7 Fascinating Facts About Western Australia - Hidden Wonders & Rich History | Amazing Journeys

Discover the most fascinating facts about Western Australia in this exciting video. From its vast landscapes and ancient geological wonders to its unique cities and surprising history, Western Australia is a region full of contrasts and hidden treasures.

In this video, we explore:

00:50🔹The Enormous Size of Western Australia and why it's mostly uninhabited.
02:24🔹Perth: The World's Most Isolated Capital City, and its stunning sunsets over the Indian Ocean.
04:50🔹Kings Park, one of the largest inner-city parks, offering breathtaking views and a celebration of nature.
06:17🔹The surreal Pinnacles Desert, a landscape that feels straight out of a sci-fi movie.
09:27🔹The 1933 Secession Referendum—Western Australia's surprising push for independence.
12:04🔹The Outback, an untamed wilderness with hidden gems like Karijini National Park and Bungle Bungle Range.
14:32🔹Western Australia’s Natural Treasures – Beneath the Surface
17:16🔹Shark Bay, home to the oldest life forms on Earth, where the world's first oxygen-producing organisms still thrive.

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[whortle]

I was in Western Australia for three weeks on a trip several years ago. Loved it. The people are extremely pleasant. I would go back in an instant. WA is one of two places I would ga back to.

[jonathanstewart]

The hilarious thing is I'm not born here, personal circumstances and crisis forced me to move to WA from Brisbane when I was 25. I didn't want it

Nearly 10 years later Im thankful everyday I did it. This is the greatest gem in Australia and thankfully the nobs on the East Coast who have never visited think its crap. You can stay there

[jreplus]

Great video of WA. Perth is my home, beautiful place to live.

[krh]

Some iconic places you missed out are -
*Esperance region with its stunning beaches rated up there with the best on the planet which continues as you head along that southern coast to Albany steeped rich in history as a whaling Port (before whaling was banned).
*Hyden Town home to the iconic "Wave Rock" a natural rock formed like a tall crashing ocean wave. The “wave” is about 14 m (46 feet) high and around 110 m (360 feet) long. The age of Wave Rock is a mind-boggling 2.63 billion years old, made of granite, with multi-colored stripes created by the rain washing chemical deposits, carbonates, and iron hydroxide, down the face of the rock, forming vertical stripes of greys reds, and yellows which attracts tourists from around the globe
*The iconic Stirling ranges with its many breathtaking trails (like Bluff Knoll) with spectacular views to the southern ocean.
*Denmark - home to "the valley of the giants" Descend to the boardwalks below and explore the “Ancient Empire Walk” – a grove of impressive veteran tingle trees, some over 400 years old. These are the giants that gave the forest its name – they're some of the most enormous trees in the world and are only found here. The iconic "tree top walk" for tourists is built here spanning 600 metres long and 40 metres high allowing tourists to walk amongst the giants
*Margaret River region where its wines are rated up there with the best and exported across the globe.
*Yallingup region where the worlds best surfers compete annually. Home Town to world renowned surfer Taj Burrow
*Dunsborough with its stunning white beaches and adjoining Busselton with its iconic Busselton Jetty being the longest timber-piled jetty in the Southern Hemisphere at 1, 841 metres long (6, 040 feet long) heading straight out into the ocean with its underwater observatory at the very end
*Perth Observatory located 35 km east of Perth in picturesque Bickley operating for over 125 years committed to public education via Night Sky Tours for the general public.
Over the years the observatory has been involved in important research, including co-discovering Uranus’s ring system, The 1922 Wallal Expedition to prove Einstein’s theory of relativity
Publishing numerous Meridian Catalogues during its history, part of the NASA International Planetary Patrol in partnership with the Lowell Observatory noting its Astrographic telescope produced 10% of all ground-based positions for Comet Halley, its automated Supernova Search has discovered 30 supernovae and discovered 35 Minor Planets between 1970 and 1999 and helped discover the super-earth exoplanet OGLE-2005-BLG-390lb
*Ningaloo Reef: (Located at Exmouth) Discover this marine paradise of coral gardens and ocean life beneath the crystal-clear waters stretching 300km long is a World Heritage-listed site (Official name "Nyinggulu"). Dive, snorkel or swim Australia’s largest fringing reef as colourful tropical fish, Sea turtles, dugongs, whale sharks, humpback whales and manta rays glide past in a once-in-a-life-time experience.
*Lake Argyle: is Western Australia's largest (Australia's second largest) freshwater man-made reservoir by volume. The reservoir is part of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme and is located near the town of Kununurra. With a surface area of 1, 000 square kilometres (390 sq mi). Storage capacity is 10, 763 gigalitres.
There are many more iconic tourist attractions too numerous to list

[brucewoods]

Western Australia is GOD’s own country, wouldn’t want to live anywhere else 💕💕💕💕

[zwieseler]

Bill Bailey said Western Australia cracks open your soul….

