Monday, April 23, 2007

The city of Perth

Perth is the capital of Western Australia and it is in the South –west
corner of Australia.

There are about 1.34million people living in the Perth metropolitan area, and
most of them live in suburbs.

Perth is one of sunniest cities in the world and there is an average 8 hours of
sunshine per day. The climate is warm to hot in summer, which means the average temperature is 29 degrees daytime, 17 degree at night; cool and wet in winter, which means its average temperature is 18 degrees daytime, 9 degrees at night.

Industries in Perth include tourism, grape growing and wine making as well as many mines in Perth, like opals, gold, diamonds…

Perth is the cultural centre of Western Australia; there are 4 universities where the student population is very large. Also Perth has several museums and art galleries.

Most of the city is flat; there are many kilometers of cycle track, many people cycle around city on the weekends. Perth has many clean, beautiful beaches; you can swim surf boat and fish in there. People are very friendly and relaxed; they love outdoors, sun, water.

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