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After the tasty seafood came cocktails (the cocktail menu is pretty good) and even more tasty seafood, this time in the form of sushi. And what sushi it was. I devoured far too many pieces and by this time was well and truly full.

After being spoiled rotten with the incredible sashimi, we then tucked into the dim sum platter. Prawns, scallops, caviar, truffle…it was a fine dining sensation.

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Best Swimming Beaches in Perth, Western Australia.
Two weeks today I’ll be back in Perth to spend Easter and my birthday with my brother and his girlfriend, who are visiting from the UK. So I thought I’d do a little post about my fave swimming beaches there! After living in both Perth and Sydney, Perth’s beaches still hold a special place in my heart, and although the rocks in Sydney are nice and all…you just can’t compare to the clear sparkling waters of Leighton and Cottesloe.

Best swimming beaches in Perth Australia
All of the beaches on this list have very little waves, if any at all. For me a good swimming beach needs to have a great stretch of sand, and the water needs to be flat-ish. I’m not very good with waves. I used to be, I used to love swimming under the waves and out to the deep flat ocean behind them, but then I had a little incident in 2009 when I was 17 – I was caught under a dumping wave for what seemed like forever, almost drowned, and ended up in hospital with too much water in my lungs.

It literally felt like I was in a washing machine, I was being tumbled around under the water, I couldn’t see the surface, I had no idea how to get out, and I just remember the feeling of not being able to hold my breath anymore and my lungs feeling as though they were going to explode. Thankfully my boyfriend at the time pulled me out and dragged me onto the beach naked (the waves had forced my bikini off me and while the bottoms were around my ankles the top was further down the beach) whilst I screamed hysterically. So since then I’ve avoided them and they genuinely terrify me, and I now only swim when the water is flat, which means I’ve sussed out the best beaches in Perth where the water is flat most of the time.
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1. Leighton Beach
Leighton Beach is hands down my favourite beach in Perth. The beach is huge and white and sandy, the water is always calm and completely flat, and they have some amazing food options right on the beach – Bib & Tucker and Shipping Lane. Although I choose Bib & Tucker every time.

2. Parakeet Bay, Rottnest Island
If you head to Rottnest for a day or longer, you must go to Parakeet Bay, I have quite a few ‘favourite’ beaches on Rotto, but Parakeet Bay is one of my top 5 as it’s always flat, and I always get a meat pie from the bakery and then head to Parakeet Bay on the Island Explorer bus for a swim.




3. South Cottesloe Beach
Ahh South Cottesloe. The only reason this one isn’t number one is because of the insane amount of steps you have to walk down (and then back up) to get to the beach. I mean, it’s not actually a crazy amount, but when it’s 35 degrees celcius, the last thing you want to do is walk up a load of steps. However, the beach is worth it. The water is also super calm and you can literally just float around in the water soaking up the rays.



4. Swanbourne Beach
The water at swanny isn’t always calm, but when it is, it’s beautiful. So, so dreamy. I mean just look at it!

5. Yanchep Lagoon
Ooooh Yanchep Lagoon. It was actually Hannah that introduced me to this gem. It’s a little far up from Perth, around a 45min drive up the coast, but well worth the extra time. The lagoon is protected by a reef, so not only is the lagoon completely calm, but you don’t need to worry about sharks 😉

6. The Basin, Rottnest Island
Another goodun’ from Rotto. The Basin is similar to Yanchep, the swimming hole is surrounded by a reef, so it’s great for snorkelling and swimming! It’s also really close to the main village of Thompson Bay so you can easily walk there within 10mins.



7. Floreat Beach
I love Floreat Beach despite the frequent dumping waves. When you go on a calm day early in the morning before the sea breeze comes in, it’s just bliss. Also the Floreat Kiosk is just amaze and they do really great food!





I’m so excited to go back to Perth in two weeks! Fingers crossed the weather is still good, it was super rubbish when I was back over Christmas so I spent the whole week in jeans haha.

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Daisies & Beach.
After going to Gold Bar Wednesday night A and I needed a hangover cure. Cue Daisies Muffins (food p**n below) and the beach in 32 degree heat. Daisies is a little deli and lunch bar in Cottesloe that’s been around for years, and they’re famous for their muffins. It changed hands a while ago, and whilst it used to be a local institution, it isn’t as good as it used to be, but sometimes you just need that Daisies muffin! This was one of those occasions.
We grabbed a breakfast muffin and raspberry and white chocolate muffin and headed down to the beach to catch some rays and go for a swim. Going for a swim was a big mistake, although Cott is one of the best swimming beaches and an old favourite of ours, the ocean was full of jellyfish and stingers, and then a shark helicopter went overhead, boo 🙁

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The beach definitely cured the hangover, it always does! I think the heat sweats it out of you *nods*