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• Dream Big: Giant Icons and Quirky Big Things in Western Australia

  From playful roadside sculptures to world-class outdoor art, Western Australia’s giant attractions have become part of the journey, turning long drives into stories and small towns into memorable stops for travellers exploring far and wide.

• Nature’s Calendar: Year-Round Wonders of Western Australia

  In Western Australia, the land moves to an ancient rhythm, a cosmic choreography shaped by the six Noongar seasons in the South West, the dramatic Wet and Dry cycles in the North West, and the pulse of Country itself.

• Pink and Rainbow Lakes of Western Australia

  Prepare your camera: the pink lakes of Western Australia have to be seen to be believed. In late 2017, an Australian car advertisement showed a stressed executive choosing “the road not taken” and throwing his mobile phone into a lake so pink that it looked like someone must have tampered with the footage. But there was no need for special effects. The lake is natural and real, and you can find it in Western Australia. The Kia commercial wasn’t the first shoot to make the most of the otherworldly setting. Hutt Lagoon, located on the Coral Coast, five-and-a-half hours’ drive ...

• Epic journeys: Five road trips that flow like nature

  Part of the Dreamlike Journeys series, these road trips explore some of Western Australia’s most striking and stirring places. Slow down and immerse yourself in extraordinary experiences.

• Screen envy: 10 most cinematic places in Western Australia

  From ochre outback to outdoor cathedrals, lush forests to azure oceans, Western Australia commands an audience. Our stories have been written over millions, even billions, of years and etched into epic landscapes that must be seen to be believed.

• Show stoppers: 10 natural phenomena that feel like walking on a dream

  Western Australia is a dreamscape of insane proportions, where the elements have shaped breathtaking backdrops over millions of years, each moving to its own mysterious rhythm.

• Meet the local creatives behind the newest Walking on a Dream campaign

  These West Australians are crafting magic from their home state’s natural wonders, inviting you to answer the call of Country.

• What's New and Trending in Western Australia for 2026

  Australia’s largest state is ready to deliver dreamlike adventures that inspire and delight. Here’s what’s trending in WA for the year ahead.

• Seals and sea lions

  View cavorting colonies of sea lions along the coast, especially near Perth, Rockingham, Jurien Bay, Albany (Kinjarling) and Esperance (Kepa Kurl) – or marvel at the Australian sea lion, the world’s rarest, in Shoalwater Islands Marine Park.