5 Top-Rated Day Trips from Perth, Western Australia | Australia Day Tours Guide
5 Top-Rated Day Trips from Perth, Australia
On the banks of the sparkling Swan River in Western Australia, Perth, is one of the world's most isolated capital cities, but it wows travelers with a dazzling array of natural wonders on its doorstep. Hauntingly beautiful deserts, gleaming beaches, wildlife-rich islands, and the agricultural bounty of the Swan Valley and Margaret River reward those who venture out of the city on day trips. Distances between attractions can be vast, but the scenery is worth it. Striking rock formations rise from golden-sand deserts, and wildflowers erupt from the scorched earth in a breathtaking blaze of color from September through November. Closer to the city, sun lovers can bask on bone-white beaches with beautiful turquoise bays, while Perth's port city, Fremantle, provides a pleasing counterpoint to all the natural attractions with its rich convict and maritime history, art exhibitions, and heritage trails. Wildlife is also a highlight, both in the sea and on land. Not far from the city, you can swim with wild dolphins, spot humpback whales on their annual migration, kayak with sea lions, and commune with quokkas on ravishing Rottnest Island. Let's see five day trips from Perth, Western Australia.
1. Rottnest Island
2. Fremantle
3. Caversham Wildlife Park
4. Yanchep National Park
5. The Swan Valley
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Cue, Western Australia (HD)
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The small town of Cue in Western Australia's Murchison Region is to me a particularly interesting outback town. Like so many old WA mining towns, Cue has thrived and floundered over the years with times of boom and bust.
The town was established in 1893 following the discovery of gold in the area the year before, which sparked a gold rush to the remote Murchison Region desert. In its heyday at the beginning of the twentieth century Cue was home to over 10000 people, a thriving and prosperous town known as The Queen of the Murchison.
These days things couldn't be more different. With a population of less than 300, Cue is very close to being a ghost town.
When we visited Cue earlier this year the wide streets were still and silent beneath a big blue desert sky. The whole time we were there we didn't see a single soul walking around town and we noticed a good number of the buildings were abandoned or up for lease.
The empty streets of Cue would have felt really quite spooky if it weren't for the constant parade of roadtrains roaring through on their way between Perth and the Pilbara carrying fuel and massive pieces of mining equipment. This for me is what made Cue such a memorable place -- the decay and ghostliness of the semi-abandoned town, and the way it felt as if time had stood still there ever since the 1930′s.
However I have a feeling that Cue might be quite a different place in a few years time as the shire seems to be going to some effort to restore the town's buildings to their former glory and attract more visitors to the town and surrounding region. And with rumours of a new big mine opening in the area, the population could soon be set to rise again.
Gracious Heritage Architecture in Cue
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Walking around the streets of Cue feel like stepping back in time. Not much appears to have changed on the main street over the years. Almost all of the buildings are the original ones that were built in the 1890′s and 1900′s -- some still serving their original purpose, some beautifully restored and others abandoned and left to ruin.
While a lot of the old heritage Goldrush-era buildings look crumbling and decrepit, I can still understand why Cue's town slogan is Queen of the Murchison. Some of the old sandstone buildings sure are grand for a dusty outpost in the middle of nowhere!
Visiting and Exploring Around Cue, Western Australia
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If you happen to be heading up Great Northern Highway for any reason -- on your way to Karijini and the Pilbara perhaps -- then I highly recommend making a stop in Cue.
It is an interesting and memorable place to spend some time in and is well-situated for a stopover on a long outback drive, being 650km from Perth and approximately half way to Newman and Karijini.
If you've got a bit of time to spare while you're in the area, it's well worth taking a half-day detour westwards out to Walga Rock and the ghost town Big Bell.
Things to See and Do in and Around Cue, Western Australia
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Go for a drive or walk around town and have a look at the interesting and beautiful old heritage buildings.
Government Buildings -- police station, court house and post office
Gentleman's Club (now the shire office)
Masonic Lodge building
Bank of New South Wales building
Rotunda (site of the town's first well)
Pensioner huts and old gaol (part of the caravan park)
Check out the historical photograph collection in the shire office building (formerly the town Gentleman's Club) to gain some more context to the history of Cue.
Drive up to the top of the Radio Tower Hill (Cue Lookout) for views over the town, the nearby mines, and horizon-to-horizon dry red earth.
A good idea is to pick up the brochure and follow the Cue Heritage Trail, which will take around to the main attractions in the surrounding area and provide interesting background info.
Try fossicking for gold -- you never know, you could get lucky!
