“The Kimberley is a wild and remote region in the far north of Western Australia. This website is run by locals. We live here, we love it. We know you’ll love it too.”
Planning a big, off-road Kimberley trip and want to know every driveable track, every secluded beach and every free camp in the whole region? This is the guide you need.
The Kimberley is big country, and to really explore it properly, you’ll need a big map. Imagine how good you’ll feel folding this out on your bonnet at the fork of a road, deciding where to go next. And how popular you’ll be showing off all the drawn in roads you travelled to your friends. Maps, how good are they!
100 Things To See On Australia’s Coral Coast expands the ever-popular range of 100 Things To See travel guides, dedicated to Australia’s most incredible regions.
From Lancelin in the south to Point Sampson, 1500km to the north, Western Australia’s Coral Coast and Pilbara regions are a cacophony of wild adventure. Here, the outback meets fringing coral reef where you literally step from desert to underwater oasis in a heartbeat. Along the way, explore the best things to see, from stunning wildflower meadows to walk-off-the-beach coral reefs. Swim with whale sharks and manta rays or find and eat local produce while getting insider knowledge into the best places to eat, sleep and shop along the way.
Along the way, you’ll wander through ancient cultural sites older than the landscapes and landscapes older than the continent. You’ll swim with the world’s largest sharks and walk with some of Australia’s rarest species. You’ll camp on deserted beaches one day, then kick back in edgy micro-breweries the next.
In this guide, you’ll find at least 100 of the best places and things to see and do along this incredible stretch of coast, and all of them carefully curated so you’re experiencing the most exceptional parts of Australia’s Coral Coast, Karijini National Park and the Pilbara. Adventure awaits.
Chapters cover the Indian Ocean Drive, Wildflower Country, Geraldton and Surrounds, Kalbarri and Surrounds, Shark Bay, Carnarvon, Cape Range, The Pilbara and Karijini National Park.
Softcover | October 1, 2021 | 228 Pages | ISBN 978-0-6484646-5-5
100 Things to See in Tropical North Queensland is the only guide for travellers who aren’t tourists that covers the best of the far north and Great Barrier Reef, written by people who live there. This remarkable part of Australia is home to the oldest rainforest on earth, the world’s largest living organism and three world heritage sites, and that’s just the beginning.
In this guide, author and travel journalist Catherine Lawson, along with partner and photographer, David Bristow, take anyone wanting to explore Tropical North Queensland like a local into the places off the regular tourist trails. Both have spent more than 20 years travelling their backyard by foot, 4WD, train, bike and even in their sailing yacht, Wild One.
100 Things To See In Tropical North Queensland showcases 100 of the best things to see when people travel to the Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Port Douglas, the Daintree, the Cassowary Coast, Atherton Tablelands, Cape York and The Gulf Country (plus a few more the authors snuck in). It’s a guide about what to do and where to go, rather than where to sleep or who serves the hippest cocktails.
Inside, you’ll find 100 of the best places and things to see and do at the top of Queensland – from dream-like swimming holes to undisturbed rock-art galleries and outback adventures you’ll never forget.
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Softcover | April 15, 2020 | 196 Pages | ISBN 978-0-6484646-2-4
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100 Things To See On Australia’s Coral Coast and 100 Things To See In The Kimberley: Second Edition are guides to the best of Western Australia’s coral-rich coastline north of Perth and Western Australia’s wild north-west, according to people who live there.
Up in the Kimberley, local tour guide Scotty Connell takes explorers and adventurers through the best parts of his backyard and away from the tourist traps. In the Coral Coast guide, a collection of locals and travellers curate the best bits of Western Australia’s coastline between Lancelin and Port Samson, including the Pilbara and Karijini National Park.
Inside, you’ll find 200 of the best places and things to see in Western Australia – from epic surf spots and dream-like swimming holes to undisturbed rock-art galleries and outback adventures you’ll never forget.
Selling as a two pack, so select ‘one’ as quantity.
100 Things To See On Australia's Coral Coast, 100 Things to See in Tropical North Queensland and 100 Things To See In The Kimberley: 2nd Edition are guides to the best of Western Australia's coral-rich coastline north of Perth, Queensland's far north and Great Barrier Reef, and Western Australia's wild north-west according to people who live there. These remarkable parts of Australia are home to the oldest rainforest on earth, the world’s largest living organism, Australia's largest in-shore reef system and six world heritage sites ... and that’s just the beginning.
