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Tourist information & interesting facts about western australia are all here. This is an area of such diverse contrasts. Due to its isolation from the east of Australia, WA is almost a separate country. It is the largest state within Australia and offers some of the most breathtalking scenary in the whole of the country...
The City Centre of Perth as we know it was founded Captain James Stirling as part of the Swan River Colony in 1829. Stirling thought the natural environment around Perth was "as beautiful as anything of this kind I had ever witnessed" and advocated that a colony be established there...
Perth’s lifestyle is easygoing with a number of inner city parks adding to the relaxed, nature-based feel making it a beautiful tourist destination. And getting around is simple – there’s a free public transport service within the city centre. Central Perth is where you will find this and the central business district...
Kings Park the Western Australian Botanic Garden is a must see for any toursit visiting WA. It was opened in 1965 and features a unique collection of mainly Western Australian plants displayed either as individual specimens or in groups within a wonderful landscape of parkland...
The WACA, as an association was officially established on 25th November 1885 under the Presidency of Mr JCH James. The WACA Ground was officially opened in 1893 with the first match played on the turf wickets in February 1894...
In 1829 a group of British people left their homes and set out on a great adventure... a voyage to the Swan River Colony in Western Australia. When they arrived they had many disappointments and frustrations. However, this adventure led to the setting up of the settlement of Perth...
In the CBD and Northbridge you will find many cafes serving excellent coffee, as well as gourmet grocers where you can pick up ingredients to “make your own”. The abundant al fresco cafés of Northbridge provide the perfect vantage point for people-watching while you enjoy beautifully crafted coffees, cakes or gelati.It is also home to lots of tourist outlets for bookings, accomodation and backpacking.
The Western Australian Museum provides an insight into Western Australia's history and environment. Situated in Perth's cultural precinct and close to public transport facilities, the Museum of WA offers a wide range of permanent and travelling exhibitions.
Although primarily a boat harbour, Hillarys Harbour has been established as a popular tourist precinct with a large selection of specialty shops, restaurants, bars, cafes, accommodation and a leisure park with water slides and mini golf. The Aquarium of Western Australia is located in the harbour as well. It successfully caters for beach goers, tourists and local residents...
Think of a typical Australian image and ‘beach' would have to be near the top of your list. Here in Cottesloe, we're fortunate to boast white sandy beaches and clear blue water. Our coastline offers the beach-lover a range of water activities...
Perth Walking Tour trails are the best & cheapest way for a tourist to explore the City. i-City volunteers guide these free walking tours on regular basis departing from the i-City Information and Police Kiosk located on Murray Street Mall near Forrest Place.
Subiaco (pronounced soo-bee-acko) is located on the north-western side of Kings Park, only 3-4km from the Perth CBD. Subiaco is well known for its theatres and its cafés and boutique shops around Rokeby Road. The suburb is well placed for access to Perth CBD by road or rail (Subiaco station is 3 stops from Perth)...
Fremantle, Perths port, is a part of the Perth experience. It became a city in its own right by 1929, and survived the building demolitions of the 1890s and the 1960s to emerge in 1987, when it was the host city for the Americas Cup sailing challenge, as a city rich in heritage and character...
Rottnest Island, Western Australia's holiday island just twenty kilometres off the coast of Perth, has been attracting thousands of holiday makers annually since it was first declared an A Class Reserve in 1917.
Avon Valley is a beautiful valley just east of Perth, home to the pretty Avon Valley River which is popular for canoeing and Western Australia's famous Spring Wildflowers.
Cellar-door wine tastings, eclectic dining and invigorating bush walks are just some of the temptations attracting tourists & visitors to the Swan Valley and Darling Range for day trips and short getaways.
Nestled in tuart and banksia woodlands, just 50 kilometres north from Perth's central business district, this is one of Western Australia's oldest national parks. Yanchep is abundant with native flora and fauna, rich in Aboriginal and European history, pristine wetlands and limestone caves, all just waiting to be explored.
