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Chivas USA arrived early this morning at The Home Depot Center's Field 6 for a final training session before flying to Vancouver. With training at 7:40 a.m., the team began warming up and then proceeded to one-touch passing.
Forward Casey Townsend picked up an injury during a scrimmage but continued training with team staff in separate exercises. Goalkeeper Patrick McLain continues filling in for an injured Tim Melia.
The team will arrive in Vancouver this afternoon ahead of tomorrow's match against Whitecaps FC at BC Place in the third and final match of the season between the two clubs. The first two games were played at The Home Depot Center; the first encounter was a 1-0 victory for the Whitecaps on March 17. Vancouver returned to Carson on July 7 and played to a scoreless draw with Chivas. The Goats have an overall record of 0-1-3 (W-L-T) against the Whitecaps.
After having Sunday off, Chivas USA returned to training this morning ahead of tomorrow's flight to Vancouver. Upon their arrival in Vancouver, the Goats will not be able to train; therefore, all final preparations for Wednesday's 7 pm match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC had to be set today. All players reported to today's training with the exception of Ryan Smith who was attending Chivas USA's first career panel of the year.
Training continued as usual, starting off with light warm-ups followed by short scrimmages. Players that went the full 90 minutes in last Saturday's match against Real Salt Lake had light training and were sidelined thereafter while the remaining group resumed training.
Goalkeeper Tim Melia was seen in full uniform, but did not train with the team. Melia has been out of training since mid-September for low back pain. Cdchivasusa.com asked Melia how his recovery was going and he responded, "I've been feeling good. There are days when I'm fine but then the next day, it's not. I'm just taking it day-by-day."
On another note, haircuts seem to be the trend in the Red-and-White locker room. Last week, it was defender Rauwshan McKenzie and Miller Bolaños, and now this week, Jorge Villafaña. Check out the photo:
It's an annual ritual for every team to take a team photo, and on Wednesday it was Chivas USA's turn. After practice, everyone headed to the locker room to prepare. Despite being the first one dressed and ready to go, Jorge Villafaña was the last one to step out onto the field for the photo. And to hush all of the rumors out there, General Manager Jose Domene was indeed a part of the team picture (and yes, he was wearing one of his many crazy pairs of socks- check out the photo below).
Expect the final photo to be available soon, but until then, here's a behind-the-scenes photo gallery of what went down today:
Chivas USA held a fast-paced, physical practice this morning at The Home Depot Center's Field 6 – complete with an inter-squad workout. Left back Ante Jazic and midfielder Oswaldo Minda remained absent from practice as they return from completing their participation with their respective national teams. Starting center back, Danny Califf, was held out of practice for precautionary reasons and is listed as questionable because of a right hamstring.
QUESTIONABLE: Danny Califf (R HS); Tim Melia (Low Back)
PROBABLE: MF Ryan Smith (R HS); Peter Vagenas (R HS)
Yet another exciting edition of the BarraClásico was disputed last night ahead of this Sunday's SuperClásico match. For those that don't know, the BarraClásico is a trio of games between Chivas USA and LA Galaxy Front Office staff and Supporter Groups.
Chivas USA's Front Office took yet ANOTHER win last night, this time with a 4-3 final score. It was the Marketing Department's time to shine as Promotions Coordinator and Front Office top goal scorer Kevin Ramirez scored his two goals (adding to the two he scored in previous editions); Street Team member Jesus also scored a pair for the Front Office adding to his two goals he counted with.
Meanwhile, Black Army 1850 was looking for their first victory of the year against the LA Riot Squad. The match was looking like a 1-1 draw (BA goal scored by Angel Mendoza), but the Galactic supporters took the 2-1 victory in the last minutes.
Last match of the day was between Union Ultras and the Angel City Brigade. The Ultras had lost their first match 1-0, but took a 3-1 victory in the second. The third match ended in a 1-1 draw, but due to goal aggregate that BOTH teams agreed on, the Ultras took the Supporters Trophy.
Joining the Supporters, Chivas USA Forward and Captain Alejandro Moreno as well as Cesar Romero were in attendance last night. On behalf of Chivas USA, we'd like to thank everyone who came out to support our club. Now it's on to getting the win the win this Sunday! Arriba las Chivas!
There are four days left to the Meet the Team event… so do you know when the event is? It's this upcoming Saturday, August 4th! If you haven't prepared for the big day, head over to the Team LA store in The Home Depot Center to buy your 2012 season jersey, scarf or whatever you want the team to autograph! They will all be here waiting to meet YOU!
Remember this event is for Season Seat Holders ONLY. If you haven't sent your RSVP, feel free to contact Gary Gomez at (310) 630-4581
After earning three points at Jeld-Wen Field last Saturday vs Portland Timbers, MLSsoccer.com has placed Chivas USA in the 13th spot of the MLS Power Rankings for Week 21, moving on up one spot from last week's rankings.. The club also ranks 13th in the overall league standings with a record of 7-8-5 (W-L-T) and 26 points, just three spots from playoff contention. If the Goats earn nine points in the next three games (LA Galaxy, Colorado Rapids, and Seattle Sounders respectfully), the team could be in contention for a berth in the MLS Cup Playoffs.
Aside from the Power Rankings, the Goats are currently the top defense in the Western Conference, and third league-wide with just 21 goals against in 20 games disputed.
Click here to see all MLSsoccer.com's Power Rankings and let us know if you agree or disagree with the rankings!
We're just five days away from you, our season seat holders, meeting our amazing team. In case you haven't heard of the event (or if you're not a season seat holder), our fans will be able to enjoy a nice afternoon with the team which includes (and is not limited to) chatting and taking pictures with the team.
Aside from being just five short days from the big event, we're also very close to getting our fifth win against the LA Galaxy! If the Goats are able to earn their second win of the season against the Galaxy on Sunday, August 12, then the team will take home its second SuperClásico title in history (the last time the Red-and-White took home the trophy was back in 2007- so yes, it's time we bring it back where it belongs).
If you're a Season Seat Holder and you haven't RSVP'd to this event, feel free to contact Gary Gomez at (310) 630-4581
After three games in one week, Chivas USA has landed in 15th position in MLSsoccer.com's Power Rankings, coming down one position from the previous week. In the one week, the Goats we're able to earn four points; three valuable points at home against Montreal Impact on Wednesday and a scoreless draw in a scorching hot Dallas.
Although the Goats might place among in the 15th spot of the Power Rankings, the club ranks 13th in general league standings with 19 points. Up next for the Goats in MLS, is the July 7th match vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC at The Home Depot Center.
