Perfect Perth Walking Tour: Historic Streets, Sculptures and Stories

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Perfect Perth Walking Tour: Historic Streets, Sculptures and Stories

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Perth audio tour: Perfect Perth Walking Tour: Historic Streets, Sculptures and Stories
This is a 1.9mi walking tour.
It takes an average of 60 mins to complete.
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About the Tour

Perth is a unique Australian city that’s packed with exciting architecture, colourful characters, contemporary sculptures, and engaging local history. On this walking tour, you’ll explore the heart of its business district, hearing stories about colonial settlement, Aboriginal heritage, and the people who shaped this unique metropolis.

This tour starts at Perth Train Station on Wellington Street and past historic arcades and pedestrian malls. You’ll discover how this small city developed within tight constraints, with the Swan River to the south and east, swamp land to the north, and Kings Park to the west.

You’ll pass grand government buildings and peaceful garden retreats, and experience the diverse elements that make Perth special. The tour ends at Elizabeth Quay Train Station, where an entertaining amusement park once drew crowds with its charitable competitions.

On this hour-long tour, you’ll have a chance to:

  • Discover the ’Big Green Cactus’ sculpture that cost a million dollars and divides public opinion
  • Admire the Old Perth GPO’s Beaux Arts architecture, built on nine-meter Jarrah logs due to unstable soil
  • See Percy Button’s bronze statue caught mid-handstand, celebrating this famous 1930s street entertainer
  • Watch the ’Jousting Knights’ perform every hour at London Court’s medieval entrance
  • Walk through St George’s Cathedral with its majestic vaulted ceilings and rose window
  • Stand among the bronze kangaroos on St George’s Terrace next to the giant blue astronaut sculpture, which honors NASA astronaut John Glenn
  • Visit Stirling Gardens, Perth’s oldest public space, where colonial botanist James Drummond worked
  • Learn about Captain James Stirling’s founding ceremony for the Swan River Colony in 1829

By the end of this tour, you’ll have encountered the blend of local history, culture, and architecture that makes Perth an unforgettable destination, and a photographer’s dream come true.

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Architecture Colonial History Parks And Gardens

Tour Producer

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Clive Gregory

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G'day my name is Clive and I'm an accredited Australian Tour Guide, public speaker and accomplished amateur thespian. I have a professional Indigenous Cultural Knowledge Certificate III in guiding from Charles Darwin University and have guided tourists to Central and Western Australia for over 30 years. I'm a member of the EcoTour Guides Association of Australia who are mindful of the environmental effects of tour guiding has on our local environment and we share the 'minimal impact' philosophy with both tourists and visitors alike.

Born in Africa, raised in England and subsequently Australia my culturally diverse background gives me a unique multi – layered social approach and faceted views of the many unique points of interest in all locations within which I guide. This benefits visitors & tourists alike that come to experience the Real Australia.

I started my journey with VoiceMap in 2019 when I saw a need for fully independent travelers (F.I.T.'s) to have a 'tour guide in your pocket' so that they could enjoy my tours in their own time and at their own pace. This is a far cry from my organised Tour Guiding days where large groups of tourists had to travel together on coaches for days on end and had to endure a 'set menu' itinerary with little choice. VoiceMap is a far better way to have your own Australian experience in your own way. Bespoke touring at it's finest.

So come and join me on our VoiceMap tours and experience Australia as you deserve; in your own time and your own pace with an expert guide in your pocket.

I hope you enjoy our tours as much as I did making them.

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Preview Location

Location 24

Government House

Turn right and keep going. St Georges Terrace should now be to your right.

Coming up on your left is Government House.

Government House is the official residence of the Governor of Western Australia and has been used by successive governors since the establishment of the... Read More
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Major Landmarks

  • Wellington Street

  • The Big Cactus

  • Forrest Place

  • iCity Visitor Kiosk

  • Wesley Uniting Church

  • Hay Street Mall

  • Percy Buttons' Aspiration

  • Perth Town Hall

  • City of Perth Library

  • Ascalon @ St George's Cathedral

  • Point Zero

  • Burt Memorial Hall

  • The Deanery

  • St Andrew's Church

  • ANZAC House Veteran Central

  • Government House

  • Council House

  • Kangaroos in the Perth CBD

  • The Monument of Alexander Forrest

  • Stirling Gardens

  • Supreme Court of Western Australia

  • Old Court House Law Museum

  • Supreme Court Gardens

  • The Bell Tower

  • Barrack Street Jetty

  • The Island at Elizabeth Quay - Restaurant & Microbrewery in Perth

  • Elizabeth Quay Bridge

  • First Contact Sculpture

  • Ferry Elizabeth Quay

  • Gondolas on the Swan

  • Oyster Bar Elizabeth Quay

  • Elizabeth Quay

  • Spanda

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Getting There

Route Overview

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  1. Start location
    Wellington St, Perth WA 6000, Australia
  2. Total distance
    3km
  3. Final location
    Perth WA 6000, Australia
  4. Distance back to start location
    668.58m

Directions to Starting Point

This walking tour begins in front of the above ground Perth City Railway Station on Wellington Street, right in the heart of the City of Perth in Western Australia. It's very easy to get to by rail from all directions. From the Northern Yanchep line, the southern Mandurah and Armadale lines, the western Fremantle line, the eastern Midland line or directly off the plane from the Perth airport line. It's an absolute breeze and you don't need a car. However, if you are driving there is ample parking around the station but a word to the wise in that earlier is better.

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Places to stop along the way

There is an oversupply of great restaurants, bars and coffee shops in the Perth CBD. The Oyster Bar on Elizabeth Quay is one of my favorites. There are also places of architectural and historical importance that needs more time to explore. On this tour I recommend that you go inside St Georges Cathedral on St Georges Terrace and have a good look at the high ceilings and stain glass windows. The inside of the Old (But recently restored) Government Buildings on St Georges Terrace is also worth a look.

Best time of day

From 7.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday and 8.00am to 6.00pm Saturdays & Sundays.

Precautions

There has been an increase in homeless people in the CBD over the recent years. While they don't present an immediate concern visitors are cautioned not to approach.

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Last Updated

28 Jul 2025

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