It depends on how far you want to travel but Bunbury is really nice or Preston beach ( footprints) is closer and well priced. Rottnest Island is amazing but its a lot more expensive.
Or if you’re happy to travel further down south – Sunflower animal farmstay is fantastic.

Northam. It’s approximately an hour from Perth, a small, rural farming community. It’s cheap! And there’s lots of outlying towns that have interesting things to see and do within a short driving distance of Northam

down south! bunbury isn’t too far these days. also pemberton is lovely and donney brook have a huge playground for the kids.

Oh wow, katelt that sounds awesome

How about a caravan park?

Dwellingup is great for camping also!- rope swings etc!

I love Mandurah, only half hour drive, have the beach, crabbing, camping , foreshore, cinemas and theatre!

I don’t think I will ever get the chance, so fulfill MY dream and go to Monkey Mia to swim with the dolphins!

Dunsborough has lots of holiday home options, and specials over winter. Or Moore River to the north?

We went to yallingup not that long ago in a B&B and it was great and relatively inexpensive. I know lots of people go to Mandurah, but we live near Rockingham so we prefer to travel a bit further. We also recently hired a house down south and it was quite cheap and it meant we could cook our own meals rather than eating out all the time. Have a great trip wherever you decide to go. If you like to camp there is a great place near Darkan that has a lake, play equipment etc it is fantastic.

Augusta is pretty good you can rent a whole house for just $200 a nite or less. Theres fishing crabbing mini golf and of course the caves that are nearby are great value and a must see Check out stayz.com Acc

Down south is always good. I went to a few good farm stays. Mandalay Resort in Busselton is supposed to be good.

going south is great busselton etc
there are also a lot of farm stays which kids love around the perth area or camp site with lots of activities for kids.

Im a Perth girl too Mandurah is awesome, busselton, albany, marg river, or go north to ningaloo reef for warm weather!

Have heard great things about Mandurah. Margaret River also sounds lovely