Cities & Travel
Perth: A City of Coast, Innovation and Opportunity
How Australia's western capital is quietly becoming a global hub for science, mining tech and clean energy.
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Perth sits closer to Singapore than to Sydney, and it shows. The city's rhythm is Indian Ocean rhythm — long light, warm nights, a workforce that thinks across time zones.
Underneath the beach-town surface is one of the most technologically advanced mining and energy economies on Earth. Autonomous haulage, remote operations centres and clean-hydrogen pilots are all being built here, often with quiet backing from universities and state government.
For visitors, Perth rewards a slower itinerary: Kings Park at sunrise, Fremantle on a Sunday, and a day trip south to Margaret River when time allows.
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