Ningaloo Marine Park located off Western Australia’s mid north coast is home to 200 species of hard coral, 50 soft coral and over 500 species of fish. The world’s largest fringing reefs at their closest point are within 100m of the shore, just a step away. The area is great for snorkeling and swimming and observing whale sharks and hump back whales.

Kimberley in Western Australia’s North West corner is a land of vast horizons, ancient gorges, weird rock formations, welcoming rock pools and golden beaches. Broome once the centre of the world’s pearling industry has beautiful beaches and a 130 million-year-old dinosaur footprint preserved in rock at Gantheaume Point. The Purnululu National Park is home to the towering orange-and-black striped rocks of the Bungle Bungle Range rising 578m into the air. Visit the Argyle Diamond Mine and see the rare pink diamonds extracted from this ancient rock each year. Canoe Lake Kununurra and swim in a deep waterhole under Black Rock Falls. The Dampier Peninsula offers the Aboriginal wilderness camp of Kooljaman, or go mud crabbing with a local guide from Lombadina. From Derby, you can take a boat or fly to the islands of Buccaneer Archipelago, home to South Sea Pearl farms and the famous Horizontal Waterfalls.

Drive the spectacular Great Ocean Road, which winds alongside the wild and windswept Southern Ocean from Geelong to Portland taking in surf beaches, historic ports, whale lookouts, breathtaking mountain ranges, rainforests and national parks. The Great Ocean Road showcases nature at it most diverse from rainforests and rivers to old volcanoes and rugged coastline. See koalas, kangaroos, emus and water birds roam freely at Tower Hill State Game Reserve. You’ll also enjoy fine food and warm hospitality in restaurants, cafés and tea rooms throughout the region.

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