Start your walk in Northbridge, Perth’s cultural and entertainment center. Perth has also wonderful beaches, such as the Cottesloe Beach, one of Australia’s most striking urban beaches, Trigg Beach or Scarborough Beach, one of the most popular beaches in Perth.

Perth has several great parks and gardens. Kings Park & Botanic Garden has over 13,000 species of Western Australian plants and contains one of the world’s largest areas of natural bush land close to a city. Continue reading »

In the state of Western Australia, Perth is the largest city and its capital, fourth Australian city by the number of its population, which consistently grows at a rate above the national average. It is known as one of the most isolated big cities in the world.

When American astronaut John Glenn passed overhead while orbiting the earth in 1962 and in the Space Shuttle in 1998, city residents lit their houselights and streetlights, and Perth became since known worldwide as the “City of Light”. Continue reading »

Australia is a country and continent in the southern hemisphere, also including the major island of Tasmania and other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Australia is a country with endless sunbaked horizons, dense tropical rainforests and chilly southern beaches.

For thousands of years, the mainland has been inhabited by indigenous Australians. The eastern half of Australia was later claimed by the British, after being discovered by Dutch explorers. Six colonies became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. Continue reading »