This is our twelfth day in Perth and it still hasn't lost its shine. Today was the Hop-On, Hop-Off bus tour around Perth. We decided last night that we would drive into Kings Park and park in the main parking area as it is Stop No 6 on the Hop-On bus and it is certainly easier to park here than elsewhere in the city. The bus route winds its way through Kings Park stopping at numerous places but we don't get off here as the way the bus schedule operates, with only one bus, means that you can probably only get off once or at a push twice, and we really want to visit the Perth Mint that is stop No. 5.
These buses are a fantastic way of seeing a city and as I mentioned earlier we always try to seek them out when we arrive into a city. Todays bus took us to most of the city highlights that included Kings Park, Northbridge, Crown Perth, Elizabeth Quay, Bell Tower, Art Gallery, City Shopping Malls, Watertown Discount Outlet, Yagan Square, Optus Stadium, Blue Boat House (the smallest yacht club in Perth) and the Perth Mint. You certainly get your moneys worth on this two hour tour.
We alighted at the Perth Mint and only had to wait twenty minutes for the next tour where we would watch a bar of gold being poured. We also got to see the One Tonne Gold Coin worth around ten million dollars but with a face value of one million. This solid gold commemorative "coin" was was poured when Queen Elizabeth visited Perth in 2011. I found the tour very interesting and of course we knew quite a lot of the early gold rush history after visiting Kalgoorlie. Philip lifted the gold bar that is very heavy but we completely forgot to see what our weight was in gold! The Perth Mint also has some of the world's largest gold nuggets and oldest coins.
After our one hour tour we visited a nearby coffee shop for Toasties washed down with Tea and Coffee. I have to say they were one of the best toasties I have ever eaten with lashings of butter spread on both sides of the bread so that the end result was rich and moist. The majority of the toasties that you get these days are dry and tasteless.
We only had around a ten minute wait for our Hop-On/Off Bus to arrive and take us right back to where we had first started from at Kings Park. Once again as we tried to drive out of the city Siri sent us on a wild goose chase and we are really beginning to hate her 😩. Sometimes I think you are best to go with your gut instincts when it comes to driving. Fortunately my husband never loses his cool when driving in the city otherwise we might really be in deep sh...t
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