Perth - Travel Guide

Pictures of Perth

Perth the capital of Western Australia, is another of Australia's modern cities and is supposedly Australia's sunniest capital. Perth is also the most isolated capital city in the world with 80% of the 1.8 million people in Western Australia living in and around the city

Perth's metropolitan area is situated on the Swan River, the centre business district is the main business and shopping centre, in the CBD are many important buildings such as the General Post Office, Perth Train Station and the Forrest Chase shopping centre. Perth has a typical mediterranean climate, with mild winters specially from june to August, and hot summers from December to January, but for visiting Perth you better go in spring time, from September to November and from March to May in the autumn season.

In goldrush days, 1890s, Noongar people were joined by miners to go to the goldfields. In 1901, Western Australia region joined the Federation of Australia. Perth developed into a centre for natural resource industry, the enormous reserves of gold, diamonds, natural gas and oil. For this and other reasons Perth has inhabitants of many different ethnic groups. Christian, Buddhism and Islam are the main religions in the city.

The main business area is on St. Georges Terrace with the main shopping area being at Hay Street and Murray Street Malls. The north of the city is marked by the railway track dividing it from the popular accommodation and eating region of Northbridge.

There are so many beaches within a short distance of Perth CBD. Many of these beaches being great for surfing. These include City, Cottesloe, Floreat, Leighton, Port, Scarborough, Swanbourne and Trigg Island, although several can get quite rough at times. For calmer beaches head to Como, Crawley or Peppermint Grove.