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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.
Natural 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
Wave Rock
A Granite Wave in the Wheatbelt
Lake Hillier
Australia's Pink Lake
The Pinnacles
Limestone Spires in a Yellow Desert
Shark Bay
World Heritage Wildlife Bay
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
Popular Destinations
Where to go in WA.
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WA experiences.
Where to stay
WA holiday parks.
From the journal
Read more about Western Australia.
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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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Wildlife Safety in Australia
Australia has some of the most dangerous wildlife on Earth. It also has very few wildlife-related deaths each year. Here's how to keep both true for you.
Guide · 2 min read
Weather and When to Go
Australia spans almost 4,000 kilometres north to south, from the tropics to the temperate cool. The right season for one half of the country is the wrong one for the other.
Keep Exploring
Other states and territories.
Hero image: Western Australia by Josh Janssen, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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