If you dream of a real Australian outback adventure, look no further than the extraordinary Gascoyne-Murchison region with its rich, red earth, rugged ranges, ancient rock features, vast cattle stations, Aboriginal culture and awesome drive trails.
For here you’ll find landscapes of dazzling natural wonder, fields of vibrantly coloured wildflowers, towns built on the dreams of the gold rush and wildlife as weird and wonderful as the regions.
Many charmingly hospitable outback people have opened their station doors to visitors, offering accommodation as varied as camping and shearers’ quarters to luxurious homestead bedrooms.
Outback Pathways
The Outback Pathways is a series of three self-drive trails through the Gascoyne-Murchison is complemented by interpretative signage which opens your eyes to the wonders of the landscape and its history.
Learn about the drovers who first opened up the pastoral industries, the gold prospectors who once triggered a population explosion, the history of transport in the region and the wonderful tales of the region’s original Aboriginal inhabitants.
These pathways also take you past iconic natural attractions such as the towering hulk of Mount Augustus and the Kennedy Range.
You may chose to time your visit for late Winter or early Spring. For it is then that the region comes alive with the dazzling colours of seasonal wildflowers. Whole fields erupt into brilliant displays of colour as this annual miracle of nature commences.
Useful links
www.outbackpathways.com