To the south of Lancelin are the even smaller fishing villages of Ledge Point (population of approximately 120) and Seabird (population of about 100) which are pleasant and isolated locations only a couple of hours drive from Pert
Only a 45 minute drive south from Perth, Rockingham is a popular destination for day trippers, tourists and holiday makers alike. The safe, sandy beaches and sheltered waters of Cockburn and Warnbro Sounds are ideal for aquatic activities.such as swimming, diving, sailing, boating, windsurfing and fishing.
With a population of around 60,000, many of them being young families and retirees, it is a booming coastal city much favoured by the citizens of Perth as a weekend getaway. Mandurah's major appeal to locals and tourists alike is its close proximity to water and medium density living.
The Margaret River region is a superb blend of good living and stunning nature just three and a half hours' drive south of Perth. Visitors to the area, one of Western Australia's most popular destinations, should be prepared to indulge in the gastronomic delights of worldclass wineries and gourmet vineyard restaurants...
Bunbury is a pretty port south along the coast from Perth. It is a popular holiday destination and home to a number of dolphins and plenty of Blue Manna Crabs.
Busselton makes an excellent base from which to explore the surrounding area, in particular, the Margaret River Wine Region, which extends westward from Busselton in the north to Augusta in the south.
Cape Leeuwin is the most south-westerly mainland point of the Australian Continent, in the state of Western Australia. A few small islands and rocks extend further to the south, for details see Cape Leeuwin Islands..
Yallingup is a short 10 minute drive south west of Dunsborough, within the Margaret River Wine Region. It is a popular holiday destination for surfing, fishing and relaxing....
Pemberton is an ideal location from which to explore the south west corner of Western Australia. Pemberton is located about an hour and a half's drive from Margaret River, Busselton, Walpole/Nornalup and the Valley of the Giants, and only two hours' drive from Bunbury....
Shannon National Park is set in some of the most magnificent karri country in Western Australia's southern forest. The park covers the entire basin of the Shannon River, from its headwaters to the Southern Ocean...
Located an hour and a half drive from Albany to the east and Pemberton to the west makes Walpole an ideal location from which to explore the beautiful forests and beaches of the area...
Peaceful Bay is a picturesque holiday spot on the southern coast of Western Australia, between the towns of Walpole and Denmark...
Located on the spectacular Wilson Inlet Denmark has dramatic coastal scenery, giant granite boulders and majestic limestone headlands...
It is easy to see why Albany is one of Western Australia's top tourist destinations (Winner of the WA Top Tourism Town award in 2000), with such an extensive range of natural beauty, historical charm, unique arts and crafts and a wealth of activities....
Mount Barker is an ideal holiday centre with ample shopping and recreation facilities within easy reach of the spectacular southern coastline, Albany, Denmark, and the Stirling and Porongurup Ranges.
Approximately 7.5 hours' drive from Perth, the state capital, Esperance is a popular destination for medium term trips for families based there. It is also around 4 hours' drive south from the Goldfields mining town of Kalgoorlie, and offers a convenient get-away for weekends for the mine workers...
The Bibbulmun Track is a long distance path in Western Australia. It is not your tourist type walk as it runs from Kalamunda, east of Perth to Albany and is just over 963 km long. It consists of around 50 sections. Each section is approximately one day's walk, except for the northernmost 150km or so, where the sections consist of half-day walks. At the end of each section is either a town or a purpose-built campsite...
The goldrush of the late 1890s did literally 'rush' through this area. What it left behind are some fascinating mining and ghost towns where Gold Fever still lingers. It is the Kalgoorlie Goldfields region where you can have a true adventure experience – camping under the brilliant canopy of the southern stars, experiencing Aboriginal culture and seeing kangaroos and other unique wildlife...
The Nullarbor Plain is the section of southern land between Norseman in Western Australia and Ceduna in South Australia. Nullarbor means 'no trees' in poor Latin, which is exactly what you will see as you drive through sections of the Nullarbor...
