The Esplanade

Five minutes walk south of the city centre is The Esplanade. This is a grassy area on the edge of the Swan River with shops, cafe's, the bell tower and the Perth Eye. The Swan River is pretty impressive, it is a huge area of water but apparently boats have to keep to channels otherwise they could ground as the water is not very deep. The river flows down to Fremantle and then into the ocean. More about Fremantle later.
Ferries run across the water to Mends Street, South Perth. At Mends Street is a cafe area and some other facilities, situated beautifully for an afternoon cup of tea! People will park in this area and catch the ferry over to the city, saving them driving into the city. Ferries also run to Fremantle as a pleasure trip.
The Bell Tower was Perth millenium project and didn't fare much better than the Spinnaker Tower, it was expensive and not completed on time. It loses money every year because people do not want to pay to go up it. Inside are a set of bells from St. martin in the Field in London and another set of chime bars.
I didn't even get as far as the eye (not the real name for the wheel), it is small and I would doubt that you can see very much from it as skyscrapers dwarf it less than 100 yeards away and the river is in front in all its glory, for all to see.