Australian Traveller

AFTER MORE THAN a decade and a half of covering ‘every state, every issue’, you are about to launch into the pages of Australian Traveller’s first one-state-only collector’s edition. It seems fitting that the state getting all the attention is Wester

Editorial director LEIGH-ANN POW  Deputy editor IMOGEN EVESON Writer + chief sub editor CARLA GROSSETTI Art director ANITA JOKOVICH Digital editor-in-chief KATIE CARLIN  Digital travel writer/producer EMILY MURPHY  Digital campaign assistant IRISH VI

ORIGINALLY built in the 1970s, this 16-storey hotel started life as an office tower, painted a suitably retro shade of cendre blue. Since then, it’s been through two significant upgrades: the first converted it into a hotel, and the second saw its tr

Make the most of the beaches and bays on Rottnest Island by using our guide to help you decide which stretch of sand is right for you. Located in the rugged Pilbara region, a journey to Karijini National Park takes you to one of the world’s most remo

Misery Beach was named Australia’s Best Beach by Tourism Australia in its 2022 list of Australia’s Top 20 Beaches. Although the name of the remote stretch of sand hints at its grim history as a whaling station and hideaway for convicts, the secluded

Located on the Coral Coast, Francois Peron National Park sits within the Shark Bay World Heritage Area and is a study in contrasts; rich-red cliffs and desert sands give way to powder-soft white-sand beaches that melt into startlingly blue ocean wate

AS A CHILD, OUR FAMILY HOLIDAYS WERE ALWAYS TO… The south-west, mainly Bunbury. We stayed at the Bunbury Village caravan park, which was a heap of fun and also Lighthouse Beach Resort (now the Quality Lighthouse Hotel), which was on the beach. Bussel

“THAT’S THE WRONG DOOR,” someone giggles as a group of strangers push through a set of library shelves ahead of us. My friend Sally and I find ourselves laughing, too, as we follow them beyond the foyer walls. On the other side, black-and-white-clad

OLD AND NEW HAVE BEEN combined to stunning effect in the belly of the resplendent State Buildings, a beloved Perth landmark made up of three connecting heritage buildings that have endured the city’s boom and bust fortunes with quiet resolve for well

‘NARLI’ MEANS ‘TRUE, PROPER, authentic’ and ‘jia’ means ‘true authentic for you’. I called the company Narlijia because I don’t focus on the glossy side of the pearling industry in WA. Truth-telling is a major part of reconciliation and I cut deep wi

WHILE THE FACT THAT AUSTRALIA is home to the oldest living culture in the world is a relatively recent discovery for many beyond our shores, the stories and histories and knowledge of this continent’s First Nations peoples have been carried and felt

IMAGINE A GO-PRO BEING held in the talons of a majestic sea eagle soaring high above the coastline and you will understand the inspiration behind the Salty Wings brand. Former Claremont locals Jampal Williamson and Michael Goetze started the @saltywi

FREMANTLE IS as diverse as the people who call it home. At one end there’s idyllic beaches and breezy bars; at the other, there’s a sprawling former penal institution and culture-filled cafes. Book an extended weekend stay to take a wander out yonder

RUNNING YOUR EYE ALONG Leederville’s bubbly cafe strip gives little indication of the layers of history beneath the market umbrellas and al fresco seating. Tall eucalypts wrapped in fairy lights line the centre of Oxford Street – a jovial nod to its

THERE’S A MAN ON THE FLOOR, contorting himself at strange angles under a pub table. It would be an alarming sight anywhere else, but on Rottnest Island you get accustomed to people pulling questionable moves in pursuit of that prized holiday souvenir

Wave Rock is a granite inselberg that has been weathered by wind and water over an estimated 2.7 billion years. Located near the Wheatbelt town of Hyden, the landform looks like a sepiatoned still from The Big Wave Project II produced by ocean cinema

THE CORAL COAST HIGHWAY is like the writhing body of a serpent as it makes its way from Cervantes, two hours north of Perth, along 1100 kilometres of coastline to World-Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef. While there is surf, sun and sea on tap on the Cor

AS I SLIP INTO THE OPEN OCEAN, my heart pounds. I’m searching the depths for a mighty creature. But I’m searching too deep and now, looking along the glassy surface, I see a fin is advancing towards me. I pop my head back under and startle; a wide, o

