Western Australian Lifestyle
In Western Australia we enjoy a quality of life that many consider to be among the best in the world. The first obvious benefit is the weather with summers of sunshine and short and mild winters, much like spring in the UK. The climate means a healthy, outdoor lifestyle where all year round can be spent exploring the state’s great outdoors.
Western Australia covers about 2.5 million square kilometres and is a state of natural contrasts. In the south, the state has dense forests with 400-year-old, 50 metre-high trees and rolling green farms, many with Australia’s most successful vineyards. To the north and north-west is the rugged and dramatic beauty of Western Australia’s spectacular national parks and world-renowned gorges, including Mount Augustus, the world’s biggest single rock. As well, the state hosts natural wonders like the Bungle Bungles and the semi-tropical rain forests of the far north.
Western Australia has thousands of kilometres of coast and a never-ending number of stunning pristine, white beaches, many of which are family-friendly. In the south, though, Western Australia has some of the most powerful surf in the world. You can get up close and personal with the Indian Ocean and its natural wonders. At Ningaloo Reef, the world’s largest fringing reef, the tepid waters are perfect for snorkelling and diving with all manner of marine life, including giant manta rays and even bigger whale sharks. For the less adventurous, you can feed the dolphins at Monkey Mia or take whale-watching trips as various species of whale make their annual migration along the coast.
Known for their warm welcome, West Aussies or “sandgropers”, are a naturally congenial bunch, which is why the state enjoys a tolerant, easy-going culture. Perth – with a little more than one million people – has a relaxed ambience more akin to that of a large provincial town. All of these virtues combine to create a Western Australia which offers one of the most elusive qualities of life – an effective and enjoyable life-work balance.
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Working in Perth
Perth is a multicultural city whose population comes from all parts of the globe, and our universities and places of work are a blend of people from Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East. The city of Perth, is acknowledged as the most remote city in the world, and it is interesting to note that Jakarta in Indonesia is actually closer to Perth than our own Australian city of Sydney in New South Wales. For more information about the City of Perth click here.
The main city streets in the central business district of Perth run from east to west and the city stretches approximately 45 kms in a southerly, easterly and northerly direction, whilst to the west is the Swan River flowing out to the Indian Ocean. In common with the rest of Australia, most of our people live on the coast. The coastline of our state is an astounding 12,500 kms long, and the whole of Europe could be fitted into the state of Western Australia with room to spare. Our beaches are renowned as being some of the best beaches in the world.
