Try Perth for the Games—

You'll Like It

The seventh Commonwealth Games will be held in Perth, Western Australia, from November 22 to December 1, 1962, so if you are think ing of going, it is time to do something about it. Even if you are not athletic, it will be a good time to visit Perth, as the whole State of Western Australia will be putting its best foot forward, making it easy for visitors to see as much as they can and for businessmen to learn something of the State's potential. The weather should be sunny and warm, but not scorching, at that time of the year.

Western Australia Is The

biggest Australian State and it has a little of everything: The tem perate rain forests of the south, the semi-arid sheep and wheat lands east of Perth; the tropical north. It is typically Australian—plus something else. While Sydney and Brisbane, on the other side of the Continent, face the Pacific and have something of the Islands about them, Western Australia turns its face to the Indian Ocean and has the promise of other lands about it. By ship from Perth, Colombo is closer in elapsed time than Sydney; by land, the border of the next State, South Australia, is 750 miles—a great many of them are desert and near-desert.

Less than three-quarters of a million people live in the vast State, 400,000 of them in the Perth- Fremantle metropolitan area. Because of these figures there is a feeling of space, of there being plenty of room for everyone. Seven miles from the city centre is considered outer suburbia and visitors will be charmed by the new ranch-style domestic architecture that is suburban Perth; and be amazed that the large sections of land and the houses that sit on them cost thousands less than similar dwellings in the Eastern States of Australia.

Western Australia, too, is the one State where it is still possible to buy farming land with reasonable access, at a reasonable price on reasonable

terms, and for this and other reasons it’s perhaps the State with the greatest appeal to young men and women with their way to make in the world.

But back to the Games.

How To Get There

You can fly, go by ship, road or plane. The Federal Government has spent £A 1,100,000 to develop Perth’s international airport to jet standard— including £A480,000 for a new pas senger terminal. Two of Qantas’ regular jet services to London on the Kangaroo Route are to be routed

through Perth instead of Darwin am in addition, during the Games, Pert will be able to handle any of tf aircraft of any of the internatiom airlines that come along.

From November 8 to November 2 and again between November 28 ar December 9, the trans-Continent; railway will run daily instead of tl normal fives times a week. Tl journey originates at the eastern er in Melbourne and goes via Adelaic and Port Augusta in South Austral On the Western Australian sectic passengers will be crossing tl Nullarbor Plain in air-conditiom comfort.

Thousands of motorists a expected to drive to Perth from tl Eastern States—a journey that uni recently was adventure but which no is becoming more commonplac Automobile Associations in evei State are combining to provide roj service patrols in Operation Hoi Your-Hand, to see motorists aero the long crossing of the dese stretches. It is expected that grou] of up to 50 caravanners and othe will travel in convoys. Special plai are being made to provide faciliti for them at rest-stops along tl road. The so-called Eyre Highwi between Port Augusta in SA ai Norseman in WA (which takes the Nullarbor stretch) has been mui improved.

Two Dutch Mail liners, the Johi van Oldenbarnevelt and the Groo Beer will be used as floating hote at Fremantle during the Game They will sail from New Zealai via Sydney and Melbourne and retui to these ports after the Games. Du ing the Games, passengers will lr on board. Fares for these cruise all inclusive, are from £99 to £lB

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Perth, Western Australia, is host city for the 1962 Commonwealth Games. This view of t[?] city is from King's Park, 1,000 acres of bushland within a mile of the heart of the ci[?]

Accommodation

jrth hotels are being redecorated the event but hotel accommoda is limited, and a lot of visitors expected to make use of the ite home hospitality scheme, ms available are in good-class es close to the Games stadiums efforts will be made to match ts to hosts on a basis of general ratability—so when you write, your likes and dislikes and ;rences. All rooms are graded are let on a bed-and-breakfast . from 25/- to 30/- per person night. her visitors will be able to stay ottnest Island, a nearby holiday t, and commute the 28 miles Perth to watch the Games, ors will have a choice of flying ‘erth or taking a 20-knot 150 mger catamaran which will 5 the run from Rottnest to Fre tle in 30 minutes. »r accommodation reservations in of these categories you should ict tourist bureaus, travel cies, the Australian Travel au, Challis House, Sydney, NSW, le Commonwealth Games Office, U 1961, GPO, Perth, WA.

