Geraldton
Geraldton is Situated in the heart of the Batavia Coast, the city offers a near-perfect lifestyle year-round. Surrounding Geraldton are a number of fabulous attractions, unique coastline and a large amount of heritage and history to discover. Geraldton is a perfect location to stop and stay for a few extra days and travel out each day to explore the region.
Geraldton is a well know destination for adventure water sports men and women. With it’s strong winds, it is one of the worlds best locations for windsurfing and kite-boarding. With a huge variety of quality accommodation, excellent restaurants, and great nightlife you can use Geraldton as more than a stopover, you can use Geraldton as your holiday headquarters.
We have all the major cultural, entertainment and banking, shopping facilities of a rural city but with the relaxed tempo of a country town. Add to this our picturesque seaside location and near-perfect year-round weather, Geraldton soon becomes the obvious base for your next mid west holiday.
Located 424 km north of Perth (via the Brand Highway), Geraldton is the largest town in the Central West region and one of the most attractive centres in Western Australia. It has the double advantage of being the seaside resort for the wheat farmers from the dry hinterland and, with an average of 8 hours sunshine every day, being Western Australia’s most popular winter resort. Equally, while small townships like Cervantes, Jurien and Port Gregory have lobster fleets, Geraldton has the largest lobster fleet on the west coast.
From Geraldton a popular day trip is out to the Abrolhous Islands, which are just off of the coastline. You can also head inland to the gorgeous hinterland, or take a scenic flight over the area.
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Meekatharra
Situated 650 kilometres north-east of Perth and 470 kilometres inland from Geraldton, Meekatharra is one of the most isolated regions in Western Australia. Located approximately 500 kilometres inland from Geraldton, Meekatharra is the centre of a mining, sheep and cattle district. The area has many old worked out gold mines and old machinery relics.
Main Attractions
One gold-era architectural remnant is the Court House (1912) on Darlot St. One of the Flying Doctor Service bases is open for inspection, as is the local School of the Air (only during school term).
Nearby Attractions
An interesting rock formation, Peace Gorge (The Granites) is found
Kalbarri
The town of Kalbarri itself is a well known tourist spot for holiday makers in Western Australia and a popular destination for the residents of its nearest major City, Geraldton. Kalbarri National Park covers 183 004 hectares. The park is located on the lower reaches of the Murchison River, which has cut magnificent red and white banded gorges for 80 kilometres, as it carves its way to the sea. The many and varied features of Kalbarri provide visitors with an array of things to see and do. Marvel at nature's ability to carve the landscape. Explore the depths and heights
Outback Coast And Gascoyne Region
With its safe swimming, spectacular diving and snorkeling, and lively marine life, the Outback Coast stretches from Shark Bay and its dolphins in the south to the whale sharks and corals of the Ningaloo Marine Park in the north. Though the region sees plenty of visitors year-round, winter is peak season, when caravanning Perthites park themselves along the sunny coast to wait out the cold weather down south.
Of the major coastal destinations between Perth and Exmouth, only Geraldton and Carnarvon are actually along Hwy 1. Kalbarri, Shark Bay, and Exmouth all require sig¬nificant detours. The routes
Mount Magnet
Mount Magnet, the oldest surviving gold settlement of the Murchison, is 567km north of Perth on the Great Northern Highway. It is a small township which now survives on a combination of gold mining and services for the surrounding pastoral area which boasts some of the largest sheep stations in Western Australia. There is much to see here, remains of the early Goldrush era, magnificent granite breakaway country and, in season, spectacular carpets of wildflowers.
Mount Magnet History
Gold was first discovered here in July 1891 and amazingly rich areas around the settlement were found, including Poverty Flats 'where they
Kalbarri National Park
The Kalbarri National Park is located 590 kilometres north of Perth and 160 kilometres north of Geraldton. Kalbarri National Park is approximately a seven hour drive north of Perth, and stretches 50 kilometres inland from the coast and covers over 183,000 hectares. The spectacular scenery of Kalbarri National Park is the result of many millions of years of geological formation. Beneath the landscape are deep, horizontal bands of multi-coloured sands which were deposited in layers some 400 million years ago. Wild Australian beauty is unsurpassed at Kalbarri National Park, which encompasses the lower reaches of the mighty
