crafty locals.

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