In one guide, author and travel journalist Catherine Lawson, along with partner and photographer, David Bristow, take anyone wanting to explore TNQ like a local into the places off the regular tourist trails. Both have spent more than 20 years travelling their backyard by foot, 4WD, train, bike and their sailing yacht, Storyteller. In the other, local tour guide Scotty Connell takes readers through the best parts of his backyard and away from the tourist traps in Western Australia's Kimberley region. In our newest guide, a collection of locals and travellers curate the best bits of Western Australia's coastline between Lancelin and Port Samson, including the Pilbara and Karijini National Park.
Inside, you’ll find 300 of the best places and things to see in Western Australia and northern Queensland – from dream-like swimming holes to undisturbed rock-art galleries and outback adventures you’ll never forget.
From the pindan red beaches of the Kimberley’s west coast to the karri forests of southern Western Australia, Harry Fisher has cemented his reputation with a pair of tongs (actually, we’ve never seen him use tongs…) around the campfire. Combining his passion for the Aussie bush and great food, he’s made it his mission to prove that camp cooking doesn’t have to be dull cooking.
Harry’s campfire cooking and distinct approach to recipe creation are encapsulated by his personal brand – Fire to Fork. His meals are simple enough for any enthusiastic bush cook to prepare, but his focus on fewer but higher quality ingredients, and techniques he’s learned from his mother, a chef, sets him apart in the camp cooking world. Fire to Fork has amassed millions of views on YouTube and tens of thousands of followers across the globe. As a result, Harry is the most popular authority on bush cooking, not just in Australia, but everywhere good food and campfires are combined.
His first cookbook, Fire To Fork – Adventure Cooking combines everything he knows about cooking over an open flame with over 60 of his favourite bush recipes, desserts and cocktails. If you like campfires, unreal camping and great food, this book will transform how and what you eat when travelling.
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Flexible hardcover | August 1, 2021 | 200 Pages | ISBN 978-0-6484646-3-1
Mums only want the best for their families. But Kirianna Poole didn’t find that in a big house in the middle of suburbia. Instead, she’s spent five years travelling with her husband and three kids in their vintage Kombi.
Life travels slowly in an old campervan, and for Kirianna, that means lots of time to dream up simple, hearty food that’s perfect for cooking while camping. Schooled in her Dad’s restaurants and inspired by a slow-paced life, she knows that good food is the foundation of awesome family adventures.
From the small burner in her van or a campfire at camp, Kirianna’s simple, delicious and wholesome recipes are perfect for families who want to eat better outdoors. Forget two-minute noodles; The Slow Road Cookbook is filled with the meals she grew up with in a Māori family in New Zealand, flavours she’s savoured around the world, and camping classics born in the Aussie bush. With over 80 recipes, and chapters covering meat, chicken, seafood, desserts, breakfasts, and even some sneaky cocktails, you’ll never lack for choice.
With a baby strapped to her chest and two barefooted kids exploring around her, this is food for families who crave a slower life, more connection with people, the land, and, just as importantly, themselves.
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Flexible, embossed cover | November 1, 2023 | 280 pages printed on FSC-certified paper | ISBN 978-0-6458988-1-1
The carbon footprint of this book is about 2.5kg, but when you buy a copy we’ll have one tree planted on your behalf to make sure our books do more good than harm. Find out more here.
Dave Morrell grew up on cattle stations in the Kimberley before becoming Broome’s only vet. The Kimberley and its wild frontier is as much part of Dave as he is of it. This high quality, 208-page coffee-table book of stories and poetry is the perfect memento for those who love the normally-untold histories of Australia’s remote regions.
Now in its updated, second edition, 100 Things To See In The Kimberley, by local tour guide Scotty Connell, is a bucketlist of over 100 of the best things to see and do across the Kimberley. Scotty, shares his favourite waterholes, campsites, cafes, Indigenous experiences and more, so you can experience this region like a local.
A5 in size, it’s designed to fit in a backpack or a glove box, rather than be left on a coffee table.
This book plants forests. For every book we sell we’ll plant one tree. Over 25,000 already in the ground! Find out more at exploringedenbooks.com/our-books-plant-forests.
Softcover | Published by Exploring Eden Media
April 15, 2023 | 228 Pages | ISBN 978-0-6455226-4-8