Australia's Golden Outback 2024 Holiday Planner

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Shire of UPPER GASCOYNE

WHAT’S ON Gascoyne Junction Bush Ball — Feb 2024 Gascoyne River Music Festival — 10-12 May 2024 Burringurrah Festival of Fire — 18-19 May 2024 100 Yrs Kingsford Smith Mail Run Celebrations — Aug 2024 Gascoyne Food Festival @ the Junction — 24 Aug 2024 Mountt Augustus Biggest BBQ — 31 Aug 2024 Junction Races — Sep 2024 Kennedy Range Campdraft — Oct 2024 TOP ATTRACTIONS Dark Sky Destination / Two Rivers Memorial Park / Gascoyne Junction Museum, Gascoyne Junction War Memorial / The Waterhole WILDFLOWERS TO DISCOVER Eremophila / Flannel Bush / Mulla Mulla / Native Cornflower / Everlastings GASCOYNE JUNCTION VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE 4 Scott Street, Gascoyne Junction T: (08) 9943 0988 E: visitorcentre@uppergascoyne. wa.gov.au W: uppergascoyne.wa.gov.au/ tourism.aspx

Start your wander outback in the ‘the Junction’ – the 2023 National Tidy Town Winner. Situated where the Lyons and Gascoyne Rivers meet, Gascoyne Junction is also where the stockroutes of the past overlap and the gateway to the ancient landscapes of Kennedy Range (50km north of the Junction) and Mount Augustus National Parks (300km north-east of the Junction). Enjoy the hospitality of the Gascoyne Junction Pub & Tourist Park, located in Gascoyne Junction, as your base for exploring the area’s iconic national parks. Take epic road trips and unwind at the spectacular waterholes and rivers. PLACES TO VISIT Mount Augustus National Park – Burringurrah Twice the size of Uluru, Mount Augustus is the biggest rock in the world. Rising spectacularly over the surrounding plain and at 715m, it is visible from kilometres away. Interesting rock formations, caves GASCOYNE JUNCTION 1069km north of Perth T he residents of the Upper the rock, ranges, and the real outback found in their backyard. With 57,809 sq km of outback to share, you will find the space and tranquillity you have been looking for with the beauty of nature as a backdrop. The roads are less travelled than most with around 1,800km of unsealed road traversing ever-changing landscapes, with colours that make you feel like you are driving through a set of Derwent pencils. Epic road trips are inevitable in both 2WD and 4WD vehicles. Mount Augustus National Park Gascoyne invite you to take a wander to experience the rivers,

and Aboriginal engravings are found on many parts of the rock that have been untouched for thousands of years. Camping is not permitted within the national park however Mount Augustus Tourist Park offers a station stay experience, the perfect place to call home with units, van and camping sites sitting at the rock’s base. Kennedy Range National Park / Mundatharrda Kennedy Range National Park offers spectacular scenery of gorges and precipitous faces, with a vast plateau of ancient dune fields on top of the range. Just 50km north of Gascoyne Junction, the area retains a wilderness feeling with camping beneath the sandstone cliffs available within the National Park. Artefacts found in the park provide evidence of the long history the Yinggarda people have with the area. The developed visitor sites on the eastern side of the range can be reached by 2WD. Road Trips Road trip the 49km Burringurrah Scenic Drive circuit for excellent views of Mount Augustus’ changing faces. For excellent vantage points of the Kennedy Range, road trip its loop track. This extreme 4WD-only track provides access to the remote western side of Kennedy Range before crossing over the range top to enjoy the more accessible eastern side. This 270km circuit from Gascoyne Junction will take a minimum of one and a half days to complete. Or hop in the car and embark upon a self drive trail to see the sights along the Wool Wagon Pathway and Kingsford Smith Mailrun part of the Outback Pathways collection.

Astrotourism

Honeycomb Gorge, Kennedy Range National Park

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