The lights of the world's loneliest city shimmer to life as the last of the sun's rays recede over the Indian Ocean.
Separated by 2,000 miles [3,220 kilometers] of desert and mountains from Australia's eastern cities, Perth evokes a frontier feeling-a sense that the bush is never far away-that belies its modernistic skyline and air of prosperity.
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef—the largest structure on the planet built by living organisms—hosts a carnival of sea life. Read article excerpt and see photo gallery.