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I myself am pro-choice, but that last line in that Planned Parenthood article really irked me, it said, "Now that these kids know that their favorite bands are pro-choice" or something to the extent that the kids will be pro-choice just because bands they like are. I mean what the fuck!? Shouldn't these kids be making their decision on their own? What pisses me off most about both sides of this issue is that both fucking sides refuse to even consider learning about the other side of the story, or acknowledge that the other side has some valid points. Here's conclusions I've reached, feel free to flame them:
-Abortion is murder.
-That's OK with me because I'm in favor of Euthenasia/Mercy Killing(hooked up to life support sort of stuff, not so much doctor assisted suicide).
-Pro-Life People need to recognize the economic factors of banning aborition, such as a whole new population of children which we will not be able to handle.
-Pro-Choice people need to recognize that some of the moral objections that people have to abortion are legitimate, and should quit trying to shove abortions down people's throats.
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First Political Thread....good stuff.
I agree with you. Both sides need to be a more openminded towards the subject. I consider myself to be prochoice, but its nothing to be proud of. To me, it does not make any sense to bring a potentially unwanted child into a world that would not gaurantee him or her suffecient healthcare with a universal healthcare system for minors. I also find it ironic that alot of the same people who are pro life would also refuse to allow gays to adopt those children.
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I'm gonna try my best to be cool about this but I think the issue is a personal one and based heavily in one's subjective ideology.... here is what BizzleBrizzle wrote:
"Abortion is murder."
This is simply not a given; to drop a statement like this is an obvious attempt to get folks up in arms...Im not one for safe liberalism but this is an common proclamation that conservatives explain as a given and then argue as if their points are founded in an absolute truth. At what stage is abortion murder? Who says? What is their agenda?
"Pro-Choice people need to recognize that some of the moral objections that people have to abortion are legitimate, and should quit trying to shove abortions down people's throats."
They might have moral objections that are legitimate to their own moral code, but who the fuck says that should have anything to do with your choice & to think for a minute that anyone pro-choice is trying to shove abortion down anyone's throat is ridiculous. Nobody pro-choice has ever killed a DR for refusing to offer abortive services, yet on the pro-life side people have been threatened and murdered.... abortion is a medical right, one that must be respected and upheld. Dialogue is important, but ultimately the decision is between a woman and her medical provider.
I agree with Paint It None More Black; if the seemingly fundamental majority in this country really want to continue to make a difference they should leverage some of their hot blooded complaints with compassion and look into issue like same-sex marriage and adoption as a progressive solution to family planning.
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To me all abortion is is mercy killing, I have no moral objection to euthenasia.
I'm more sick with punk/underground bands getting their listeners to blindly sign up and support causes without explaining it to people. I mean PunkVoter is case and point. Not once was it ever explained why Kerry was the better candidate, all they did was talk about how dumb Bush was. Kerry could have been pro-pedofelia and they'd still have supported him.
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Its kinda funny, cause PunkVoter wasnt exactly Pro Kerry - they were more anti Bush than anything. And I think in this particular election, you were either considered a potential Bush voter, or a potential Kerry voter. I percieved it as a very black and white election, especially for the progressive groups. As a liberal, it was seen as being "too risky" to vote for anyone other than Kerry in hopes of getting Bush out of office. So in other words, a die hard Nader supporter like myself would be encouraged to "sacrifice" my vote towards Kerry with the pure intention of getting Bush out of office. Its called "Anybody But Bush"....and much of the punk rock community embraced it.
I do somewhat agree with you Brizzle. I've been to a numerous amount of shows where people were handing out informative literature when they themselves did not know a whole hell of a lot what they were endorsing. Kids should educate themselves and get involved simply because its the duty of being an active American citizen, not because its cool.
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Perth Western Australia |
Coordinates | 31°57′8″S 115°51′32″E / 31.95222°S 115.85889°ECoordinates: 31°57′8″S 115°51′32″E / 31.95222°S 115.85889°E | ||||||
Population | 1,897,548 (30 June 2012)[1] (4th) | ||||||
• Density | 285.5/km2 (739.4/sq mi) (June 2011)[2] | ||||||
Established | 1829 | ||||||
Area | 5,386 km2 (2,079.5 sq mi)[3] | ||||||
Time zone | AWST (UTC+8) | ||||||
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State electorate(s) | Perth (and 41 others) | ||||||
Federal Division(s) | Perth (and 10 others) | ||||||
Perth /pɜrθ/ is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia, with an estimated population of 1.9 million living in Greater Perth.[8] Part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, the majority of the metropolitan area of Perth is located on the Swan Coastal Plain, a narrow strip between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp, a low coastal escarpment. The first areas settled were on the Swan River, with the city's central business district and port (Fremantle) both located on its shores. Perth's metropolitan area is formally divided into a number of local government areas, which themselves consist of a large number of suburbs, extending from Two Rocks in the north to Rockingham in the south, and east inland to The Lakes.
Perth was originally founded by Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony, and gained city status in 1856 (currently vested in the smaller City of Perth). The city is named for Perth, Scotland, by influence of Sir George Murray, then British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. The city's population increased substantially as a result of the Western Australian gold rushes in the late 19th century, largely as a result of emigration from the eastern colonies of Australia. During Australia's involvement in World War II, Fremantle served as a base for submarines operating in the Pacific Theatre. An influx of immigrants following the conclusion of the war was followed by a surge in economic activity as a result of several mining booms in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, with Perth becoming the regional headquarters for a number of mining operations located around the state.
As part of Perth's role as the capital of Western Australia, the state's Parliament and Supreme Court are located within the city, as well as Government House, the residence of the Governor of Western 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.[9][10] The city repeated the act as Glenn passed overhead on the Space Shuttle in 1998.[11][12] Perth came 9th in the Economist Intelligence Unit's August 2012 list of the world's most liveable cities,[13] and was classified by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network in 2010 as a world city.[14]
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Indigenous history[edit]
Before European colonisation, the area had been inhabited by the Whadjuk Noongar people for over 40,000 years, as evidenced by archaeological findings on the Upper Swan River.[15] These Aborigines occupied the southwest corner of Western Australia and lived as hunter-gatherers. The wetlands on the Swan Coastal Plain were particularly important to them, both spiritually, featuring in local mythology, and as a source of food.
Rottnest, Carnac and Garden Islands were also important to the Noongar. About 5,000 years ago the sea levels were low enough that they could walk to the limestone outcrops.
