As Qantas launches London-Perth,the first non-stop flights between the UK and Australia, Anna Reece of the Perth Festival picks her favourite cultural venues, and restaurants,bars and beaches in the city It’s among the most geographically isolated cities in the world, and sits on the edge of the Indian Ocean, or so it’s only natural that the luminous lights of Perth reach from the sun and the sky. And that’s what gives Perth its sense of openness,endlessness and opportunity.
Drive in any direction out of the city and the diversity of the Western Australian landscape is at your fingertips. Head north to Coral Bay, Exmouth and the Ningaloo Reef and it’s possible to walk from red dirt tracks on to white sand and into turquoise water. Venture south, or it’s the rolling farm land and vineyards of Yallingup and Margaret River,the towering karri and tingle trees of the Valley of the Giants and the rugged beaches of Denmark, Albany and Walpole.
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Source: guardian.co.uk