On the far western side of Australia, a continent away from cities like Melbourne and Sydney, is the city of Perth. This city is really far away from everything. Like so many other cities, it grew as the result of a Nineteenth Century gold rush. Like Melbourne, it is built on a mostly-enclosed bay that forms a natural harbor. The city once turned on it's lights at night when U.S. astronaut John Glenn passed over as the first American in orbit.
When Australia was settled, it was not certain that one united country would form. Settlements in different parts of the vast continent originally saw little connection with one another, and no reason to form a single country. The state of Western Australia, where Perth is located, started out intending to be a separate country.These three images of downtown Perth are from Google Earth.
The following scenes of downtown Perth begin outside the Perth Arena.
There are multiple scenes following. To see the scenes, after the first one, you must first click the up arrow, ^, before you can move on to the next scene by clicking the right or forward arrow, >. After clicking the up arrow, you can then hide the previews of successive scenes, if you wish.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-31.949045,115.851796,3a,75y,176.07h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sz0iOVkB0vHOELDkZW-8cfw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dz0iOVkB0vHOELDkZW-8cfw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D176.66339%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Outside of Perth, this is the area of Cardup. The first image is from Google Street View.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-32.2567728,115.9819606,3a,75y,358h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8PSBu2QTzGxlWQZTLFm0Eg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D8PSBu2QTzGxlWQZTLFm0Eg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D358.60327%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Australia's two other largest cities are Adelaide and Brisbane. The following scenes begin in the center of Adelaide. There is a street in downtown Toronto with the same name. The first three images of Adelaide are from Google Earth and Street View.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.9302395,138.5970811,3a,75y,211.63h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbKWsYzGrCo6AD1q6uyvy1Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DbKWsYzGrCo6AD1q6uyvy1Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D206.79149%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
This is Brisbane, from it's downtown. Brisbane is the northernmost of the major cities in Australia that we have seen. Remember that Australia is in the southern hemisphere so that moving northward is getting closer to the equator. The first three images of central Brisbane are from Google Earth and Street View.
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