The metropolitan area is located in the south west of the continent between the Indian Ocean and a low coastal escarpment known as the Darling Range. The central business district and suburbs of Perth are situated on the Swan River. Perth is ranked 4th on The Economist's 2008 list of the World's Most Livable Cities.

Perth has a booming economy, primarily due to the rising demands for raw minerals from emerging economies, especially China. This has led to a mining boom, which is having a great impact not only for Perth, but for the whole state of Western Australia. As for tourists, more than 2 million interstate and international visitors inject millions into the local economy through hotel and retail services as many world cities are increasingly becoming service economies.

The West Australian Art Gallery houses the state's premier art collection and hosts numerous impressive visiting exhibitions, like the 2006 Norman Lindsay exhibition. Additional exhibits occur at PICA and many other smaller venues on a regular basis across Perth.

The most popular sports are Australian football, cricket and netball[citation needed]. The climate of Perth allows for extensive outdoor sport activity, and this is reflected in the wide variety of sports available to citizens of the city. Perth was host to the 1962 Commonwealth Games and the 1987 America's Cup defence (based at Fremantle). Australian football is the most popular spectator sport in Perth.

Perth Concert Hall is the city's main concert venue and hosts theatre, ballet, opera and orchestral performances. Other theatres include an auditorium within the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, the historic His Majesty's Theatre and Burswood Dome, which hosts music concerts. Outdoor concerts are held in Kings Park, Subiaco Oval and Members Equity Stadium and the Convention Centre on the foreshore replaces the Burswood Dome until a more satisfactory building is established.

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Adventures to Wild Places
Perth to Adelaide

The 9 Day Perth to Adelaide tour travels through the Central wheat belt of Western Australia to Esperance where it will stay in in Cape Le Grand National Park. The tour then heads to Norseman and crosses the Nullarbor and onto the Eyre Peninsula. This tour has a focus of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia and following the coastline of the Great Australian Bight.

Tour Highlights Include:

3 of the Top 20 experiences in Oz

• swim with Sealions and Dolphins
• Swim with and hand feed Tuna
• Great White Shark Cage Dive

Plus Learn to Surf and Cape Le Grand National Park

The journey is approximately 3800 kilometres - An average days driving is about 400-450 kilometres.

The difference between the 10 day Adelaide to Perth and the 9 Day Perth to Adelaide is that the Perth to Adelaide tour focuses on the Eyre Peninsula. The Adelaide to Perth tour focuses on the south west of Western Australia.