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Cars 4 Rental Guide To Travel In Western Australia
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International Airports
Perth International Airport (PER) (website: www.perthairport.net.au) is 12km (7 miles) from the city (travel time – 25 minutes).
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Air Travel
There are international flights to Perth from Europe and Asia. International airlines serving Perth include Air Mauritius, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Garuda Indonesia, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Royal Brunei, Singapore Airlines, South Africa Airlines and Thai Airways International. Flying time from London is 18 hours. There are internal flights from all state capitals. Domestic carriers include Airnorth, Qantas, Skywest (within Western Australia only) and Virgin Blue.
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Travel By Water
Port of Fremantle serves Perth. The port is 19km (11 miles) from Perth.
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Rail
Western Australia is served by Transwa rail service (website: www.transwa.wa.gov.au). An electric tram runs between Perth and Fremantle. The Indian Pacific service runs from Perth to Sydney twice a week; the journey takes 3 days and 3 nights.
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Travel By Road
The highway network of Western Australia is almost entirely concentrated in the coastal areas. The main exception is the Great Northern Highway which runs from Perth to Port Headland on the northwest coast. Along the south coast is the Eyre Highway, which runs into South Australia. The Brand/Northwest Coastal Highway runs from Perth around the west coast to Kimberley. The journey between Perth and Sydney takes at least 4 days. Driving maps can be purchased via the Western Australian Tourism Commission (see Contact Addresses section). There is only one express coach route from Perth and it goes to Adelaide (travel time – 35 hours). Integrity Coach Lines and South West Coachlines run coach services throughout the southern part of Western Australia.
Transperth (website: www.transperth.wa.gov.au) offers a fully integrated service across all bus, train and ferry services within Perth. Local trains run from Perth to Armadale, Midland, Fremantle and Joondalup. A zonal fare structure covers all transport modes; tickets issued on one mode are valid for transfer to any of the others (bus, rail and ferry). A free CAT Clipper Bus service circles the city centres of Perth and Fremantle Monday-Saturday.
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Cars 4 Rental can provide car hire vehicles in all the popular locations throughout Western Australia. Whatever your requirements Cars 4 Rental will be able to provide a car to meet your needs. Our hire cars can be equipped with many optional extras including child seats so that your car rental is ideally suited to your needs.
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