How To Explore The Best Of Western Australia By Road

Oct 19, 2017

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19 October 2017

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19 October 2017

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Three weeks sleeping in a two-berth swag tent in some of the remotest places in Western Australia (and therefore the world). Not exactly everyone’s cup of tea. But if you’re in touch with your adventurous spirit and are prepared to sacrifice some creature comforts for unforgettable experiences in the Outback, then follow this 21-day road trip to explore Western Australia. You might just find what you’ve been looking for.

Starting and ending in Perth, it’s an epic journey of over 3700 km (2300 miles). You’ll drive for hours on end, barely seeing another soul through a landscape of relentless wilderness. You’ll become accustomed to a primary colour scheme dominated by blue sky, red soil and green bush. And you’ll be hooked.

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Perth and the Great Northern Highway
Karijini National Park
Emu Creek Station
Cape Range National Park & Ningaloo Reef
Hamelin Pool & Shark Bay World Heritage Area
Kalbarri National Park
Final thoughts
The itinerary
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Perth and the Great Northern Highway

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For the purpose of this trip, the beautiful city of Perth merely serves as a start and ending point if you don’t already own your own wheels.

It’s here that you’ll rent your car, hire your camping equipment and stock up on essential items such as wine, cheese and anything else to make your adventure a truly Aussie one.

A roadmap would also be a smart choice given the lack of a GPS signal in many parts of the route. Having said that, all you need to do at this point is head for National Highway 95 – better known as the Great Northern Highway – which connects Perth with Wyndham in the far northeast of the territory, some 3200 km (2000 miles) away.

Your first night of camping will be at Karijini National Park, which is 1500 km (930 miles) to the northeast of Perth. Don’t even think about doing it in one day. Once dark descends on the Great Northern Highway, it becomes a magnet for roadkill candidates such as kangaroos and other bush wildlife. Which is bad enough for the poor animals themselves but you and your nice shiny rental car won’t come out of the impact too well, either.

Instead, we’d recommend you overnight at Meekathara (population 812), which serves as a half-way point. There’s not a lot there, but at least you’ll get a decent night’s sleep at the town’s Commercial Hotel.

Get up and leave at dawn the following morning as you’ll want to get to Dales Campground at Karijini National Park to claim a space (it works on a first come, first served basis) and so you can also erect your tent while there’s still light.

These first two days are dominated by a LOT of driving. And, if you speak to locals they’ll tell you that the Great Northern Highway is a long, tedious drive. But if it’s your first time, like it was for us, it’s a fascinating journey. Particularly if you’re more used to driving on the clogged up roads of the UK.

Just take it nice and steadily, watch out for careless kangaroos, and enjoy the solitude.

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Rush hour on the Great Northern Highway

Karijini National Park

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Karijini National Park is an area that’s not even well-known to Australians, never mind the rest of the world. But we were blown away by the sheer beauty of the place. Think swathes of green bush and eucalyptus trees set against a backdrop of shockingly red soil and impossibly deep red gorges, featuring crystal clear streams and dramatic waterfalls. Add in blue skies and winter temperatures of 27 degrees C and you have the perfect remedy to any travel soreness garnered from the previous 36 hours.

There are two main areas to set up camp. Dales Gorge Campground is the first one you’ll reach. It’s government owned, which means it’s as basic as it gets. But for a full-on introduction to outback camping, it’s ideal. In fact our first night there was punctuated by a close encounter with a pack of dingoes on the prowl for a late-night kangaroo supper.

The second is the privately-owned Savannah Campground, which forms part of the award-winning Karijini Eco Retreat. It’s more expensive to stay here but you do have the added advantage of using the retreat’s additional facilities, such as it’s alfresco restaurant.

We’d recommend spending at least a couple of nights in each campground to take advantage of the different gorges that can be accessed.

Our pitch at the Savannah Campground

From Dales Gorge Campground, it’s an easy walk to the magnificent gorge that bears its name. You can walk around and through it in a morning or afternoon, taking in the occasional dip in pools such as Fortescue Falls and Circular Pool.

From Savannah Campground you can access Joffre Gorge by strolling across a surreal landscape of gum and bloodwood trees. To get to the bottom of the gorge requires a bit more technical skill and bravery, but the pay off is a waterfall cascading into a bowl of shale that’s so worth the effort.

You can also access at least another couple of gorges by driving along a heavily corrugated red dirt track. At Weano Gorge, you can clamber along a narrow stream-filled section, before practically abseiling down into a cavern below. Better still, at Hancock Gorge, you’ll discover your never-before-known spider-walking skills as you negotiate your way along two steep-sided walls with both hands and feet.