Named for Edward John Eyre the Eyre Highway is a highway linking Western Australia and South Australia. It forms part of Highway 1 and the Australian National Highway network linking Perth and Adelaide. Its route number is National Highway 1 in Western Australia and National Highway A1 in South Australia. Constructed during the World War II, the last section was finally sealed in 1976...
If there is any resonant image of the difficulty of human habitation on the Nullarbor Plain it has to be the much photographed ghost remnant of an old Telegraph Stationold at Eucla. Now it is no more than a few old stone walls slowly disappearing under mountainous white sand dunes on the edge of the Great Australian Bight. It is hard to think of any more lonely and isolated image in the whole of Australia...
The Great Australian Bight is a large bight, or open bay, encompassing an area of the Southern Ocean located off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia. By definition of the International Hydrographic Bureau, the Great Australian Bight extends eastward from West Cape Howe, Western Australia, to South West Cape, Tasmania...
East of the darling range , stretching north from the Albany Coastal region to beyond the Grt Eastern Hwy is the WA Wheatbelt. The whole area is noted for its unusal rock formations i.e. Wave Rock and for its ancient Aboriginal rock carvings and water holes.
A top tourist attraction is in Cervantes which is home to the world-famous Pinnacles Desert. Only four kilometres inland from the beach, the amazing Pinnacles are one of the State's favourite and most unique attractions.
Wave Rock is just four kilometres east of Hyden on a nature reserve of some 160 hectares. The Rock is a granite cliff, 15 metres high and 110 long, shaped remarkably like a huge wave.
Great Eastern Highway, Western Australia is an important highway link between Perth, the eastern wheatbelt and the eastern goldfields.
On the long stretch of Batavia Coast, from Greenhead in the south to Kalbarri in the north, a nature-based holiday can be experienced just as easily as a traditional beachside holiday.
Situated on the heart of the Batavia Coast, Geraldton offers a near-perfect lifestyle year-round. Offering a temperate climate, range of entertainment, shopping, fishing and some world-accredited sporting facilities, Geraldton is the regional city of the Mid West Region of Western Australia.
Nestled where the Murchison River flows into the Indian Ocean, two hours' drive north from Geraldton, is the ideally situated town of Kalbarri. This is one of Western Australia's most popular holiday resorts and is the premium place in the mid west for a total holiday experience.
Shark Bay is Australia's largest marine embayment with over 1500 kilometres of meandering coastline. The Marine Park landscapes and habitats vary from rugged sea cliffs, to tranquil lagoons and beaches of sand or shell.
Monkey Mia is located on a unique section of World Heritage coastline only 30 minutes' drive northeast from the town of Denham. It has a relaxed atmosphere and those who love nature will delight at the huge variety of animal and bird life found nearby.
The Gascoyne contains about 600 km of Indian Ocean coastline, and extends inland about 500 km; altogether it has an area of 137,938 km2 (including islands), and a population of just over 10,000 people, most of whom live in the main towns of Carnarvon, Exmouth, Denham, Gascoyne Junction and Coral Bay.
Just north of Gascoyne Junction, in the harsh and unforgiving interior of the State's north-west, lie the spectacular sandstone battlements of the Kennedy Range. This huge mesa, pushed up from an ancient sea bed, has dominated the surrounding plains for millions of years.
Mount Augustus, or Burringurrah as it is known by the local Wadjari Aboriginal people, is about 850 kilometres from Perth and midway between the Great Northern and North West Coastal highways. One of the most spectacular solitary peaks in the world, it rises 717 metres above a stony, red sandplain of arid shrubland—dominated by wattles, cassias and eremophilas—and is clearly visible from the air for more than 160 kilometres.
Exmouth is located a two and a half hour flight north of Perth and is situated on the eastern coast of the North West Cape of Western Australia.
