In Western Australia people tend to develop a generous understanding of personal space. This is vast frontier country, and great orange and ochre swathes of it are empty up to the smooth white beaches and the Indian Ocean, so the few (by square kilometre) inhabitants can afford to keep their distance, which also helps with the heat. Most of Western Australia's population lives in young, golden, leisure-oriented, Perth, while the rest of the state (approximately a third of Australia) is deserts pricked by rock formations, farming scrub, eucalypt forests and green granite mountain ranges known for deep gashed gorges. Rich from mining but still unpolished, towns are isolated and largely unvisited bar sparks of life provided by the dolphins of Monkey Mia, whale sharks of the Ningaloo Reef and Broome with it's history exotically tied to pearl diving.
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Perth uses its isolation to its advantage. So far away from anywhere else Perth has to have everything, not just the saturating sunshine and horizon nudging beaches it’s known for. Perth does food well. Built between the Darling Ranges and the...
Go for: Walking, Trekking, Beaches, B&B, Kitesurfing
10 experiences:
Bibbulmun Track, Eight Nicholson, Fremantle, W.A., Cottesloe Beach, Kitesurfing and Windsurfing in Safety Bay.
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Sandwiched between the Great Sandy and Great Victoria deserts, the Gibson Desert's grassy, red sandhills and salt lakes are a nature reserve and...
Go for: Deserts
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Broome is a beautiful town set in the middle of nowhere. Separated from the green ocean by idyllic long white beaches and a clean sand-bottomed sea...
Go for: Seaside Towns
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This is a 4x4 Australian favourite, due to the abundance of gorgeous gorges, rivers, spectacular ranges and stunning waterfalls. Only open in the dry...
Go for: Road Trips
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Imagine being able to fly high above lush green tree-tops just like a bird. Being able to skim smoothly past soft leaves while playing tag with...
Go for: Visitor Attractions
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Nestled within dense Karri bushland on 265 acres of private property Empire Retreat certainly paints a picture of total relaxation and opulence. With...
Go for: Spas and Spa Resorts
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The Cape to Cape Track winds along the coast of Western Australia's Margaret River region, a fantastic exploration of 120km of one of Australia's most...
Go for: Trekking, Walking
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An epic trip through Australian wet grasslands, surreal beauty and exotic wildlife. This is a 3700km stretch from tropical North Queensland, through...
Go for: Road Trips
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The town White Cliffs was the first commercial Opal field in Australia founded in the late 19th century. At the time of the first settlers, building...
Go for: Unusual Places to Stay
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Pier dives are generally thought of as being for beginners, it’s easy to access them, the water is shallow and the currents are fairly gentle, so why...
Go for: Diving
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