Western Australia

This is where you get to appreciate just how big the Australian continent is; WA takes up a third of the country, with twenty thousand kilometers of coast line. The population is only 10% of the total of Australia, with most of them living in the South eastern corner of the state. Driving from south to north, one quickly leaves urbanisation, and the landscape is dominated by the iron-rich red soils of the mining areas. The roads are also dominated by the miners, the massive mining vehicles are driven up to the Pilbara on the backs of trucks that are enormous in their own right, and dwarfed by their cargo. The sheer scale of them is unimaginable - and one has no choice but to give way.
The south of this vast state is temperate and cool; boasting some of the best vinyards in Australia. Travelling north takes you through Perth, a vibrant city on the west coast. Eastern state people call them sand grubbers, since to get to Perth you have to cross the Nullabor Desert. In turn, the locals call the people from the other side of the continent wise men from the east, because travellers to WA often try to tell them how to do things better.
The state is diverse, ranging from the mining area of the Pilbara, the grasslands and wheatfields, the Kimberley ranges, and the tropical north. Join me in an exploration of this magnificant state.