AFTER MORE THAN a decade and a half of covering ‘every state, every issue’, you are about to launch into the pages of Australian Traveller’s first one-state-only collector’s edition. It seems fitting that the state getting all the attention is Wester

Editorial director LEIGH-ANN POW  Deputy editor IMOGEN EVESON Writer + chief sub editor CARLA GROSSETTI Art director ANITA JOKOVICH Digital editor-in-chief KATIE CARLIN  Digital travel writer/producer EMILY MURPHY  Digital campaign assistant IRISH VI

ORIGINALLY built in the 1970s, this 16-storey hotel started life as an office tower, painted a suitably retro shade of cendre blue. Since then, it’s been through two significant upgrades: the first converted it into a hotel, and the second saw its tr

Make the most of the beaches and bays on Rottnest Island by using our guide to help you decide which stretch of sand is right for you. Located in the rugged Pilbara region, a journey to Karijini National Park takes you to one of the world’s most remo

Misery Beach was named Australia’s Best Beach by Tourism Australia in its 2022 list of Australia’s Top 20 Beaches. Although the name of the remote stretch of sand hints at its grim history as a whaling station and hideaway for convicts, the secluded

Located on the Coral Coast, Francois Peron National Park sits within the Shark Bay World Heritage Area and is a study in contrasts; rich-red cliffs and desert sands give way to powder-soft white-sand beaches that melt into startlingly blue ocean wate

AS A CHILD, OUR FAMILY HOLIDAYS WERE ALWAYS TO… The south-west, mainly Bunbury. We stayed at the Bunbury Village caravan park, which was a heap of fun and also Lighthouse Beach Resort (now the Quality Lighthouse Hotel), which was on the beach. Bussel

“THAT’S THE WRONG DOOR,” someone giggles as a group of strangers push through a set of library shelves ahead of us. My friend Sally and I find ourselves laughing, too, as we follow them beyond the foyer walls. On the other side, black-and-white-clad

OLD AND NEW HAVE BEEN combined to stunning effect in the belly of the resplendent State Buildings, a beloved Perth landmark made up of three connecting heritage buildings that have endured the city’s boom and bust fortunes with quiet resolve for well

IMAGINE A GO-PRO BEING held in the talons of a majestic sea eagle soaring high above the coastline and you will understand the inspiration behind the Salty Wings brand. Former Claremont locals Jampal Williamson and Michael Goetze started the @saltywi

‘NARLI’ MEANS ‘TRUE, PROPER, authentic’ and ‘jia’ means ‘true authentic for you’. I called the company Narlijia because I don’t focus on the glossy side of the pearling industry in WA. Truth-telling is a major part of reconciliation and I cut deep wi

WHILE THE FACT THAT AUSTRALIA is home to the oldest living culture in the world is a relatively recent discovery for many beyond our shores, the stories and histories and knowledge of this continent’s First Nations peoples have been carried and felt

THERE’S A MAN ON THE FLOOR, contorting himself at strange angles under a pub table. It would be an alarming sight anywhere else, but on Rottnest Island you get accustomed to people pulling questionable moves in pursuit of that prized holiday souvenir

FREMANTLE IS as diverse as the people who call it home. At one end there’s idyllic beaches and breezy bars; at the other, there’s a sprawling former penal institution and culture-filled cafes. Book an extended weekend stay to take a wander out yonder

RUNNING YOUR EYE ALONG Leederville’s bubbly cafe strip gives little indication of the layers of history beneath the market umbrellas and al fresco seating. Tall eucalypts wrapped in fairy lights line the centre of Oxford Street – a jovial nod to its

Wave Rock is a granite inselberg that has been weathered by wind and water over an estimated 2.7 billion years. Located near the Wheatbelt town of Hyden, the landform looks like a sepiatoned still from The Big Wave Project II produced by ocean cinema

AS I SLIP INTO THE OPEN OCEAN, my heart pounds. I’m searching the depths for a mighty creature. But I’m searching too deep and now, looking along the glassy surface, I see a fin is advancing towards me. I pop my head back under and startle; a wide, o

THE CORAL COAST HIGHWAY is like the writhing body of a serpent as it makes its way from Cervantes, two hours north of Perth, along 1100 kilometres of coastline to World-Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef. While there is surf, sun and sea on tap on the Cor