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Western Australia
Space...lots and lots of space! A cosmopolitan, fertile south-west corner, a dry centre extending into desert, the red ridges of the Pilbara iron ore country in the north and at the the very top, the wild and rugged Kimberley coastline, gorges and rock formations. Vast masses of Western Australian wildflowers in late winter and spring, especially in the coastal National Parks. A quick overview of Western Australia is that much of the wealth is in the north and the people are in the south. Western Australia is very big and, like Queensland, a journey of a couple of hundred kilometres is a short trip. The state is 2600 kilometres (1625 miles) north-south and 1600 kilometres (1000 miles) east-west. |
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Man made lakes in the north hold 10 times the volume of water found in Sydney Harbour, excellent coastlines and spectacular coastal scenery in the south, ghost towns on the goldfields, the primary pearling centre of Australia, the world's largest diamond mine and home of much of Australia's Aboriginal dreamtime legends. Western Australia has always been home to a significant proportion of Australia's Aboriginal people. Archaeological records confirm Aboriginal settlements over most of the state dating back 30,000 plus years. Today many of the Aboriginals live in the northern areas of the state.
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Perth - Fremantle - Esperance - Kalgoorlie - Coolgardie - Geraldton - Monkey Mia - Broome |
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Western
Australia At A Glance
Those
are straight line map distances, actual road distances
are considerably further. There are wilderness areas
that are bigger than some overseas countries.
