Perth: fun hard to find? 11 a.m. and the wine connaisseurs are dancing already

Perth: fun hard to find?

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June 24th 2007
Perth is unbelievably quiet and quite dead, as a matter of fact, for a city of over 1 million inhabitants. We walked around the city centre on our first day in Australia, amazed at how deserted the streets were after the hustle and bustle of Asia. Granted it was a Sunday. The other thing that stood out was how damn expensive everything was - $2 (1.30 euro) for a can of coke, $7 (4.60) for a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more