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Western Australia Travel & Transport

Western Australia is Australia's biggest state, a place with wilderness areas bigger than some overseas countries.  In straight line terms, the state is 2600 kilometres (1625 miles) north-south and 1600 kilometres (1000 miles) east-west.

With distances like this to contend with, it's essential that transport arrangements, and the time involved, are carefully considered.

There is no shortage of flights to all of the regional WA towns and bus services also run the major highway through to Darwin and all major centres along the way. A network of sealed roads cover the state's major centres but off the major routes, expect unsurfaced roads.

All Western Australian transport services are detailed in the Public Transport Authority site. Perth has a metropolitan commuter train service and other train services are the Indian Pacific service that links to Adelaide and beyond, plus local services between Perth and Bunbury and Perth to Kalgoorlie.

All major car rental companies are represented in the major cities and towns throughout Western Australia. If you are flying in at Perth to start your visit, consider picking up a Perth rental car at the airport and save on airport shuttle costs.

4WD campers and 2WD motor homes are available for rental from Perth offices. Advance bookings of these vehicles is essential. Tour operators provide itineraries that cover all popular sites.

Driver information and maps are available from offices of the Royal Auto Club of WA (RAC) which has offices throughout the state.

Some typical road distances are:

Perth to Adelaide = 2720 km (1700 miles)

Perth to Darwin = 4040 km (2525 miles)

Perth to Kalgoorlie = 600 km (375 miles)

Perth to Carnarvon = 907 km (565 miles)

Perth to Albany = 404 km (252 miles)

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