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Discover Perth by Hire Car

Welcome to Downunder. That’s what the smallest continent on earth likes to be called.

Once settled as a continent of captives, around 1820 immigrants founded right on the Indian Ocean, the city of Perth.

The city owes its name to the Scottish county of Perthshire. None of the immigrants at the time imagined the golden rise the city would take.

History and present of Perth

Around the city are to this day the largest gold mines of the continent. Perth owes its meteoric rise to one of the most beautiful cities on the other side of the world to the ore discoveries and its exposed location directly on the ocean.

Around 1.5 million inhabitants live in the metropolis today. The former mining settlement on the Swan River developed into a vibrant metropolis on the edge of the outback.

To this day, the pioneering spirit of its founders can be felt. Perth, that is Scottish avarice fused with ceaseless striving for cosiness and western lifestyle. A city that lives and whose inhabitants have never denigrated its origins.

Sights in Perth

Just in the months of September to November, the Australian spring, Perth blossoms downright. No visitor should miss it in this time to visit the Kings Park. While the barren desert lies just a few kilometres outside the city, thousands of species of wildflowers bloom here in a million-fold splendour.

Perth is awakening and visitors are arriving from all over the continent. For those who find this vibrant lifeline too hectic, turn to one of the many hire car agencies, where they can explore the surrounding countryside worth seeing quite cheaply with a hire car.

Out here, many a visitor has found his way back to inner peace. Here, true Australia reveals itself to him.