"Almost nearer to Africa than to Sydney"

Western Australia | Australia | 2000

Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east. WA is Australia's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world. It has 2.3 million inhabitants (10% of the national total).

"A lot of sticks in the sand"

Pinnacles | Western Australia | Australia | 2000

The Pinnacles are limestone formations contained within Nambung National Park, near the town of Cervantes, Western Australia. The raw material for the limestone of the Pinnacles came from seashells in an earlier epoch rich in marine life. These shells were broken down into lime rich sands which were blown inland to form high mobile dunes.

"The City of light"

Perth | Western Australia | Australia | 2000

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. Perth became known worldwide as the "City of Light" when city residents lit their house lights and streetlights as American astronaut John Glenn passed overhead while orbiting the earth on Friendship 7 in 1962. The city repeated the act as Glenn passed overhead on the Space Shuttle in 1998. Perth is tied for eighth place in The Economist's 2010 list of the World's Most Livable Cities.