Western Australia is far from everywhere, full of diverse landscapes and wide open spaces so it attracts a particular kind of traveler. Start with a few days in Perth before sampling your way through the Margaret River wine region, and for the adventurous, go diving with whale sharks on the Ningaloo Reef or feed the wild bottlenose dolphins at Monkey Mia.

Do an expedition cruise along the Kimberley Coast, ride a camel at sunset down Broome’s Cable Beach or soar over the towers of the Bungle Bungle Ranges. See tides taller than a building in the Buccaneer Archipelago or four-wheel drive the Gibb River Road past gorges and mighty rivers. The Kimberley is a world of vast horizons, ancient gorges, weird rock formations, welcoming rock pools and golden beaches.