[brianhalberry]

And we can build stuff incredibly fast!! During a daytime shot, the tower being built at Elizabeth Quay was an unclad skeleton, then, moments later in the sunset shot, its covered in glass. Good work team.

[anon]

I'll let you in on a secret, West Aussies are still dissatisfied with the Australian government.

[winthropdc]

Thanks for highlighting our wonderful State and Capital City. However, many of the video shots have been mirrored (horizontally inverted). For example: 5:42 looking across the Swan River from King's Park should have Perth City CBD on the left not the right. Probably trying to avoid a copyright strike when using stock footage.

[victorgarlett]

Hi there I have watched your video and love it pretty good I'm a Western Australia from the Goldfields I love living here.

[sydneyraj]

We just toured Western Australia. Karijini National Park is the best. Exmouth, Shark bay, Kalbarri and Esperance are not far behind. We started driving from Sydney to Alice Springs, then off-road via Tanami desert to Halls Creek, Bungle Bungle, Kununurra, Wyndham, Gibb River Road, Karijini NP, West coast and back to Sydney via Nullarbor.

[amritshrestha]

I'm little upset when you did not mentioned the night view of the entire city from Kings Park. That is one of the best view I have seen in Australia. When I went there for the first time, I was awestruck n shocked to see such a panoramic view just like watching a beautiful city view in big screens and in Hd quality ❤😮🎉😊

[bradley]

Also their trains run between the major freeways lanes. I was driving down the freeway and a train overtook me. Genius idea!

[WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

Interesting how much coverage videos made in the USA about Western Australia get so much coverage on YouTube but videos made by people who are actually in Western Australia get ignored by the algo... We have been on here for 15 years and have over 1, 200 videos so you might think YouTube would be helping us out a bit more.

[stevebanks]

Great watch and a lot of good information, apart from the stromatolites, which are at Hamelin Pool near Shark Bay, not Hamelin Bay as in the video (in the South West). They are only about 12 hours drive apart 😳

[Kieran_Dearle_Media]

In WA, We also have the 3rd tallest trees in the world, eucalyptus diverseacolour or Karri tree, located in the lower south west, the Karri forest stretches from Margaret River, Pemberton all the way to Albany, the highest it grows is 92 metres in height!

[WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

Want to see a LOT more of Western Australia? Check us out :) - We have a lot of original footage not just stock stuff like this.

[nathanroberts]

Gold was founded by my great great uncle Patrick hannan found gold in Kalgoorlie western Australia Australia 1893 and now its biggest export of gold at Golden mile

[Mechknight]

It would take some time to list off everything worth seeing in WA. You got a lot of them, but one that's interesting for many reasons is the Goldfields Pipeline Heritage Trail. In the early 1900s a pipeline from Mundaring in the Perth hills to Kalgoorlie was completed, supplying a reliable source of water for the time. There are many pumping stations on the pipeline, but the original pumping stations were steam powered. At least one of those pumping stations is a museum today, in Cunderdin, about 1 1/2 hours from Perth. Cunderdin was born from farming, and thrived with the arrival of the railway, but during WWII was an important air strip and makeshift base. The former pumping station has a large number of exhibits in it and on the grounds.
Merredin was another important town for both the railway and the pipeline. Like Cunderdin, it began with farming, but today is still an important rail yard. The main line that goes through the town is part of the Trans Australian Railway. All rail freight going to and from Perth to the eastern states travels on this line, as well as the Indian Pacific passenger train, which goes from East Perth to Sydney.

An observant person would notice the ruins of a few ghost towns along the way. Each has their own history, and piecing it together is part of the fun of exploring them.

[terrykingdon]

The Mount Eliza shown is the one in Victoria