Western Australia takes up almost one third of the continent of Australia and a large part of this state is desert. Each spring, as if by magic, the arid ground is transformed into a colourful sea of flowers. There are less than two million people in the whole state of Western Australia and two thirds of them live in Perth.
The history of the state began in 1827 with the arrival of the first Europeans but its development really started during the 1890s when gold was discovered in the fields of Coolgaride. Since then, because of its rich natural resources, Western Australia´s development has been one of successive economic booms.