When we reached the flat topped summit of Mount Lesueur we found ourselves walking through a vast stand of prickly Parrot Bush – Dryandra sessilis – also known by its indigenous name Boojak. Their creamy yellow flowers nestling in prickly cups, it was easy to see how this plant is a sanctuary for small birds. […]
Discovering The Northern Goldfields
We tour around the ‘other’ gold region of Western Australia Many travellers exploring the Western Australian goldfields centre themselves around the Kalgoorlie-Coolgardie region, but there is much history to be found a little further afield, as we discovered during our recent road trip through the old gold mining areas of Cue, Sandstone, Gwalia and Menzies. CUE – […]
Ecotourism In The Outback
Wooleen Station’s brochure claims: “360 degrees of land and 360 degrees of sky – it’s a bit like living in your own national park”. Camped on the banks of the Murchison River about sixteen kilometres from the station homestead the quiet of the mulga scrub landscape is broken only by bird calls along the river […]
Iron Cliffs And Canyons – Karijini National Park
The park is most notable for its many gorges containing waterfalls and water holes On a sultry summer day in 1952, mining magnate Lang Hancock and his wife, Hope, were flying from his asbestos mine in the north of Western Australia towards Perth, when looming storm clouds forced them to divert their light plane low […]
D’Entrecasteaux’s Coastal Escape
Lake Jasper to Windy Harbour Enormous, rugged and remote, D’Entrecasteaux National Park is one of the last bastions for off-road travellers on Western Australia’s windswept southwest fringe. This remarkable coastal wilderness that stretches for 130km from Black Point near Augusta, west to Walpole, protects deserted beaches, limestone cliffs, tannin-hued lakes and giant shifting sand dunes […]