The area where Perth now stands was called Boorloo by the Aboriginals living there in 1827 at the time of their first contact with Europeans. Boorloo formed part of Mooro, the tribal lands of the Yellagonga. It is one of several groups based around the Swan River and known collectively as the Whadjuk. The Whadjuk were part of a larger group of thirteen or more tribes which formed the south west socio-linguistic block known as the Noongar (meaning "the people" in their language), also sometimes called the Bibbulmun.
On 19 September 2006, the Federal Court of Australia brought down a judgment recognising Noongar native title over the Perth metropolitan area, in the case of Bennell v State of Western Australia [2006] FCA 1243.[16] The judgment was overturned on appeal.[17]
Early European sightings[edit]
The first documented European sighting of the region was made by the Dutch Captain Willem de Vlamingh and his crew on 10 January 1697.[18] Subsequent sightings between this date and 1829 were made by other Europeans, but as in the case of the sighting and observations made by Vlamingh, the area was considered to be inhospitable and unsuitable for the agriculture which would be needed to sustain a settlement.
Swan River Colony[edit]
Although the British Army had established a base at King George Sound (later Albany) on the south coast of western Australia in 1826 in response to rumours that the area would be annexed by France, Perth was the first full-scale settlement by Europeans in the western third of the continent. The British colony would be officially designated Western Australia in 1832, but was known informally for many years as the Swan River Colony after the area's major watercourse.
On 4 June 1829, newly arriving British colonists had their first view of the mainland, and Western Australia's Foundation Day has since been recognised by a public holiday on the first Monday in June each year. Captain James Stirling, aboard the Parmelia, said that Perth was "as beautiful as anything of this kind I had ever witnessed". On 12 August that year, Helen Dance, wife of the captain of the second ship, Sulphur, cut down a tree to mark the founding of the town.
It is clear that Stirling had already selected the name Perth for the capital well before the town was proclaimed, as his proclamation of the colony, read in Fremantle on 18 June 1829, ended "given under my hand and Seal at Perth this 18th Day of June 1829. James Stirling Lieutenant Governor".[19] The only contemporary information on the source of the name comes from Fremantle's diary entry for 12 August, which records that they "named the town Perth according to the wishes of Sir George Murray".[20] Murray was born in Perth, Scotland, and was in 1829 Secretary of State for the Colonies and Member for Perthshire in the British House of Commons. The town was named after the Scottish Perth,[21][22] in Murray's honour.[23][24][25]
Beginning in 1831, hostile encounters between the British settlers and the Noongar people – both large-scale land users with conflicting land value systems – increased considerably as the colony grew. This violent phase of the region's history culminated in a series of events in which the British overcame the indigenous people, including the execution of the Whadjuk elder Midgegooroo, the death of his son Yagan in 1833, and the Battle of Pinjarra in 1834.
By 1843, when Yellagonga died, his people had begun to disintegrate after having been dispossessed of the land around the main settlement area of Perth. They retreated to the swamps and lakes north of the settlement area including Third Swamp, known to them as Boodjamooling. Boodjamooling continued to be a main camp-site for the remaining Noongar people in the Perth region, and was also used by travellers, itinerants, and homeless people. By the gold-rush days of the 1890s they were joined by miners who were en route to the goldfields.[26]
In 1850, Western Australia was opened to convicts at the request of farming and business people looking for cheap labour.[27] Queen Victoria announced the city status of Perth in 1856.[28]
Federation and beyond[edit]
After a referendum in 1900,[29] Western Australia joined the Federation of Australia in 1901.[28] It was the last of the Australian colonies to agree to join the Federation, and did so only after the other colonies had offered several concessions, including the construction of a transcontinental railway line to Perth (via Kalgoorlie) from the eastern states.
In 1933, Western Australia voted in a referendum to leave the Australian Federation, with a majority of two to one in favour of secession.[29] However, an election held shortly before the referendum had turned out the incumbent "pro-independence" government, replacing it with a government which did not support the independence movement. Respecting the result of the referendum, the new government nonetheless petitioned the Agent General of the United Kingdom for independence, where the request was simply ignored.[30]
Perth's growth and relative prosperity, especially since the mid-1960s,[31] has resulted from its role as the main service centre for the state's resource industries, which produce gold, iron ore, nickel, alumina, diamonds, mineral sands, coal, oil, and natural gas.[32] Whilst most mineral and petroleum production takes place elsewhere in the state, the non-base services provide most of the employment and income to the people of Perth.[33]
Central business district[edit]
The central business district of Perth is bounded by the Swan River to the south and east, with Kings Park on the western end, while the railway reserve formed a northern border. A state and federally funded project named Perth City Link involves the sinking of a section of the railway line, in addition to the sinking of an existing above-ground bus terminal as well as riverside development, known as Elizabeth Quay. St Georges Terrace is the prominent street of the area with 1.3 million m² of office space in the CBD.[34] Hay Street and Murray Street have most of the retail and entertainment facilities. The tallest building in the city is Central Park, which is the seventh tallest building in Australia.[35] The CBD has recently been the centre of a mining-induced boom, with several commercial and residential projects due for completion, including a 244 m (801 ft) office building for Australian/British mining company BHP Billiton.
Geology and landforms[edit]
Perth is set on the Swan River, named after the native black swans in 1697 by Willem de Vlamingh, captain of a Dutch expedition and namer of WA's Rottnest Island.[36] Traditionally, this water body has been known by Aboriginal inhabitants as Derbal Yerrigan.[37] The city centre and most of the suburbs are located on the sandy and relatively flat Swan Coastal Plain, which lies between the Darling Scarp and the Indian Ocean. The soils of this area are quite infertile. The metropolitan area extends to Yanchep in the north and Rockingham to the south, total distance of approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi). From the coast in the west to Mundaring in the east is a total distance of approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi). The Perth metropolitan area covers 5,386.4 square kilometres (2,079.7 sq mi).[3]
Much of Perth was originally built on a series of freshwater wetlands running from Herdsman Lake in the west through to Claisebrook Cove in the east. It has been estimated that up to 80% of Perth was built on reclaimed wetlands.[38]
The coastal suburbs' placement is advantageous due to proximity to Perth's oceanside location and clean beaches. To the east, the city is bordered by a low escarpment called the Darling Scarp. Perth is on generally flat, rolling land – largely due to the high amount of sandy soils and deep bedrock. The Perth metropolitan area has two major river systems; the first is made up of the Swan and Canning Rivers. The second is that of the Serpentine and Murray Rivers, which discharge into the Peel Estuary at Mandurah.
