Broome, the western gateway to the Kimberley region, is where all Australia’s North West adventures should begin. It’s where silhouetted trains of camels on Cable Beach take glowing sunsets to a new level, coveted South Sea pearls are commercially cultured and harvested and, at low tide on certain dates between March and October, a natural illusion known as Staircase to the Moon appears at Roebuck Bay.
The theme of natural beauty prevails over the Kimberley, a wilderness complete with national parks, awe-inspiring rock formations and gorges and springs.
In Purnululu national park visitors will come across the curious Bungle Bungle Range, which is an area dotted with domes of red rock 350 million years in the making – their beauty has earned the area Unesco World Heritage status. Meanwhile, Karijini national park is a hotspot for hiking, with ancient gorges and adventure tours that take visitors to what feels like the centre of the Earth.
