This is the largest state in Australia for land mass however most is desert. It has a population of approximately 2million people with 1.5 million residing in the capital city of Perth. The majority of the remaining 500,000 people reside in the south west of the state. The state is renowned for mineral resources which form the majority of Australia’s export revenue. It also has thousands of kilometres of coastline which is largely uninhabited and is washed by some of the cleanest ocean waters in the world. Over 80% of the population in Western Australia live within 20 kilometres of the ocean. This state is tipped to be the second fastest growing state behind Queensland over the next 30 years. Its climate ranges form tropical in the north, to subtropical in the mid west to a temperate climate in the south west. The south west has a cool wet winter with a hot and dry summer.