It's Perth! - Day 4 (Part 2)

Assalamualaikum!

Semalam sepatutnya aku nak sudahkan entry untuk Part 2 Day 4, tapi sebabkan aku ada jiwa kacau. 1 ayat pun tak keluar dari jari-jemari aku ni. Puas duk pikir ayat ape yang sesuai nak type. End up, aku buntu terus layan cite. 

Arini dah ok skit jiwa aku…tak berapa nak kacau sebab dapat semangat baru. Persetankan mereka semua, yang penting aku hepy! 

Jom aku sambung Day 4 Part 2, lepas dah balik dari Fremantle, kami balik hostel dulu untuk solat dan refreshkan diri.  Lebih kurang pukul 2.30 camtu, we all gerak ke bus stop untuk ke Swan Bell Tower. Untuk ke Swan Bell Tower sebenarnya tak jauh pun kalo nak jalan kaki. Lebih kurang dalam 30 minit menapak je kalo kaki tu kental. Tapi apa gunanya transport pree kalo taknak gunakan. Betol x? Dah la pree, efficient lak tu. So, kalo korang nak pegi Swan Bell Tower ni, just naik Blue CAT Bus. Just tunggu kat mana-mana bus stop yang ada tanda atau signage Blue Cat. Kemudian, turun kat bus stop yang bernama Barrack Square. Iaitu betol-betol depan Swan Bell Tower ni. Mengadap Swan River dan jugak terminal ferry @ cruise. Memang cantikkk!!! 

Owh ya, kalo nak naik Swan Bell Tower ni ada entrance fee ye. Fee adalah sebanyak AUD13/pax. Untuk kanak-kanak aku lupa lak berapa. Last year, AUD11 je...dah naik AUD2. Sob sob sob. Tapi jangan risau, kalo nak kene bayar murah dengan diskaun. Sila print kupon diskaun sebanyak AUD5 kat website Swan Bell Tower. Tapi baru je aku tengok balik dah takde kupon tu. Tapi, jangan risau lagi....kalo korang dah sampai kat sana, jangan lupa amek buku panduan Perth & Fremantle. Bukunya sebesar size buku 555 je. Kat dalam tu, ade kupon AUD5 off untuk entrance masuk tower ni. Selamat mencuba! 

Sedikit sebanyak sejarah pasal Swan Bell Tower ni from Wikipedia:

"are a set of eighteen bells hanging in a specially built 82.5 metres (271 ft)-high copper and glass campanile in Perth, Western Australia. Taking their name from the Swan River, which their tower overlooks, and forming a sixteen-bell peal with two extra chromatic notes, they are one of the largest sets of change ringing bells in the world.

Twelve of the set are historic bells from St Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square in London; six others, cast in recent times by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, round off the set. The St Martin-in-the-Fields bells were donated to the State of Western Australia as part of the 1988 Australian bicentenary celebrations; the additional bells were cast with a subsequent donation of metals mined in Western Australia. The six newer bells include five which were presented to the University of Western Australia, the City of Perth and to the people of Western Australia from the City of London, the City of Westminster and a consortium of British and Australian mining companies, and one bell commissioned by the Western Australian Government." 

the oldest bell in Australia

Lagi info bila waktu best nak melawat:

The Bells ringing times are as follows:
Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday: 12:30pm - 2pm. 

There is also a Bells Handling Demonstration during the following times:
Monday, Tuesday, and Friday: 12pm - 2pm. 

