October 2016
Having nothing on our itinerary today, aka ‘Free & Easy’ we decided to drive along Perth’s coastal roads from City Beach right up to Boston Mindarie Quay a distance of about 46 km from our hotel. As one can only expect sunset on the coastal side of Perth, thus this post is titled ‘Sunset Coast Self Drive’ whilst the drive was actually in the morning. So no sunset pictures. 
Our first stop is at City Beach for the view of the beach and then onto the West Coast Highway pass Scarborough to Hillarys Boat Harbour with a stop at Sorrento Quay boardwalk, a small mall. At the harbour, plenty of private yacht and pleasure boats are docked and within a short walking distance, is Hillarys Harbour Resort. You can also catch a ferry to Rottnest Island here.
First stop, City Beach. Blue sky, sunny day but the wind was strong and chilly.
The wind was so strong that the leaves are blurred.
Stop at North Beach. Residential houses in the background.
Platform protruding over the rocky beach for fishing. A slightly calmer North Beach.
Vessels docked at Hillarys Boat Harbour.
Taps for you to wash your catch of the day.
Sorentto Quays Boardwalk. Mall for you to shop.
The other side of the mall, eateries aplenty.
More vessels docked at the quay.
Resort fronting the quay.
No space to dock in the waters, bring it overland.
We then proceeded to drive to Boston Mindarie Quays which in our opinion is an up-scale residential area. Like Sorentto Quay, yacht and boats are docked here. What makes this area exclusive are houses built right to the edge of the waters where one can dock their boat right in-front (back?) of their residence. The area is still under development as near completed houses are still under construction.
Dock your vessel right up to your residence.
Closer view of the residence bordering the waters.
Jetty at Boston Mindarie Quay.
Residence on land close to the waters.
Residences awaiting full completion.
Leaving Boston Mindarie Quays in the late afternoon, we decided to head for Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Mall for lunch. It is a big mall and we spent a while window shopping. For Muslim visitors, there are two halal outlets at the food court (ground floor) for your convenience.
(TQ Stuart for pointing the discrepancy between Boston & Mindarie. Google map indicated us so. Our e-mail to you bounced 
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Concourse of Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Mall.
Another section of the mall.
Halal outlets, Kebabbque & Mayamasala side-by-side on the ground floor food court.
