The water
is the symbol of Perth, the sunniest city of Australia. In the hot summer days
life is carried out along the elegant shores adorned by the palms of the Swan
River. The black swans, symbol of the city, reign as sovereigns in the cobalt
blue water of the river.
You should
visit this area for the crystal clear water of Bunker and the waves of Surfers
Point, really loved by the surfers, in the luxuriant region of Margaret River.
On the South Coast, there are grottos, ravines, routes to follow by foot along
the coast and many other sea life forms. From June to October you must try to
see the whales of the cities of Augusta, Albany and Dunsborough. From this last
city you can explore the biggest ship relict accessible in the austral
hemisphere (Hmas Swan).
In the
Shark Bay World Heritage area, you can feed the dolphins of Monkey Mia or swim
with the biggest fish of the world at Ningaloo Reef, the whale sharks (between
March and June).
Along the
coast you can admire the lunar landscape of the Pinnacles Desert, the clefts,
the cliffs, the sinuous river and the
white beach of the Kalbarri National Park, the calcareous rock mountain chain,
the deep clefts and the pure beaches of the Cape Range National Park.
A world
made out of extended horizons, old clefts, unusual rock formations, comfortable
natural pools and golden-sand beaches. You can’t miss: Broome, a city that
produces pearls, where you’ll be able to buy the rare rose diamonds, the white
beaches of Cable Beach riding a camel and observe the footprints of dinosaurs.
Experiment new adventures driving on the Savannah Way between Broome and Darwin
via Kanunurra and drive along the Gibb River Road (660 km long) going thorough
clefts and rushing rivers, or following the red road from Broome to the remote
Dampier peninsula with the possibility to stay in the Koolijaman camping,
managed by the Aborigines, and have walks on the cliffs with a local aboriginal
family. Derby, east of Broome, is a great base to explore the Buccaneer
archipelago, a thousand of small islands spread out in the Timor Sea. In Kununurra
or “Big Water” in the local aboriginal language, at 1.000 km from Broome, you
can admire and climb the mysterious rock formation with their hive shape and
orange and black color of Bungles Ranges in the Purnululu National Park. The
harsh cliffs of the Mitchell Plateau and Horizontal Falls and the extraordinary
aboriginal parietal art of Gwion (Bradshaw), some of the most ancient of the
land. You can cross the immense Argylee lake by boat admiring the fresh water
crocodiles, the wallabies, the birds and the majestic cliffs.