Lepas dah puas merayap atas tower tu, kami turun menuju ke padang yang luas terbentang kat depan Swan Bell Tower tu. Nak jalan-jalan menuju ke branch ofis aku kat sini. Boleh berangan laaa bila laaa aku nak transfer kat sini lak. Best wooo….tingkap mengadap Swan River. Bila stress, boleh lepak kat padang ni. Dari padang ni, leh nampak tower tinggi mencanak ke langit. Perghhh..macam laaa tinggi sangat. Kalo korang datang padang ni, takdela pokok banyak sangat. Memang luas….plus akan nampak beberapa orang melakukan aktiviti sendiri. Ade yang baring, ade yang berlatih boxing, ada yang berjemur dan lain-lain lagi. Dari padang ni pun, akan nampak skyscrapers kat Perth. 

view from Swan Bell Tower observation deck

Next destination lak, kami tak tau nak pegi mana. Since hari masih cerah dan kami plan nak tengok view siang dan malam from King’s Park. Untuk bunuh masa, kami terus menuju ke Hay Street Mall dan jugak Murray Street Mall. Kat tengah-tengah city centre. Untuk ke sini just naik Blue CAT atau Red CAT dan turun kat bus stop Murray Street Mall. Kat sini ade banyak shopping stores dan jugak kedai-kedai souvenirs. Boleh laa kalo nak window shopping, real shopping or just jalan-jalan je. Best untuk lepak-lepak.

Bila dah puas jalan-jalan kawasan sekeliling, next destination pulak ialah King’s Park. Orang cakap, kalo datang Perth, memang tak sah kalo tak datang King’s Park. View dari atas King’s Park ni memang superb cantikk!!! Kawasan tumpuan orang ramai. Even, kawasan sekeliling pun sangat cantik. Rumput dipotong sebegitu kemas dan rapi. Untuk sampai ke sini, actually memang ade bus yang naik ke sini. Tapi bus berbayar lak. Kalo nak pegi dengan Blue CAT, boleh turun kat bus stop Mount Hospital. Kalo tengok maps untuk route CAT Bus lagi nampak jelas. Dari bus stop tu, kene jalan la dalam lebih kurang 300meter tapi jalan tu ibarat mendaki bukit yang sangat tinggi. Laluan ni pun menjadi tumpuan para penggemar sukan jogging sambil naik tangga. Penat wehhh….nasib baik sejukkk je. 

Dalam lebih kurang 15-20 minit mendaki tangga, kami sampai jugak. The view was breathtaking! Terduduk atas rumput yang di trim elok. Sambil baring…memang layan abes! Agak sedikit berangin. Tapi takpe, janji best. By the way, King's Park ni pun aku dengar jugak cerita yang malam-malam akan jadik Kiss Park. Sebab tumpuan kapel datang duk berasmaradana kat sini...sebab port paling syiokkkk skalik. Tapi sayang, takde lak aku nampak kapel-kapel berkiss-kiss kat sini. Melepas!

Sedikit info pasal King's Park ni, ehsan dari Wikipedia: 

"Kings Park is a 4.06-square-kilometre (1,003-acre) park located on the western edge of Perth, Western Australia central business district. The park is a mixture of grassed parkland, botanical gardens and natural bushland on Mount Eliza with two thirds of the grounds conserved as native bushland. With panoramic views of the Swan River and Darling Range, it is home to over 300 native plant varieties and 80 bird species. It overlooks the city as well as Perth Water and Melville Water on the Swan River."

"In 1872 it became the first park to be designated for public use in Australia. It is the largest inner city park in the world^[1] and the most popular visitor destination in Western Australia, being visited by over five million people each year.^[2] The park is larger than New York's Central Park which is 3.41 km²."

"Besides tourist facilities Kings Park contains the State War Memorial, the Royal Kings Park Tennis club and a reservoir. The streets are tree lined with individual plaques dedicated by family members to Western Australian service men and women who died in World War I and World War II."

Lepas dah dapat tangkap view waktu siang dan malam, kami beransur pulang. Kali ni, lalu jalan yang sama kami naik tadi. Memang gelap abes laa….turun slow-slow takut tergolek atas tangga. Kuikuikui… Tunggu Blue CAT, terus menuju ke hostel. Balik mandi dan dinner kat hostel. Megi goreng je…tapi sedappp…thanks tukang masak special dari Malaysia!

     

Till then.....bye~