AustralianWildflower Tours
Meet John · founder and guide

John Perkins

Over 30 years showing guests Western Australia, from Derby to Esperance.

John Perkins (left, in the hat) with guests beside the coach
John Perkins

John Perkins knows Australia.

Having grown up in the country, and traveled to most cities, towns and areas in Western Australia, from Derby in the North to Esperance in the South, John has vast experience at taking you, your friends and family on the trip of your life. John has spent the past 30 years traveling, touring and leading tour groups extensively throughout Australia, particularly Western Australia, and knows exactly how, what and where to make your trip to Australia an unforgettable experience.

The Main Difference

between John's tours and everyone else's, is that John tailors each tour to the individual needs of each traveler. Where most other operators show you wildflowers at 100kph from the bus window, John takes you to exclusive destinations off the beaten path to stop, stretch out, touch, smell and experience wonders of Australia up close that you would never be able to find otherwise. After years of working for larger tour companies, John created his own Australian Adventure Tours so you can experience Western Australia 'outside the square' of the normal package tour. What does this mean? Among other things, if everyone wants to stop, get out and look at a goanna, we'll do it!!!

John's 'followers' include travelers from as far afield as Canada, United States of America, the United Kingdom and Japan. John has gathered an entourage of travelers who not only maintain contact with him, but invite him to their overseas cities and homes. Above all, John is most proud of his clients' comments about his safe driving skills.

From historic towns, uniforms and memorabilia, to cruising at Esperance and Walpole, train rides, beautiful beaches, glorious oceans with spectacular rock formations, exploring some our beautiful National Parks, sampling wines and many, many other treats too numerous to mention, John Perkins is your True Blue Australian who can show you the trip of a lifetime like no other, the real Australia.

Wild Seed, Wild Flower!

Aside from his experience and knowledge in Australian Travel, John has the knack of finding wildflowers that others just cannot find. He is the who’s who of where they are! John’s knowledge of wildflowers is gathered over years of tourism and familiarizing himself with the vast flora of Western Australia. If they are to be found, John knows where they are.

There are also a few amazing surprises that you may find when traveling with John. Sometimes, the unexpected champagne and nibblies on a remote mountain top or ocean-side at sunset, completes an amazing day of the spectacular sights and masterpieces of our great state of Western Australia.

We welcome you, your friends and family, locally or from overseas, to meet new friends and join us on our vast range of Great Western Australian Adventures!

Please contact John on +61 (0)437 377 528 or click here for enquiries and bookings if you can't speak Australian!

The vehicles

John's Nissan Elgrand
John's Nissan Elgrand
The Elgrand from behind
The Elgrand from behind
Seats inside the Elgrand
Seats inside the Elgrand
Coach for bigger groups
Coach for bigger groups

The Elgrand

Our Nissan Elgrand is our primary touring vehicle and Weapon of Choice for getting up close and personal with the Australian Outback.

Our air-conditioned Nissan Elgrand offers a very comfortable and personalised opportunity to see the sights of Western Australia. We have found that this combination of comfort and easy access to the sights and 'roads less travelled' in Western Australia makes our tours different from the rest.

All seats in the Elgrand are upholstered, reclining with armrests and have personal storage compartments for your personal belongings. Aside from this, the Elgrand offers comfort and leg room that is unmatched amongst many tour operations. Your personal guide John Perkins knows Western Australia like no other tour operator, and this smaller vehicle can not only get you to all the most popular Western Australian destinations in comfort and safety, but allows easy access to places where larger tour vehicles are not permitted.

The Elgrand provides a comfortable journey during your wonders of Western Australian tours, plus easy access whenever and wherever we should like to stop and smell the flowers! You simply can't do that with the big tour companies, they have tight schedules to keep.

Your tour guide John Perkins has over 25-years safe driving experience and has been the preferred driver of many tour companies nationally so you can feel comfortable that you are in safe and experienced hands when on one of John's Adventure Tours.

The Van

Great for Groups of 8 - 14

Offering contoured seating for 14, the Toyota HiAce Commuter is virtually a luxury micro-coach! With individual bucket seats and 2-seater bench seats throughout, all forward facing, and all with 3 point 'lap sash' seatbelts, it delivers exceptional comfort. What's more, the 5th row of seats folds up, giving you extra luggage space at the rear.

All Hiace models come standard with an AM/FM radio, MP3 compatible CD sound system with USB input, Bluetooth handsfree capability and Bluetooth audio streaming so you can

enjoy your favourite music in comfort. The audio input allows for easy connection of your iPod or portable MP3 player to provide you with plenty of music choice for those long days on the road.

Thanks to the latest in Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), the HiAce has excellent safety features. Upper and lower Y-Frame (Crocodile) chassis rails greatly enhance frontal impact absorption, strengthened front door impact beams enhance protection against side intrusion, and a brake pedal link mechanism allows the Brake Booster to rotate away from the steering column and brake pedal in a frontal collision.

Mini Coach

Big Group? No Problem!

The Mini Coach is a Mitsubishi Rosa, a new generation small-size coach that offers unprecedented comfort and new levels of spaciousness for all passengers, adding flexibility in transportation applications whether it be for sightseeing, shuttle services or long tours in the outback.

The interior of Mini Coach provides luxurious comfort, airy roominess and whisper quietness for 25 passengers and the driver. The flat passenger deck permits easy movement

within the cabin. The spacious interior incorporates strategically placed air outlet ducts that deliver cool, fresh air uniformly to every corner. The high performance manually controlled air conditioning system and integrated forward cabin heater/demister, with additional blower units located in the rear passenger compartment, provide year-round comfort.

Our Mini Coach offers class leading safety for its 25 seat capacity with features such as "Easy Access Door", head restraining high back seats with seat belts to all passenger seating positions and easy to operate emergency exits.

Big Coach

40+ Group? Travel In Luxury!

The Big Coach is decked out with a large seating capacity, full through luggage bins, a heavy duty space frame chassis with airbag suspension for increased strength and safety, and many luxury features. Our Luxury 40+ seater Coach offers exceptional comfort and body design for the ultimate in on-road touring!

Some of the features in our big coach include:

  • Environmentally friendly (Euro IV compliant - low emissions)
  • The latest in safety, technology and engineering
  • CD/MP3 facilities
  • DVD player
  • Surround sound
  • Pull down Video Screen
  • Lap Sash Seatbelts
  • Reclining seats
  • Climate control air-conditioning with individual air vents
  • Toilet
  • Large underneath storage areas

Click here to find out more!

Where you stay

The accommodation for our tours is based along our historic and scenic routes, and often set in three-star and four-star motels with ensuites, on farmstays and station stays, in heritage areas and locations of great natural beauty. This includes private facilities for twin share, or single rooms. Please talk to us about the many options we have to offer.

To absorb the most from the spectacular areas we visit, and ease the pressure of traveling, two nights are spent at some locations and additional nights can be added during the course of any trip if you like.

Aside from being able to experience the real Australia, our guests find the accommodation in our tours great value for money.

Tours include all lodging, dinners and breakfasts, all entry fees to parks, extra tours and cruises. There are no hidden costs.

Lunches and personal requirements are the only costs not included, and you can pack your own if you are on a budget. Bush Tucker, witchety grubs and other 'gifts from the land' are optional!

Talk to John

Ring him. He'll tell you where the flowers are.

+61 437 377 528
Send an enquiry Based in Perth, Western Australia