• Sightsee Perth's colonial buildings such as the Town Hall and Perth Mint in the perennially sunny city. Kings Park gives great vistas over the city and a wide arc of the Swan River, which winds its way down to Fremantle.

• Watch rolling surf from wide expanses of white-sand beaches around Perth at Sorrento, Cottesloe, City, Floreat or Scarborough. If you want to see what lives under the waves, the Aquarium of Western Australia (website: www.aqwa.com.au) at Hillary's Boat Harbour showcases over 4,000 creatures.

• Visit Fremantle, 19km (12 miles) from Perth, a port full of superbly restored historic houses and buildings such as the Court House. The excellent Western Australian Maritime Museum (website: www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime) is another attraction here.

• Observe a 2,700-million-year-old formation resembling a tidal wave about to crash onto prehistoric rock at Wave Rock (website: www.waverock.com.au).

• Gaze at the peaks of the Darling Ranges, behind Perth, which are popular with visitors and contain several national parks. At Mundaring, you can step into the Jewel Caves, which feature the longest straw stalactite in any tourist cave.

• Look at amazing limestone pillars in Nambung National Park: visit the Pinnacles, calcified spires around 30,000 years old, which jut out of the sandy ground and provide the perfect snapshot. The nearby town of Cervantes is popular for its beaches and beach fishing.

• Watch for whales and spouting blowholes in the first European settlement in Western Australia - Albany, founded in 1827. The area includes a natural bridge which has been formed by ocean erosions and provides an impressive-looking arch.

• Glance at Guildford's wonderful old buildings, original homes and quaint antique shops. The town provides the perfect gateway to the wine-producing Swan Valley. Houghton's is a winery here well worth a visit, and a spot of lunch.

• Gawp at the imposing sight of the Bungle Bungle Range in Purnululu National Park, a 350-million-year-old massif with distinctive beehive-like natural domes. From a helicopter, the Bungle Bungle Range is an especially imposing sight: a beautiful, world of hidden gorges, pools and palms.

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