Tuesday, April 29, 2008

The city of Perth



Perth is the capital city of Western Australia. It is located in the south-west corner of Australia. It has 1.340.000 inhabitants. People are very friendly and they love outdoors, sun and water.

It is one of the sunniest cities in the world, with an average of 8 hours sunshine per day. Summers are very hot and warm and the average temperature is 29C in daytime and 17 C at night. The winter is cool and wet and the average temperature is 18 C in daytime and 9 C at night.

Most of the city is flat. It has many kilometers of cycle track, so many people cycle around the city at the weekends. Perth has many clean, beautiful beaches and it is a nice place for excellent swimming, surfing, boating and fishing.

There are 4 universities in the city and the student population is large. It has several museums and art galleries. Perth has different types of industries: tourism, grape growing and mining.

It is cultural centre of Western Australia.

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