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The Kimberley

Jet Wave Pearl

Breathtaking: The world’s most amazing natural phenomena from the sky

This experience crams a week’s worth of Kimberley highlights into a unique 24-hour itinerary.

  • by Julietta Jameson
King George River.

Six reasons why the Kimberley is best seen from the water

It is one of the oldest and largest wilderness areas in the world, which is one of the many reasons the Kimberley is best seen by boarding a ship.

  • by Helen Pitt
Horizontal Falls Seaplane Adventures have launched a premium overnight experience aboard Jetwave Pearl.

It’s now easier to visit this Aussie bucket-list item

There’s now a luxury houseboat parked near one of the Kimberley’s most popular natural attractions, Horizontal Falls, and you can stay overnight.

  • by Julietta Jameson
Sunset at the Twelve Apostles, Great Ocean Road.

Six of the best honeymoon destinations in Australia

Whatever your type of honeymoon, Australia is like a giant catering platter full of delicious choice. Here are six of the best places to choose from.

  • by Julietta Jameson
On Komodo Island the dangers lurk on the land, not the water.

Expedition cruise from the Kimberley to Komodo Island: Crocodiles and dragons

These meat-eating monsters that can smell meat from four kilometres are beautiful, dangerous and totally compelling.

  • by Helen Pitt
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Boabs are also revered by Indigenous communities as wise spirits, that are treated with deep respect.

Boab trees in Western Australia: The mystery behind the oldest living thing in Australia

Boabs are fascinating things. They are the oldest living things in Australia, with some aged more than 1500 years, and among the oldest trees in the world.

  • by Nina Karnikowski
A Zodiac landing on Bigge Island.

Bigge Island, Western Australia: This island in the Kimberley is a true haven

We're six kilometres from the Australian mainland on Bigge Island, the largest of the Bonaparte Archipelago's islands.

  • by Nina Karnikowski
Freshwater Cove on the Kimberley coast.

Kimberley cruises and Indigenous culture: Learning how to protect the Kimberley from those who live there

Our young guide from the Arraluli clan spends seven months a year in the Kimberley's remote Freshwater Cove

  • by Nina Karnikowski
When the Ord River was dammed in 1971, it created Australia's largest manmade lake, Lake Argyle, a vast inland sea twenty times the size of Sydney Harbour

Kununurra, Western Australia, travel guide and things to do: Nine highlights

Kununurra is a popular starting point for one of Australia's seminal four-wheel drive outback road trips, the 660-kilometre Gibb River Road.

  • by Rob McFarland
The High Cliffy Islands were once home to a tribe that mysteriously disappeared.

Western Australia's Montgomery Reef and the mystery of the disappearing tribe

The disappearance of the Yawijibaya people remains one of the North West's greatest mysteries.

  • by Nina Karnikowski