Until last weekend Perth was the only major Australian city that I have not visited. This error has now been fixed.
Perth is a modern, clean, well designed city. Thanks to fast suburban trains, parks, beaches, walking/biking paths, it is probably much more liveable than Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.
Perth has monuments of their best public servants and of business people.
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Old and new, both looking good. |
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Public art. |
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A piece of medieval England in the centre of Perth. |
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Transperth trains - fast, clean, and frequent. |
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Catalina - the flying boat. |
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Australian Army, Vietnam War era helicopter. |
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Resting place of 23 Australian F-111 planes - a landfill near Brisbane. Why? Because they were used for spare parts to keep the rest flying AND there was asbestos in their bodies. |
Transperth either has a lot of money to replace scratched train windows constantly or their public awareness/shaming campaign is working.
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Transperth's campaign against graffidiots. |
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More shaming. |
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Appeal to the good in us. |
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If you see it, or hear it, tell us about it. |
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See something, say something. |
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Mandurah, south of Perth, ANZAC day. |
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Indian Ocean in Mandurah. |
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Back in Perth. |
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A monument to immigrants. |
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Perth's CBD. |
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Perth's CBD - Government House. |
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Old and new. |
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Footsteps in time. |
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Footsteps in time - the monument. |
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This is not Disney, this is in Perth's CBD. |
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Perth CBD - a green cafe. |
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Fremantle. |
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A common situation in Australia: narrow track with an extra rail for standard gauge trains, or vice versa. This shows that lack of standardisation costs more in the long run. |
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The bow of the HMAS Ovens in Fremantle, this boat can be toured, it is part of the WA Maritime Museum. |
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The bow section with 6 torpedo bays. |
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A specimen of a Megamouth shark beached in Mandurah south of Perth. |
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The Oberon class submarines had 7 periscopes for different purposes. |
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Fremantle was home to American, British and Dutch submarines during WWII. |
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Submarines with their base ship. |
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Australia had submarines already in WWI ! |
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American ships in Fremantle - part of the aircraft carrier group. |
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Fremantle - building restoration - taking off the layer of stucco to expose the original stone and brick wall. |
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Including the clock tower near the city square. |
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Another Disney moment in Fremantle. |
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Fremantle - this is real. |
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A perfect city beach in Fremantle. |
There was also an
Australian Army museum in Fremantle, but I did not get lucky this time - you can enter only at two specified times and I missed the last entry by 20 minutes. If you are going to visit, check the tour times first.