National Parks
The beautiful gorges and red rock landscape of Kennedy Range National Park. Perfect for a four wheel drive adventure, Kennedy Range National Park is the place to go camping under a star-filled night sky. Here, you're surrounded by pristine wilderness. Go bushwalking and explore gorges and sandstone cliffs, see native animals and birds, and look out over the vast plains of pastoral leases.
Rising up to 100 metres above the valley, the Kennedy Range plateau has dominated the surrounding plains for millions of years. With red sand dunes, spinifex, wattle and mallee trees scattered throughout the area, this is what the Aussie outback is all about.
Further inland, Mount Augustus is one of the most spectacular solitary peaks and the world's largest monocline. It rises above a stoney, red sandplain of arid scrubland and is visible from the air for more than 160 kms. The granite formation is about 8 kms long, covers an area of 4,795 hectares and is estimated to be 1,750 million years old.
The area around Mount Augustus is the traditional lands of the Wajarri tribe. Burringurrah is the Wajarri name for Mount Augustus. Aboriginal habitation is evident by the engravings on rock walls at Mundee, Ooramboo and Beedoboondu visitor sites.
The beautiful gorges and red rock landscape of the Kennedy Range National Park is the place to go…
Mount Augustus National Park, Western Australia is located approximately 300km north east of Gascoyne Junction and is known…
Cattle Pool
The Cattle Pool is well worth a visit. A permanent pool on the Lyons River, this area is a bird watcher's paradise. In the late afternoon a wild assortment of birds descends on the river, creating a symphony ranging from the chitter chatter of colourful bugerigars to the raucos cries of galahs and crows.
The pool is very significant to the local Aboriginal people for its spiritual value and the fact that it has always been a favourite camping spot.
Cobbled Road
Cobbled roads were used all around the Gascoyne Junction area and were built by men with pick and shovel during the Great Depression years of the 1930s.
Go for a walk along the road section and imagine hand-building this so the goods and stock carriers could moved through this generally impassable country especially when wet.
The Waterhole & Picnic Spot
Located on the Gascoyne River, the Waterhole & Picnic Spot is a great place to watch the local wildlife. When the river flows many birds flock here, sometimes even pelicans and black swans.
Wildflowers
The Gascoyne Region is one of the world’s renowned areas for its wildflowers. Wildflowers are seasonal and dependent on rainfall, with the recent rainfall in the region, the wildflower season has started early and is just magical!
Carnarvon is an ideal base for your wildflower adventure, perfectly situated as the gateway to the Gascoyne hinterland and Southern Ningaloo Reef.