Coral Bay is also a great place for snorkeling offering a host of coral and underwater delights. If you would like to see the coral spawning, which is remarkable, visit Coral Bay between March - April.
Whales, dolphins, dugongs, manta rays, huge cod or sharks can be seen in abundance at the 300-kilometre-long Ningaloo Reef. The reef offers world class diving through to family snorkelling in sheltered lagoons crammed with coral gardens. Ningaloo is the largest fringing coral reef in Australia. It is the only large reef in the world found so close to a continental land mass; about 100 metres offshore at its nearest point and less than seven kilometres at its furthest.
Covering some 500,000 square kilometres of land about 1,300 kilometres north of Perth, the Pilbara contains three world class national parks, including Rudall River and Karijini - regarded as one of Australia’s most stunning natural assets.
Situated just north of the Tropic of Capricorn, the Karijini park's climate can best be described as tropical semi-desert. A highly variable, mainly summer rainfall of 250–350 mm, often associated with thunderstorms and cyclones, is accompanied by temperatures frequently topping 40 degrees Celsius. The ideal times to visit the park are late autumn, winter and early spring. Winter days are warm and clear, but nights are cold and sometimes frosty.
Marble Bar is a tiny town in the Pilbara region of north-western Western Australia. It is believed by some to be the world's hottest place, having once recorded a period of 160 days from 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924, where the maximum temperature reached or exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius), on each and every day. During December and January, temperatures in excess of 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) are common, and the average maximum temperature exceeds 100 degrees Fahrenheit during 6 months each year.
Apart from tours of the overwhelming industries and the dusty pink pigeons in the area, Port Hedland's main attraction is Pretty Pool, a popular picnicking, swimming and shell fossicking spot. Just north of the tidal pool, Cooke Point presents the best place to view Port Hedland's version of "Stairway to the Moon" (see Broome in the Kimberley). Cookes Point is also one of several beaches on the surrounding coast where flatback turtles return to nest between October and March.
Broome simply oozes with colour. It's Western Australia's secret getaway - right on the Indian Ocean's doorstep and the gateway to Australia's last frontier of pristine wilderness - the Kimberley...
Cable Beach takes its name from the telegraph cable that was laid between Broome and Java in 1889 and today it provides the perfect location to enjoy the magnificent Broome sunsets...
The Kimberley is home to two types of crocodiles: one that rarely eats anything bigger than a rabbit, and one that, come dinner time, views humans as a satisfactory substitute for cow. The former is the freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus iohnstoni), or 'freshy'. The latter is the salt estuarine crocodile (c. porosus) - the massive, prehistoric-looking 'salty'. There are many tourist crocodile farms in the area, and believe me this is the best way to see them...
Mitchell River National Park is one of the Kimberley's two newest national parks. The park of 115,300 hectares lies in a remote part of the Kimberley and contains some of the region's scenic jewels...
The Bungle Bungle Range, in Purnululu National Park, is one of the most fascinating geological landmarks in Western Australia. From an aircraft, the Bungle Bungles Range is an imposing sight. The best way to view Mitchell Falls is from the air...
Lake Argyle is a giant freshwater inland sea some 800 square kilometres in area and is the largest body of fresh water in Australia and holds over 50 times the volume of water in Sydney Harbour...
The Margaret River region is a superb blend of good living and stunning nature just three and a half hours' drive south of Perth. Visitors & tourists to the area, one of Western Australia's most popular destinations, should be prepared to indulge in the gastronomic delights of worldclass wineries and gourmet vineyard restaurants...
The Great Southern is a large and diverse region, home to many of Western Australia's most successful and individual wineries
Chardonnay is the most successful variety planted in the Pemberton region. However certain producers have recently demonstrated the heights that can be reached with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
The flat plains of the Swan River produce highly drinkable wines. Chenin Blanc and Verdelho display both rich and fresh characters and locally produced Rosé is the perfect summer drink. The Swan Valley is a beautiful winary to visit...
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