In northern Western Australia, home to the state's large population of Aborigines and their unique native art, the Kimberley region is imposing rugged mountain country where pristine forests cover the wild.
Diamonds and pearls
The Kimberley looks very much an area untouched by human civilisation -- except that the region is also the world’s largest producer of diamonds.West of the Kimberley is the fishing town of Broome. This is the home of pearl fishers, whose stories are in themselves a romance of the sea. The world's finest South Sea pearls are found off the coast of Broome.
And the dolphins of Monkey Mia
Then there is Monkey Mia farther south, the Great Sandy Desert in between, and then the capital Perth.
There are kilometres yet to go to the state's southern coastland areas, to Albany at the southern tip, and then east to the South Australian border.
Much more than this
And yet there's just much more than this -- more than the awesome breadth of land and its spectacular features: rugged mountain country and unending desert sands.
Next time, we should be looking more closely at more specific areas. To visit Western Australia is to embark on a discovery trip -- to what it says is a state of excitement.
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