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MURCHISON GEOREGION? What is the

HIDDEN WITHIN THE vast arid wilderness-like Murchison GeoRegion, are the mysteries and wonders of life itself. Vast and unfathomable – still being explored and discovered, the Murchison GeoRegion holds riches beyond our understanding. Under endless skies renowned for astronomy, atop ancient geology from Earth’s beginnings – billion year old rocks break down and soils of many kinds form, enabling diverse flora and fauna. A Road Trip into Murchison GeoRegion is a new adventure through mulga woodlands and open saltbush plains – pulling up and discovering a whole new

world of life lived under vast blue and dark night skies. Birds flit and then so quiet, air can be heard whooshing under wing. By day, kangaroos sleep but if disturbed, a surprising whack of tail on red earth punctuates the silence. This is the Murchison GeoRegion! Whether above surface or deep in subterranean aquifers which sometimes spill out into moist and occasionally reedy water holes and soaks or shimmering then dry ephemeral lakes and creek beds - Murchison GeoRegion landscape is full of wonderment and surprise to the traveller, who slows down to pause and immerse in this wide open space – where Aboriginal,

mining and pastoral cultures have prospered over time. Not a “drive through region” but a stop to be surrounded by the freedom of nature. Bewildering plants. Nocturnal marsupial tracks – stories in the sand. A lumbering goanna in hot weather. Echidna ambling by decorated ant nests. Murchison GeoRegion has many Trails and attractions within its boundaries. The Geotrail connects seven Shires - six historic gold mining towns from 1890’s – Yalgoo, Mount Magnet, Sandstone, Cue, Meekatharra, Wiluna and Murchison Settlement, Australia’s only Shire without a town. Experience wide streets, museums and art galleries, heritage buildings and cemeteries, station stays and other accommodation, services, unique and new Events, and, if the local gallery is closed – visit an ancient rock art gallery on the Murchison Geotrail.

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