Chapter 0127 - Impression of Perth (Asking for Votes and Collecting)
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As early as 50,000 years ago, a group of Aboriginal people first settled on the Australian mainland, and about 200 years ago, a large number of white Europeans migrated to Australia, which was the second time that humans migrated to Australia.
Around the beginning of the 17th century, Europeans first discovered Australia in search of gold and spices and drew nautical charts. The Dutch called this land New Netherland, but it was not until the late 18th century that Captain Cook set out from England for an expedition to the South Pacific, discovered eastern Australia, and occupied the east coast, beginning the history of Australia's great migration.
Soon after Captain Cook discovered Australia, the United States declared independence, forcing Britain to find another place to exile convicts, so a new prison was opened in Australia.
The policy of exile of prisoners ceased in 1868, by which time convicts and ex-prisoners constituted one-ninth of the population, with the remainder being free colonisans and native Australians. By this time, Australia had been developed a large amount of land.
In 1850, gold was discovered in Australia, attracting thousands of gold prospectors. And the place where the gold mine was discovered is what is now Melbourne. The Gold Rush led to a boom in Melbourne's population, and Greater Melbourne quickly became one of the few major cities at the time, earning it the nickname "The New Gold Mountain".
It was only in the mid-19th century that Australian society began to understand the sense of nationalism, and by the early 20th century, Australia had developed into an urbanized country that formed the Commonwealth of Australia.
Today's Australia is a constitutional monarchy, and immigrants are mainly from Europe and Asia, forming a unique multicultural character.
Australia is divided into six states and two territories, with Western Australia being the largest of them.
Western Australia is located in the western part of the Australian continent, bordering the Indian Ocean, with an area equivalent to the whole of Western Europe, accounting for 1/3 of Australia's total area, and is the largest state in Australia. The state has many deserts and salt lakes, vast and sparsely populated, rich in minerals, natural scenery and ecological environment still retain the original state, is one of the richest natural landscapes in Australia, one of the regions that can best appreciate the Australian style, and is also the richest state in Australia.
The coastline of Western Australia is 12,500 kilometers long from north to south, surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean, which is the largest in the Australian Federation. The economy is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, industry and mining, and sheep farming is relatively prosperous. The main industries are machinery, metallurgy, shipbuilding, petroleum refining, food and wood processing.
Yang Peiqi looked down at Perth City through the porthole of the plane, and saw countless purple and red in the middle of the green onion cage. Stylish rooftops loom in the shade, criss-crossing roads cut the green city into countless squares, and the blue Swan River sparkles through it, adding a touch of romance to this charming garden city.
With a population of 1.4 million, Perth is the fourth largest city in Australia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west and the Victoria Desert to the east, and the summer months are as long as eight. Although the sunshine hours are long, you don't sweat during the day, and you have to cover yourself with a quilt when you sleep at night.
At this time, it was the height of summer in Western Australia, and after Yang Peiqi and Li Taifu got off the plane, they drove to browse the cityscape, and everywhere they went, they could see straight roads, villas, green trees, and the fragrance of flowers.
All the streets and alleys are lined with trees and flowers. As far as the eye can see, the streets are lined with long green felt, and tower-shaped trees stand vertically on them. The avenue is covered with shade from characteristic Australian trees such as Kalrie eucalyptus, Angola eucalyptus, mountain eucalyptus, and palm trees, while the towering safflower trees stand out against the green background. The green forests, flowers, sunshine, and sea here constitute the most thorough ecological environment space.
You can see what kind of environment people here know how to create a city, build a city in a garden, and then enjoy nature to the fullest.
Perth is the only city centre with a few iconic high-rise buildings, the main street lined with colonial British buildings, a new swan bell tower built in the riverfront square, and villas throughout the city.
Hundreds of thousands of villas spread along the road, each covering an area of 700 to 1,000 square meters, including two gardens and a garage, and some have a swimming pool in the middle.
Australians love nature, and when building a villa, there will be plenty of green space. The villa is surrounded by greenery. At first glance, I felt that all the villas were neatly arranged and roughly the same, but after a closer look, I knew that the shapes were different and the styles were different, and I couldn't find two villas that were exactly the same.
The villas with novel appearance and unique decoration are exquisite wood products, which are pleasing to the eye. The garden in front of the villa is planted with famous flowers and plants, mainly for ornamentation. The back garden is planted with evergreens for shade and shade and foil to the villa.
