Western Australia Travel Guide

A giant state without many people - With an area of over 2.5 million square km, the state of Western Australia covers about a third of the entire continent.

But only 1.9 million people--a tenth of Australia’s population--live in the region, dominated by the red of its deserts and the blue of the Indian Ocean. Perth, the capital, was founded in 1829. But it was not until 1850 that the colony began to really develop, once prisoners were put to work on its infrastructure. They--and the state’s enormous wealth of iron ore and gold--can be thanked for the fact this rather isolated region has good travel connections. Highway 1, which extends 2200 km northwards from Perth to Broome, passes through some of the most interesting and beautiful areas in the state. Deserted beaches, magnificent landscapes such as The Pinnacles north of Perth, and endless fields of wildflowers that typify the Outback Coast. Although the towns in the North, such as Port Hedland and Karratha, are dominated by the mining industry, overall the West Coast is a vacation paradise. If you have only a little time to spend here, visit at least two spots: Monkey Mia and Exmouth.

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