Kimberley Australia

Kimberley Australia Travel Inofrmation  

The Kimberley region in the outback Western Australia is one of the most remote, wild and spectacular places in Australian outback. It is huge – it covers 423,000 sq km of Kimberley plateau from Kununurra in east to Broome in west, and it is full of excellent outback national parks, beautiful gorges and remote camping places. On this Kimberley page you find information about places to visit in the Kimberleys, and in the end of the page there is an Australian outback map, showing you the Kimberley region.

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Great ways to discover the region while saving time and money:

TRIPS TO CAPE LEVEQUE

TRIPS TO GEIKIE GORGE

TRIPS TO WINDJANA GORGE

TRIPS TO GEIKIE AND WINDJANA




Broome Attractions and Broome Accommodation
The biggest town in the area is Broome (pop 14,000) - a real Australian outback town with its world-famous Cable Beach, pearling history and modern pearl farms, Chinese and Japanese Cemeteries, Sun Pictures – the world’s oldest operating outdoor cinema, and the Staircase to the Moon phenomenon on the Town Beach between March and October. Broome accommodation includes Cable Beach Club Resort, Beaches of Broome Backpackers and others.


Great ways to discover Broome:

BROOME SIGHTSEEING PASS

BROOME HALF DAY TOUR INCLUDING THE FAMOUS CABLE BEACH CAMEL RIDE!











Kimberley Australia: Cable Beach Western Australia
Broome's Cable Beach is a world famous beach and it's beautiful. The most popular way to experience it is to take a sunset or sunrise camel ride along the beach. Other things you can do are to enjoy Broome using the Broome Sightseeing Pass; or take trips to Cape Leveque, Geikie Gorge, Windjana Gorge, or both Geikie and Windjana. They are all four wheel drive adventurous trips and most are run by local Aboriginal People.



Cable Beach. Poster by AllPosters, all rights reserved. Buy the poster.

Cape Leveque Broome and Derby WA
South of Broome is the Broome Bird Observatory where there is some good birdwatching, walking trails and a campground. North of Broome is Willie Creek (where the Willie Creek Pearl Farm tours go from Broome although with a 4WD you can drive here yourself), and Cape Leveque with some stunning coastline, a shop and a camping ground. If you don’t want to drive here yourself, join a tour. The road west - the long Great Northern Hwy is the main road through the Kimberley region. About 200km after Broome, there is the turnoff to Derby where there is the famous Boab Prison Tree, a boab tree so big that it was used as a prison, mainly for Aboriginal People. Derby is also the oldest town in the area, and if you stay over the night, you can stay at Derby Lodge, King Sound Resort Hotel or Mt Hart Wilderness Lodge.


Easy way to experience this beautiful place:

TRIPS TO CAPE LEVEQUE














National Parks in Central Kimberley Australia
If you haven’t got a 4WD, you are best off to drive back to the main road and continue driving along the Great Northern Hwy towards Fritzroy Crossing, north of which is Geikie Gorge National Park. If you have got a 4WD, you can venture into the smaller Gibb River Road east of Derby. If you only want to do a small backroads’ loop and get back to the Great Northern Hwy soon, turn right onto the Fairfield Leopold Downs Road where the Gibb River Road turns north. Along that road are the beautiful Windjana Gorge National Park and Tunnel Creek National Park, and you’ll get back to the main road before Fitzroy Crossing.


Easy way to experience Geikie and Windjana:

TRIPS TO GEIKIE

TRIPS TO WINDJANA

TRIPS TO BOTH












National Parks in Northern Kimberley Australia
If you want more adventures, keep going north along the Gibb River Road and you come to some great remote Western Australia outback spots in central Kimberley. You’ll first pass the King Leopold Ranges Conservation Park and turnoffs to Mt Hart Homestead, Silent Grove (with a campsite), Beverley Springs Homestead, Mt Barnett Roadhouse, Manning Gorge, Barnett River Gorge, Mt Elisabeth Station and Gibb River Homestead before you come to a crossroad where you can either turn right towards Kununurra (after Campbell Creek, Ellenbrae Station, Home Valley Homestead and Diggers Rests Station); or you can turn left onto Kalumburu Road and come to the northern Kimberley - some of the remotest places in Australia outback, where there is the King Edward River, Prince Regent Nature Reserve and the gorgeous Mitchell Waterfalls in Mitchell River National Park. There are camping grounds, fuel stops and small supplies’ shops along the road but if you need more detailed information about the area, check this great Kimberley Australia website, where you can also buy a cheap and excellent Kimberley e-book.


