Kalgoorlie Golden Outback and Southern Edge 12 Day Expedition

Day 1 – Perth to Northam 

Perth Mint, Swan Valley, Mundaring Weir, Northam 

Watch a live gold pour, Experience the wonder of liquid gold turning into a solid gold bar in the historic original melting house.

Welcome Lunch today is at Sandalford Wines in the Swan Valley, one of the first wineries in the Swan Valley founded in 1840. Enjoy a delicious lunch with the focus on local produce paired with a glass of wine.  

Tour scenic in Perth Hills, visit historic Mundaring Weir which supplies Perth metropolitan and Kalgoorlie their water supply.

Northam is second only to Fremantle in terms of historically significant buildings.  And third in the state in terms of heritage listed sights. 

Visit the Cooperative Bulk Handling (CBH) Grain Silos which were the first to be painted in Australia. Painted as part of FORMS’s PUBLIC 2015 initiative. The silos’ bear artwork from Phlegn (UK) and Hense (USA).

Our overnight accommodation is at the new and stylish Farmers’ Home Hotel in Northam. enjoy Welcome Drinks at the Temperance Bar before dinner. 

Accommodation Farmers’ Home Hotel Northam. 

Day 2 – Northam – Hyden

York Corrigin Kondinin Hyden 

This morning, do not miss your photo opportunity on Australia’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge when you take an early morning walk on the Suspension Bridge over the Avon River close to our accommodation.

York is Western Australia's first inland rural town, established in1831. It is a historic and charming rural town, rich in Victorian and Federation buildings.

At Corrigin visit the Dog cemetery a poignant tribute to man’s best friend in the wheatbelt region. We take a break at Corrigin for a comfort stop. 

Next wheatbelt town is Kondinin, Late this afternoon, visit Wave Rock to view spectacular tones of the colourful streaks on the face of Wave Rock in the low sunlight. 

Hyden is our overnight stay at Wave Rock Hotel.

Wave Rock Hotel Motel

Day 3 – Hyden - Kalgoorlie

Southern Cross, Coolgardie Kalgoorlie  

Wave Rock was formed before the age of dinosaurs, about 2.7 billion years ago. It is one of the oldest rocks in the world. 

Wave Rock is an ancient granite formation that has been exposed to weathering processes for over 60 million years. It is about 15 metres high and about 110 metres long.

Visit Hippo's Yawn Cave.  The name Mulka comes from an Aboriginal legend associated with the cave. Also at The Humps are Gnamma Holes, water holes in the granite rocks that were used by the Aborigines when passing through the area. Indeed, Mulka’s cave is a significant Aboriginal rock art gallery

Lunch at Southern Cross.  The major town centre of the Shire of Yilgarn is known by many as the Gateway to the Wheatbelt and the Goldfields. The name 'Yilgarn' is Aboriginal for 'white stone' or 'quartz'.

Visit the Yilgarn History Museum the earliest Registrar's Office in Western Australia and the courthouse, now the Museum, built in 1892.

Coolgardie is known to most Western Australians as a tourist town and a ghost town; it was once the third largest town in Western Australia. Coolgardie is also known as the “Mother of Western Australia’s Goldfields”

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder is Australia’s largest Outback City with a population estimated to be 31,000 people 2024.  Kalgoorlie-Boulder is a dynamic and sophisticated regional centre. 

Dinner Balcony Bar & Restaurant Palace Hotel 

Accommodation Quest Yelverton Kalgoorlie

Day 4– Kalgoorlie – Leonora  

Menzies, Lake Ballard, Leonora, Gwalia, Hoover House

This morning visit Mt Charlotte Water Reservoir and Lookout. Mt Charlotte Water Reservoir is where the water from Mundaring Weir arrives and is distributed all over Kalgoorlie and further afield. The hilltop provides spectacular views over Kalgoorlie, but it also provides a glimpse of the pipeline that allows Kalgoorlie to exist where it does.

Visit an outback shed. This is The School of Two Up, and one of only two venues in the entire country where the Aussie gambling game of Two Up can be legally played all year round.

