15 of the biggest (and baddest) facts about Western Australia

From Margaret River and the Kimberley to Broome, Port Hedland, Ningaloo Reef, and the Bungle Bungles, Western Australia is hands down, no questions about it, bloody beautiful.

And the old adage ‘the bigger the better’ certainly applies here. If you didn’t know, or perhaps had just forgotten how huge Australia is, then let us remind you with cold hard facts:

15 of the biggest (and baddest) facts about Western Australia

1. Perth (WA’s capital) is the most isolated city in the world, with its closest city being Adelaide and that’s over 2,200 km away. Like we said, huge.

Spend time exploring Cottleslow beach. Photo by Gordon Bell/Shuttestock.

2. It boasts over 12,500 km of coastline. Which means, you’re never going to be stepping on anyone’s towel at the beach.

Exmouth Beach

3. If WA were to be a country in its own right, it would be in the world’s top 10 for size. TOP 10!

Explore the coastline of WA

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4. Perth is closer to Singapore and Jakarta than it is to Canberra. We repeat, it is closer to a foreign country than it is to it’s national capital.

Looking a bit Singapore-y there, Perth | Image c/o Mike Russell, Flickr

5. The jetty at Busselton is the longest wooden jetty in the southern hempishere. How big would that be, you ask? 1.8 km of wooden glory.

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Jetty | Image c/o Tracey Broke

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6. Western Australia is also home to the longest stretch of straight railway in the world.

7. Where can you find the world’s biggest fish? Off the coast of WA of course. Here you can go for a night dive with a 13-metre long whale shark.

A scuba diver with a whale shark in WA coast

8. WA is the second largest state in the world after Russia’s Sakha…and have you seen how big Russia is lately?

9. Perth is the only city in the world where you could fly your own airplane and land it smack dab in the middle of the central business district.

Skyline of Perth with city central business district / Image c/o Lev Kropotov, Shutterstock

10. The Kalgoorlie mine is the world’s largest producer of gold. Bling.

11. The Argyle mine is the world’s largest producer of diamonds. Extra bling.

Diamonds are a mine’s best friend | David Gardiner, Flickr

12. Broome is the world largest producer of pearls. Triple bling.

This is a pearl farm. We do not know if it’s in Broome. | Image c/o clesenne, Flickr

13. King’s Park in Perth is the biggest city park in the world. What about New York? Forgeddaboutit.

Kings Park, rlly big | Image c/o jayoh, Flickr

14. Mount Augustus is massive. So massive it’s the biggest in the whole wide world. 8km long and 3km wide, it makes for a decent morning jog.

Mount Augustus | Image c/o Graeme Churchard, Flickr

15. Need another reason to move to Perth? It’s also home to the highest capita of self-made millionaires. Anywhere.

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Feature image c/o David Gardiner, Flickr