Outback Attractions

Abandoned Mining Settlements (Attraction)
via, Sandstone, Western Australia 6639, Australia

In the early 1900's prospectors moved into the area around sandstone and within a radius of fifty miles small towns became established. Some of these towns were Youanmi, Paynesville, Berrigrin, Barrambie and Montague. Sandstone is surrounded by these now abandoned settlements and offers many an ardent fossicker or relic collector some fascinating finds. Prospecting for alluvial gold is a p ...

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Baladjie Rocks (Attraction)
Mukinbudin Road, Southern Cross, Western Australia 6426, Australia

The Yilgarn has some of the oldest rock formations in the world. Baladjie 56 kilometres north-west of Southern Cross on the Mukinbudin Road is one of these. Baladjie offers fascinating rock formations, caves, unique flora and fauna, birdlife and is a great picnic place. It is a short walk to the top of Baladjie for magnificent views to Highclere Hills (first gold discovered in Golden Valley ...

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Balladonia Rocks (Attraction)
via, Balladonia, Western Australia 6443, Australia

Balladonia Rocks are situated near the Balladonia Road House and offer spectacular views of the surrounding plains of the Nullarbor. There are miles of stone fences erected by early pastoralists as barriers against erosion. Balladonia is two hours east of Norseman and 984 kilometres east of Perth at the start of the Nullarbor Plain. ...

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Bayleys Reward Fly Flat (Attraction)
via, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

Bayleys Reward Fly Flat is the site where gold was first discovered in Coolgardie in the late 1800s by Arthur Bayley and William Ford. Look out over the vast countryside and imagine the harsh climate and environment that welcomed numerous hopefuls who flocked to Coolgardie in their search for fortune. This discovery sparked the greatest gold rush in Australia's history. A five minute drive fro ...

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Beacon Hill Lookout (Attraction)
Mines Road, Norseman, Western Australia 6443, Australia

Beacon Hill Lookout overlooks the town of Norseman. From the top you can take in unique views of the surrounding countryside, salt lakes, the Norseman township, and the giant mine tailings dump. High altitude views of the countryside are definitely a rare phenomenon on the edge of the Nullarbor. The Department of Aviation Navigation Beacon for East-West Air Traffic is located on top of looko ...

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Ben Priors Open Air Museum (Attraction)
Bayley Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

If you are looking for a museum with a difference whilst in Coolgardie, visit Ben Prior's Open Air Museum. Featuring a collection of machinery collected by the museum's namesake, you will gain an appreciation of the life lead by the early settlers of this gold mining town. Much of the collection was owned by the pioneers of the town during the goldrush of the late 1800s. See the steam engine u ...

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Blackwood Meadery (Attraction)
Lot 1 Brockman Highway, Karridale, Western Australia 6288, Australia

Blackwood Meadery is a boutique honey winery situated in a picturesque valley in Karridale in Western Australia's south west. Offering a unique range of mead wines including:- Honey, Honey and Peach - Dry Whites Honey and Blueberry Rose Honey and Boysenberry Liqueur....to name a few. Blackwood Meadery offers you a unique mead in a style that is like no other. ...

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Blowholes (Attraction)
via, Madura, Western Australia 6443, Australia

Opposite the Madura Roadhouse travellers can find a small road that leads to a number of small blowholes. Just follow the road carefully and look for a nondescript red marker on the left hand side of the road. These blowholes provide an interesting short diversion on your journey. Also, check out the Caiguna Blowholes located five kilometres west of the Caiguna Roadhouse. ...

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Boulder Market Day (Attraction)
Burt Street, Boulder, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 6432, Australia

Burt Street comes alive with various stalls of local crafts including wooden toys, jewellery, crystals, handmade doll's clothes, teddy bears, secondhand goods, baked goods including jams, biscuits and cakes and a variety of framed pictures and books are all available. Bouncy castle and horse/pony rides are on offer for the children. Plus, many special events, including music and cultural festi ...

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Boulder Pharmacy Museum (Attraction)
46 Burt Street, Boulder, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 6432, Australia

The Boulder Pharmacy Museum commenced business as Stewart and Co at 25 Piesse Street, Bounlder in January 1897, the third substantial business in the commercial area and the first pharmacy in Boulder. The exhibits, most of which come from the Boulder area, show a progression of products, from the original galenical bottles imported in 1897, through the decades to modern day products that are no ...

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Boulder Town Hall (Attraction)
Corner Burt and Lane Streets, Boulder, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 6432, Australia

The Boulder Town Hall was built in 1908, and demonstrates the architectural style of the prosperous gold rush days. It is a beautifully preserved historic hall with pressed tin ceilings and wrought iron balustrades. The Hall was formerly a theatre famous for celebrity performances by Dame Nellie Melba, Eileen Joyce and Joan Sutherland. It still houses a rare and famous Philip Goatcher Stage Cu ...

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Broad Arrow (Attraction)
via Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 6430, Australia

Broad Arrow is a 'Ghost Town' located 38 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie on the road to Leonora. The town was gazetted in 1896, and at its peak during the gold rush, it had 15,000 residents, eight hotels, a soft drink factory, two breweries, a hospital and a stock exchange. By the mid 1920s the rush was over and the town was virtually abandoned. Significant finds of gold came out of Broad Arrow ...

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Burra Rocks Nature Reserve (Attraction)
Via, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

Burra Rocks Nature Reserve is located 55 kilometres south of Coolgardie. The Reserve is a popular day trip offering visitors a great picnic spot with a unique backdrop of granite rock which is surrounded by regrowth woodland. There is also a dam and catchment wall. This supplied water to the steam driven engines on the narrow gauge railways bringing timber to Kalgoorlie-Boulder in the late ...

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Cambinata Yabbies (Attraction)
Collie Lake King Road, Kukerin, Western Australia 6352, Australia

Visitors are welcome to tour the registered export establishment of the world's leading yabby processors. Cambinata Yabbies was established in 1991 by Michael and Mary Nenke and their six children on the family's wheat and sheep property, 300 kilometres south east of Perth. The yabby export business and grain producing farm is situated on the edge of the tiny wheatbelt town of Kukerin - an unlikel ...

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Cave Hill Reserve (Attraction)
Cave Hill Road, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

For a taste of the Aussie outback and goldfields adventure head to Cave Hill Reserve south of Coolgardie. Accessible only by four wheel drive, Cave Hill is known for its spectacular granite outcrop and cave formation. It's one of the biggest and highest granite monoliths in the region. Here you can go bushwalking, explore the cave and see native animals and birds. It's the perfect da ...

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