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An Apollonaut travel guide
A riverbank in Burswood.
An introduction to the Burswood Peninsula, where Optus Stadium stands across the Swan River from East Perth.
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Read the riverbank
Optus Stadium stands on the Burswood Peninsula, on the northern part of what was the Burswood Park golf course, with the Swan River beside it. The Matagarup Bridge, a footbridge, crosses the river to East Perth.
A guide can give context without turning a place into a backdrop. Notice how the stadium sits low beside the water, how the bridge arches over the river and how the city rises beyond it.
Views from the roof
From the Western Viewing Deck, the HALO tour looks over the Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River) towards the city of Perth.
Begin with a detail and ask who built it, who uses it and how it changes from day to night. A photograph alone cannot tell you that.
A stadium chapter
Optus Stadium shows one side of Burswood: a riverbank turned into a place where tens of thousands of people gather.
Look at the meeting of the two: the quiet parkland and water around the stadium, and the bowl and roof that fill on match days.
Make room for context
Pair this reading with the stadium’s history and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team manages these places or represents the people who run them.
Read at the source
Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
