Golden Outback

Region

Beyond rich gold rush heritage, bountiful treasures lie in Australia’s Golden Outback. Prepare to be dazzled by Australia’s whitest beach – Lucky Bay in Esperance. View some of the largest collections of spring wildflowers on the planet. Ride one of the nation’s biggest waves at Wave Rock and scale the world’s largest monolith at Mount Augustus. Or enter the largest outdoor art gallery on Earth, created by world-renowned sculptor Antony Gormley.

You can reach the Golden Outback’s lively hub of Kalgoorlie by road, air, rail or guided tour from Perth. Follow the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail and hit the Great Eastern Highway for the 600-kilometre road trip from city to outback. Or join one of the many self-drive routes such as the Pioneer Pathways, Leonora Loops and the Granite and Woodlands Discovery Trail.

For a more direct route, catch one of the daily flights or TransWA trains from Perth. Or take time to indulge in the ultimate rail experience – riding the Indian Pacific to Kalgoorlie from Perth and continuing across the Nullarbor Plain to the east coast.

It’s here, in the vast rust-red landscapes and rugged outback, that you’ll find a real Australian outback experience – stepping back in time to the heady gold rush era of the late 1800s and encountering fascinating local characters in the region’s historic pubs and authentic farm or station stays.

Four wheel drive enthusiasts get to blaze a trail along the longest and most remote stock routes, finding challenge and adventure on the Canning Stock Route, Gunbarrel Highway, Golden West Discovery Trail, Holland Track, Gascoyne-Murchison Outback Pathways and Australia’s most adventurous shortcut from Perth to Cairns along The Outback Way.

Driving enthusiasts of the golfing kind should also swing by a hole or two on the world’s longest course – the Nullarbor Links – stretching 1,365 kilometres from Kalgoorlie to Ceduna.

Australia’s Golden Outback is out of this world.

Golden Outback

Region
Gwalia, Western Australia

Gwalia

Place Of Interest

Leonora

The must-see Goldfields ghost town of Gwalia brings the gold rush to life. Explore historic buildings...

Corrigin

Shire

Population: 1143 |

Meekatharra

Shire

Population: 1065 |

Bruce Rock

Shire

Population: 929 |

West Arthur

Shire

Population: 818 |

Kellerberrin

Shire

Population: 1215 |

Koorda

Shire

Population: 426 |

Quairading

Shire

Population: 1021 |

Dundas

Shire

Population: 755 |

Wagin

Shire

Population: 1835 |

Wongan-Ballidu

Shire

Population: 1342 |

Laverton

Shire

Population: 1150 |

Esperance

Shire

Population: 14238 |

Mukinbudin

Shire

Population: 548 |

Moora

Shire

Population: 2439 |

Mount Marshall

Shire

Population: 538 |

Woodanilling

Shire

Population: 406 |

Lake Grace

Shire

Population: 1273 |

Wyalkatchem

Shire

Population: 510 |

Kalgoorlie/Boulder

City

Population: 30054 |

Yilgarn

Shire

Population: 1210 |

Westonia

Shire

Population: 304 |

Coolgardie

Shire

Population: 3616 |

Narrogin

Shire

Population: 5162 |

Perenjori

Shire

Population: 612 |

Dumbleyung

Shire

Population: 674 |

Dalwallinu

Shire

Population: 1427 |

Merredin

Shire

Population: 3352 |

Nungarin

Shire

Population: 252 |

Morawa

Shire

Population: 751 |

Wandering

Shire

Population: 430 |

Cuballing

Shire

Population: 870 |

Mount Magnet

Shire

Population: 486 |

Narembeen

Shire

Population: 810 |

Cue

Shire

Population: 194 |

Cunderdin

Shire

Population: 1457 |

Williams

Shire

Population: 975 |

Dowerin

Shire

Population: 686 |

Kulin

Shire

Population: 758 |

Upper Gascoyne

Shire

Population: 279 |

Murchison

Shire

Population: 161 |

Pingelly

Shire

Population: 1144 |

Wickepin

Shire

Population: 713 |

Ravensthorpe

Shire

Population: 1736 |

Kondinin

Shire

Population: 869 |

Ngaanyatjarraku

Shire

Population: 1611 |

Menzies

Shire

Population: 493 |

Trayning

Shire

Population: 344 |

Wiluna

Shire

Population: 743 |

Leonora

Shire

Population: 1411 |

Tammin

Shire

Population: 403 |

Yalgoo

Shire

Population: 337 |

Sandstone

Shire

Population: 89 |