Perth receives moderate though highly seasonal rainfall, making it the fourth wettest Australian capital city after Darwin, Sydney and Brisbane. Summers are generally hot and dry, lasting from December to late March, with February generally being the hottest month of the year, while winters are relatively cool and wet, making Perth a classic example of a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa).[39][40] Summer is not completely devoid of rain with sporadic rainfall in the form of short-lived thunderstorms, weak cold fronts and on very rare occasions decaying tropical cyclones from Western Australia's north-west which can bring significant rainfall. The highest ever recorded temperature in Perth was 46.2 °C (115.2 °F) on 23 February 1991, although Perth Airport recorded 46.7 °C (116.1 °F) on the same day.[41][42] On most summer afternoons a sea breeze, also known as the "Fremantle doctor", blows from the southwest, providing relief from the hot north-easterly winds. Temperatures often fall below 30 °C (86 °F) a few hours after the arrival of the wind change.[43] Perth is a particularly sunny city for a Mediterranean climate, with an average of 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, which equates to around 3200 hours of annual sunshine.[42]
Winters are relatively cool and wet, with most of Perth's annual rainfall between May and September. The lowest temperature recorded in Perth was −0.7 °C (30.7 °F) on 17 June 2006.[41] The lowest temperature within the Perth metropolitan area was −3.4 °C (25.9 °F) on the same day at Jandakot Airport.[44]
The rainfall pattern has changed in Perth and Southwest Western Australia since the mid-1970s. A significant reduction in winter rainfall has been observed with a greater number of extreme rainfall events in the summer months,[45] such as slow-moving storms on 8 February 1992 which brought 120.6 millimetres (4.75 in) of rain, the highest recorded in Perth,[41][43] and a severe thunderstorm on 22 March 2010, which brought 40.2 millimetres (1.58 in) of rain and caused significant damage in the metropolitan area.[46] Perth experienced its longest dry spell, of 84 days, in the period leading up to 12 February 2010.[47]
Climate data for Perth, Western Australia (temperatures 1993–2011, extremes 1897–2011, rain data 1876–2011) | |||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 45.8 (114.4) |
46.2 (115.2) |
42.4 (108.3) |
37.6 (99.7) |
34.3 (93.7) |
28.1 (82.6) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.8 (82) |
32.7 (90.9) |
37.3 (99.1) |
40.3 (104.5) |
44.2 (111.6) |
46.2 (115.2) |
Average high °C (°F) | 31.1 (88) |
31.4 (88.5) |
29.6 (85.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.9 (66) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
26.4 (79.5) |
28.9 (84) |
24.6 (76.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.55 (76.19) |
24.8 (76.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
19.65 (67.37) |
16.5 (61.7) |
13.9 (57) |
13 (55) |
13.45 (56.21) |
14.75 (58.55) |
17.2 (63) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
18.65 (65.57) |
Average low °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) |
18.2 (64.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
9.4 (48.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.3 (61.3) |
12.7 (54.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | 8.9 (48) |
8.7 (47.7) |
6.3 (43.3) |
4.1 (39.4) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
0.0 (32) |
1.3 (34.3) |
1.0 (33.8) |
2.2 (36) |
5.0 (41) |
7.9 (46.2) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
Rainfall mm (inches) | 9.6 (0.378) |
12.6 (0.496) |
19.4 (0.764) |
43.9 (1.728) |
117.3 (4.618) |
175.7 (6.917) |
169.6 (6.677) |
133.4 (5.252) |
80.8 (3.181) |
52.3 (2.059) |
22.1 (0.87) |
13.3 (0.524) |
850.0 (33.465) |
Avg. precipitation days | 2.5 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 11.3 | 15.1 | 17.4 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 8.9 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 109.1 |
% humidity | 39 | 38 | 40 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 57 | 54 | 53 | 47 | 44 | 40 | 47 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 359.6 | 310.8 | 294.5 | 246 | 210.8 | 177 | 186 | 220.1 | 228 | 297.6 | 321 | 359.6 | 3,211 |
Source: Bureau of Meteorology[48][49] |
Climate data for Fremantle, Western Australia (15 km (9 mi) SW of Perth CBD) | |||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 42.4 (108.3) |
41.0 (105.8) |
39.4 (102.9) |
35.8 (96.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
36.3 (97.3) |
39.0 (102.2) |
40.0 (104) |
42.4 (108.3) |
Average high °C (°F) | 27.3 (81.1) |
27.9 (82.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.1 (62.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
Average low °C (°F) | 17.8 (64) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
14.9 (58.8) |
12.7 (54.9) |
11.1 (52) |
10.0 (50) |
10.2 (50.4) |
11.0 (51.8) |
12.3 (54.1) |
14.5 (58.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
7.4 (45.3) |
5.1 (41.2) |
5.1 (41.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
3.1 (37.6) |
2.2 (36) |
5.1 (41.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
9.4 (48.9) |
2.2 (36) |
Precipitation mm (inches) | 6.3 (0.248) |
11.3 (0.445) |
16.3 (0.642) |
41.3 (1.626) |
112.8 (4.441) |
165.5 (6.516) |
156.2 (6.15) |
117.7 (4.634) |
69.2 (2.724) |
42.2 (1.661) |
18.2 (0.717) |
11.4 (0.449) |
764.6 (30.102) |
Avg. precipitation days | 2.6 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 17.8 | 19.3 | 17.4 | 14.4 | 10.9 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 121.8 |
% humidity | 57 | 57 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 76 | 77 | 73 | 69 | 65 | 60 | 57 | 66 |
Source: Bureau of Meteorology [50] |
The nearest city to Perth with a population of more than 100,000 is Adelaide, South Australia, which is 2,104 kilometres (1,307 mi) away. Author Bill Bryson states that Perth is the most remote city on earth,[51] which he justifies by noting that the population of metropolitan Perth is greater than the combined populations of the rest of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and South Australia, west of Adelaide. However, other measures suggest that Honolulu (population 900,000), which is 3,841 kilometres (2,387 mi) from San Francisco; or Auckland (population 1.5M), which is 2,153 kilometres (1,338 mi) from Sydney, New South Wales, are more isolated.
