Qantas to fly non-stop between Perth and London
Visitors from the UK and Europe will be able to fly non-stop between London and Perth from March 2018. Tickets on the new service will go on sale in April 2017, with 236 seats available across Business, Premium Economy and Economy cabins. Fourteen flights between the two cities will disembark each week on the 787-9 Dreamliner. Visit the
Qantas website for further details.
Bledisloe Cup coming to Perth in 2019
One of the biggest rivalries in world sport is coming to Perth Stadium in 2019 when WA hosts its first ever
Bledisloe Cup match. It will be the first and only time the Qantas Wallabies and New Zealand All Blacks will play on Australian soil in 2019 in the lead-up to the Rugby World Cup. Hosted at Perth Stadium (due to open in 2018), the match is expected to attract thousands of visitors from across the country and overseas. The Cup has been fiercely contested between the Wallabies and All Blacks since the 1930s.
Perth welcomes six star luxury at Crown Towers
Perth's new luxury hotel,
Crown Towers, has opened and offers the city's largest hotel, complete with premium resort facilities, including expansive lagoon-style swimming pools, private cabanas, poolside bar and dining, a Crown Spa and fitness centre and the Crystal Club lounge with views across the Swan River to Perth. Lead in rooms start from $650 a night, with some special opening midweek rates available from $338 a night.
Red Dog True Blue premieres on Boxing Day
The rich colours of Western Australia's Pilbara region will be showcased when new movie Red Dog True Blue premieres to Australian audiences this Boxing Day, 26 December. Filmed primarily at Karratha station, 30 minutes-drive from the coastal outback city of Karratha, Red Dog True Blue is the prequel to one of Australia's most successful films, Red Dog, and recounts the beloved dog's origins in an iconic story of family, friendship and adventure in Australia, circa 1968. Produced by WA filmmaker Nelson Woss, the movie stars Australian actor Bryan Brown; young star Levi Miller of PAN, and the soon to be released Jasper Jones; the UK's Jason Isaacs, best known as Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter series; and, up and coming indigenous actor Calen Tassone, who is originally from the Pilbara community. While not starring in the movie, Clinton Walker, a traditional owner of the Ngarluma land on which the movie was filmed and owner of cultural tourism company Ngurrangga tours, was closely involved with the production and provided insight on Aboriginal culture and language for Red Dog True Blue. For more information on the movie and travelling in the epic Pilbara region of WA,
click here.
Superstar line-up announced for world-first golf tournament
World Number 8 Patrick Reed and World Number 9 Alex Noren are the first golf players to announce they will be heading to Lake Karrinyup Country Club to compete in the revolutionary new tournament, the ISPS
HANDA World Super 6 Perth. This unique format in world golf will combine 54 holes of traditional stroke play across the first three days with an exciting knockout match format for the fourth and final round. The tournament willl be held from February 16 to 19, forming part of the 2017 European Tour Race to Dubai and the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia tournaments. Tickets to the event are
now available.
Perth listed as one of the top places to visit in 2017
Leading US lifestyle magazine,
Travel + Leisure, recently listed Perth as one of the top places to visit in 2017. This accolade is attributed to the new and exciting face of Perth and the booming food and wine scene, which is set against the beautiful backdrops of the coastline and Swan River. Some of the new venues mentioned, include Odyssea (City Beach), The Reveley and Isle of Voyage (Elizabeth Quay) and the city's new six star hotel offering, Crown Towers.
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