This Unlikely Spot Is Drawing More Visitors Than Anywhere In Australia
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This traveller said the 12-hour drive was worth it once she saw the sunset over Cable Beach
Qantas run return flights from Sydney to Broome from $1,447 (AUD) and from Melbourne's Tullamarine airport to Broome from $1,122 (AUD).
Travellers could also avoid the day-long drive from Perth by flying direct, but it will set you back a minimum of $1,278 return.
Last year <a style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" class="class" href="/news/article-8762277/Australias-number-one-domestic-holiday-destination-revealed-lockdowns-smash-industry.html">research from Skyscanner</a> revealed that more Australians booked flights to Broome for 2021 than any other <a href="https://www.ft.com/search?q=destination">destination</a> in the country.
A survey by TripAdvisor also found Broome was the most popular holiday destination for Australians looking to get away after experiencing months of lockdowns and <a href="https://www.garnelenshop-bayern.de/Tropical">GranulatTransporttüten24x57</a> interstate travel bans.
Broome boasts pristine beaches and warm, turquoise ocean (pictured)
More tourists booked flights to Broome (pictured) than anywhere else in Australia for 2021
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Adventure-seekers are heading to Karijini National Park, an enormous site sprawled over 627,422 hectares just north of the Tropic of Capricorn.
Karijini is Australia's second largest national park, only behind Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory.
Often described as a semi-tropical desert, the park offers spectacular scenery, ancient valleys and gorges, thundering waterfalls as well as a variety of ecosystems found nowhere else on earth.
'Karijini has a special place in my heart.
It is one of the most beautiful national parks I ever visited,' one visitor wrote on Instagram.
Adventure-seekers are heading to Karijini National Park (pictured), an enormous site sprawled over 627,422 hectares just north of the Tropic of Capricorn
Often described as a semi-tropical desert, the park offers spectacular scenery, ancient gorges, thundering waterfalls and a variety of ecosystems found nowhere else on earth
Perhaps the main drawcard are the sparkling swimming holes hidden inside the gorges, which millennials are using as backdrops for social media photos
But perhaps the main drawcard are the sparkling swimming holes hidden inside the gorges, which millennials are using as backdrops for social media photos.
The images have drawn stunned responses online, with many saying they are determined to visit Australia just to experience the north coast of WA.
'I need to go here,' one woman wrote.
'The colours in these shots are unbelievable,' said another, while a third added: 'Next year I will be here.'
Others said the photos had prompted them to put WA top of their bucket lists.