Perth is geographically closer to both Dili, East Timor (2,785 kilometres (1,731 mi)), and Jakarta, Indonesia (3,002 kilometres (1,865 mi)), than Sydney (3,291 kilometres (2,045 mi)), Brisbane, Queensland, (3,604 kilometres (2,239 mi)) or Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (3,106 kilometres (1,930 mi)).
Historical populations Perth Statistical Division |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
1854 | 4,001 | — |
1859 | 6,293 | +57.3% |
1870 | 8,220 | +30.6% |
1881 | 9,955 | +21.1% |
1891 | 16,694 | +67.7% |
1901 | 67,431 | +303.9% |
1911 | 116,181 | +72.3% |
1921 | 170,213 | +46.5% |
1933 | 230,340 | +35.3% |
1947 | 302,968 | +31.5% |
1954 | 395,049 | +30.4% |
1961 | 475,398 | +20.3% |
1966 | 559,298 | +17.6% |
1971 | 703,199 | +25.7% |
Source: ABS |
Historical populations Greater Perth Statistical Area |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
1971 | 744,600 | — |
1976 | 845,700 | +13.6% |
1981 | 941,479 | +11.3% |
1986 | 1,075,959 | +14.3% |
1991 | 1,226,115 | +14.0% |
1996 | 1,344,378 | +9.6% |
2001 | 1,452,058 | +8.0% |
2006 | 1,590,007 | +9.5% |
2008 | 1,687,815 | +6.2% |
2010 | 1,785,076 | +5.8% |
Source: ABS[52] |
populations[53] |
Country of birth | Population (2006) |
United Kingdom | 168,483 |
New Zealand | 33,751 |
Malaysia | 28,939 |
Italy | 18,701 |
South Africa | 18,683 |
India | 14,007 |
Singapore | 11,199 |
Vietnam | 10,081 |
Ireland | 7,706 |
China | 7,681 |
Germany | 7,617 |
Netherlands | 7,570 |
Indonesia | 7,392 |
United States | 5,524 |
Perth is Australia's fourth most populous city, having overtaken Adelaide's population in the early 1980s. At the 2006 Census 1,445,079 residents in the Perth statistical area were counted. As of 2011 there were approximately 1.83 million residents in the metropolitan area.[54]
Ethnic groups[edit]
In 2006, the largest ancestry groups in the Perth metropolitan areas were: English (534,555 or 28.6%), Australian (479,174 or 25.6%), Irish (115,384 or 6.2%), Scottish (113,846 or 6.1%), Italian (84,331 or 4.5%) and Chinese (53,390 or 2.9%). There were 26,700 Indigenous Australians in the city.[55]
Perth's population is notable for the high proportion of British-born residents. At the 2006 Census, 142,424 England-born Perth residents were counted,[56] narrowly behind Sydney (145,261),[57] despite the fact that Perth had just 35% of the overall population of Sydney.
The ethnic make-up of Perth changed in the second part of the 20th century, when significant numbers of continental European immigrants arrived in the city. Prior to this, Perth's population had been almost completely Anglo-Celtic in ethnic origin. As Fremantle was the first landfall in Australia for many migrant ships coming from Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, Perth started to experience a diverse influx of people, which included Italians, Greeks, Dutch, Germans, Croats, and many others. The Italian influence in the Perth and Fremantle area has been substantial, evident in places like the "Cappuccino strip" in Fremantle featuring many Italian eateries and shops. In Fremantle the traditional Italian blessing of the fleet festival is held every year at the start of the fishing season. In Northbridge every December is the San Nicola (Saint Nicholas) Festival, which involves a pageant followed by a concert, predominantly in Italian. Suburbs surrounding the Fremantle area such as Spearwood and Hamilton Hill also contain high concentrations of Italians, Croatians and Portuguese. Perth also has a small Jewish community – numbering 5,082 in 2006[53] – who have emigrated primarily from Eastern Europe and more recently from South Africa.
Another more recent wave of arrivals includes European minorities from Southern Africa. The South Africa–born overtook those born in Italy to become the fourth largest birthplace group after 2001. By 2006, there were 18,825 South Africa–born in Perth, accounting for 1.3% of the city's people.[56] Many Afrikaners and Anglo-Africans from South Africa and Zimbabwe emigrated to Perth during the 1980s and 1990s, with the phrase "packing for Perth" becoming associated with South Africans who choose to emigrate abroad, sometimes regardless of the destination.[58] As a result, the city has been described as "the Australian capital of South Africans in exile".[59] The reason for Perth being so popular among white South Africans has often been the location (closer to Africa than other large cities), the vast amount of expansion and space, and the slightly warmer climate compared to other large Australian cities—Perth has a Mediterranean climate like the area around Cape Town, South Africa.
Since the late 1970s, Southeast Asia has become an increasingly important source of migrants, with communities from Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mainland China, and India all now well-established. There were 53,390 persons of Chinese descent in Perth in 2006 – 2.9% of the city's population.[60] These are supported by the Australian Eurasian Association of Western Australia,[61] which also serves a community of Portuguese-Malacca Eurasian or Kristang immigrants.[62]
The Indian community includes a substantial number of Parsees who emigrated from Bombay – Perth being the closest Australian city to India – and the India-born population of the city at the time of the 2006 census was 14,094 or 0.8%.[60] Perth is also home to the largest population of Anglo-Burmese in the world; many settled here following the independence of Burma in 1948 and the city is now the cultural hub for Anglo-Burmese worldwide.[citation needed] There is also a substantial Anglo-Indian population in Perth, who also settled in the city following the independence of India.
Perth houses the Parliament of Western Australia and the Governor of Western Australia. At present, 42 of the Legislative Assembly's 59 seats and 18 of the Legislative Council's 36 seats are based in Perth's metropolitan area as of the 2008 state election. Perth is represented by 9 full seats and significant parts of three others in the Federal House of Representatives, with the seats of Canning, Pearce and Brand including some areas outside the metropolitan area. The metropolitan area is divided into over 30 local government bodies, including the City of Perth which administers Perth's central business district.
The state's highest court, the Supreme Court, is located in Perth,[63] along with the District[64] and Family[65] Courts. The Magistrates' Court has six metropolitan locations.[66] The Federal Court of Australia and the Federal Magistrates' Courts occupy the Commonwealth Law Courts building on Victoria Avenue, Perth,[67] which is the also the location for annual Perth sittings of Australia's High Court.[68]
The Metropolitan Region Scheme is the statutory town planning scheme for land use in the Perth metropolitan area, and has been in operation since 1963.[69]
By virtue of its population and role as the administrative centre for business and government, Perth dominates the Western Australian economy, despite the major mining, petroleum, and agricultural export industries located elsewhere in the state.[70] Perth's function as the State's capital city, its economic base and population size have also created development opportunities for many other businesses oriented to local or more diversified markets.
