Brits think Perth WA is remote

In a BBC documentary about the Diamond Jubilee, WfaAR was both astonished and amused to hear the WA capital city, referred to as “the remote city of Perth”.  Modern Perth, with more than 1 million people, is not “remote” in the Australian meaning of that word and, as far as the Brits are concerned, is much closer geographically to the UK than any of our east coast cities.  How quaint!