Well – it’s been awhile! Long story short Covid 19 has obviously put a stop to pretty much all interstate and international travel. In the midst of border closures and changing quarantine requirements across Australia in 2021 we moved back to Perth (from the ACT) and have settled back here permanently. Hooray! We also lost one of our beloved furry family member Jet to cancer and later adopted a new furry baby named Sasha (pictured below).
On to the touristy blog post….for Christmas in 2021, Bs nana gave us tickets to visit the bell tower in Perth. She particularly wanted us to visit the Anzac Bell which has a lot of significance to her. i had never seen the bell as it was only installed in 2018 and I do think it’s kinda cool she was there the day they installed it and got to give it a hug and have photos with it.
For those who don’t know what the bell tower is….it’s basically a giant tower filled with bells which was built by the government when I was in primary school. I haven’t been to visit it since my first year of high school when entry used to be free! So more than twenty years ago now.
More info here: https://www.thebelltower.com.au
The bell tower is located on the recently rebuilt Elizabeth quay area (right in the middle) which is pretty fly looking these days. We enjoyed a drink and a little wander along the river before heading in with our prepaid $10 general entry tickets. Masks are mandatory here at the moment so as you can see, we were all masked up.
The bell tower has 6 levels. We walked up the stairs but there is a small lift. A few of the levels have some interesting info about bells, time and the tower to read and learn.
We walked up each level and spent some time on the observation deck at the top.
The Anzac bell only rings at a specific time (midday) on 4 days of the week. We moved on to level 4 about 10 mins beforehand to get a good spot. It rang for around 1 min and it was impressive to watch.
After visiting the bell tower (which took an hour in total) we walked about a kilometre up the road and had Tony Roma’s for lunch. Yum!
Things to be aware of:
- There is a cost to enter starting from $10 and going up to $50 ish for tours
- We went on a day it wasn’t busy, I can imagine it gets quite crowded in there and holy crap was it hot! Worth being aware of before you go
- The bells only ring at certain times on certain days, check the website before visiting
- There are lots of places to eat, have a drink and sit on the river nearby
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‘Pretty fly looking ‘means what?
Fancy, very fancy! So many giant hotels down there now