ExplorOz WA South Coast Routes

WA - Black Point

Fri, 31 Jan 2014 05:39:00 GMT

The stretch of coast between Augusta and Pemberton is inaccessible to 2WD but if you've got a 4WD you will love this trek. Excellent camping, the magnificent basalt pillars of Black Point and Jasper Beach are the major highlights.

WA - Cave Hill Woodlines

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 02:14:00 GMT

This 4WD trek takes you back to the days when the gold mining industry needed timber as its main energy source. Thus, the vast network of tramway lines to carry it was created until the mid 1960s when it was no longer viable.

WA - D'Entrecasteaux NP - Eastern Section

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:10:00 GMT

Starting at Northcliffe, this trek features great coastal scenery with a taste of tall karri forests. The roads and tracks mainly vary from well formed gravel to soft sand. Windy Harbour is a charming hamlet with fabulous coastal outlooks from the drive around Point D’Entrecasteaux National Park. Also not to be missed is the short 30 minute walk with interpretive details up Mount Chudalup, which lies halfway between Northcliffe and Windy Harbour.

WA - D'Entrecasteaux NP - Western Section

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:10:00 GMT

Starting at Northcliffe, this trek features great coastal scenery together with large stretches of tall karri forest. The roads and tracks mainly vary from well formed gravel to soft sand. Key features are the extensive Yeagarup and Callcup dune systems, the track into Lake Jasper and on to Jasper Beach and Black Point, with minor highlights at Beedelup Falls and camping along Carey Brook near the Donnelly boat ramp.

WA - Donnybrook to Augusta via Black Point

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 01:42:00 GMT

Starting at Donnybrook, this trek features great forest scenery, from jarrah/marri in the north to tall magnificent tall karri in the south, then continuing to spectacular basalt rock coastal scenery at Black Point and on to Augusta via peppermint lined coastal tracks.

WA - Dunns Track

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:31:00 GMT

Dunn’s Track is a long forgotten route used by the early prospectors of the eastern goldfields of WA. The trek heads south to the abandoned town of Dundas, through Peak Charles NP and then onto Ravensthorpe.

WA - Fitzgerald River National Park

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 02:44:00 GMT

This trek takes you through one of Western Australia’s most significant bio-diversity areas. Enjoy the white beaches and access some of the best isolated coastal camping and fishing spots in the state.

WA - Great Western Woodlands

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:40:00 GMT

This route offers fascinating insights into the woodline operations that supplied fuel and pit infrastructure to the Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie and Norseman mining operations for the first half of the 20th century, as well as remnants of sandalwood cutting operations. It traverses arid temperate woodlands of outstanding diversity and ecological importance.

WA - Holland Track

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:30:00 GMT

From Broome Hill to Coolgardie, the Holland Track was originally built in the gold rush days as a shortcut to the Goldfields. Hardly ever visited for nearly 100 years, it was re-cut as a 4WD track in 1992 and is a popular trip with locals.

WA - Hyden Norseman Road

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:31:00 GMT

Also known as the Granite & Woodlands Discovery Trail, this is a delightful journey with lots to see and do. Best of all it's suitable for all vehicles along a well maintained wide gravel road.

WA - Lakewood Woodlines

Sat, 10 Feb 2024 04:23:00 GMT

The Lakewood woodline area is located south of Boulder and east of Norseman and has hundreds of kilometres of bush tracks. You will see the remains of old railway formations, lines of rotting sleepers and evidence of woodcutter's camps.

WA - Norseman to Balladonia Overland Telegraph Track

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 13:31:00 GMT

Follow a little known track that runs adjacent to the old telegraph line from Coolgardie to Eucla. Journey alongside pristine salmon and gimlet woodlands, salt lakes, and rocky outcrops, and explore the relics from WA's rich gold mining history.

WA - Nuytsland Nature Reserve

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 05:53:00 GMT

This trek takes you through some very remote southern coastal country along Telegraph Track through the pristine Nuytsland Nature Reserve.

WA - Toolinna Cove

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:21:00 GMT

This trek takes you from Balladonia Road House, across the vast almost treeless grasslands of the Nullarbor, then through the thickly wooded areas to Toolinna Cove at the Baxter Cliffs. On the way you will visit Five Ways Well, a number of sink holes, ruins of a telegraph linesman’s hut, rock holes and a tank. Then you reach the spectacular 75 metre high Baxter’s Cliffs at Toolinna Cove. Here from the cliff tops you can view sharks, stingrays and fish patrolling up and down the small beach.

WA - Warren Beach Dunes

Thu, 28 May 2020 07:56:00 GMT

This trek, which starts in Pemberton, takes you through the Brockman, D'Entrecasteaux and Warren National Parks and provides spectacular scenery ranging from towering karri forests to endless sand dunes reminiscent of the Sahara.