There are other gorges to explore further afield, too if you have a 4WD. Which is an excuse for us to return one day. But we can honestly say that Karijini National Park is one of the most sublime places we’ve ever seen. Its scale, its raw beauty and the sense that you really are experiencing somewhere that’s truly wild and unspoilt is simply unforgettable.

Oh, and as an added bonus, as there’s minimal light pollution and it’s located so far away from the coast, the night sky is truly incredible.

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Circular Pool, Dales Gorge

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Nicky scaling the wall at Weano Gorge

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Fortescue Falls, Dales Gorge

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The glorious waterfall at Joffre Gorge

Emu Creek Station

After you’ve had your fill of clambering through gorges and gazing up at the Milky Way, it’s time to head west through Tom Price, then along NH136 and NH1 until you reach Barradale. A left turn signposted for Emu Creek takes you onto another rutted dirt track, this time for 27 km until you reach the historic station, which was originally one of half-a-million acres in size and home to 20,000 sheep.

Today it’s a cattle ranch, but what made it a standout for us was its superbly relaxing campsite. Consisting of just a handful of pitches, set beside a 2 km long pool of fresh water, flanked by huge gum trees on each side and home to a large array of birds, it was just idyllic.

And “remote” doesn’t even begin to describe it. If you consider that the nearest supermarket is a 500 km round trip you might want to buy that second bottle of wine back in Tom Price rather than find that you run out and try to send your other half back out for another.

So chilled were we here after the excesses of Karijini that, although we’d planned to stay for one night we ended up staying for two. Not doing a great deal other than the occasional kayak along the pool and the odd wander along its banks to watch the bird show. That, and the nightly ritual of drinking wine, cooking on our own BBQ and watching the flames in our own firepit.

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Reflections on Emu Creek’s fresh water pool

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Nicky playing with fire

Cape Range National Park and Ningaloo Reef

Suitably refreshed it’s now time to head westward towards the coast and Cape Range National Park.

You’ve got two choices for where to pitch your tent. You can either pre-book online into one of the camping and caravan parks in the area – we stayed at Yardie Homestead Caravan Park – or at one of the dozen-or-so government-run beachside camps.

Make sure you allow a few days to explore what’s on offer both on land and at sea. There are a number of gorges and canyons to see but our favourite would be Yardie Creek, which flows down to the sea between sheer cliffs. You can access it via boat, but for the best views, we’d suggest taking the easy nature walk.

The park runs parallel with the 300 km long Ningaloo Reef just off-shore. And sandwiched in between are some lovely white sand beaches, such as those at Turquoise Bay and Osprey Bay. Just perfect for winding down after a hike around the park.

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Yardie Creek

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One of the many beaches

To be honest, though, the main attraction for us was the water-borne extravaganza in and around Ningaloo Reef, one of the world’s longest reef systems and home to some of the most diverse marine life on the planet.

We took a couple of unforgettable day trips with Ningaloo Whalesharks to swim alongside the largest species of fish in the sea. And not only did we realise one of our top bucket list items by swimming alongside a whale shark, but we also found ourselves literally a few metres away from a huge humpback whale and her calf.

Suffice to say, these are among the most treasured of all our experiences and, despite the hefty price tag, we’d urge you not to miss the opportunity while you’re there.

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Whale shark at Ningaloo Reef

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Close encounter with a couple of humpback whales

Hamelin Pool and Shark Bay World Heritage Area

If you’re like us, you’ll find it difficult to tear yourselves away from the National Park. But fear not, there’s still plenty to look forward to on your return south to Perth. Though you’ll need to set out early to reach your next campsite at Hamelin Pool – a good 660 km (410 miles) away back along NH1.

Make sure you book into Hamelin Station Stay, which has great camp facilities and a communal shearer’s kitchen. In fact, the campsite is a worthwhile destination to visit in its own right.

But on your doorstep, you’ll also find the world-renowned Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool. Although not particularly exciting to look at, they’re of major scientific importance as they represent the earliest form of bacterial lifeforms to still exist today – but only here and at another location in the Bahamas. In fact, a visiting NASA scientist talked about developing the station stay and the visitor experience of the stromatolites area. I got the feeling my suggestion of a souvenir shop selling stromatolite cuddly toys and a theme park ride called the “stromato-coaster” fell on deaf ears, though.

In addition, the Shark Bay World Heritage Area is just a short drive away. It’s another huge area of untouched wilderness. And you can explore it by road on the World Heritage Drive, although much of it can only be accessed with a 4WD.

We spent three nights at Hamelin Station Stay. We could easily have spent a week. But there’s one more gem waiting to be explored a further 250 km (155 miles) south that simply shouldn’t be missed.