The development of Western Australia began in June 1829 when the British Captain Fremantle led the New Holland to the mouth of the Swan River and established a colony in the area. After the discovery of gold in Western Australia in 1893, tens of thousands of people flocked to Perth, and the dream of gold rolled up the development tide of Western Australia.
In 1960, a staggering amount of abundant minerals was discovered in Western Australia. With the mining and smelting of gold, iron, nickel, bauxite, oil, natural gas, uranium, etc., the Port of Fremantle near Perth has become an important port for international trade.
At the same time, with the optimization of the soft and hard environment of coastal tourist towns, tourists from all over the world have flocked to it. International regattas are held here, American aircraft carriers dock here when they pass through the Australian sea, and scientific research ships on the Chinese Antarctic voyage pass through the South Pacific and Indian Oceans to replenish their supplies here, all of which have contributed to the economic prosperity of Western Australia.
Fortunately, the development of Western Australia has not repeated the old path of environmental destruction. The pioneer closely combines the construction experience of European cities with the reality of Western Australia, and draws a construction picture with an eye to the future on the flat and vast land. It is not affected by the personnel changes of the governor and mayor, and insists on continuing to build in accordance with the overall plan.
From the centre of Perth, it has expanded year by year to form a modern city with hundreds of thousands of villas and a population of 1.4 million. Today, Perth still has more than a thousand square kilometres of reserves, parks and sports venues. Almost every park and public green space has free supporting public facilities for people to rest, barbecue picnics, sports and entertainment.
If many countries and regions build gardens in cities, then Australia builds cities in gardens. Australia strengthens environmental education for children from home to school, so that everyone can be environmentally conscious from an early age. Immigrants are also required to receive environmental education during the one-year free training. Environmental protection has become a code of conduct that Western Australians consciously abide by and maintain.
On the way to her hotel, Yang Peiqi witnessed a group of students playing games in the entertainment venues around the public green space, at which each student collected and folded the cardboard they sat on, put it in the garbage bin, and then cleaned the venue before leaving.
Men, women and children who bring food to public places for picnics, or barbecue meals on public stoves, also consciously remove leftover food and garbage into the garbage bins, clean and cover the stoves for others to use.
In the evening, people walking their dogs on the roadside and public green spaces outdoors also bring their own plastic bags to ensure that the public environment is clean.
Western Australia has made great efforts to protect wild animals and forests, not only can not kill wild animals, but also abuse domestic animals, whoever beats a dog, as long as someone reports it, the police will soon come and notify the dog beater to go to court to accept punishment according to law.
Yang Peiqi saw many swans, wild ducks, and water birds floating on rivers, lakes, ponds, and lakes in the park, swimming leisurely and undisturbed. Wild animals such as kangaroos and koalas in the forest are not afraid of people and go their own way.
Yang Peiqi also booked a presidential suite in Perth City, so the hotel sent a car to meet him at the airport.
The driver should be a Chinese immigrant, and he is also a very talkative guy, he drove the car to carry Yang Peiqi and Li Taifu, while introducing the situation here for the two people: "Here in Australia, except for the state to approve the construction of roads and railways, trees must be cut down according to the line, and other trees are not allowed to be cut down, and the construction timber is imported from countries with rich forests, so thousands of miles of primeval forests and artificially planted forest belts cover most of Western Australia." Each villa implements three guarantees in front of the door, namely cleaning, pruning trees, and watering flowers and plants. If the trees are not pruned on time, and the weeds are overgrown, affecting the city's appearance, the environmental management department will send a professional environmental protection team to prune the government, and the residents will not only have to pay wages, but also pay fines in accordance with the regulations. ”
Yang Peiqi nodded again and again, he can often see the owners of the villa cleaning and repairing the trees along the way, and every evening, in the public green space and the flowers on both sides of the road, the faucets with sensor devices automatically spray water together, and the water mist rises and spreads, creating a rainbow under the sunset, adding a lot of color to the city.
Yang Peiqi couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "When I was in China before, I thought that a city like the magic capital of Beijing was very good. A few years ago, I went to the United States and found that there is still a big gap between Beijing and Magic City and cities like New York and Los Angeles, first of all, in terms of urban environment. But now that I'm in Australia, after going to Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, I find that even cities like New York and Los Angeles are much worse than Australia in terms of environment. ”
Yang Peiqi is now a billionaire, and the picture is naturally not lively, standing at their level, in addition to working to make money, it is to enjoy life, naturally a city like the magic capital of Beijing, does not meet the requirements of leisure, and a paradise city like Perth is the first choice.