Western Australia - Be Touched by Nature

The state of Western Australia, is Australia face on the Indian Ocean. Its capital Perth is closer to Singapore and Jakarta than it is to Canberra. The total population of Western Australia is 1 461 700. The majority of people live in and around Perth (population 1 193 100).

Western Australia is the largest Australian State. With an area of more than
2 500 000 sq km, a 12 500 km coastline and spanning 2 400km from north to south, it occupies a third of the continent.

Only the narrow Timor Sea separates its northern coastline from equatorial islands of the Indonesian Archipelago and to the south is the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.