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Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool

Kalbarri National Park

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Kalbarri is our last stop on the road trip. If we had the choice again we’d have booked into Murchison House Station for some back-to-basics bush camping. As it was, we stayed for a couple of nights at Kalbarri Anchorage Caravan Park, which was adequate, if uninspiring.

However, it was perfectly positioned to explore the sublime Kalbarri National Park. After Karijini, we might have expected to find this to be just “more of the same”. But the gorges here are wider than those in Karijini, yet no less spectacular.

There’s a 9 km loop walk we can thoroughly recommend which circumnavigates the gorge rim, then down to the gorge floor and back along the river bed. And on the coast, there’s the Bigurda Trail, which stretches along the cliffs for 8 km between Eagle Gorge and Natural Bridge.

Suffice to say, we’d have loved to have explored a lot more. And you will, too.

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Kalbarri National Park

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The Bigurda Trail

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Selecting a picnic spot, Kalbarri NP

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One of the accessible beaches along the Bigurda Trail

Final thoughts

All that remains after Kalbarri is the 570 km (354 miles) drive to complete the loop back to Perth.

Of course, if your budget allows, you should hire a 4WD vehicle to explore some of the remoter areas not usually accessible in a 2-wheel drive. But, to be honest, we still managed to get to plenty of places in our 2WD that the car rental insurance didn’t strictly cover. In fact, it’s near impossible to do this road trip without finding yourself on a rutted, dusty track at some point. After all, it’s one of the joys of driving in Western Australia.

And, with hindsight, we would have camped at some of the more historic station stays and bush camps rather than on a couple of the more traditional caravan sites (especially as our third week coincided with Aussie school holidays).

But they’re minor gripes. We came to experience the Australian Outback and experience it, we did. We came to swim with the biggest fish in the sea. We did that and more. And we came to see if a road trip is the kind of travelling experience we’re suited to. And we most certainly are.

We can guarantee you’ll be hooked, too.

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The itinerary

As I mentioned, we spent 21 days on this road trip, but there’s plenty of scope to extend it if you have the time. After all, there’s plenty more to see in Western Australia. However, here’s our suggested itinerary:

DAY 1
Drive from PERTH along the Great Northern Highway to MEEKATHARA Accommodation Commercial Hotel

DAY 2
Drive from MEEKATHARA to KARIJINI NATIONAL PARK Do Pitch your tent for the night Accommodation Dales Gorge Campground

DAY 3
Do Explore Dales Gorge Accommodation Dales Gorge Campground

DAY 4
Drive from DALES GORGE CAMPGROUND to KARIJINI ECO RESORT Do Explore Joffre Gorge Accommodation Savannah Campground

DAY 5
Do Explore Weano Gorge and Hancock Gorge Accommodation Savannah Campground

DAY 6
Drive from KARIJINI NATIONAL PARK to EMU CREEK Do Pitch your tent for the night Accommodation Emu Creek Station

DAY 7
Do Kayak along the freshwater pool, relax Accommodation Emu Creek Station

DAY 8
Drive from EMU CREEK to CAPE RANGE NATIONAL PARK Do Pitch your tent for the night Accommodation Yardie Homestead Caravan park and/or Park bush camp

DAY 9-14
Do Explore the gorges and canyons of Cape Range National Park; relax on the beaches and swim/snorkel in the sea; book a trip to swim with whale sharks and humpback whales; dive the Ningaloo Reef Accommodation Yardie Homestead Caravan park and/or Park bush camp

DAY 15
Drive from CAPE RANGE NATIONAL PARK to HAMELIN POOL Do Pitch your tent for the night Accommodation Hamelin Station Stay

DAY 16-17
Do Explore the Shark Bay World Heritage Area by following the World Heritage Drive; Visit the stromatolites at Hamelin Pool; Take a self-guided tour around Hamelin Station Accommodation Hamelin Station Stay

DAY 18
Drive from HAMELIN POOL to KALBARRI Do Explore the town of Kalbarri and its beachfront area Accommodation Murchison House Station

DAY 19-20
Do Explore the trails of Kalbarri National Park; Walk the coastal Bigurda Trail Accommodation Murchison House Station

DAY 21
Drive from KALBARRI to PERTH

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44 responses to “How To Explore The Best Of Western Australia By Road”

Jan

March 13, 2020

Western Australia or WA as Aussies call it looks beautiful! I did not expect to see so many gorges and waterfalls. That picture of you scaling the wall at Weano Gorge looks very adventurous! I am saving your blog for my future visit to Perth and WA – which is already in my bucket list. 🙂

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1. Nicky
  
  March 21, 2020
  
  We only scratched the surface, but yes, it’s stunning! You need to allow a fair amount of time, just because of the distances involved ???? Let us know how you get on when you visit WA!
  