Mitchell Falls. Poster by AllPosters, all rights reserved. Buy the poster.

Fitzroy Crossing WA and Halls Creek Western Australia
If you skipped this remote area and continued driving along the Great Northern Highway, in Fitzroy Crossing there is a supermarket and the Fitzroy Crossing Tourist Bureau, and you can stay at Fitzroy River Lodge. East along the Great Northern Hwy is Halls Creek, where there is a turnoff south to Old Halls Creek and China Wall, an interesting place in Australia outback if you are into geology, with a 6m quarts vein that extends for 16km. You can camp at Sawpit Gorge, or back in town you can stay at the Best Western Motel or Kimberley Hotel.



Kalumburu Road. Poster by AllPosters, all rights reserved. Buy the poster.

Bungle Bungle Range and Eastern Kimberley Australia
Further north along the Great Northern Hwy is the turnoff to Bungle Bungle Range in Purnululu National Park – one of the greatest national parks in Australia, but so remote it was only discovered by Europeans in 1980s. It is an amazing eroded sandstone range with beautiful gorges such as Picaninny, and chasms as Echidna Chasm. It’s one of the remotest national parks in the Kimberleys and a great place to bushwalk and watch the rich wildlife including 130 species of birds. But it takes a bit of walking so if you haven’t got the time, you can take a scenic flight with from Warmun (Turkey Creek), I once did the helicopters and it’s an experience you’re not going to forget in a hurry. Warmun is north of the turnoff to the Purnululu National Park on the Great Northern Highway, where there is also an art gallery and a roadhouse where you can get fuel and eat an emu, camel or crocodile burger.


Great way to get an awesome glimpse of Purnululu:

BUNGLE BUNGLE AND LAKE ARGYLE SCENIC FLIGHTS













El Questro Cattle Station and Activities around El Questro
North from Warmun (Turkey Creek) is a crossroad where you can either turn left to El Questro Cattle Station; take a side-trip north to Wyndham, or turn east to Kununurra. El Questro Cattle Station is a huge private wildlife park with top-class accommodation. Wyndham in the Cambridge Gulf is the northernmost town in the Kimberley. The Big Crocodile statue at the town entrance talks for itself – Wyndham is right in the middle of crocodile country so a swim in the ocean is the last thing you want to do. There is the Five Rivers Lookout where you have good views of the area; and the Grotto Waterfall 35km southeast of the town. South of Wyndham there is a turnoff into the eastern entrance of the remote Gibb River Road mentioned above.


Near El Questro, Kimberley Australia. Poster by AllPosters, all rights
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Kununurra Western Australia Hotels
If you drive back south and turn left onto the Victoria Hwy, you come to Kununurra, the second largest town in the Kimberley after Broome. Here you have the Kununurra Tourist Bureau, Lake Kununurra popular with picnickers and boaters, and Waringarri Arts where you can buy Aboriginal art and learn about the history of Kununurra. Just outside the town is the Mirima National Park with two short walks to beautiful gorges.


Places to stay in Kununurra include All Seasons Hotel, East Kimberley Tours Cabins, Faraway Bay Cabins, Hidden Valley Caravan Park, Home Valley Station, Hotel Kununurra, Kununurra Country Club Resort, Lakeside Resort and The Kimberley Grande Resort.


Kununurra Lake, Kimberley Australia. Poster by AllPosters, all rights
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Lake Argyle Boating - Argyle Lake Australia
Seventy kilometres south of Kununurra is Lake Argyle – a man-made lake with beautiful deep-blue water with red rocks around it. It is fun to go boating on Australia’s largest body of fresh water, and there are tour operators that can take you here from Kununurra.


Lake Argyle, Kimberley Australia. Poster by AllPosters, all
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Kimberley Australia: Tours to Kimberley Plateau
If you don't want to drive yourself and think a tour in the Kimberleys is a good idea, there is plenty of choice. Most of the tours are four wheel drive adventures with local, often indigenous guides, and some of the examples are the tours to Cape Leveque, Geikie Gorge, Windjana Gorge and both Geikie and Windjana; as well as Bungle Bungle and Lake Argyle flights.


Purnululu tour, Kimberley Australia. Poster by AllPosters, all rights
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Here's an Australian outback map, showing you the map of Kimberley Australia. I have tagged the places that I mentioned on this web page. You can click on the tags to see what places they are, and double-click anywhere on the map to zoom it in and see the places closer. Drag the map to move around, and if you want to see the satellite image with Google Earth, click on "Sat" in the top right hand corner.



 
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