![]() ![]() This is a great way to quickly get to grips with the place, especially if you’re short on time and want to get an overview of the city and find out what’s happening at ground level. I’m joined by Ryan Mossny from Two Feet and a Heartbeat, who takes me on a guided walking tour of the city (from $35). ![]() ![]() Street art by Puerto Rican artist Alexis Diaz in Wolf Lane. It’s one of the most vibrant parts of Perth and has many restaurants and bars, and is also the home of the Western Australian Museum, the State Theatre, the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art and the city’s Fringe World festival. These have been sunk, again with the aim of reconnecting the precinct to the CBD. The second major area of works close to completion is around the inner-city suburb of Northbridge, previously separated from the CBD by railyards. Grasp its steel structures at the base in the afternoon and you can feel the vibrations from the famous Fremantle Doctor, the south-westerly breeze that runs in from the ocean to cool the city in summer. There are many public artworks around the inlet, the most obvious being the 29-metre tall Spanda, known colloquially as “the Paperclip”. The quay, finished in January 2016, is essentially an artificial inlet, designed with the intention of reconnecting the city to the north shore of the Swan river. The first thing to know about Perth if you’re planning an imminent visit is there’s still a lot of construction work being completed, particularly around the areas of Elizabeth Quay and Northbridge. Photograph: Andrew Stafford/The Guardian Wednesday ![]()
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