The Outback Travel Guide

A vast mass of the earth's surface—almost half the area of the United States—dating back millions of years, Western Australia and the Northern Territory combine to offer some of Australia's most fascinating and unique natural attractions. Weathered down over the millennia, the region presents no snow-capped mountains. Instead, it offers deeply carved rock canyons, rock formations that leap up from surrounding plains, giant hardwood forests, tropical wetlands, deserts with unending horizons, mile upon mile of untrammeled white-sand beaches, and crystal-clear marine parks.

Experience The Outback

• Top Reasons to Go to The Outback
• Aboriginal Culture
• Margaret River Wine Region

• Broome By Camelback
• The Heartland

Regions in The Outback

• Darwin and the Kimberley
• The Kimberley
• Red Centre

• The South-West Wine Region
• West MacDonnell Ranges

Cities in The Outback

• Alice Springs
• Broome
• Bunbury

• Darwin
• Dunsborough
• Fremantle

• Kununurra
• Margaret River
• Perth

Islands in The Outback

• Rottnest Island

Parks and Preserves in The Outback

• Geikie Gorge National Park
• Kakadu National Park

• Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park
• Purnululu (Bungle Bungle) National Park

• Uluru and Kata Tjuta

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