April is gorgeous here. Still lots of sunny T-shirt days but none of that stupid hot weather. I love Fremantle so I'd say it is a great place to stay - for kids and the grown-ups. Or you could try somewhere more central and cosmopolitan like Subiaco or Mount Lawley - both have lots of shopping and restaurants and easy to access kid-friendly places. Depends what you like.
The hills are also beautiful - Kalamunda markets, Mundaring Weir (I love the pub there, and lots of families have Sunday lunches there so little one friendly), Rollystone National Park etc.
For the kids there is lots - the beach, the zoo, AquWA, Kings Park, just lots of outdoor places. Depending on how long you are here I'd also recommend a trip down south.
It's full of awesome people...*not biased in the least*
Personally I'd definitely recommend hiring a car as there's a lot of really cool stuff that's not available by PT. Definite favourites are Freo, Swan Valley is good (mmm, chocolate factory!) and Whiteman Park for the kiddies - has steam train rides and loads of space, plus there's Caversham Wildlife park where they can feed kangaroos and so on. A cruise down the river is a good way to spend an afternoon in April, not too hot and not too cold. If you're super lucky you might even see the river dolphins.
AQWA I would say is a bit of a gyp these days, $75 for a family and only takes about an hour or so to see everything. Hillarys Boat Harbour is lovely though, plenty of nifty shops, nice restaurants/cafes and a lovely calm sheltered beach for the kids. Water temps might be a bit lower than we like, but DD often still swims throughout April without freezing her butt off.
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