Enjoy coffee at Menzies local Laurie's Café and then visit Lake Ballard. 

Lake Ballard “Inside Australia Art Instillation” is created by world-renowned artist Antony Gormley s at one of Western Australia’s most unusual and remote cultural attractions – Inside Australia. The artwork is a collection of 50 black steel sculptures standing over 10 square kilometres of the white salt plain of Lake Ballard near the town of Menzies. Each sculpture represents one of the 131 residents, whose bodies were scanned for casts.

Leonora Discovered and named in 1869 by the great pioneer of Western Australia, John Forrest, it has a picturesque main street and many historic buildings. Surrounding the town are old gold mining centres and cemeteries that are popular with visitors interested in Australian gold rush history and genealogy.

Gwalia The Gwalia Museum is located in former office of the original Sons of Gwalia goldmine. It is well worth a visit before wandering through the deserted homes in the ghost town of Gwalia. The Gwalia has been well preserved and offers an eerie insight into the lives of the former mining community's residents.

Visit Hoover House B&B, originally built in 1898 as a home for the mine manager. Herbert Hoover who commissioned the house later became 31st President of USA. Hoover House is perched nearby the open Gold Mine Pit and at night see the Gold Ore Trucks with headlights beaming bringing gold to the surface.

Accommodation Quest Yelverton Kalgoorlie

Day 5– Kalgoorlie – Esperance 

Super Pit Tour, Kambalda, Norseman, Esperance

This morning, join a tour of the Super Pit. The Super Pit produces up to 850,000 ounces of gold every year and its operation far outweighs any other mining centre in Australia. 

Don high visibility vest and safety glasses and come and experience a tour of Australia’s largest gold producing mine, the Super Pit. You will be visitor inducted to the KCGM Super Pit and view the mining and milling operations through the Fimiston Milling Plant from the safety of the Mine-Spec Bus (Air-conditioned).

We tour to Kambalda for lunch, The nickel town Kambalda is unique consisting of two separate towns seven kilometres apart, Kambalda East and Kambalda West.   We visit Red Hill Lookout to view the expansive salt pan 40Km long Lake Lefroy 

Norseman is situated at the junction of Highways 1 and 94; Norseman is at the crossroads to everywhere and the gateway to the Nullarbor Plains via the Eyre Highway to Eucla on the South Australian boarder 

We continue to Esperance and to our accommodation for the next two nights at the Esperance Island View Apartments overlooking Esperance Bay and the Recherché Archipelago.

Accommodation Esperance Comfort Inn or next best available

Day 6– Esperance 

Duke of Orleans Bay, Wharton Bay, Condinup, Cape Le Grand, Lucky Bay, 

We tour to Wharton Bay. Wharton Beach offers magnificent coastal scenery, a superb beach of iridescent white sand and crystal blue waters. It is a photographer’s delight!

Enjoy an Aussie country lunch at the Condinup Tavern. 

This afternoon we visit Cape Le Grand National Park and Lucky Bay. This beach is famous for its kangaroos which are often seen sunning themselves on the white sandy shoreline. 

Accommodation Esperance Comfort Inn or next best available

Day 7 – Esperance – Albany  

Scenic flight Coloured Lakes and Cape Le Grand, Ravensthorpe, Albany

This morning, we head out to experience a scenic flight for an unforgettable flight over the coloured lake north of Esperance “The” coloured lakes in the Esperance region. 

Discover Scenery like no other with this 80-minute Scenic Flight over some of Australia’s most beautiful coastline and unique lake systems. The highlight of this Scenic Flight, the Cape Le Grand National Park will leave you breathless and you fly over the snow-white beaches and beautiful turquoise water.

This scenic flight is a 'must do' experience whilst in Esperance.

The mix of geologies and features from surrounding areas bring together a range of plants making the vegetation communities of the Range among the richest in Australia. The views from the top of the ranges are outstanding

We continue further south to Albany our two-night stay.

Accommodation Hilton Garden Inn Albany

Day 8 – Albany 

The Gap & Natural Bridge, Whale World, Mt Clarence, Anzac Centre

Visit Torndirrup National Park to see iconic Natural Bridge and The Gap, which have stunning views of the southern coast. The Natural Bridge is a granite formation caused by the gradual wearing away of the rock by the Great Southern Ocean. 

