The most beautiful natural sites to discover Australia

It is a magnificent suite of sandstone cliffs from the Stuart Range and overlooking Painted Desert and Moon Plain.

Operated since 1884, this silver mine closed its doors in 1983. The guided tours that are now being organized allow us to discover the life of these miners who worked 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. Several options for visiting are possible: on surface and underground, surface only. Provide good shoes.

Watarrka National Park is a national park of 71 000 ha. His Aboriginal name comes from a bush in the region. The park has been home to the Luritja Aborigines for over 22 000 years. The region was discovered late by the European explorer Ernest Giles in 1872. Watarrka includes the western part of the mountain chain called George Gill Range, located 300 km northeast of Uluru, with its irregular, steep rock formations, water holes and gorges that constitute a true refuge for the fauna and flora of the region. The park houses over 600 species of plants and animals. Here the relics of old yards can be seen along this pleasant walk to the pond. The total length of the road is paved and accessible in wheelchair and buggy/stroller. Water wells are sacred for Aboriginal people and important for wildlife. It is therefore strictly forbidden to bathe.

Camping in tent or caravan is not possible in the park. You can go to Kings Creek Canyon.

Fitzgerald River National Park is located 350 km east of Albany and 419 km southeast of Perth. This beautiful park covers 297,211 ha and includes the Barren Mountains, the Eyre Range and the Fitzgerald River. It is accessed by the South Coast Highway, after Jerramungup, or by Bremer Bay, a peaceful fishing village at the extreme south of the park. Note that part of the Rabbit Proof Fence No. 2 (1 1,64 km long) crosses the park. At the end of this barrier put in place to prevent rabbits infiltration, Point Ann is one of the best whale watching sites on the coast. Only two out of four campgrounds are accessible to non-4 X 4 vehicles.

Hamelin Pool is one of the only places in the world where marine stromatolites can be observed along with Lake Thetis near Cervantes. These microorganisms, considered living fossils, represent the oldest form of life on Earth, they already existed 3.5 billion years ago, then the dominant form of life on Earth. They probably contributed to the creation of our oxygen-rich atmosphere and the ozone layer that allowed the development of terrestrial life.

The Moon Plain was once an inland sea. The location has become a desert and rocky landscape, where tourists visit.

This beautiful cove offers a peaceful atmosphere. This tributary to the Finke River saw significant flooding during the millennium, creating this magnificent water hole. Impressive geological formations, abundant flora and fauna and an ideal place to swim.

It is in this place, in the Tropic, that the sun reaches only once the zenith a year. South of this tropic, it never reaches it. There is also an information centre that serves as travel agent.

Centre Bay is a small bay of Darling Harbour located at the western end of Sydney's central business district. The bay is mainly known for Centre Bay Wharf, a waterfront entertainment area where you will find a wide variety of restaurants, pubs, clubs, cafes and some shops.

The rock coast is cut and passes the waves through the trous-dug holes. Find out about the exact route to follow because it is poorly indicated.

An interesting tour in a reconstituted cave featuring precious stones, fossils and crystals.

Swimming in a natural basin on the Daly River is possible before the road is taken in the other direction.

This park allows you to explore five kilometres of paths in a hilly landscape and to observe the flora and fauna present in authentic rainforest. Children's playground, small restaurant, picnic area and BBQ.

These waterfalls of about metres impressive winter deserve to be visited in other seasons. A very pleasant walk walks through the lake and passes through the suspended bridges of the forest.

Later, 150 km from the coast, the vast Pompey reef stretches south over nearly 50 km. This is one of the most spectacular and most visited sites. Currents are such that they create underwater rivers moving to 12 knots per 80 m deep. It has impressive underwater cellars or blue holes (blue holes). Mystery Cay, south of the reef, is famous for these important colonies of Manta lines and it is not uncommon to see up to several hundred during the same dive.

In the center desert, large paintings are carried out on the ground for ritual ceremonies. For colors and texture, blood, feathers, twigs and seeds are used. In the early 1970 s, Papunya's local artists began experimenting with acrylic painting on canvas where colored touches reproduced the motifs of their paintings on the ground. Today, the artists of the Western Desert movement are recognized among the best in Australia. Visit the Australian Museum website (www.australianmuseum.net.au/Collection-Stories-Western-Desert-Art) which holds nearly 100 paintings of this type.

Siuée on the edge of the Gascoyne River, Rocky Pool is a natural freshwater swimming pool where you can bathe all year round.