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10  INTRODUCING A USTR ALIA

DISCOVERING AUSTRALIA

The following tours have been designed combined by anyone travelling between the
to take in as many of Australia’s highlights two. Extra suggestions are provided for those
as possible. In a country as large as Australia, who wish to extend their visit, or take in other
some long-distance travel is inevitable and nearby sights. The city tours are followed by
driving times may be longer than readers are 14 days on the East Coast, five days in the Red
used to. However, the itineraries endeavour Centre and ten days on the West Coast. These
to keep travel distances realistic. To begin with tours can be combined with trips to southern
there are three two-day city tours, covering and northern Australia. Pick, combine and
Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. The itineraries follow your favourite tours, or simply dip in
for Sydney and Melbourne can easily be and out and be inspired.

10 Days on the
West Coast – East Coast
Perth to Exmouth West Coast
Alice
Springs
• Explore the boutiques and Red Centre
restaurants of colourful Perth inset Sydney
Northbridge in Perth.
• Wonder at the mysterious
landscape of the Pinnacles Exmouth Locator Map
Cape Range
in Nambung National Park. National Park
• Discover all about the local
shipwrecks at Geraldton’s Ningaloo Reef
Marine Park
WA Museum. Coral Bay
• Peer into Hamelin Pool
Point
and learn about million- Quobba
year-old stromatolites. Gascoyne
Blowholes
Blowholes
• Snorkel on Ningaloo Reef Carnarvon
in the Cape Range
National Park. Monkey Mia
Denham
• Swim with whale sharks off Shark Bay
the coast of Exmouth.
Murchison
Kalbarri Kalbarri
National Park
0 kilometres 300
0 miles 300 Geraldton
WESTERN
AUSTRALIA
Nambung
National Park
Perth
Mandurah

Bunbury
Katanning
Busselton

The Pinnacles
This extraordinary landscape of limestone
pillars can be found in Nambung National
Park, on the western coast of Australia.
View of Sydney, New South Wales by Thomas Baines (1820–1875)