The West Australian Perth is enormously bigger, much hotter, and very much sunnier than the Scottish Perth.
”Surprisingly”, the Australian city’s average annual rainfall is only moderately lower, although its rain falls on (mostly, straight through) nutrient-poor sand rather than fertile, moisture-retaining Scottish soil.
The Australian Perth is also one of the world’s windiest cities, and almost all of its rain falls quickly, in winter.
In summer a Perth (WA) pedestrian who looks straight down at a footpath will usually see only “lifeless” sealed/paved surfaces, edged with bare sand.
In a “proper” winter, however….
…a whole lot of photosynthesis goes on; even the edges of some roads-proper briefly turn green.
I took the photo near to Subiaco Railway Station on 27 June 2022.
This series’ next several posts will take us north (to Alaska) and to more elevated vantage points, within “epic” landscapes.
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