1. Margaret River

Margaret River is known for its craft breweries, boutiques and wineries. Beaches and surf breaks line the nearby coast, where whales can be seen from June to November.

2. Busselton

Buselton features the 19th-century Busselton Jetty. This wood pier stretches nearly 2km to the Underwater Observatory, where life in a coral reef is on view.

3. Bunbury

The port city of Bunbury was founded in 1836 and is WA third largest city. It's known for wild bottlenose dolphins that often swim close to the beach at Koombana Bay.

4. Wild bottlenose dolphins

Bunbury is home to a pod of over 100 wild bottlenose dolphins. A great place to see them in their natural environment.

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5. Mandurah

Mandurah is W.A.'s second largest city. It has a large tourist industry and is known for its protected waterways, beaches and boating and fishing activities

6. Rottnest Island

Rottnest Island is an A-Class Reserve, all plants and animals on Rottnest Island are protected by law. There is a large popluation of quokkas on the island.

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7. Fremantle

Fremantle is located on the mouth of the Swan River. It began in 1829 as a penal settlement and has many historic building built by the convicts.

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8. Bon Scott statue

Fremantle's espanade is the site of a statue of Bon Scott, AC/DC's most famous lead singer. He lived in Fremantle for several years and spent a short time in Fremantle prison.

9. Perth

The capital city of W.A., Perth was founded in 1829. It has a population of 1.9 million people.

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10. Great white sharks

Great white sharks are common near the beaches along the coast of W.A. Shark attacks are more likely because of the number of people living in the cities nearby.

11. Indian Ocean - Ledge Point

There is nothing but the Indian Ocean between the coast of Western Australia and South Africa!

12. Geraldton

The Port of Geraldton is a major west coast seaport. Geraldton is an important service and logistics centre for regional mining, fishing, wheat, sheep and tourism industries.

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13. Useless Loop

Useless Loop is a closed company town, with 70 employees and their families, servicing the Solar Salt Operation, Shark Bay which was established in 1962. There is even a Useless Loop Primary School!

14. Monkey Mia

Wild dolphins have been visiting the shoreline at Monkey Mia nearly every day for over 40 years.

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15. Exmouth

The location was first used as a military base during World War 2., when a refuelling barge for submarines was placed in Exmouth Gulf. Today it is well-known as a tourist destination.

16. Karratha

Karratha was established in 1968 to accomodate the workers of the iron mining, petroleum and natural gas industries.

17. Port Hedland

Port Hedland has a natural deep anchorage harbour which, is the main fuel and container receiving point for the region, It is also used for the shipment of iron ore.

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18. Pardoo

Pardoo is a cattle station situated near the Great Northern Highway on the northern coast of W.A. The Pardoo Roadhouse is one of only three places to get petrol between Port Hedland and Broome.

19. Broome

Broome was established in the 1880s. when oysters were harvested for mother of pearl and later for cultured pearls.

20. Japanese Cemetery

The first recorded burial in this cemetery is 1896. Hundreds of young Japanese divers died either from the bends (divers paralysis) or from drowning.

21. Pearl diving at Roebuck Bay

Pearl diving began in Broome in the 1850s when divers used no breathing equipment . In the 1860s this extremely heavy diving and breathing equipment began to be used.

22. Cable Beach

Cable Beach was named after the telegraph cable, whic was laid between Broome and Java in Singapore in 1889.

23. Derby - Prison Tree

This boab tree near Derby is known as 'The Derby Prison Tree'. It was used as a lock-up in the 1890s for prisoners on their way to Derby for sentencing.

24. King Leopold Ranges

See stunning gorges and camp out under the stars at King Leopold Range National Park off the Gibb River Road in Western Australia's Kimberley region.

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25. Gibb River Road

The Gibb River Road is a 660 km track right through the heart of the Kimberley and is one of the Kimberley's main attractions. "The Gibb" takes you from Derby on the west coast to Kununurra.

26. Crocodiles

Australian Saltwater crocodiles are by far the most dangerous animals in Australia. They are huge, aggressive, territorial and plentiful across the north of the Australian Outback.

27. Oombulgurri

The arid, rural territory of Western Australia is home to over 270 remote indigenous Australian communities that live on their ancestral land.

28. Kalumburu

Kalumburu has a population of 413 people and is inhabited mostly by Aboriginal people from the Wunambal and Kwini language groups.

29. Kununurra

Kununurra is the largest town in Western Australia north of Broome.

30. Western Australia/Northern Territory border

A checkpoint at the border checks for unwanted pests, weeds and diseases, which could arrive on freight, cargo and other items brought in from interstate.