Western Australia
The Dutch sailor Willem de Vlamingh sailed along the Northcoast in 1697. He named the Swan River after the black swans, which he saw there. Captain James Stirling founded Perth on the 1st of June 1820. The arera was then called the Swan River Colony.
Western Australia is 2.5 million square km large and covers approx. a third of the continent.
Western Australia spans more than 2400 km from South to North. The attractions worth seeing are the region around Perth with the Swan River, the Wave Rock in Hyden, the Kimberley’s in the North and Shark Bay. In Monkey Mia you can come very close to dolphins and might be able to feed them.
AlbanyAlbany is located directly on the shore in the south of Western Australia. Surrounded by national parks and overlooking the Indian Ocean, Albany...
GeraldtonWestern Australia’s Geraldton is amongst other a fisherman’s paradise located on the shore. The pretty town’s charming centre...
Monkey MiaThe Monkey Mia Beach Resort is directly located on the snow white beaches of Shark Bay, Western Australia. Here you can watch one of the...
Perth, the capital city of Western Australia is situated on the continent's southwestern shore. Directly on the beach amidst vineyards and a...
There is steel in Port Hedland. Due to the favourable location on the shore of Western Australia the produced steel can directly be loaded and...
Ningaloo ReefThe Ningaloo Reef is about 300 km long. Here you can see plenty of whales, dolphins, see cows, Mantra Rays, huge Kabelau fish and sharks. The reef...
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