Outback WA and Goldfields covers a large inland area of Western Australia, sitting between the Great Sandy Desert in the north and the Nullarbor Plains in the south. The most popular entry point to the region is through Kalgoorlie, located about 600km east of Perth, accessible by road, air and rail.
Take an outback drive along the Goldfields Highway, or try one of the four wheel drive tracks such as the Canning Stock Route. Follow the footsteps of those who have travelled and inhabited Western Australia’s Goldfields over thousands of years, from Indigenous Australians, pastoralists, and sandalwood cutters to prospectors, miners, Afghan cameleers and long-distance bike couriers of the gold rush era. And to understand more of what it was like to be an explorer, visit the Great Beyond Explorers Hall of Fame in Laverton.
Many of the animal and plant species in the Goldfields region are uniquely adapted to the dry and fragile environment. You can see an abundance of outback birds, animals, plants, wildflowers and rock formations by visiting the region’s national parks and nature reserves, from the Black Range and Mt Forrest to the vast Gibson Desert Nature Reserve and Lake Victoria Desert Nature Reserve. Or you can relax with a stay overnight at campsites or homesteads and enjoy the clear night skies and the changing colours of sunset and sunrise.