Perth's economy has been changing in favour of the service industries since the 1950s. Although one of the major sets of services it provides are related to the resources industry and, to a lesser extent, agriculture, most people in Perth are not connected to either; they have jobs that provide services to other people in Perth.[71]
As a result of Perth's relative geographical isolation, it has never had the necessary conditions to develop significant manufacturing industries other than those serving the immediate needs of its residents, mining and agriculture and some specialised areas, such as, in recent times, niche ship building and maintenance. It was simply cheaper to import all the needed manufactured goods from either the eastern states or overseas.
Industrial employment influenced the economic geography of Perth. After WWII, Perth experienced suburban expansion aided by high levels of car ownership. Workforce decentralisation and transport improvements made it possible for the establishment of small-scale manufacturing in the suburbs. Many firms took advantage of relatively cheap land to build spacious, single-storey plants in suburban locations where parking, access and traffic congestion were minimal. "The former close ties of manufacturing with near-central and/or rail-side locations were loosened."[70]
Industrial estates such as Kwinana, Welshpool and Kewdale were post-war additions contributing to the growth of manufacturing south of the river. The establishment of the Kwinana industrial area was supported by standardisation of the east-west rail gauge linking Perth with eastern Australia. Since the 1950s, heavy industry has dominated the location including an oil refinery, steel-rolling mill with a blast furnace, alumina refinery, power station and a nickel refinery. Another development, also linked with rail standardisation, was in 1968 when the Kewdale Freight Terminal was developed adjacent to the Welshpool industrial area, replacing the former Perth railway yards.[70]
With significant population growth post-WWII,[72] employment growth occurred not in manufacturing but in retail and wholesale trade, business services, health, education, community and personal services and in public administration. Increasingly it was these services sectors, concentrated around the Perth metropolitan area, that provided jobs.[70]
Perth is home to four public universities: the University of Western Australia, Curtin University, Murdoch University, and Edith Cowan University. There is also one private university, the University of Notre Dame.
The University of Western Australia, which was founded in 1911,[73] is renowned as one of Australia's leading research institutions. The university's monumental neo-classical architecture, most of which is carved from white limestone, is a notable tourist destination in the city. It is the only university in the state to be a member of the Group of Eight, as well as the Sandstone universities. It is also the only university in Western Australia to have produced a Nobel Laureate,[citation needed] in Barry Marshall who graduated MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science) in 1975 and was awarded a joint Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in 2005, together with Robin Warren.
Curtin University (known as Curtin University of Technology until 2010) is Western Australia's largest university by student population, and was known from its founding in 1966 until 1986 as the Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT) and had amalgamated with Western Australian School of Mines and the Muresk Institute. It has a rapidly growing research reputation and is the only Western Australian university to produce PhD recipients of the AINSE gold medal, the highest possible recognition for PhD level science and engineering research excellence in Australia and New Zealand.[74]
Murdoch University was established in the 1970s, and is Australia's largest campus in geographical area (2.27 square kilometres), necessary to accommodate Western Australia's only veterinary school.
Edith Cowan University was established in the early 1990s from the existing Western Australian College of Advanced Education (WACAE) which itself was formed in the 1970s from the existing Teachers Colleges at Claremont, Churchlands, and Mount Lawley. It incorporates the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
The University of Notre Dame Australia was established in 1990. Notre Dame was established as a Catholic university with its lead campus in Fremantle and a large campus in Sydney. Its campus is set in the west end of Fremantle, utilising historic port buildings built in the 1890s, giving Notre Dame a distinct European university atmosphere. Though Notre Dame shares its name with the University of Notre Dame in Indiana USA, it is a separate institution, claiming only "strong ties" with its American namesake.[citation needed]
Colleges of TAFE provide trade and vocational training, including certificate- and diploma-level courses. TAFE began as a system of technical colleges and schools under the Education Department, from which they were separated in the 1980s and ultimately formed into regional colleges. Four exist in the Perth metropolitan area: Central Institute of Technology (formerly Central TAFE); West Coast Institute of Training (northern suburbs); Polytechnic West (eastern and south-eastern suburbs; formerly Swan TAFE); and Challenger Institute of Technology (Fremantle/Peel).
Perth is served by twenty digital free-to-air stations:
- ABC News 24,
- SBS One,
- SBS HD (SBS One broadcast in HD),
- SBS Two,
- Seven,
- 7mate,
- 7Two,
- Nine,
- Go!,
- Ten,
- One,
- Eleven,
- West TV,
- National Indigenous Television, and
ABC1, SBS One, Seven, Nine and Ten were also broadcast in an analogue broadcast format until 16 April 2013, when the analogue transmission was switched off.[75] Community station Access 31 closed in August 2008. In April 2010 a new community station, West TV, began transmission (in digital format only).
Foxtel provides a subscription-based satellite and cable television service. Perth has its own local newsreaders on ABC, Seven, Nine and Ten. Seven's weekly presenters are Rick Ardon and Susannah Carr; presenter for Nine is Greg Pearce, and the presenters for Ten are Craig Smart and Narelda Jacobs. The ABC news anchor is James McHale.
Television shows produced in Perth include local editions of the current affair program Today Tonight, and other types of programming such as The Force. An annual telethon has been broadcast since 1968 to raise funds for charities including Princess Margaret Hospital for Children. The 24 hour Perth Telethon claims to be "the most successful fundraising event per capita in the world"[76] and raised more than A$7.5 million in 2008.
The main newspapers for Perth are The West Australian and The Sunday Times. Localised free community papers cater for each local government area. There are also many advertising newspapers, such as The Quokka. The local business paper is Western Australian Business News.
Radio stations are on AM, FM and DAB+ frequencies. ABC stations include News Radio (585AM), 720 ABC Perth, Radio National (810AM), Classic FM (97.7FM) and Triple J (99.3FM). The six local commercial stations are: 92.9, Nova 93.7, Mix 94.5, 96fm, on FM and 882 6PR and 1080 6IX on AM. DAB+ has mostly the same as both FM and AM plus national stations from the ABC/SBS, Radar Radio and Novanation, along with local stations My Perth Digital and HotCountry Perth. Major community radio stations include RTRFM (92.1FM), Sonshine FM (98.5FM),[77] SportFM (91.3FM)[78] and Curtin FM (100.1FM).[79]
Online news media covering the Perth area include TheWest.com.au backed by The West Australian, Perth Now from the newsroom of The Sunday Times, WAToday from Fairfax Media and other outlets like TweetPerth on social media.