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Kanamuzeyi Karen

October 26, 2017

Your pictures are amazing! I now feel well equipped with a very detailed itinerary if I ever get to visit western Australia. Thank you so much!

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1. Nicky
  
  October 26, 2017
  
  You’re very welcome and thank you for stopping by and leaving us a comment!
  
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gelacnicolas

October 26, 2017

Wow! The falls is beautiful and really cool. thanks for sharing this and the idea of road trip was great.

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1. Nicky
  
  October 26, 2017
  
  You’re welcome and thanks for stopping by! Hopefully it’s given you some inspiration for your future travels!
  
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Brianna

October 26, 2017

I love the idea of doing a Western Australia road trip! Too many people miss out on that side of the country. I also like the idea of camping along the way. Helps keeps those costs down.

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1. Nicky
  
  October 26, 2017
  
  It does indeed keep the costs manageable Brianna, which was a big consideration for us. We also met lots more like minded people, and spent many nights chatting around a camp fire!
  
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ayanaori

October 25, 2017

Lucky you! Getting this close to a humpback whale must have been a great experience ?

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1. Nicky
  
  October 25, 2017
  
  Yes, it truly was! Especially as it was neither expected or planned. Thanks for dropping by!
  
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runawaywidow

October 25, 2017

I absolutely love the photos of the whales. What an amazing adventure for you both.

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1. Nicky
  
  October 25, 2017
  
  Thanks! And yes it was pretty special ?
  
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Eloise

October 25, 2017

Wow, definitely saving this one for later. It’s awesome. We went to WA earlier this year but only had two weeks, so we decided to focus on the South Coast. It was amazing but I really want to go back for more!! My dream is to go to Ningaloo Reef during the whale shark season.

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1. Nicky
  
  October 25, 2017
  
  That’s the problem isn’t it? Australia is so huge, you have to choose really carefully! Although at least you have an excuse to come back! Swimming with the whale sharks is a good enough reason in itself!
  
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Danielle

October 25, 2017

This is an awesome itinerary – I think Western Australia gets overlooked a lot, especially by first-time visitors focused on Sydney, the Great Barrier Reef, or the Outback. A road trip like this would be a really unique way to experience a different side of the country – quite literally!

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1. Nicky
  
  October 25, 2017
  
  Cheers Danielle! Thanks for taking the time to comment, funnily enough that was exactly what we did on our first trip to Aus, and the other side of the country -WA couldn’t really be more different! We loved it, and to be honest there weren’t that many tourists around which was a bonus!
  
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Deirdre

October 25, 2017

This is awesome. I feel like such a big country can be overwhelming when it comes to planning a trip. This is right up my alley.

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1. Nicky
  
  October 25, 2017
  
  Thanks Deirdre, glad it’s useful for you! And yes, it can be a bit daunting when it comes to narrowing down what you’ve got time to see and whether you can drive the huge distances in the time you have.
  
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Anya Carion

October 25, 2017

I’ve done a trip along the East Coast of Australia, but never the West! It looks absolute beautiful. I love camping. I have a friend in Perth… I should probably visit her sometime soon 😉

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1. Nicky
  
  October 25, 2017
  
  Haha Anya, having a friend in Perth is definitely a bonus as we found out! It really is a great trip, and being under canvas we think is the best way to do it! Thanks for commenting.
  
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Jenn Vukojevic (@AMapForkAndCork)

October 25, 2017

Thanks for sharing this amazing post! I’m a huge fan of road trips so this 21 day trip sounds right up my alley. Visiting Ningaloo Reef would be top of my list for things to do and I’m so jealous that you got to swim with whale sharks and humpback whale and her calf! Seems like you had a trip of a lifetime.

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1. Nicky
  
  October 25, 2017
  
  Thanks Jenn, thanks for stopping by. WA really is a stunning part of the world, we can’t recommend it highly enough! And yes the ‘Humpy’ and whale shark experience was awesome!
  
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thewonderer86

October 23, 2017

Wow, just wow!

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1. Nicky
  
  October 23, 2017
  
  Glad you approve! Thanks for stopping by.
  
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Sarah

October 22, 2017

Wow what an epic itinerary. And what an unbelievably detailed and helpful post! Love the recommendation to bring a map. These days no one does! Ha! And your pics are gorgeous.

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1. Nicky
  
  October 23, 2017
  
  Thanks for your comment Sarah! Yes, a map is a bit old school, but very handy for when you’re in the middle of nowhere, no signal, and your phone battery is about to die!
  
