City of Perth Western Australia.

Holiday Perth Western Australia.
Perth City, in Western Australia was founded by Captain James Stirling as the Swan River Colony 1829.

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Australian map showing the location of the City of Perth Australia

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Stirling thought the natural environment around Perth was “as beautiful as anything of this kind I had ever witnessed” and advocated that a colony be established there.

City of Perth Western Australia satelite view showing Rottnest Island 20 km offshore

Satellite view of Perth City

Swan River:

The City of Perth being situated on the Swan river provides some of the most beautiful scenic views both by day and night.

Boating and sailing in Perth is a very popular weekly activity especially on the Swan River which flows through the main Perth central metropolitan area on its travel down to Fremantle harbour.

Since its inception in 1984, the Australia Day holiday Perth Sky works has grown into a must see event for all overseas visitors having those Perth holidays and of course the local residents.

This free fireworks display is the major drawcard on 26th January every year. This annual holiday event is the largest in the nation, attracting about 400,000 to travel to the Perth river foreshores and vantage points such as Kings Park to watch the fireworks over Perth City skyline and Swan River.

The fireworks are synchronised to music soundtracks linked into local Perth radio stations, to celebrate pride in our country.

City of Perth Australia

The home of Dovada Pty Ltd, which has nearly 1.6 million people is also called Perth the city of lights, a name that stems from the days when John Glenn first orbited the earth in his Mercury Friendship 7 space capsule.

Said Glenn: "I'll tell them to turn on the lights at Perth."

It was then the citizens of Perth all switched on their lights for this first American in space as he crossed over the coast of Western Australia near Perth.

Senator John Glenn passed over the City of Perth Western Australia

Above: Senator John Glenn

John Glenn who is now known as Senator John Glenn was the first American in orbit in 1962, on the third US manned mission.

Senator John Glenn admired the lights of Perth from space for the second time in 36 years when he was working recently aboard the shuttle Discovery saying "But it looks beautiful up here and you can pass that along to the people of Perth".

Left: Perth WA from space showing Rottnest Island 20 km of the coast NASA Photo http://nix.nasa.gov/

City of Perth Western Australia

is the most isolated in the world, with a temperature range existing between 3 to 40 degrees Celsius although on occasions these limits are exceeded but only rarely.

For about six months of the year the daily temperature is usually between 29 down to 21 degrees Celsius.

The city of lights at night looking across the Swan river from the south

Above: central metropolitan area at night viewed from across the swan river from the shores of SouthPerth.

Kings Park:

Left: Central business district (CBD) and the Kwinana - Mitchell freeway interchange, viewed from the largest central park in the world, Kings Park, which has over 400 hectares of virgin bush land including beautifully manicured gardens with the most spectacular view of the city skyline.

View from Kings Park looking toward SouthPerth

Kings Park in WA has much to offer with extensive city and river views along with free guided walking tours which are available daily throughout the year.

The Botanic Gardens, wildflowers are spectacular, especially in the spring season.

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We hope you enjoy your Perth holidays.