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[johnvandeven]

I live in Western Australia and those baby kangaroos are Quokkas. They are only found on Rottnest Island off the coast near Perth. All those boats are at Rottnest Island which is extremely popular with tourists and locals to holiday on. The desert area is known as the Pinnacles. These are the remnants of a forest and are petrified trees. I live in Perth.

[coot]

I spent 7 weeks in Perth and didn't want to go back to England. The summer was obviously a lot hotter in oz than it is in England, but English summers are sticky and gross. I spent almost all my time outside in oz and never felt uncomfortable with the dry heat. By the time I got back it looked like I'd changed my ethnicity.
An amazing place with amazing people and spectacular landscape.

[immaseahorse]

Opening shot is Wave Rock, we used to go camping there as kids

[simbob]

Quokkas are very cute. A lot of people think that the "smile" is CGI, but they really look like that... They don't fear people and will often approach... although they can, and sometimes do, bite.

[stephenboland]

Nice video. I'm a Sandgroper working overseas and moving back to Western Australia next week, so this was great. Been to most of these places. And this video seems to focus on the southwest of WA so only scratches the surface of the State. Thx.

[yoluko]

I didn't think I've travelled around this great state of ours, but I recognised most of the places in this video, and been to a lot of them as well.

[Merridplay]

Wave Rock (it looks like a wave) was indeed coloured by water activity, since it was first formed about 2700 million years ago. Ours is an ancient land.

[LTM]

It's a fabulous vid, thanks Phezz. Wave Rock - I'm going to visit that at the end of August; lived here in Perth all my life and never been there (it's about 4 hours from Perth).
The caves are mostly in the south-west, as is the tree-top walkway, and the ginormous trees (karri, jarrah and tuart forests). Our state does have everything because it's so big. The only thing I think we don't have is rainforest anywhere.
Lol straight after your video finished the ad that came up featured quokkas!
Good luck with the geoguessers - you're a braver person then me even trying them!

[jenniferharrison]

Glad you kept the music, it really suits the video content - the ancient and raw natural world of Western Australia! 🤠👍🤗

[Notric]

Thanks mate, we love it when others confirm what we have known for ages, Western Australia is Awesome!😊

[immaseahorse]

The top end of WA is a tropical climate, you need to check out the Kimberley, which is as vital to the planet as the Amazon, lots of mangroves and incredible country

[Merridplay]

Those structures in the first part of the video were termite mounds.

[madenabyss]

Baby kangaroos thats one of the happiest animal on the planet the quokka that live on Rottnest Island and can also can be found in pockets south of western Australia

[immaseahorse]

Quokkas will wander into you're rooms at the Lodge if leave the doors open 😅

[veaton]

A cheeky wasy to remember is "When the mites go up, the tites come down".

[redhammer]

Fez you have stumbled on Australia's best kept secret the beautiful wilderness that is Western Australia. I've attached another nice video for you to watch by Dan Proud " The Kimberley" put you head phones on mate the effects are spot on. There's a few vids in his list you will enjoy. There's also a really nice American couple doing a lap of Australia at the moment. Their podcast is called OnePackWanderers with some great footage starting in the capital city Perth and incorporated Rottnest Islands and the smiling Quokkas, the South West Region and Nullabour on to South Australia and beyond.

The round thing up in the tree. That's the Gloucester tree near Pemberton. It's a platform about a third of the way up. The tree is a giant Karri which you can climb to the top on those metal spikes/steps shown. No protection and definitely not for the faint hearted. It's a red wood that grows slightly less than the American red wood. The Karri Forrests around that region are breath taking, you can also do a tree top walk. Near by in Esperance you also have a beach called Lucky Bay in Cape LaGrange National park recently voted the most beautiful beach in the world and man it truly is stunning. Next would be the Coral Coast incorporating Broome and the Ningalo Reef where you can swim with whale sharks, the sun sets are mind blowingly beautiful. You won't need a boat to snorkle on it because it comes right up to the shore and is one of the largest reef systems in the world and second largest in Australia behind the stunning Great Barrier Reef. Next would be the Goldfields Region centered around an amazing outback town called Kalgoorlie. Full of remarkably well preserved colonial and Federation architecture. The local Aboriginees are the Wongi people, they're generally pretty good and easy to talk to. Lot of gold exploration in the region and heaps of both open cut and underground mines. The super pit is pretty specky but my favourite spot out there is lake Ballard near Menzies where the lake with a little water coupled with the milky way gee, a story for another time.

But a reality check. Western Australia is off the tourist tracks, it's not a tourist destination. What facilities are available are fine, some up market but the state is best suited for adventure tourists and primarily caters for locals in particular families. Once you get your head out of the tourist space you'll be tuning in to what our back yard looks like, lot of wildlife flies included. Enjoy the video.

[redhammer]

Here's another nice vid by Saltywings of the stunning Bungle Bungle ranges in the Punululu national park. The land is tribal lands as most of the Kimberley, Pilbara, Eastern Goldfields and central desert lands are. For your info there a numerous tribal communities in Western Australia. Understanding these ancient people's is a must when travelling through these regions because of both the landscape and sacred sites are of particular importance to them. You will also find the people of Western Australia are quite protective of the tribal elders giving them a good deal of respect, the same is expected of all visitors.

Enjoy this beautiful video. Regards Ian

[andrewkaiser]

That was awesome and thank you brother.

I am born and raised in East Perth, Western Australia and it is truly amazing and beautiful and one of if not the most beautiful places I’ve ever been to and I’m so lucky and grateful to call it home 😊❤🇦🇺

[shaneedwards]

Stalagmite (might reach the roof) from the floor and Stalactite (hangs on tight) from the roof

[AMBRjade]

Stalactites have to hold on tightly to the roof so they don't fall, and stalagmites might just make it to the top if they grow a little taller! 😉