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delacroixllc

October 21, 2017

What an amazing destination! I would absolutely love to camp at those spots. How incredible! I love that wine and cheese are your essentials. Those are definitely some of my essentials as well!

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1. Nicky
  
  October 23, 2017
  
  Life would be so boring without wine and cheese! Thanks for stopping by and leaving us a comment, it’s much appreciated!
  
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Victoria

October 21, 2017

Thanks for the great itinerary! I did a road trip along the east coast earlier this year and am already thinking about coming back to see WA, so will definitely save this for our return. Swimming with whale sharks is a total dream.

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1. Nicky
  
  October 23, 2017
  
  We can’t recommend the whale shark experience enough Victoria. It’s completely controlled so that us humans don’t cause any harm to them, which was really important for us. Hope you get to WA soon! Thanks for your comment
  
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Sierra

October 21, 2017

“Rush hour” on the Great Northern Road looks like right about my speed. Ha! What an incredible trip this must have been. Such a thorough and helpful post as well, thank you! I’ve still never been to Australia and can’t wait to go one of these days…fingers crossed!

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1. Nicky
  
  October 23, 2017
  
  Thanks for reading and commenting Sierra, and yes those roads were just a joy to drive!
  
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Deea

October 21, 2017

Oh.. swimming with whales is such a dream! All these places and activities look so stunning through your photography, but camping in Australia? I’m not sure I could resist the stress of being killed by anything at any moment! It’s bad enough I’m scared of ticks and spiders when camping around Europe, I think Australia would be too much for me! ? Congrats to you for having the courage to do it and living to share the experience!

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1. Nicky
  
  October 21, 2017
  
  The trick is to drink a glass or two of good Australian wine before you tuck in at night! Then you don’t really think about the creepy crawlers! Thank you for commenting and being so honest! ?
  
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Sarah

October 21, 2017

I love the map you gave us, so we could see exactly where you went!

A whale shark!!! Amazing!!!

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1. Nicky
  
  October 21, 2017
  
  Thanks for commenting Sarah, hopefully the map will be useful! And yes, those whale sharks were just stunning! Definitely a day we’ll never forget!
  
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Eva

October 21, 2017

What a detailed report. Driving such distances feels insane if compared to Europe, but it must have a totally different feel there in the outback. I can’t imagine how beautiful the night sky was, when so far away from light pollution!

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1. Nicky
  
  October 21, 2017
  
  It’s a joy to drive over there Eva…we never hit a traffic jam once. And yes, the night sky is an absolute joy. Our tent had a roof that zipped off, so we could lay in our sleeping bags at night and just stare in wonder! Thanks for commenting!
  
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Suitcase And Wanderlust

October 21, 2017

What an amazing route you’re sharing. I love waterfalls and photographing them. Have not been to Australia yet, but this route seems to be great! Thanks for sharing.

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1. Nicky
  
  October 21, 2017
  
  Thank you! If you use this itinerary when you head there, be sure to drop us a message if anything’s changed! Appreciate the comment!
  
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Vanessa Anderson

October 21, 2017

What a wonderful itinerary guys. We’re heading to Perth in December for three months and hoping to get to Ningaloo for diving, so this info is going to make the trip so much easier.

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1. Nicky
  
  October 21, 2017
  
  How wonderful Vanessa, I’m jealous. It’s such a great city and although we didn’t dive at Ningaloo we can highly recommend the snorkelling and of course the Whale Shark Trip! Have a great time
  
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Bernadette Jackson

October 21, 2017

You had me at eucalyptus. It’s the smell that I will forever associate with Australia, much as the colour deep rusty red typifies the heart of the Big Red Centre. That is absolutely my kind of road trip, full of big open spaces, glorious colours and skies, and the adrenaline surge that comes with trying to keep the local wildlife alive and well despite its magnetic attraction to the road. My memories of Adelaide are that the kangaroos for some strange reason preferred to browse beside the dual carriageway to the business park rather than in the hills. As you would… Loads of helpful info here, and stunning pictures, as ever. We’re going to have to go back!

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1. Nicky
  
  October 21, 2017
  
  Thanks Bernie, yes the wildlife over there certainly keeps you on your toes doesn’t it! Glad you enjoyed it and let us know if you do de ice to venture over to WA!
  
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How To Explore The Best Of Western Australia By Road

HOW TO EXPLORE THE BEST OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY ROAD

HOW TO EXPLORE THE BEST OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY ROAD

Perth and the Great Northern Highway

Karijini National Park

Emu Creek Station

Cape Range National Park and Ningaloo Reef

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Kalbarri National Park

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