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5 WALKS IN THE KIMBERLEY

ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S LAST BASTIONS OF TRUE WILDNESS, the Kimberley’s red-rock playground is distinct in every way: raw, rugged and undeniably remote. A harsh and frequently testing environment, the Kimberley attracts around two million visitors every dry season, but few find their way onto its toughest trails to discover the five fingers of Piccaninny Gorge or to stand atop Wunggurr’s sacred falls.

It’s not all sweat and spinifex though. Some of the Kimberley’s best wanders are short ones, leading you through chasms full of rock art and plunging you into palm-fringed rock pools and on daring wet walks too. In fact, the

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