Western Australia Tips & articles

Tips & articles

  1. Australia on a shoestring: your bumper guide

    14 October 2011

    The kangaroos haven’t lose their bounce, the tropical fruit is ripening nicely, Sydney Harbour remains sparkling and Melbourne’s cool cats...

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  2. Stepping out: the world’s best long walks

    18 July 2011

    Forget planes, trains and automobiles – the greenest and greatest way to travel is to use your own two feet....

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  3. Western Australia coastal hotspots

    31 January 2011

    If want a long and winding roadtrip with a view, the coast of Western Australia could be just what you’re...

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  4. The road less travelled: 5 great alternative travel spots

    30 June 2010

    While in Donegal, Ireland a few years back, my friends and I heard from locals about some impressive cliffs near...

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  5. Rattling along the Gibb River Road

    23 November 2009

    The Gibb River Road sits in the same travel trophy cabinet as the Canning Stock Route, the Birdsville Track and...

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  6. The Derby Cup

    12 November 2009

    For most of the year, Derby, in the Kimberley area of Western Australia, sits in mud flats, about as vivid...

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  7. Western Australia's Dampier Peninsula

    12 November 2009

    When you’re up to your backside in a Kimberley creek, fumbling among mangrove roots with a makeshift metal hook, you...

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  8. Western Australia's Buccaneer Archipelago

    11 November 2009

    On a nautical chart, the thousand or so islands of the Buccaneer Archipelago, Western Australia, look shredded from the continent...

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  9. Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled Australia itinerary

    11 November 2009

    Experience the magnificent Kimberley in northwestern Western Australia with this trip from Broome to the Dampier Peninsula and Derby, and...

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  10. Western Australia's wildflower season

    22 September 2009

    Western Australia is vast, and lots of it is rough, dry country in heavy reds, oranges and browns. So when...

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  11. World's worst shark infested beaches

    08 September 2009

    We all know that in theory we’re more likely to be struck by lightning or win the lottery than be...

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