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North Western Australia

• Try and pull up a sail at the windsurfer’s paradise of Lancelin.
• Bomb round Lancelin’s massive sand dunes in a monster truck or on a quad bike.
• Transport yourself to an alien planet by walking through the bizarre pointy rocks of the Pinnacles.
• Clamber through the rugged gorges of the Kalbarri National Park.
• Feed the dolphins by the beach at Monkey Mia.
• See the oldest living things in the world – the stromatolites of Hamelin Pool in Shark Bay.
• Go on a turtle, dugong and dolphin spotting cruise at Monkey Mia.
• Dive with whale sharks off the coast of Exmouth.
• Snorkel and dive to your heart’s content on the Ningaloo Reef.
• Swim in Fortescue Falls, Karijini, where two waterfalls plunge spectacularly into the pool.
• Marvel at the deep red gorges of the Karijini National Park.
• See the world’s biggest monolith (rock). And, no, it’s not Uluru – it’s Mount Augustus in the Gascoyne region, just south of the Pilbara.
• See the staircase to the moon, as the full moon rises over tidal flats at Port Hedland or Broome.
• Take a camel ride across the world class Cable Beach at sunset.
• Discover thousands of rock carvings near Dampier (but be sure to pay respect and check with the local Indigenous communities - and never touch the paintings).
• See where the Outback meets the ocean with the red cliffs and white sand of Cape Leveque.
• Visit the Boab Prison Tree – 7km south of Derby.
• Go for a boat ride up Chamberlain Gorge in the million acre El Questro Wilderness Park.
• Take a scenic flight over the very stripey Bungle Bungles.
• See Australia’s biggest meteorite crater at Wolfe’s Creek. It’s nearly a kilometer wide and 50m deep.
• Hike to the stunning, multi-layered Mitchell Falls.
• Stay a safe distance from big teeth at the Wyndham Crocodile Farm.
• Walk through the narrow Tunnel Creek, surrounded by huge rock walls.
• Get on your walking boots, and take on Windjana Gorge. Spot wallabies, dingos, echidnas and snakes in Mirima National Park.
• Canoe down the Ord River from Kununurra.
• Check out the thousand islands and massive whirlpools of the Buccaneer Archipelago.
• Cruise on Lake Argyle, the picturesque man-made reservoir with 12 times the capacity of Sydney Harbour.