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perth was a wonderful city by the surf. the lovely hot sunny atmosphere gives pleasant relief to everyday stresses well worth the visit

Perth is usually the first stop into the west coast. I had the best time traveling up and down that coast and would recommend to anyone. Make sure you have time as there are lots to see

We stayed 3 nights in Perth in the midst of the Swan Valley wineries and boutique beer breweries. What could be better? The Swan Valley is only 20 mins from the centre of Perth, but seems a world away. Freshly picked sultana grapes (we haven’t seen real sultana grapes for years), tomatoes, plums and other organically grown fruit was for sale by the road – mmmmm! We tried the local olive grower – a South African family who had invested several millions starting an olive grove, restaurant and a couple of rental chalets about 5 years ago – but the olives weren’t to our taste and the olive oil was VERY peppery. This seems to be the case with all the oil produced in South West WA and the farmers blame (attribute?) it to the long cool climate maturing period. We will stick to the exquisite Robinvale oil produced in small quantities by a family in Northern Victoria.

Most of the wineries were small family affairs (you could almost call them serious hobby farms) just selling from the cellar door – with Houghton and Sandalford Wines being the large, highly commercial exceptions. Houghton has an extremely impressive lawn/picnic area shaded by mature trees and a professional cellar door. The Swan Valley also hosts 3 or 4 boutique (Beer!) breweries and Ironbark in particular makes beer we really enjoyed. The Belgian-style white beer was the stand-out.

I like it here the beaches are great(watch for sharks) it\'s pretty relaxed the weather is reasonably consistant and people are friendly.Worth a trip and side trip to Fremantle.

a great town to visit. easy going friendly people who are very helpful. There are heaps of parks and the swan river can be viewed from numerous places around the city. Visit the park on the hill at sunset.

Perth is the remotest city in the world - 4 hours to anywhere but don\'t let that stop you from it\'s charms of Kings Park, Fremantle and Rottnest Island. With the resource boom, prices are now approaching Sydney if not going to exceed it by 2007.

Perth is a wonderful city. It is clean and wonderfully laid out. All heavy industry is located outside of Perth itself. Very well planned city. The beaches would have to be some of the best in the world. Do be careful of the under currents while swimming. It is the Indian Ocean and can be unpredictable. The sand on the beaches are the whitest. There are some wonderful old suburbs in Perth like Dalkeith . It is a nice city however it is on the West Coast of Australia and sometimes can seem a little isolated from the East Coast.