Join a tour at Whale World. The Historic Whaling Station is situated on the site of the old Cheyne’s Beach Whaling Company, located on the picturesque southern coast of King George Sound at Albany. Explore the fascinating whaling history of Albany, whaling ceased operating mid 1970’s

We visit Mt Clarence to see the Anzac Desert Corp Memorial with views over the Princess Royal Harbour and King George Sound. The impressive Anzac Desert Mounted Corps Memorial is a duplicate of the original statue erected in Suez in the 1930's

Today Albany is known as the birthplace of the Anzac story and the home of the National Anzac Centre. Visit the remarkable display of the Anzac story. In late 1914 over 41,000 Australians and New Zealanders left Albany, bound for the Great War. This is their story.

Enjoy Dinner at Garrison restaurant on Mt Adelaide offering spectacular views of Princess Royal Harbour.

Accommodation Hilton Garden Inn Albany

Day 9 – Albany – Pemberton 

WOW The Wilderness cruise, Valley of the Giants, Tree Top Walk, Pemberton

WOW Wilderness Eco Cruises are nationally recognised as one of the most entertaining and educational ecotourism experiences. 

The two-and-a-half hour guided wilderness cruise through the Walpole and Nornalup Inlets Marine Park to the heart of the Walpole Wilderness. incorporating a boat cruise and an interpretive walk into the Nuyts Wilderness Area. Entertaining and lots of history!

Visit the remarkable ancient Tingle Forest remnants of the Gondwana era. And the amazing Tree Top Walk and Valley of the Giants.

The drive into the Tree Top Walk is spectacular. Karri and Red Tingle Trees loom out of the forest an indication of what is to come at the Tree Top Walk and the Ancient Empire.

Pemberton is our overnight stay at Forest Lodge Resort just out of Pemberton town and is surrounded by magnificent tall Karri trees. 

Accommodation Forest Lodge Resort Pemberton 

Day 10 – Margaret River region 

Cape Leeuwin, Augusta, Hamlin Bay, Boranup Forest,  

Visit Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse and see the convergence of the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean and spectacular coastline. Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse Tower Climb Tour,

Pretty Hamlin Bay, A vast expanse of bright white sand, turquoise waters filled with marine life, and spectacular coastal cliff walks. 

Surfers Point is known as one of the best ‘big wave’ locations on the planet – on par with Hawaii. 

Time to continue to our accommodation Margarets In Town Apartments for the next two nights

There are walks explore, shops in perhaps take home a memory of your holiday.

Accommodation Margarets In Town Apartments

Day 11 Margaret River Region 

A Taste of Margaret River Region 

visit three wineries and enjoying a delicious lunch.

Brown Hill Estate a family-owned and operated vineyard established in 1995. Enjoy an inspection of the barrel room with the winemaker and then return into the winery to taste wine and hear the story of the making of the wine. 

At Howard Park private specialised flight tasting of their Icon Wines. Owners the Burch family are a member of Australia’s First Families of Wine (AFFW) and is the largest family own wine operation in Western Australia.

Lunch highlighting modern Australia style cuisine is at Margaret Rivers founding wine estate Vasse Felix. Vasse Felix was established in 1967 by Dr Tom Cullity

Accommodation Margarets In Town Apartments

Day 12– Margaret River to Fremantle

 Busselton, Fremantle

visit Busselton Jetty to experience a train ride on the longest wood pylon jetty in the Southern Hemisphere and juts two kilometres out into Geographe Bay.  And visit the Underwater Observatory which sits 8 metres on the ocean floor, discover more than 300 different marine species and Australia’s biggest artificial reef without getting wet. 

After lunch tour to Fremantle.  Fremantle is a port city that is part of the Perth metropolitan area. It is known for its maritime history, Victorian architecture and remnants from Australia's days as a British penal colony. Before British settlement 1827 the Dutch visited the region in 1600’s

Fremantle a port city is located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. 

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