Maylands

Maylands is a suburb located approximately 5 kilometres north-east of Perth on the shore of the Swan River. The suburb was developed during the 1890s and is currently an administrative locality within the City of Bayswater, bordered by the suburbs of Mount Lawley, East Perth and Bayswater. There is a train station in this suburb, called Maylands, providing easy access to the City center and beyond. The railway line was originally built in the 1880s, and the railway station was extensively refurbished 2000. Recently a shared bicycle / pedestrian path was built to link Maylands with neighbouring suburbs via the shoreline of the Swan River. There is also a small yacht club and a golf course.

Maylands was once a source of clay for brick and tile making, and the pits from these activities are now part of a golf course and residential area. During the 1930s there was an airfield in Maylands, which serviced all types of aircraft including flying boats. When the South Guildford site for a major airport facility was open, the facilities where converted to a training area for the West Australian Police Service.

Explosive Pro Wrestling, one of W.A's two professional wrestling federations, hold events at the Alma Venville Recreation Centre in Maylands every six weeks or so.

Head north-east out of Perth’s CBD through Highgate and Mount Lawley and within five minutes or so you’ll be able to turn off into a terrific little suburb called Maylands which, on a map, looks like a tooth carved out of the meandering Swan River, which provides three of Maylands’ boundaries. Old homes here are being demolished or revamped as the suburb continues to develop in line with its potential - with its high, commanding position so close to the city which offers such great views over the river and across to Belmont Park racecourse and the Burswood Casino complex. In fact, Maylands is so flash these days it even has its own yacht club - a friendly hideaway at the corner of Fourth Avenue and East Street. Club members sail a variety of classes, from single-handed Laser and Moth to two-handed Heron and Pacer. Sailing takes place on Sundays from October through to April and visitors can spend a pleasant afternoon watching the craft flitting about the river.