The Wheel of Perth

For $15 per person, you sit in a ferris wheel type pod and go around three times over about 10 - 12 minutes.

Pros:
- a good way to kill 15 minutes of your lunch break
- ok views of the river and surrounding area
- kids would probably enjoy it
- there's air conditioning
- if you really want to waste some money, for $115 a person, you can use the VIP pod and use their DVD player

Cons:
- $45 between the 3 of us could have paid for lunch instead
- the city core is on a hill and looks down on the ferris wheel and riverside so the views aren't that great beside seeing the jetty next to the wheel
- the views from Kings Park are much nicer (not to mention free)
- we had strangers sitting in the pod with us

Overall I would say if you're visiting Perth and have been to Kings Park, the zoo, the beach, Fremantle and the aquarium and are still looking for someway to kill a half hour, I would recommend a trip on the ferris wheel. If views are what you're after, take the bus or walk to Kings Park!

The Bell Tower situated at the Barrack Street Jetty, contains the very famous bells of St Martin-in-the-Fields, a bi-centennial gift from the City of London.. to the people of West Australia.
The Bell Tower includes the twelve bells of St Martin-in-the-Fields which are recorded as being in existence from before the 14th century and recast in the 16th century by Queen Elizabeth I.
The bells were again recast between 1725 and 1770 by three generations of the Rudhall family of bell founders from Gloucester in England, under the order of the Prince of Wales who was later crowned as King George II. They are one of the few sets of royal bells and are the only ones known to have left England.

From one of London's most famous churches, in Trafalgar Square, the St Martin-in-the-Fields bells have rung out to celebrate many historic events.Such as...
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England's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588,
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The World War II victory at El Alamein in 1942
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Ringing in the New Year at Trafalgar Square for more than
275 years.
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Celebrating the coronation of every British monarch since King George II in 1727.
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The homecoming of Captain James Cook after his voyage
of discovery in 1771.

On his return to London in 1771, the bells of St-Martin-in-the-Fields, the bells of the admiralty, rang out to welcome back a hero of the Age of Discovery. This fact adds a distinctively Australian connection to the bells.

So the Giant Ferris Wheel is certainly in exalted company...

It looks quite spectacular at night as you can see from the photos...the Bell Tower can be seen to the left of the picture and ads a fantastic light show as the lights are constantly changing color.