Perth (Australia)

Perth is the city I've recenty spent about 3 months in. My review will of course be different to others, and that's because I always seem to have the craziest of experiences. I wonder has anyone else stayed at East Backpackers in room 7, next door to the Russian cleaner lady? One night (the walls are fake so we hear everything) she decided to count all night for instance. And I mean all night.. (three in Russian is the same as English!) And then we moved to Aberdeen Lodge, in Northbridge which is like a homeless shelter to be honest before moving on to our cleaning job in Exclusive Backpackers. (Two hours a morning scrubbing mould off the men's showers ...  Read the complete review

Perth City, Australia. I kind of wished I was a member on here 5 years ago when I decided to travel to Aus for a year but its still all in my memory and Perth stands way way out, it is easily the best place I have ever visited in my life. I travelled out August 2004 and my flight was from Dublin to Perth via Kuala Lumpur. When I arrived I first stayed at the YHA backpacker's hostel based in Wellington Street, Perth. This was a great base for me to start my trip, I was in the centre of Northbridge and close to all the bars and restaurants an there was also a fine selection of things to do in my immediate location. I was also only 5 ...  Read the complete review

Perth, Western Australia. Where is Perth? Perth is the Capital city of the state of Western Australia which is physically about a third of the entire country of Australia but the population is small - only about 10% of the nation's population. This population of about 2 million most actually live in Perth ( 1.5 million) and the other towns like Geralton, Albany, Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Broome so it is a very empty State in the other areas. Perth is situated on the Swan River and is said to be the most isolated city in the world. Perth's nearest city is over 1 million is Adelaide which is about 2000km away. Perth is actually geographically ...  Read the complete review

***Background*** I promised to write up our year travelling in my recent review on Manly, Australia and thanks to everyone who rated it and nominated it for a crown!! As part of the trip we wanted to do a visit to Perth as we had gotten some free internal Qantas flights in Oz as part of our round the world ticket and thought we may as well fly as far from Sydney as we could given it was free so off we jetted to Perth. Prior to going we booked a hotel on line (web site we used no longer seems active but you can just google the hotel name for plenty of links) and stayed at the Park Royal, Perth for 5 nights but this little trip was simply ...  Read the complete review

People who live in Perth, Western Australia tend to be fiercely proud of their city and with good reason. It is a thriving and prosperous city with beautiful and diverse surrounds with an exciting mix of peoples who have settled there from across the globe. It is a warm city, both in climate and also in spirit, the locals are friendly and welcoming, especially to those who understand their national pride and respect it. Perth is unusual in that although it is a major capital of an Australian state, it is in fact closer to Southeast Asia than it is to any other Australian city. Perhaps this is one reason why those who dwell in Perth are very proud of their city, it ...  Read the complete review