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on to the Indian Ocean, Western Australia is the largest
state in Australia, covering an area of more than 2,500,000
sq km being almost a third of the continent.
From north to south the coastline
spans 2400 km. Most of the population however, live in
and around Perth,
the state capital.
Separating the northern coastline
from the Indonesian Archipelago is the Timor Sea and further
to the south is the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.
Sun, sea and adventures, in breath-taking natural surroundings
with warm, friendly and welcoming people, Western Australia
is a great place for a holiday whenever you visit.
Western Australia with its uniquely
natural environment is an experience not to be missed.
Try diving in with the world’s largest fish, the
whale shark or snorkel with manta rays, swim alongside
wild dolphins or simply soak in the atmosphere.
Western Australia-Climate
Integrate: Most of the southwest coastal areas of Western
Australia is temperate and forested with annual rainfalls
with vary from 12 inches to 55 inches in the wettest areas
with the summer months from November to March are usually
dry.
The middle four-fifths of the Western
Australia is semi-arid or desert terrain and average rainfall
is only around 200 to 250 millimetres but is very unpredictable
because much of it is produced by cyclones which are sporadic.
However in the northern tropical
regions in the hot climate, rainfall ranges from 500 to
1500 millimetres, although this normally happens all between
December to March.
Northern Tropics
The ‘dry’ season which is April to September,
is the northern tropics winter and has long sunny days
with blue skies.Temperatures can range from 24 degrees
Celsius at night to around 34 degrees Celsius during the
day, and could be classified as near perfect weather.
Temperatures vary little on the
coast during the day, whilst the interior can reach 40
degrees Celsius during the day drop towards freezing during
the night.
The ‘wet’ season is
the northern summer which is October to March and temperatures
get up to the high 30s with a very high humidity. During
the frequent tropical rain storms it is not unusual for
the northern coastal regions to record more than 1.5 metres
of rainfall in the wet season.
Were there are rainstorms there
is also magnificent thunderstorms which light up the sky
over hundreds of miles across the Western Australia.
Southern sunshine
The South West coast of Western Australia varies between
14 degrees Celsius in winter months and 32 degrees Celsius
in the summer months.
Further south in Western Australia the weather tends to
be much less dramatic with the city of Perth experiencing
the most days sunshine of any Australian state capital
city.
On average Perth experiences
about eight hours sunshine every day and has about 118
clear days per year. Temperatures range from 17 degrees
Celsius in July to 30 degrees Celsius in February with
most of the annual rainfall occurring in the winter months.
There is no shortage of fabulous beaches in Western Australia and with the gleaming sapphire blue warm Indian Ocean lapping onto white tropical sand, its not difficult to see why it’s one of the most loved coastlines in the world.
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