Perth Cultural Centre is both an area of central Perth and the collective name for the main buildings of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Western Australian Museum, Alexander Library, State Records Office and Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA).
The Perth International Arts Festival is a cultural festival which has been held annually since 1953.
Parks and recreation[edit]
Kings Park, located in central Perth between the CBD and the University of Western Australia, is the largest inner-city park in the world,[80] at 4.06 square kilometres.
Perth Zoo, located in South Perth, houses a variety of Australian and exotic animals from around the globe. The zoo is home to highly successful breeding programs for orangutans and giraffes, and participates in captive breeding and reintroduction efforts for a number of Western Australian species, including the numbat, the dibbler, the chuditch, and the western swamp tortoise.[81]
Museums and galleries[edit]
The Western Australian Museum holds an extensive display of Aboriginal artefacts as well as numerous zoological and social exhibits.
The new (2002) Western Australian Maritime Museum in Fremantle displays maritime objects from all eras and includes a former Royal Australian Navy submarine. It also houses Australia II, the yacht that won the 1983 America's Cup.
The Art Gallery of Western Australia houses the State Art Collection. It curates 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.
Music and performing arts[edit]
Perth is home to the West Australian Ballet, the West Australian Opera and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, all of which present regular programmes. The Western Australian Youth Orchestras[82] provide young musicians with performance opportunities in orchestral and other musical ensembles, including the WA Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, WA Youth Symphonic Band and WA Youth Chorale.
The Perth Concert Hall is the city's main concert venue and hosts theatre, ballet, opera and orchestral performances. The State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, which was officially opened on 27 January 2011, is home to the Black Swan State Theatre Company and the Perth Theatre Company. This complex is located in Northbridge, and contains three performance spaces: the main 575-seat Heath Ledger Theatre, the Studio Underground and The Courtyard.
Perth Arena is an entertainment and sporting arena in the city centre of Perth, Western Australia. It is located on Wellington Street, near the site of the former Perth Entertainment Centre, and was officially opened on 10 November 2012.
Other theatres in Perth include an auditorium within the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre (completed in 2005), 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.
Because of Perth's relative isolation from other Australian cities, overseas artists often exclude it from their Australian tour schedules. This isolation, however, has developed a strong local music scene. Music groups include The Triffids, The Stems, The Scientists, John Butler Trio, Eskimo Joe, End of Fashion, Little Birdy, Jebediah, The Sleepy Jackson, The Panics, Tame Impala, Karnivool, Drapht, Pond, San Cisco and Birds of Tokyo. Rock concerts held in Perth include the Big Day Out and Soundwave. The city has been referenced in songs by international artists, including "I Love Perth" (1996) by Pavement, and "Perth" (2011) by Bon Iver.
Hip-Hop and R&B are presented by Che'Nelle, and Samantha Jade. The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts provides courses in jazz,[83] which have contributed to development of local performers such as Graham Wood, Troy Roberts and Tom O'Halloran. The WAMI Awards have been acknowledging local music since 1985. Folk music is represented by bands such as The Settlers and the earlier-established Mucky Duck Bush Band, which has regular bush dances in Whiteman Park. The Hayloft in West Perth was the home of WA folk music in the 1970s, succeeded by the Peninsula Hotel in Maylands.
Celebrity musical performers from Perth have included the late AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott, and veteran performer and artist Rolf Harris (also known as "The Boy From Bassendean").
Film and television[edit]
Famous actors and media personalities from Perth include: Gemma Ward, Heath Ledger, Judy Davis, Melissa George, Jessica Gomes, Sara Groen, Rolf Harris, Rove McManus, Tim Minchin, Russell Napier, Alan Seymour, Sam Worthington, Isla Fisher, Gerard Kennedy, Terry Willesee, Mike Willesee, Roland Rocchiccioli, Liz Harris, Simon Reeve, Lisa McCune,
Perth boasts the internationally regarded Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts of Edith Cowan University, from which many successful actors and broadcasters have launched their careers, including Hugh Jackman, Frances O'Connor, Marcus Graham and William McInnes.
Feature films that feature Perth include Last Train to Freo, Two Fists, One Heart, Thunderstruck, Bran Nue Dae, Japanese Story and Nickel Queen.
Visual arts[edit]
Perth painters include Robert Juniper, Elizabeth Durack, William Boissevain, Elise Blumann, Kathleen O'Connor, Howard Taylor, Guy Grey-Smith, Theo Koning, Ella Fry, Ron Gomboc and Geoffrey Drake-Brockman. The Perth region also has a wide variety of public sculpture.
An early novel, Moondyne, set in the Swan River Colony, was written by a former Fenian convict, John Boyle O'Reilly. Joseph Furphy's novel Such is Life (written under his pseudonym, Tom Collins) is another early work. Katherine Susannah Prichard also figured prominently as a Perth author. A Faithful Picture, edited by Peter Cowan, gives a good idea of the early days of the Swan River Colony.
Perth is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth and of the Anglican Diocese of Perth. Roman Catholics make up about 23% of the population, and Catholicism is the most common single denomination. Other forms of Christianity, predominantly Anglican, make up approximately 28% of the population. Approximately one in five people from Perth profess to having no religion, with 11% of people not specific as to their beliefs. Buddhism and Islam each claim more than 20,000 adherents, and Perth is also home to 12,000[84] Latter-day Saints and the Perth Australia Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Perth has one of the larger Jewish populations in Australia, numbering approximately 20,000, with both Orthodox and Progressive Synagogues and a Jewish Day School. The Bahá'í community in Perth numbers around 1,500. Hindus are a community with over 20,000 adherents in Perth. The Diwali (festival of lights) celebration in 2009 attracted over 20,000 visitors. There are Hindu temples in Canning Vale, Anketell and a Swaminarayan temple north of the Swan River. Perth is also home of the seat of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross as the Church of St Ninian and St Chad in Perth was named the principal church of the ordinariate.[85]
Heritage buildings[edit]
There are several heritage buildings located in Perth's CBD. Several of these, such as Bishop's House and St George's House have been repurposed for commercial use. Old Perth Boys School is currently undergoing a refurbishment (due to be opened in 2012) as part of the City Square project. A number of the historic buildings are being converted into luxury accommodation and entertainment venues.
