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Western Australia
Welcome to Western Australia
Wild and Boundless
Western Australia covers a third of the continent and holds some of its strangest, emptiest landscapes: the striped sandstone domes of the Bungle Bungles, the whale-shark migration at Ningaloo, the pinnacles of Nambung, and the turquoise coastline of the South-West. Perth is the gateway, but the real magic starts when you leave it behind.
Regions
Explore Western Australia by region.
20 regions to discover
Albany
6 places to visit
Broome
6 places to visit
Busselton
6 places to visit
Denmark
6 places to visit
Esperance
6 places to visit
Geraldton
6 places to visit
Kununurra
6 places to visit
Margaret River
11 places to visit
Pemberton
6 places to visit
Perth
9 places to visit
Rottnest Island
6 places to visit
Shark Bay
6 places to visit
Dunsborough
6 places to visit
Exmouth
6 places to visit
Fremantle
7 places to visitKalbarri
6 places to visitKarratha and the Pilbara Coast
6 places to visit
Swan Valley
6 places to visit
The Pinnacles
6 places to visit
Wave Rock
5 places to visitNatural Wonders
Icons of the state.
Ningaloo Reef
Where the Desert Meets the Reef
Bungle Bungle Range
The Beehive Domes of Purnululu
Horizontal Falls
One of the Greatest Natural Wonders of the World
Karijini National Park
Iron-Red Gorges of the Pilbara
Lake Hillier
Australia's Pink Lake
Mount Augustus
The World's Largest Monolith
Kalbarri National Park
Nature's Window and the Murchison Gorge
Kings Park
400 Hectares of Bushland and Botanic Gardens Over the City
Two Peoples Bay
A nature reserve where a bird presumed extinct was rediscovered in 1961
D'Entrecasteaux National Park
Wild coastline, mobile sand dunes and ancient peat swamps along a remote southern shore
Tunnel Creek
Wade through a 750 metre cave tunnel carved through a Devonian reef in the Kimberley
Cape Range National Park
Gorges, reef, and red rock
Purnululu National Park
Ancient striped sandstone domes rise from the Kimberley like something sculpted by a dream - and they took 20 million years to make.
Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park
Where ancient limestone caves, wild surf beaches, and karri forests meet across 130 kilometres of untamed southwest coast.
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From the journal
Read more about Western Australia.
Guide · 3 min read
Australia's Best Lookouts, State by State
From sandstone escarpments to volcanic plugs and red-rock gorges, here are the lookouts worth the detour in every state, plus how to find the ones closest to you.
Guide · 2 min read
Whale Watching in Australia: Where and When
Tens of thousands of humpback and southern right whales travel the Australian coast each year. Here is where to see them from the cliffs and the boats, and the months that matter.
Guide · 4 min read
The Best Time to Visit Australia
Australia is too big for a single 'best time'. The right month depends entirely on where you are going and what you want to see. Here is the full calendar.
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Other states and territories.
Hero image: Western Australia by Josh Janssen, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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