Exmouth Outback & Pilbara Drive
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Exmouth Outback & Pilbara Drive

Explore the landscape around Exmouth — the transition between the Indian Ocean coast and the Pilbara desert interior — for the dramatic scenery of Bullara Station, the gorges of the Minilya River, and the red rock country that surrounds the coast.

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    Bullara Station Homestead

    Bullara Station is a working sheep and cattle station offering outback accommodation east of Exmouth — the pastoral station experience with station tours, mustering observation, and night sky viewing represents the agricultural heritage that surrounds the marine park.

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    Minilya River Crossing

    The Minilya River crossing on the North West Coastal Highway is the main watercourse south of Exmouth — after heavy rainfall, the river floods the highway for days, isolating Exmouth from the south and demonstrating the dramatic seasonal hydrology of the Pilbara.

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    Kennedy Range National Park

    Kennedy Range National Park 450 km southeast of Exmouth has striking mesa and gorge topography — the flat-topped ranges rising from the plains are some of the most ancient exposed rock surfaces in Australia, showing the geological deep time of the Pilbara.

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    Gascoyne River Carnarvon

    Carnarvon on the Gascoyne River 360 km south of Exmouth is the fruit-growing town that supplies much of WA — the tropical fruits (mangoes, bananas, capsicums) grown in the river flats using artesian water make Carnarvon a significant agricultural anomaly in the arid Gascoyne.

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    Quobba Station Coast

    Quobba Station's Indian Ocean coastline south of Carnarvon has blowholes, shark bay approaches, and exceptional fishing — the rugged coast where groundswells from Antarctica hit the limestone cliffs gives a wild oceanic experience entirely different from the sheltered Ningaloo lagoon.

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    Red Bluff Surf Break

    Red Bluff at Quobba Station is WA's most remote significant surf break — the left-hand reef break receives unobstructed Southern Ocean swell and has been surfed by adventurous travellers willing to make the 700-km drive from Perth for uncrowded perfection.

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