AGO Holiday Planner 2026

Kalgoorlie & the Goldfields

BEST TIME TO VISIT ALL YEAR

DESTINATIONS LEONORA, AGNEW, LEINSTER, DARLOT

HIGHLIGHTS LAWLERS THE GRANITES, THE TERRACES, MALCOLM DAM

Leinster

Agnew

LEONORA LOOP TRAILS TWO DAYS ON SEALED AND UNSEALED 4WD ROADS

The Darlot Loop

The Terraces

*These trails are part of the full Golden Quest Discovery Trail experience.

Leonora

The discovery of gold in the 1890s sparked a rush to this region, but what settlers found was hot, harsh and unforgiving. Northern Goldfields landscapes vary from samphire flats and salt lakes to vast mulga plains and marble gums on spinifex sands. From gold rush to ghost towns The Leonora Loop Trails comprises the Agnew Trail and Darlot Trail, each with 15 interpretive sites spaced roughly 15-30km apart. At each panel, a rusty “ghost” from the past or creature from the present is there to share a story.

The Agnew Loop is 300km and takes you to Poison Creek, Leinster, Goanna Patch and the old mining settlement of Lawlers, now a ghost town. Nature’s wonders Along the 345km of the Darlot Loop are The Granites, Sullivan Creek, the Terraces and Malcolm Dam, a haven for native bird species. The Terraces is a breakaway formation offering amazing views, good bushwalking and camping spots.

TOP RIGHT TO BO OM LEFT Open road near Leonora, sunset in Leonora, views from Leonora.

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