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Western Australia is a vast land of contrasts. It is over a million
square miles in area populated by less than one and a half million people, most
of whom live in the South West corner.
The Stirling Ranges - 400 million years old and a
result of earth movements when Antarctica slipped away from Australia.
Western Australia has some of the oldest land surfaces on earth.
Fossil rocks have been found in the North West corner which date at over three
and a half billion years. Fossils of the oldest life forms on earth have also
been found here and some can still be found in isolated pockets.
Mt Toolbrunnup in the Stirling Ranges, just under
4,000' in height. Fossilised stream beds can be found on the very top of this
peak.
The land forms reflect the history of the earth and vast ranges of iron
ore and fossilised coral reefs point to a dynamic past. The interior is both
hostile and dramatically beautiful with sweeping deserts and spinifex plain.
Some of the most extensive fields of valuable minerals can be found here.
From the top of Mt Toolbrunnup, looking towards
Bluff Knoll
The coast is equally dramatic and beautiful sandy beaches mingle
with sheer cliffs, tropical blue waters with granite headlands and raging
Antarctic waters.
The Blackwood River, near Balingup, in the South West
Near Balingup, in the South West
A farm near Balingup, in the South West
Rare and endangered forests nestle at the edge of the desert plains
and in-numberable species of plant and wildflower grow in seemingly empty bush.
Western Australia is not easy to cover and travellers need to exercise care but
the benefits are there for the intrepid few. There are many beautiful areas in
which to walk and appreciate the wonders of Western Australia.
The Quokka, found only on Rottnest Island, 12 miles off the coast of Perth.
These small marsupials were isolated from the mainland when the seas rose after
the last Ice Age
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