Entry is free, and the Federation Walkway's glass and steel bridge crosses the Botanic Garden treetops on a 40-minute return walk. At Rio Tinto Naturescape, kids can take their shoes off and build a dam in Paperbark Creek. Naturescape is closed on Mondays, and from November it opens only 8.30am to 12.30pm.

Transperth ferries cross from Elizabeth Quay to Mends Street Jetty every day, and the zoo is a 500 m walk from there. It opens 9am to 5pm every day of the year. Entry is $20 for kids aged 4 to 15, and under-4s are free.

General admission to the WA Museum is free for children 15 and under, and $15 for adults. Doors open 9.30am to 5pm. Special exhibitions cost extra, so check what is on before you go.

An all-day ticket covers the exhibitions, planetarium, science theatre and puppet theatre. Children 4 to 17 pay $19 and under-4s are free. The centre is opposite City West station, and afternoons outside school holidays are usually quieter.

Six female western grey kangaroos live on Heirisson Island, in the Swan River between East Perth and Victoria Park. The island's Nyoongar name, Matagarup, means 'leg deep'. Perth Zoo is about 3km away across the river, so both fit in one day.

Hyde Park's water playground, on the Vincent and Throssell Street corner, has seasonal opening times. Two more playgrounds, a sandpit and a Liberty Swing sit around a lake whose islands are used by breeding birds. Toilets with a baby change table, four barbecues and free three-hour street parking make a long visit easy.

The bells from London's St Martin-in-the-Fields hang here, and volunteers ring them on Thursdays from noon and Sundays from 10.30am. On the 30-minute Bell Chiming Experience, kids have a go at chiming a bell and take home a certificate. General entry for a family of two adults and two kids was $40 in October 2026, and under-5s are free.

The hour-long Gold Tour shows a live gold pour and the world's largest gold bullion coin. Child tickets for ages 5 to 15 are $16. From 19 October a self-guided visit with regular pours replaces the tour while restoration works run.

Kids can dress up as firefighters, pose on the fire pole and sit at the wheel of a real fire truck. Entry is free. It opens 9.30am to 2pm Tuesday to Thursday, plus the first and third Saturday of each month.

The Railway Museum shows locomotives and carriages on four rail gauges, from 1881 to modern diesels. It opens most Sunday afternoons, and a family ticket for two adults and two kids is $32. Ashfield station on the Midland line is the closest stop.