The most popular sports are Australian rules football, cricket, association football (soccer), and Rugby union[citation needed].
The climate of Perth allows for extensive outdoor sporting 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 rules football is the most popular spectator sport in Perth – nearly 24% of Western Australians attended matches in 2005.[86]
Perth is home to several professional sporting teams participating in various national competitions:
- Association football (soccer): Perth Glory and Perth Glory (W-League)
- Australian rules football: West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Football Club
- Baseball: Perth Heat
- Basketball: Perth Wildcats (men) and West Coast Waves (women)
- Cricket: Western Warriors and Perth Scorchers (men) and Western Fury (women)
- Field hockey: Smokefree WA Thundersticks (men) and Smokefree WA Diamonds (women)
- Ice Hockey: Perth Thunder
- Netball: West Coast Fever (formerly Perth Orioles)
- Rugby league: West Coast Pirates
- Rugby union: Western Force
- Volleyball: WA Pearls (women)[87]
Perth has hosted numerous state and international sporting events. Ongoing international events include the Hopman Cup during the first week of January at the Perth Arena. In addition to these Perth has hosted international Rugby Union games, including qualifying matches for 2003 Rugby World Cup. The 1991 and 1998 FINA World Championships were held in Perth.[88] Four races (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010) in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship have been held on a stretch of the Swan River called Perth Water, using Langley Park as a temporary air field.[89] Several motorsport facilities exist in Perth including Perth Motorplex, catering to drag racing and speedway, and Barbagallo Raceway for circuit racing and drifting. Perth also has two thoroughbred racing facilities: Ascot, home of the Railway Stakes and Perth Cup; and Belmont Park.
Perth is served by Perth Airport in the city's east for regional, domestic and international flights and Jandakot Airport in the city's southern suburbs for general aviation and charter flights.
Perth has a road network with three freeways and nine metropolitan highways. The Northbridge tunnel, part of the Graham Farmer Freeway, is the only significant road tunnel in Perth.
Perth metropolitan public transport, including trains, buses and ferries, are provided by Transperth, with links to rural areas provided by Transwa. There are 70 railway stations and 15 bus stations in the metropolitan area. The rail system has recently undergone significant redevelopment, with a new railway line built between Perth and Mandurah which doubled the length of Perth's railways. The railway was opened on 23 December 2007, a year after the original deadline.
Recent initiatives include progressive replacement of the bus fleet and the SmartRider contactless smartcard ticketing system. Perth provides zero-fare bus and train trips around the city centre (the "Free Transit Zone"), including three high-frequency CAT bus routes. Additionally, the rail network has been expanded in the northern and southern suburbs as part of the New MetroRail project.
The Indian Pacific passenger rail service connects Perth with Adelaide and Sydney via Kalgoorlie. The Transwa Prospector passenger rail service connects Perth with Kalgoorlie via several Wheatbelt towns, while the Transwa Australind connects to Bunbury, and the Transwa Avonlink connects to Northam.
Rail freight terminates at the Kewdale Rail Terminal, 15 kilometres south-east of the city centre.
Perth's main container and passenger port is at Fremantle, 19 kilometres south west at the mouth of the Swan River.[90] A second port complex is being developed in Cockburn Sound primarily for the export of bulk commodities.
Water supply[edit]
Reduced rainfall in the region in recent years has lowered inflow to reservoirs by two-thirds over the last 30 years, and affected groundwater levels. Coupled with the city's relatively high growth rate, this had led to concerns that Perth could run out of water in the near future.[91] The Western Australian State Government has responded by introducing mandatory household sprinkler restrictions in the city. The Kwinana Desalination Plant was opened in November 2006, able to supply over 45 gigalitres (10 billion imperial or 12 billion U.S. gallons) of potable water per year;[92][93] its power requirements were met by the construction of the Emu Downs Wind Farm near Cervantes.[94] Consideration was given to piping water from the Kimberley region, but the idea was rejected in May 2006 due primarily to its high cost.[95] Other proposals under consideration included the controversial extraction of an extra 45 gigalitres of water a year from the Yarragadee aquifer in the south-west of the state. However, in May 2007, the state government announced that a second desalination plant will be built at Binningup, on the coast between Mandurah and Bunbury.[96] A trial winter (1 June – 31 August) sprinkler ban was introduced in 2009 by the State Government, a move which the Government later announced would be made permanent.[97] In September 2009 Western Australia's dams reached 50% overall capacity for the first time since 2000.[98]
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Considering that luxury cars and concepts played a significant role in the 50-plus new-car reveals at the 2013 Detroit auto show, some may be wondering, "What's in it for real people?" Sure, dreaming about Bentleys and Maseratis is fun, but some of us want to know what might realistically end up in our driveway. So we dug up a few great family options that don't carry a six-figure price tag.
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If Lincoln sticks with the attractive design of the concept, the production version of this crossover could gain traction with consumers.
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Knowledge and patience are key to having a successful breastfeeding experience. Only a very small percentage of mothers are physically unable to nurse their babies; the rest of us just need the right support and facts – something most don't get in the early days.
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For Mac OS X, Java 1.6 is installed automatically so you don't have to worry about it, but don't forget to do a Software Update for the latest Java update.
DbVisualizer 9.0.7
- Users Guide in HTML
- Release Notes 9.0.7
- Installation Notes
DbVisualizer 9.0.7 is tested and verified for Microsoft Windows 7/XP, Ubuntu 12 and 10.7 (Lion) and 10.8 (Mountain Lion).
Java Support:
Windows/Linux/UNIX: Java 6 or Java 7 from Oracle Mac OS X: Java 6 from Apple (Java 7 is not yet supported)


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A rich, ripe Rhône true to its terroir
The wines of Fond Croze continue to deliver quality over and above their humble appellation. Silky, dark black hues, a ...more >
Top flight Monastrell.
Bodegas Castano is one of Yecla's most pioneering estates and brought the world's attention to this little known region when its wines began earning 90+ points from leading wine critic, Robert Parker. ...more >
A full bodied spicy red.
Jose Almeida Garrett runs this family business which lies at the foot of the Serra de Estrela mountain range (the mountains of the stars). Not only is the area breathtakingly beautiful, it also has t ...more >
Old vine Carignan - literally Forbidden Fruit - very tempting!
When Bruno Lafon arrived at Domaine Magellan he found six hectares of 40 year old Carignan vines. Everyone told him to pull them up as the grapes would never make good wine but Bruno was determined to ...more >