In late winter and spring the beautiful desert wildflowers bloom to life, carpeting the red dusty ground in fields of colour. This is the best time of year to visit Cue and explore the surrounding country.
Camp out for the night or just enjoy the beautiful scenery and wildlife at Lake Nallan, a nature reserve about 24km north of Cue
Or camp/picnic at Milly Soak, 16km north of Cue. Also has a small pioneer cemetery and well
Head out west along Austin Downs Road to Walga Rock to see the cave paintings, climb the rock and perhaps camp there for the night.
While in the area, check out what remains of Big Bell, a ghost town.
Kalannie
Kalannie is a small town in the Shire of Dalwallinu, in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 259 kilometres (161 mi) north-east of the state capital, Perth.
Kalannie was gazetted as a townsite in 1929. The name is Aboriginal, and is in a list of names from the York area where the meaning is given as where the Aboriginals got white stone for their spears.
The main resources in Kalannie are wheat and gypsum. Kalannie is connected to the narrow gauge rail network from a branch-line on the Amery to Bonnie Rock section.
Southern Cross - Western Australia
Southern Cross was once much more important and full of life than it is today.
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At one time it was the centre of gold mining activity but as finds were made further east, it slipped back into being more of a sleepy backwater.
Other townsites in the Shire include Bodallin, Bullfinch, Ghooli, Koolyanobbing, Marvel Loch, Moorine Rock and Yellowdine.
Mining and agriculture co-exist in this area and gold, gypsum, salt and iron are mined while grain, wool, sheep, cattle and pigs are farmed.
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Ninghan Station & Beyond.
Epic Drives Western Australia. Episode 10.
Heading 400km North from Perth to Ninghan Station for an epic 3 day adventure. Come along for the 1000km journey to the remote Goldfields of Paynes Find. This place is remote, ancient and full of history.
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Western Australia's Wildflower Country - remarkable country, remarkable wildflowers
Western Australia’s Wildflower Country is the collective group of nine local government areas located just north of Perth in Western Australia; Carnamah, Coorow, Dalwallinu, Greater Geraldton – including Mullewa, Moora, Morowa, Mingenew, Perenjori and Three Springs.
Shire of Narembeen
A historical area, Narembeen has a number of attractions such as the crash site of the Vultee Vengeance and the historic mining town of Holleton.
There are many natural attractions within the district along with tourist attractions such as craft and nursery outlets. Wild flowers are also another attraction in this part of Western Australia.
In close proximity to Wave Rock and with the Great Eastern Highway only 70km away, Narembeen is a great overnight stop whilst travelling around this great state.
Narembeen has all necessary medical facilities including, doctor, physio, pharmacy and dentist and is a warm and friendly community to live or visit.
Narembeen alsohas full educational facilities for children from pre primary to Year 10 at the Narembeen and District School.
For more information on Narembeen please email the Shire or call 08 9064 7308 during office hours.
We hope you enjoy your Narembeen experience.
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Coorow - wildflower country
Coorow a small country town north of Perth Western Autralia. Coorow's wildflowers are a delight and spring is a wonderful time to visit WA's Mid West and wildflower country.
Make Coorow part of your next trip to WA's famous wildflowers. Wildflower country. An experience not to be missed.
Destination WA - Western Flora Caravan Park
During the Wildflower season, the Western Flora Caravan Park offers daily tours of the stunning local plant life.
NORTHAM WA TOWN ON THE MOVE
Northam is a town in Western Australia, situated at the confluence of the Avon and Mortlock Rivers, about 97 kilometres (60 mi) north-east of Perth in the Avon Valley. With a population of slightly over 6,000, Northam is the largest town in the Avon region. It is also the largest inland town in the state not founded on mining.
The area around Northam was first explored in 1830 by a party of colonists led by Ensign Robert Dale, and subsequently founded in 1833. It was named by Governor Stirling, probably after a village of the same name in Devon, England. Almost immediately it became a point of departure for explorers and settlers who were interested in the lands which lay to the east.
This initial importance declined with the growing importance of the other nearby towns of York and Beverley, but the arrival of the railway made Northam the major departure point for fossickers and miners who headed east towards the goldfields.
A notable scandal occurred in 1933 when the town's entire Aboriginal population were rounded up by police and dumped in the Moore River Native Settlement. The Northam Shire Council said they had scabies and were a health risk.[1]
During the 1940s and 1950s in Northam there were extensive camps for displaced European refugees and immigrants.
Steve Fossett became the first person to fly around the world alone, non-stop, in a balloon when he launched from Northam on 19 June 2002, and returned to Australia on 3 July, landing in Queensland.
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