The Games

>st of the Games will be about 500.000 which includes £400,000 the main stadium and £641,000 a unique aquatic centre. The stadium at Bold Park, five miles the centre of the city, has been ed from virgin Australian bush, will provide permanent seating 10.000 spectators and temporary ag for more than 10,000. le aquatic centre is at Beatty , two miles from the heart of i. It will have a standard size ipic pool for international corn ion, a separate water-polo size g pool. (A third, shallow pool h is included in the design, is earners.) sred, U-shaped, spectator galleries give 5,550 people an un rupted view of the main pool diving pool and every seat will dthin 130 feet of the water.

Visiting athletes and officials will be accommodated in a Village, which, it is claimed, will be the most attrac tive built for any Games, Com monwealth or Olympic—and this we can believe if it is up to the usual Perth housing standard.

This Village is being built at a cost of £900,000 alongside Wembley Downs golf course and less than a mile from Indian Ocean surf beaches.

The velodrome for track cycling was the first venue completed. This is on the shore of Lake Monger, less than three miles from the city, and will accommodate more than 5,600 spectators.

The 120-miles road cycling championship of the British Common wealth will be fought out in King’s Park, a 1,000-acre bushland reserve near the city and overlooking the beautiful Swan River.

Rowing events will be contested on an all-weather course on the Canning River, four miles from Perth and £20,000 is being spent on preparation of the course and facilities.

The venue for lawn bowls is Dalkeith Bowling Club.

Boxing, wrestling, fencing and weightlifting will take place in halls close to the centre of Perth.

Programme

The official opening ceremony will be in the afternoon of November 22 and no other events will be held that day.

Athletics: November 24, 26, 29 and on the afternoon of December 1, followed by the closing ceremony.

Boxing: Evenings of November 23, 26, 28 and 30.

Track cycling: Evenings of Novem ber 26, 27, 28 and 29; the road cycling race will be on the morning of December 1.

Fencing: Afternoon and evening each day from November 23 to November 30.

Lawn bowls will begin on Novem ber 19—the only sport to begin before the official opening—and will continue until November 30.

Rowing: Mornings of November 24, 26 and 27.

Swimming: November 23, 24, 26, 27, 28 and 30.

Weightlifting: Evenings of Novem ber 24, 26, 27, 28 and 29.

Wrestling: Evenings of November 24, 27 and 29.

Tickets

More than 450,000 tickets for seat ing at all venues are available and the first bookings have been received.

Bookings are made on application forms obtainable from tourist bureaus

and travel agencies, or from the Commonwealth Games Office, Box U 1961, GPO, Perth.

Prices per session are: Opening and closing ceremonies 10/- to £2 with a few seats at £5; athletics (other than the final day) 5/- to £l, with a few seats at £2/10/-; boxing 10/to £2/10/-; cycling 5/- to £l/10/-; road cycling 10/-; fencing 10/-; lawn bowls 10/-; rowing 5/- to £l/10/-; swimming £1 to £3, training sessions 3/-; weightlifting 8/- to £1; wrestling 5/- to £l/10/-.

Other Attractions

Many other important sporting events will also be held in Perth at Games-time. These include: The Queen’s Cup horse race; international Surf carnival; the 1962 Australian International Grand Prix motor race; the international Prince Philip Cup race for Dragon-class yachts; the first British Empire and Common wealth Paraplegic Games for wheel chair sportsmen who will engage in archery, table tennis, javelin throw ing, snooker and other contests; World amateur billiards titles; Commonwealth rifle matches.

The Adelaide Harriers’ Club will organise a marathon run of 1,738 miles from Adelaide to Perth start ing 11 days before the Games and planned to finish for the opening.

Twenty-four runners will make up the team for this tough job, and the club has already been inundated with applicants.

The special Games poster issued by ANTA to overseas agencies.