Perth Shopping Mall

 Hay Street Mall.

Tengok ni. Not even checked in the hotel, we already on the way to check the mall out. Waiting for the Mall to be open shortly. In mean time we look out for
something to munch. Perut dah lapar balik.

Sebelum pusing lebih jauh baik cari makanan dulu.

While out and about, tetiba nampak kedai kebab Lebanese. So there were gonna be our breakfast..yum yum..Anyhow the guy took quite a while to get everything setup
as the kebab shop has just been opened.

Quite a number of kebabs variant. Kebabs.Coffee and Muffins. He took about 30 mins to get the machine running and hot. Pricewise more or less like in KL, only its now in Aussie Dollar. Everthing is almost 1 to 1 ratio.

Ni kira macam makan roti canai pagi pagi la....

Photo shoot while waiting for kebab..

Matahari nampak makin terang, but still winds wheezing quite chill...Macam dok dalam aircond, about 15-17 degress celcius.

Perth Underground Train

Target

Another side of the mall.

Night stroll.
Opss...pics is sideways, gotta tilt your head to the right.  BTW this is right infront
of th Mall entrance, with the catahedral on the back. Which is just few metres to
Criterio Hotel that we stayed in.....

continue....

PERTH MARCH 2013

Day 1 - arrival and into the city

Rekindling thru some old photos. Kinda trip down memory lane.

No chronicle of times. Photos are randomly selected. Latest one being first , so as easier for recalling information.

On the way to the Perth City soon after landed at the Perth. It was bright and beautiful Saturday morning .Sun was shining brightly but rather chill about 17 degrees.

We took a light breakfast and catch the coaster right into Perth city. Airport to the City Centre took approx 1hr drive by Aussie driving standard, possible twice as fast by Malaysian.

This was part of the airport. Probably same size as Malaysia's LCCT . Passengers arrival was light during that early morning.

You'd probably notice quite handful of Aussie Senior Citizen up and about in the Perth Airport. They are the Gold Coats. BTW, Gold Coast is in Brisbane ya...This is Gold Coats

Perth Airport has a wonderful group of volunteers called ‘Gold Coats’ who chose to volunteer and make a worthwhile contribution to people's travel experience.

'Gold Coats' (named for the yellow jackets they wear) assist passengers and visitors in the terminals by providing information and assistance where required. These volunteers help create a warm and welcoming environment for visitors, and a positive first and last impression of Western Australia for travellers

Sights for sore eyes. Bright blue skies with hardly clouds yet it was kind of chill to the bone. It was around 8am though. Saturday.

 Hardly any traffic.Hardly people on the street too, except some people,ie son and dad hehe.. cycling.

Some of prehistoric building, cowboy like achitecture are maintained , restored and still look good.

Spotted the 1st backpacker place along the way. One of the travellers in the same van disembarked here. Still no sign of crowd at this time.

Hmmm...no one out here just yet...maybe in a little while later..

Finally aha...there's someone here walking on the street. Maybe just another traveller. Shops were not opened yet. It was just about 09:00am.

 In to the city. mix of old building in stretch and high rises on the back. Traffic was easy, well almost hardly any traffic at this hour.

 This is almost reaching the Hotel. We stayed in The Criterion Hotel on the Hay Street

Checking in Criterion Hotel Perth

We decided to stay in right in the middle of the City Centre rather than earlier plan to rent an apartment outside and drive into the city.

Criterion Hotel is at 560 Hay St, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia.
Words has it that its ranked 33rd out of 60 over Perth hotels around.
It was under some reconstruction when we arrived especially on the frontal facing the street and in the lobby. The hotel internal has the heritage feature, but look very solid tohugh, possibly built in 1930s. probably look better after refurbishing. Staff were monosyllabic, not the 'authentic Aussie', probably some part timers students.

This is a budget hotel is smack in the centre of Perth CBD, just a few steps from the Perth Shopping mall. Location wise,it saved us heaps on transport considering cabs are so expensive. Free central bus service stops just at the doorstep. Right across the road.

All the amenities, Perth Shopping Mall is just 5 min. walking distance and can be seen right from the hotel entrance. The goverment building and some offices are along the stretch of Hay Street. Restaurants and eateries are abundance. No problem to cari makan.

The famous Swan River is about 20 minutes walk from the hotel passing through the Perth Shopping Mall. The main train station is about 10 minutes away.Mosque ,museum, shops, residentials and other are dekat dekat ajer...Jalan Kejap dah sampai. 

We opt to jalan kaki jer most of the times in the city, to get close feel on the streets.So we did not at all aboard the Free City Buses...to be continued

So this is the lobby..

And you can see Monzel's BFF, Batrisyia is sitting at once corner of the lobby.

We actually arrived about 1.5 hours earlier prior to the check in time. So ,simpan beg beg bagak tu semua kat store, then we all terus pergi mall tu........