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Western Australia Travel Guide

Perth, Fremantle & Rottnest Island - highlights of the SW corner

Perth Hotels - places to stay

The Kimberleys - the rugged north

Shark Bay & Monkey Mia - home of the wild dolphin experience

North West Cape & Ningaloo Reef - home of the whale sharks

Spring wildflowers - spectacular spring shows across the state

The Southern Coast - wide open spaces and miles of beaches

The Golden Mile - the site of Australia's biggest gold rush

The Pilbara - glowing ridges and spinifex with vivid sunsets

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Western Australia A Glance

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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. 

Those are straight line map distances, actual road distances are considerably further. There are wilderness areas that are bigger than some overseas countries. 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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