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Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the state of Western Australia. It is separated from Adelaide by a distance of 2,120 km, including the vast spaces of the Nullarbor Plain, making it one of the world's most isolated cities. Wikivoyage

Population 2,141,834 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Australia

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Australia

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Perth. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Raves and Festivals

    March, October

    If dance music is your thing, many top DJ and electronic music artists will make the trip out to Perth between October and March. Perth is known as the Drum 'n' Bass capital of the southern hemisphere.

  2. C B Cox Stakes

    December

    The Ted Van Heemst Stakes is a Perth Racing Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race held under weight for age conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 2100 metres at Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia in December.

    Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Perth); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 96 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: McIver 710 m, Claisebrook 1.3 km, City West 1.6 km, East Perth 1.9 km, East Perth Terminal 2.0 km, Leederville 2.3 km, West Leederville 2.6 km, Mount Lawley 2.8 km, Perth Stadium 3.2 km, Subiaco 3.4 km, Burswood 4.0 km, Maylands 4.1 km, Daglish 4.3 km, Victoria Park 4.6 km, Shenton Park 5.1 km, Meltham 5.1 km, Glendalough 5.3 km, Carlisle 5.7 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.